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Steel Windows – Protecting Our Architectural Heritage

January 3rd, 2017

Genuine steel windows are being specified on a regular basis more frequently now than at any time during the last 30 years.  Architects, planning officers, designers and property owners are becoming increasingly aware of the many benefits that steel windows have to offer, not least their robust strength and stunning good looks.

This revival in the specification of original steel windows has its roots in the growing trend to restore and preserve the finest of our old buildings rather than demolish them and construct new ones.  Planning regulations in the UK concerning the protection of our architectural heritage are rigorous.  Indeed, they are seen worldwide as an example of how the best of the past can be conserved and found new uses for in the modern world. Read the rest of this entry »