Author name: Petros Karatzas

Our team visited yesterday Alumil Architectural Academy for a presentation on Fire-Rated Aluminium Systems of Alumil. We would like to thank Michail Mousmoulis and Sasa Moysidou for their warm welcome, and of course our kind lecturer Vasileios Katselas for his thorough presentation. #facadeengineering #architecture #facade #engineering # #buildingenvelope #aluminium #firerated Read More

We are so excited to see the design progress in Apollo Hills in Athenian Riviera. Apollo Hills is a landmark luxury residential project in Athens’ Voula neighborhood by the prestigious international developers Hines and Henderson Park. For our team, Apollo Hills marks our first Facade Design and Consulting work in our native Greece, after several international projects – mainly in North Europe, America and Middle East. The project is located in Southern Athens in an urban site of 71.600 m2 comprising of 8 adjacent and undeveloped city blocks located in a coastal wealthy suburb. Total development will consist of 316 residential units of close to 64.000 m2 and will set a new standard of luxury and sustainable living in the Athenian Riviera. Our team works for Façade Design and Engineering Consultancy Services for the building envelope of this project in collaboration with Porphyrios Associates Architects. Scope of works is to develop solutions and specifications for Double Height Curtain Wall, Balconies Cladding, Sliding Doors / Shutters, Amenities, Staircases, Atrium, Soffits. We would like to thank to Angeliki Kokkosi, George Kordelas, Diarchon Architects team, ASME Structural Engineers and Porphyrios Architects for their kind collaboration. #facadeengineering #greece #athens #apollohills #hines #hendersonpark #residential# development #skylinefacades #facade #consultants #design #drawings #curtainwall #balconies #cladding #porphyrios #architects #voula #seaside #project #building #envelope #facadedesign #valueengineering ##facadeconsulting #outsourcing #teamwork Read More

The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City is a project we are particularly proud of. Not only of its historical significance, but also because it is one of the first projects that our Façade Engineering office worked for. Located in one of the most prestigious addresses in the world -250, 5th Avenue NY- is a Gilded Age landmark reimaged as a luxury hotel that unveils bold new ways of looking at the world. The Fifth Avenue Hotel was first built in 1859 and quickly became the social, cultural and political hub of New York. Originally constructed of brick and white marble, stood at five stories over a commercial ground floor. It was the first example of Otis Tufts’ “vertical screw railway”, the first passenger elevator installed in a hotel in the United States. The hotel by late 1800s employed 400 servants, offered private bathrooms (an unprecedented amenity at the time) and ran advertisements featuring a fireplace in every room. The hotel was host to numerous notable guests, both foreign and domestic, and was for a time, the most exclusive hotel in the city and the center of social life for elite New Yorkers. SKYLINE FACADES has proudly designed the Window Wall system for the renovation of this project and delivered Concept Design and Shop Drawings for the building envelope. #facadeengineering #skylinefacades #thefifthavenuehotel #newyork #shopdrawings #conceptdesign #windowwall Read More