With the focus firmly on working towards a net zero carbon future in the construction industry and beyond, it has never been more important to choose wisely and carefully. With pledges such as Architects Declare and the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge gaining awareness, construction companies are following suit with their own pledges - the more... Continue Reading →
Our Technical Manager Richard Aylen answers questions on how best to give your hardwood sports floor a thorough clean and how to demarcate areas to ensure social distancing. With sports centres in the process of reopening we have been asked two main questions related to social distancing and floor cleaning:- Using adhesive tape to mark... Continue Reading →
The headquarters of a global retail company in California has been redesigned by Gensler, creating a flexible, inspiring working environment. Junckers’ Nordic Oak Classic plank flooring has been fitted throughout, on floors as well as vertical surfaces. The pale oak floor not only provides a highly durable surface ideal for heavy foot traffic, it also... Continue Reading →
Two perceptions of durability: Our Technical Manager Richard Aylen discusses the case for NOT treating your hardwood floor with too much care. Some people can afford to be a bit meaner to their hardwood floors. We are all interested in what customers think of our floors, but when I found out for the first time... Continue Reading →
Cottrell + Vermeulen Architecture has designed new, bright and airy postgraduate accommodation for Churchill College, Cambridge with interiors featuring Junckers’ solid maple flooring. Cottrell + Vermeulen won a competition to design the new buildings, 16 years after the studio completed a housing scheme on a neighbouring site. The 35 new units of accommodation comprise five... Continue Reading →
The historic Aberdeen Music Hall has been restored and redeveloped by architects BDP. The Category A listed concert hall has been completely refurbished and now includes a performance studio, creative learning space and a café/bar. Nearly 1,500m2 of our solid Nordic Beech Classic flooring has been fitted as part of the transformation, including in the... Continue Reading →
Architects Dixon Jones specified 600m2 Junckers solid oak flooring for Marlborough Primary School, a multi award-winning building on a densely populated urban site in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea in London. The brief to create a primary school much larger than the original Victorian building on the existing site challenged Dixon Jones to... Continue Reading →
Spanish City pleasure dome, a Grade II listed building which has been completely transformed and restored in 2018. It features an incredible domed ceiling in a rotunda, with a large open space and a circular balcony plus three restaurant areas elsewhere in the building – all fitted with Junckers’ Black Oak floor. We're absolutely delighted... Continue Reading →
When Metropolis, one of Norway’s leading interior design and interior architecture firms, designed their own offices in central Oslo, the design concept took them on a journey around the world, bringing different cultures, colours, sounds and smells under one roof to create an inspirational, creative working environment. By dividing the space into different zones, which... Continue Reading →
Meet Richard Aylen, our Technical Manager. In a new series of technical articles, Richard will be sharing his expertise and keeping us up to date with all things wood flooring. First up, he explains the new set of guidelines set by the ESFA, The Education and Skills Funding Agency, crucial knowledge for architects, specifiers... Continue Reading →
