Vitrabond

Project Completed: Greenwich Millennium Village

This project was originally specified as coloured glass but due to the flexibility of Vitrabond’s colour choice and low minimum order quantity, Valcan Ltd were able to supply 20 different special colours, in full gloss and saved the client approximately 75% on the m2 price.

The front and rear of the buildings have been treated to the same fine display of brickwork and cladding by the contractors Willmott Dixon.

The outcome is stunning and provides a very eye-catching landmark for Greenwich.

About Vitrabond

Vitrabond is a great and very cost effective aluminium  composite material that is perfect for a huge range of different cladding environments. With its certified properties, Vitrabond aluminium cladding can be used for rainscreen cladding, façade cladding, tunnel cladding, decorative cladding and so much more.

About Greenwich Millennium Village

Greenwich Millennium Village is a beautiful and practical place to live which has developed into a vibrant and active community.

An exclusive new collection of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments plus superb uberhaus apartments, adjacent to the Greenwich Yacht Club and minutes from The O2 and Canary Wharf.

Project Completed: Premier Inn, Brentford, London

Originally specified as one of our competitors’ products, Valcan’s Vitrabond quickly became the product of choice due to the substantial cost saving and availability of stock.

Using Vitrabond colours VB4150 Gold Metallic, VB9205 Champagne Metallic, VB7190 Midnight Copper and VB9308 Bronze Metallic, Whitelink Architects created this stunning metallica shine effect which stands out beside the M4 in Brentford.

The Vitrabond panels were fabricated to give the building contemporary clean lines and edges and the installation method opted for was rivet, face fix.

About Vitrabond

Vitrabond is a lightweight metal composite cladding panel, ideal for external facades, fascia’s and sun blades. It consists of two aluminium or other natural metal cover sheets enclosing a polyethylene or fire rated core. The simple concept gives it a wide variety of advantages for both Architects and Installers. It is stable, yet readily mouldable, extremely weather resistant and very easy to install. Vitrabond offers truly unlimited colours and caters for any custom colours. With low minimum order quantity and large stocks held of the standard ranges for immediate despatch, Valcan Ltd is the perfect choice for delivering the quality products you want, when you need them.

About Premier Inn

At Premier Inn, a good night’s sleep is everything – the perfect springboard for a day of adventures. With more than 700 hotels across the UK, Ireland and now Frankfurt in Germany, you can wake up wo ...

Project Completed: Imperial College, One Victoria Road

With sustainability at the heart of The Berkeley Group it was important for them to use products that have the least impact on the environment so Valcan Ltd are proud to have Vitrabond chosen to clad this awesome building due to its recyclable properties.

To complete this project a selection of Vitrabond colours were selected. VB9134 Smoke Silver Metallic, VB9137 Dark Grey Metallic, VB9308 Bronze Metallic and VB9601 Silver Metallic

About Vitrabond

Vitrabond is a lightweight metal composite cladding panel, ideal for external facades, fascia’s and sun blades. It consists of two aluminium or other natural metal cover sheets enclosing a polyethylene or fire rated core. The simple concept gives it a wide variety of advantages for both Architects and Installers. It is stable, yet readily mouldable, extremely weather resistant and very easy to install. Vitrabond offers truly unlimited colours and caters for any custom colours. With low minimum order quantity and large stocks held of the standard ranges for immediate despatch, Valcan Ltd is the perfect choice for delivering the quality products you want, when you need them.

About Imperial College

One Victoria Road is the second student accommodation development by Berkeley First North Acton following the successful delivery of a 730 bed scheme, The Costume Store which was delivered alongside University of the Art London in September 2012.

Rising to 19 storeys, the flagship new development will provide an outstanding ...

Project Completed: McLaren, Ascot

When Lancaster Group set up the McLaren garage on Station Road, Ascot, they were looking for a clean, sleek façade that reflects the quality of the brand.

The choice was made to go with Vitrabond VB9134 Smoke Silver Metallic from the Express Range of metallic colours due to the stock availability and the cost fitting to the budget allowed. The Vitrabond was fabricated into cassettes to give the sleek modern finish.

About Vitrabond

Vitrabond is a lightweight metal composite cladding panel, ideal for external facades, fascia's and sun blades. It consists of two aluminium or other natural metal cover sheets enclosing a polyethylene or fire rated core. The simple concept gives it a wide variety of advantages for both Architects and Installers. It is stable, yet readily mouldable, extremely weather resistant and very easy to install. Vitrabond offers truly unlimited colours and caters for any custom colours. With low minimum order quantity and large stocks held of the standard ranges for immediate despatch, Valcan Ltd is the perfect choice for delivering the quality products you want, when you need them.

