CASE STUDY – SOLIHULL SCHOOL, DAVID TURNBULL MUSIC SCHOOL
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Project:
David Turnbull Music School
Location:
Solihull
Product:
Axis Patterned Aluminium Sheets
Finish:
Matt (Anodised)
Specifier:
Malcolm Payne Group
Project Background Solihull School opened the doors of the David Turnbull Music School in Spring 2010. The £3 million selfcontained building on the Warwick Road campus offers pupils one of the most comprehensively equipped and technologically advanced music facilities in the region. As a result, the independent school’s capacity has increased to involve many more of its 1,000 pupils in learning, practising and performing music.
Lead specifiers, Malcolm Payne Group (Birmingham) provided architectural excellence in the creation of the integrated music centre for teaching, study and performance. The David Turnbull Music School – named after a former head of music at Solihull School – includes a spacious 100-seat recital room and a recording studio with direct audio and video links to the main performance spaces. The practice, teaching and ensemble rooms are grouped around a central atrium, together with a computer suite designed to encourage a new generation of young composers. Project Solutions Gooding Aluminium’s Axis patterned sheets have received a chorus of approval since being utilised as decorative and protective facing panels to the recital room entrance doors at the school. The clean cut lines of the matt anodised Axis pattern deliver a crisp contemporary look and by minimising undesirable reflections, deliver high levels of optical performance. Patterned aluminium sheets are available from GA in a wide selection of patterns and finishes. For more project and product details you can visit www.goodingalum.com
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About Gooding Aluminium Gooding Aluminium was established in 1979, continuous growth and innovation has led GA to become an established and respected national and international supplier of a wide range of high quality aluminium sheets, aluminium profiles and 'made to order' aluminium products with 'invisible' fixing solutions. We are dedicated to providing a highly responsive service to match the requirements of each ‘made to order’ customer and alternatively in providing a quick and easy on-line facility for those wishing to purchase aluminium stock materials and products for immediate dispatch. Gooding Aluminium is based in the rejuvenated Docklands development area of London, about 3 miles from the Olympic Park, reflects the dynamic nature of an industry that is in the midst of continuous change to meet the commercial, environmental and social challenges of the 21st century. Our products and services are continually recommended by leading Architects, Interior Designers and Contractors having successfully been incorporated in many outstanding projects and applications. You can read our testimonials here. You can see more images of this award winning project by visiting www.goodingalum.com
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