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Why WICONA?

Breaking New Ground in Facade Design

With more than two decades of experience in complex and bespoke aluminium façades and 10 years’ on-site experience in the UK, Wicona is the first façade specialist to offer a complete turnkey service for the building envelope.

From design concepts to fabrication, installation, testing and handover, Wicona and our partners will manage the full façade project, ensuring a seamless approach and complete peace of mind for architects, contractors and developers alike.

Our highly engineered range of façade systems includes unitised and stick curtain walling, structural and roof glazing, highly insulated window systems and heavy duty doors.


Modern Methods of Construction

The unitised approach to façades allows specifiers to apply Modern Methods of Construction to the building envelope – reducing time on site, improving quality and safety and offering an infinite variety of architectural options.

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News

One of The World's Most Sustainable Office Buildings Wins Global Best Tall Building Award

2011-12-19

The stunning new headquarters building for KfW Bank in Frankfurt, which features extensive use of Wicona unitised curtain walling, has won a major global architectural award. Read more

Greenwashing: Is this a Potential Credibility Issue for Aluminium?

2011-11-30

“A producer promoting recycled content above 90 per cent is 'greenwashing' its metal”, according to Hydro's Roland Scharf‑Bergmann who issued a warning in a speech at the Metal Bulletin conference in Is... Read more

How to specify roof-glazing - some key considerations for building designers

2011-09-23

In this article, Ian Smith, Senior Manager at aluminium façade specialists Wicona, looks at some of the challenges and key considerations for specifying roof glazing. Read more
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