About McLaren, Ascot

The McLaren Ascot Showroom showcases the brand’s latest Corporate Identity and features an indoor display of eight cars, a full aftersales facility for service and repair as well as a full display of approved ‘Qualified’ used cars.

Triplets Marketing Suite residential scheme housed inside the trio of old gasholders in London's Kings Cross is no doubt one of the area's most striking new developments; not least because it is one that, due to its historical aspect, has an especially strong connection to its ever-evolving locale

By using Vitrabond in VB7250 Sparkling Dark Grey Metallic from Valcan, Wilkinson Eyre Architects completed this iconic design

Project Completed: Department of Human Services

As a new headquarters for a large integrated federal government agency the design of this four storey building is based upon two parallel wings of  modular, flexible office space facing and overlooking a light-filled central atrium that has stairs and access to shared common facilities. The atrium provides formal and informal spaces for interaction including locations for a cafe, meeting rooms, break-out spaces and direct access to landscaped garden courtyards.

Numerous support facilities are provided at the lower levels including an 80m2 BTV studio and associated recording and control rooms. Structured car-parking for 720 vehicles is integrated with the loading dock and other comprehensive servicing facilities.

The Fairview Group were proud to be selected to supply their products Vitrabond and Vitranamel to clad this impressive building which is of great importance to the people of Australia. The Architects, Guida Moseley Brown Architects, opted for Neutral colours from the Classico Express Range and then used Copper Metallic to accentrate the design.

About Vitrabond and Vitranamel

Vitrabond and Vitranamel are two products in the range of rain screen cladding. Vitrabond is a light weight metal composite clading panel ideal for external facades, fascias and sunblades and is the most cost effective in its field. Vitranamel is the heavy duty decorative cladding material featuring a vitreous enaml coarting on decarbonised steel panel with a honey comb or calcium sili ...

Project Completed: Oregon State University Collaborative Life and Sciences

The Collaborative Life Sciences Building & Skourtes Tower brings together Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State University and Portland State University in one location to benefit all of Oregon. The $295 million building is the first on this scale to combine the resources of multiple universities to offer the best possible science education and research opportunities for students. The facility strengthens partnerships between the universities while expanding their teaching facilities, class sizes and research activities.

In 2014, the new Collaborative Life Sciences Building was awarded LEED Platinum certification status. The criteria for this award was set by the U.S. Building Council to provide objective criteria for rating the energy efficiency, public health benefit and low-impact design of new and existing structures. To reflect these values SERA Architects opted for a natural wood effect finish to the building. Thanks to the extensive colour ranges of the Vitrabond range, Fairview Architectural were able to provide the perfect match for the projects needs.

About Vitrabond

Vitrabond is a high quality, lightweight aluminium cladding panel ideal for internal and external facades, window reveals, soffit linings and balconies. Long-lasting, low maintenance and a huge colour range are some of this product's advantages. The panels are rigid but can be formed and shaped to suit any design. Thanks to a superior method coating, the res ...

Project Completed: MINI, Swindon The Mini is a small economy car made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original Mini is a true British icon of the 1960s. Made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its various successors from 1959 until 2000, its groundbreaking design led the way for a whole generation of carmakers.  More than 3,000,000 MINIs have been produced since BMW relaunched the brand in May 2001. Last year, MINI produced more than 175,000 vehicles at Plant Oxford, which currently builds the three- and five-door Hatch, Convertible, Roadster and Coupe. MINI also has plants in Austria, the Netherlands and Asia. MINI has created some of the most recognisable cars in the world and is a best seller in the UK market. Originally starting life in Oxford, now a new MINI rolls off the production line every 68 seconds. With such a reputation for prestigiousness and recognition, MINI turned to Valcan Ltd to supply their premium Vitrabond through one of their distributers, FGF in Birmingham, in their corporate colours to reflect the quality of the brand. About Vitrabond Valcan's Vitrabond facade cladding is second to none when a prestige finish is required, especially when brand colours are involved. With Valcan's every growing product ranges, extensive colour range and colour matching service and a number of effects, theres almost nothing that can't be achieved. Vitrabond is covered by BBA and you can be guaranteed years of outstanding performance from your install as well as a sign ...

