Material/Finish Archives

ACM A2, ACM A2 Bespoke, ACM A2 fc, ACM A2 tfc, Case Studies, Details at Scale, Offices, Optima FC+, Optima TFC+, Scotland

Statoil HQ

Statoil HQ, Aberdeen. Officially opened in 2016, Statoil House HQ (the Norwegian oil and gas energy company now known as Equinor) in Prime Four Business Park at Kingswell, just west of Aberdeen Sotech worked alongside…

Case Studies, Corten, Corten fc, Details at Scale, Offices, Optima FC+, Recognition, Yorkshire

Project Dahlia

Sotech’s Optima FC+ in 2.0mm Corten Steel was used across Project Dahlia in Rotherham. Project Dahlia – a specification success Sotech supplied 625m2 of Optima FC+ Facade panels with feature fins, manufactured from 2.0mm Corten…

Anodised, Case Studies, Culture/Leisure, Details at Scale, North East, Optima Shingles

10,000 Shingles Used in Hartlepool Leisure Centre

10,000 Shingles Used in Landmark Coastal Facade Working alongside GT3 Architects, Wates and façade installer Chemplas, Sotech has produced and supplied approximately 10,000 individual Optima Shingles (around 2,000m²) and 550 linear metres of coping for…

ACM A2, ACM A2 fc, Case Studies, London, Offices, Optima FC+, Residential

250 City Road, London

16,000m² of Sotech’s Optima FC+ Hook-on Rainscreen System and bespoke façade detailing, fabricated from Alpolic A2 aluminium composite material, have been installed across two landmark residential towers at 250 City Road in London. Designed by…

Case Studies, Midlands, Optima FC+, PPC, PPC fc, Student Accommodation

The Island Quarter

1200m² of Sotech’s Optima FC+ system in PPC aluminium has been used in Island Quarter, one of the largest and most transformative development projects in the UK. Designed by leading architectural practice Jestico + Whiles,…

Case Studies, Midlands, Optima FC+, PPC, PPC fc, Student Accommodation

VITA Coventry, Warwick Road

A Stunning FaCade for a Landmark Development 4100m² of Aluminium PPC (Adapta Vivendi Copper DS0010) in Optima FC+ has been used in the completion of the VITA Coventry student accommodation. The development consists of…

Anodised, Anodised Aluminium tfc, Case Studies, Education, Optima TFC+, Refurb, Yorkshire

ICOSS Building, Sheffield

Optima TFC+ in 3mm Aluminium J57S UP Grade Anodised Blue Grey B717 has been used to reclad the ICOSS Building in Sheffield, an educational facility providing specialist research facilities and state-of-the-art laboratories. Originally designed by…

Case Studies, Education, Midlands, Optima FC+, Optima Interlock Plank, Optima IPC, Optima Perforations, Optima TFC+, PPC, Refurb

Coventry University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

2000m² of 3.0mm Aluminium and 2.0mm Aluminium PPC (Interpon D2525) in Gold Splendour Y2205L and RAL 7016 have been used in the redevelopment of Coventry University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities building. A combination of…

Anodised, Culture/Leisure, Optima Shingles, Refurb, Shingles Anodised Aluminium, Yorkshire

Napoleons Casino, Leeds

J57S Anodised Aluminium SHINGLES in Regency Gold 1, 2, and 3 has been used in the refurbishment of Napoleon's Casino in Leeds. The architect Chapman Taylor selected the Optima Shingle system to achieve a…

Case Studies, Corten, Corten fc, Education, Optima FC+, Scotland

Canaan Lane

560m2 of 2.0mm Corten A has been used in the completion of the two-storey Canaan Lane Primary School in Edinburgh. Holmes Miller, the architect behind the project, opted for Corten material in a secret fix…

Case Studies, Education, Optima TFC+, Pre-paint, Refurb, Scotland

Kings Buildings, The University of Edinburgh

2200m2 Optima TFC+ 3.0mm in Aluminium Luxe Coat has been used in the reclad of the Christina Miller Building and the Alexander Graham Bell Building within The King's Buildings of Edinburgh University. The buildings were…

Case Studies, Education, Midlands, Optima FC+, Optima Perforations, Optima TFC+, PPC, PPC Bespoke

Peterborough University

672 m2 of Optima TFC+ in 5.0mm Aluminium PPC and 935 m2 of Optima FC+ 3.0mm Aluminium PPC* has been used in the completion of the £30 million pound Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Peterborough.…

Case Studies, London, Optima FC+, PPC, PPC fc, Refurb, Residential

West End Quay, London

[CASE STUDY] 1100sqm of Optima FC+ in 3.0mm Aluminium Polyester Powder Coating finished in RAL 9006 has been used in the completion of West End Quay, situated in the heart of London. West End…

Anodised, Anodised Aluminium fc, Case Studies, Optima FC+, Refurb, Residential

Percival Street

800sqm of Optima FC in 3mm J57S Up aluminium, anodised by United Anodisers in UnAcol™ UA130-1, UA140-2, Anolok II ™ B711,B713,B715, was specified for 40 Percival Street in London. A residential development owned by…

Case Studies, Midlands, Optima TFC+, PPC, PPC tfc

Leicester City Football Club Training Ground

5000m2 of Optima TFC+ in 3mm Aluminium PPC (Interpon) Y4207i `Corten Bond` has been used in the completion of the striking Leicester City Football Club training ground. As visible in the project photos, the project…

BREEAM Rated, Case Studies, Green Initiative, London, Optima Bespoke, Optima Soffits, Optima TFC+, PPC, PPC Bespoke, Residential

One Ashley Road, Ashley Road East

Over 4000sqm of Optima TFC+ in 3mm Aluminium polyester powder coating has been used in the completion of One Ashley Road, near Tottenham’s tube station in North London, with 5.0mm aluminium selected for column at…

Case Studies, Education, North West, Optima Bespoke, Optima FC+, PPC, PPC Bespoke, PPC fc

Lancaster University School of Mathematics (LUSoM)

300m2 of Optima FC+ in 3.0mm Aluminium PPC Interpon D2525 Y2217F has been used in the completion of Lancaster University’s School of Mathemtatics. Optima FC+ was specified in order to create the feature `Zig-Zag` pattern.…

Anodised, Anodised Aluminium fc, Hotel, London, Optima FC+, Optima Perforations, Student Accommodation

Kelaty House, Wembley

Over 9,500m2 of the brand new Optima FC+ Anodised Aluminium has been used in the ambitious completion of Kelaty House, a towering student accommodation and hotel in Wembley London. With three different surface finishes…