Wrightstyle Wins Gold In Athens

A UK steel glazing specialist has helped to transform an Olympic media hub into one of Greece's foremost retail centres, providing a good example of legacy planning for future Olympic Games. A fire-rated façade of the newly-opened 41,000 sq metre centre was constructed from steel glazing from Wrightstyle, which is based in Wiltshire. The Golden Hall in Athens was built as the international media centre for the 2004 Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.

Wrightstyle has proven expertise in providing design solutions to complex architectural challenges. In Athens, the project architect wanted to retain the external look of the Golden Hall building by retaining the existing non-fire aluminium glass façade. Wrightstyle designed and fabricated a secondary steel system for installation inside the existing aluminium framework to provide 60 minutes of fire protection.

Underlining one of Wrightstyle's key strengths, the main 500m2 curtain wall grid was manufactured and delivered on site in just four weeks, allowing the building to open on schedule.

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