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A Plus Supplies New Family Kitchen & Shop At
Kew Gardens The latest addition to the range of family offerings at Kew Gardens, the new Family Kitchen & Shop is described as a mix between Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a ‘nature-led laboratory’.
Opened in December 2021, the new multi-sensory eatery is divided into six learning zones, each developed as aspects of the production, processing and
preparation of healthy food. Families can eat and drink but also engage with the natural world.
It was important therefore that the restaurant space connected with nature and outside. Glazed windows and doors were integral in achieving this. Architect HOK specified Cortizo aluminium window, door and façade systems.
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Specialist trade fabricator and Cortizo fabrication partner A Plus Aluminium was selected to supply several products from the international aluminium solutions provider. A Plus worked with installation company, Bauxite Glazing Specialists, a sub-contractor to main contractor, CityAxis. The curtain walling presented the biggest challenge as a slimmer fin-like section was specified rather than the more normal box section. Using the TP52 façade system, A Plus Aluminium and Bauxite worked with Cortizo to produce a solution which is the first of its kind in the UK. From outside, the system is no different. Visually it is the same as the standard TP52 façade,