Project Completed: YMCA West Bromwich YMCA is the oldest and largest charity working with young people in the world. YMCA England’s main office is in London. In addition, there are also 133 independent, local YMCAs spread across England and Wales and more than 100 YMCA charity shops. West Bromwich YMCA was part of a major regeneration project to revitalise the area around the town’s iconic Victorian Farley clock tower. Valcan Ltd were able to supply the mirror finished anodised panels with no MOQ’s and in the size required from stock. Valcan Ltd worked closely with the installer, Elite Aluminium Systems Ltd, and the fabricators, Kingdom Facades, to design the most efective way to install the panels; settling on a secret fix panel. About Vitrabond Vitrabond is widely used to accentrate parts of a building or create effects such as this one using alternate panels of VB5801 Anodized Brilliant Mirror Vitrabond. Valcan Ltd's range of aluminium composite panels come in a wide range of natural stone effects, metal effects, wood effects and many other metallic finishes to help you create the look you want and at only 4mm thick it can be used almost anywhere you like! About YMCA YMCA is the oldest and largest youth charity in the world, set up by Sir George Williams in England in 1844. Across England and Wales, they run as a federation with 133 local YMCAs working independently to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities. While YMCAs work and respond locally, YMCA England acts as the national cou ...

Project Completed: Ashford College

Ashford college offers a number of full and part-time qualifications for residents in and around Ashford and East Kent. By them you’ll benefit from excellent lecturers, a high level of student support and, because they are part of the Hadlow Group, you can be confident that the quality of their provision is exceptional. In September 2017, Ashford College will relocate to a brand new campus on Elwick Road. Just a stone’s throw from Ashford International train station, the new campus will offer state-of-the-art teaching facilities and provide an inspiring backdrop to an outstanding education. To reflect the modern innovative design, the architects opted for a metallic finish to accent areas of the building in contrast to the white concrete. The colour used was Vitrabond's Chromatic Tiger to create a dramatic colour changing effect depending on the angle of the sun.

About Ashford College:

Ashford College offers a number of part-time and and full time qualifications for residents in and around Ashford and East Kent. By choosing Ashford you will benefit from excellent lecturers, a high level of student support. Courses are designed to suit the individual varying needs of the students. Whether you are looking for a career change, an apprenticeship of just wondering what to do next, Ashford college have a course for you.

About Vitrabond:

Vitrabond is composed of two aluminium cover sheets sandwiched with a special homogeneous core material. It is a simple concept, resulting in outstanding ...

Project Completed: Trident House, Hayes

Set within a former office building, Trident House has been transformed to offer a mix of modern homes with high-specifications throughout to maximise on space, style and comfort. Each property has its own semi-enclosed bedroom area to distinguish from the living area, integrated kitchen appliances and a Juliette balcony. Trident House is part of a regenerative project for West London and has set a new landmark for luxury living in Hayes. The product chosen for this project was Vitrabond in a range of metallic colours. The material was supplied through Vivalda Ltd and installation was completed by Dmitro Facades.

About Trident House:

Trident House is just two minutes’ walk from Hayes & Harlington station for direct services to London Paddington in less than 20 minutes, whilst Crossrail services will commence in 2018 and will be fully operational by December 2019 for journeys towards Heathrow and Reading in the west, and Central London through to Essex in the east. For town centre amenities, the high street is just five minutes away by foot, meaning residents will be excellently located for the array of shopping, dining and leisure opportunities Hayes has to offer.

About Vitrabond:

Vitrabond can be installed in a number of different ways. You can see from photos that the rivet fix method was chosen for this project. This is when a rivet is driven through the front face of the material to secure it to the building frame.

Vitrabond consists of two aluminium or other natural ...

Project Completed: Aston Martin, Cheltenham

Lovely project completed in Cheltenham with the very well know brand, Aston Martin. Clean and sleek finish created using Vitrabond in custom colours. Vitrabond is the perfect material for creating visually stunning facades as well as being very durable. This project is the first Ecurie showroom for used, luxury and performance cars so it is is paramount the whole customer experience reflects the quality and class of the brands reputation from arriving at the showroom. Vitrabond can quickly transform any building to have a modern and up to date look and with the wide range of colours and finishes available, it gives you the opportunity to create your unique look or opt for a more classic one.

About Aston Martin:

Located in the heart of the Cotswolds, Aston Martin Cheltenham offers new and pre-owned sales of the Aston Martin range, as well as extensive repair and maintenance facilities staffed by factory-trained technicians. The dealership is located one mile from junction 10 of the M5 with easy access to the M4 and M40, serving the Bristol, Bath and West Country region.

About Vitrabond:

Vitrabond is a 4mm aluminium composite material used for rainscreen cladding. Vitrabond consists of two aluminium or other natural metal cover sheets, enclosing a fire rated or A2 core. This simple concept gives it a wide variety of advantages for both Architects and Installers.

Vitrabond cladding systems allow you to create exact branding matches. We can match colours and the panels can be m ...