501 DANE ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS.In June 1996, a bomb exploded in the centre of Manchester, injuring over 200 people and damaging the city core. It shattered the footbridge across Corporation St connecting Marks and Spencer with the Arndale Centre. It has been replaced by a new glass bridge, designed by Hodder Associates and Arup Facade Engineering Building facades make a major contribution to the overall aesthetic and technical performance of a building. Facade engineers work in consultancy for architects, building owners, cladding manufacturers and construction managers. , which has become a symbol of regeneration. Corporation Street is a canyon running north-south through the city and finishing in Albert Square Albert Square is the fictional location of the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End. . The bridge, spanning 19m, is a delicate hyperbolic hy·per·bol·ic also hy·per·bol·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or employing hyperbole. 2. Mathematics a. Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola. b. paraboloidal structure with an expressed steel frame and glass membrane. The glazing system from Dane Architectural Systems, designed by Hodder Associates and Arups, has purpose made elliptical el·lip·tic or el·lip·ti·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having the shape of an ellipse. 2. Containing or characterized by ellipsis. 3. a. stainless-steel castings, each clamping six triangular sheets of laminated glass panels. |
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