A courtyard house in Andalusian light: a deep-set stick curtain wall in a champagne-anodised finish, with projecting fins that shade the glass without curtains.
A courtyard house in Andalusian light: a deep-set stick curtain wall in a champagne-anodised finish, with projecting fins that shade the glass without curtains.
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The architect's sketches revolved around light — hard Mediterranean sun that most curtain walls handle by hiding behind blinds. We engineered the shading into the envelope itself: integral horizontal fins on the south elevations, and a low-iron glass build-up that keeps the sea view colour-true.
Because the house steps with the hillside, no two elevations share a module. Our setting-out drawings locked a storey-by-storey panel grid before fabrication, and the main contractor's surveyor verified every embed position against our 3D model.
Anodising in a champagne tone was matched to physical samples approved by the client — twice, because the first batch read too gold at noon. That round-trip cost two weeks; we rebuilt the programme to protect the container date rather than ship a mismatched finish.
Delivery split into three sequenced containers aligned with the construction programme, so unfinished levels never became a storage problem. Our remote support window covered setting-out checks and a mid-installation sealant audit by video.
Design & Supply
Three sequenced containers, zero demurrage on site
Anodised finish approved against physical sample before shipping
Envelope closed on programme despite a two-week finish re-approval
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