Brookes Doors, made with quality and precision for every kind of opening
New York Graphic Arts Centre
fashion allows the roof of one to become the terrace for the one above.
These stacked homes, as in Habitat '67, will be con- structed from large-scale, three-dimensional prefabricated elements of lightweight concrete.
Building Units of Brick, Plastics and Gypsum Slabs
A NEW type of prefabricated building component for outer walls a core of foam plastic with exterior cladding of nailed brickboard and interior cladding of gypsum slabs has been introduced in Sweden.
According to the manufacturers, AB Denax, Lindes- berg. the Norfoam polyurethane plastic wall component is about 20 per cent cheaper than outer walls of com- parable technical and insulating properties. Since it is also thinner, measuring 17-18 cm in thickness, than con- ventional timber structure walls with brick cladding, it also provides more living space for given outer dimensions of the building.
The entire wall component is factory-moulded accord- ing to a patented foaming process which takes only four minutes. The standard size is 2,500 x 1,200 mm. and the thickness 178 mm. The rigid foam core is 140 mm. thick, the nailed brickboard 25 mm, and the gypsum slab 13 mm.
All integrating components as well as window and door frames are moulded into the unit. On the erection site, interior partition walls can be joined to the outer wall units by means of polyurethane spraying.
Because of their low weight, about 50 kg per square metre, the wall elements are easy to transport and handle on the building site.
American Awarded Queen's Medal
THE renowned American architect and engineer, Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller, who designed the United States' pavilion at Expo '67, has been awarded the Queen's 1968 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture.
The steel and glass dome at Montreal's World Fair was the most recent example of Dr. Buckminster Fuller's pioneer work with space frames.
He will receive the medal, instituted in 1848 by Queen Victoria, in London on June 18. The presentation will be made by the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Sir Hugh Wilson.
Glossary on Concrete Terminology AFTER ten years of intensive work, the American Concrete Institute has now published the first edition of its glossary, *Cement and Concrete Terminology'.
The pocket sized book provides a wealth of develop- ed definitions for popular reference in the field of cement and concrete technology. Copies may be purchased for US$3 each from the Publications Department, ACI, PO Box 4754, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Brookes Folding Shutter Doors
Made of steel or aluminium, they can be installed singly or in series, with manual or electric operation. In sizes up to 60 feet high by 200 feet or more wide.
Brookes Roller Shutters
In steel, aluminium or wood, in practically any size. They can be fitted singly or in series and operated manually or electrically.
Brookes also make nylon grilles, collapsible gates and rubber doors. Brookes products are made with quality and precision to meet customers' exact requirements.
For further information contact:
Dept. F.E.A.
Head Office: Brookes & Co. (1925) Ltd., Princess Art Metalworks, 129 Stockport Road, Manchester 12.
Agents in Hong Kong
Messrs Shewan Tomes (Equipment) Ltd., Universal House, 10th Floor,
151, Des Voeux Road C., Hong Kong.
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