Burlington - mixes the rough with the smooth
 The
new Liverpool Science Park is living proof that when it comes to
natural stone it is not always a case of being a precise science.
For architects Falconer Chester Hall has cleverly combined the
dimensional accuracy of Burlington’s honed natural stone cladding to
contrast with random walling stone as a means of delivering a new
and modern 4500sq m office facility, designed to attract
science and technology-based start-up companies.
In what is literally a case of mixing the rough with the smooth, it
is the deployment of Burlington’s honed Kirkby blue/grey cladding
panels - set within an expressed stainless steel frame - that help
deliver the building’s clean line architectural style. This serves
to contrast with the random walling stone that not only features to
the base of the Science Park, but which has been used to create a
boundary wall to the development’s new visitor centre and the garden
area of the adjacent Metropolitan Cathedral.
Indeed each Burlington honed 1000mm X 650mm panel - installed by CGK
Systems of East Kilbride - features within the rainscreen grid that
has been specially adapted to incorporate stainless steel fins that
protrude outwards as a means of providing additional visual relief.
Occupying a location chosen for its proximity to the city’s two
universities, Liverpool Science Park offers businesses first class
and flexible office accommodation.
Commenting on the specification of Burlington’s natural stone,
Falconer Chester Hall Project Architect, Gareth Callen said: “The
dimensional accuracy of the Burlington stone cladding that we
incorporated within the expressed grid works exceptionally well in
contrasting with the more natural and rugged appearance of slate
used for the building’s base. We believe that the architectural
design has delivered an end result that is in keeping with the needs
of the science and technology sector.”
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