National Gallery of Ireland

We were awarded the contract for this project by the main contractor following a successful submission at tender stage with Heneghan Peng Architects. We provided a number of peened stainless steel doors with screens and oversized fanlights, lift shaft cladding, a bank of frameless glazed doors and an arched front entrant unit which was reinforced with a flush metal overcld sliding doorset. Due to the nature of the buildings contents, some of the internal screens and doors had to be thermally broken and double glazed, to compliment the climate control system in use. The key challenge on this project was the provision and installation of bespoke engineered burglar resistance door enhancements to ensure the optimum level of security. The external entrance door was upgraded to burglar resistance level RC3. The design brief for the glazed lift shaft overcladding was for the glass to appear almost floating – we achieved this through the VISS SG system. The design team selected a flat stainless steel bar to be inserted between the glass panes to give the desired effect.