Inamo – Mornington Crescent

The site was developed with sympathetic consideration to its surrounding areas. To supplement ground and first floor internal seating, a first floor roof terrace facing Mornington Crescent and a ground floor outside seating area on the Hampstead Road elevation were complimented by landscaped gardens and lighting.

Located next to Greater London House offices, the need to develop detailing of the external features of Portland Stone and frameless glass was a principal design instruction from the client. Working closely with Vivendi and developer Synergy Property Group, Fineline Aluminium helped develop designs to recess all the fixed glazing between stone facades.

To further progress the need for light and space, full height fixed glazing was to be installed between the buildings stone pillars. To fulfil the aspirations of the planners, client and architect, Fineline needed to develop bespoke glazing options that would complement the cafe/restaurant.

Using our System 22, the building had two principal elevations with glazing that would need to fit between fixed grid lines of 1700mm. The Mornington Crescent elevation had fixed frames hidden between internal and external stone reveals. With heights of 4000mm in single units, the requirement for zero tolerance was a challenge for both the steel and stone manufacturers.

To comply with planning the glazing on the roof terrace was designed to finish at low level, giving open views of the terrace from the street level below. Access the terrace was via three 3000mm high double pivot doors. Further detailing used fritted glass to discreetly cover fixings between floors. Elevations on Hampstead Road gave access to the building.

The ground floor entrance doors used Fineline System 22 pivot doors with 22mm frames; each door was designed to 2550mm in height and 1400mm in width with side fixed glazing to fill the 1700mm grids. All ground floor pivot doors were fitted with both manual and electronic locks. A further requirement was for one entrance door to have disabled access. The fixed elevations were in two sections on the Hampstead Road side with discrete fixings and tie backs to minimise the joints.

On final approval, installation of the glazing needed to be completed before the Portland Stone facades were fixed. Working in co-operation with Synergy’s site team, Fineline completed the movement and precise placing of the fixed units –with weights in excess of 400kg – without major incident. Due to the precise detailing agreed with fixing, interface and drainage, all elevations were finally installed and completed on time.

Fineline System 22 was specified by the architect due to its ability to be adapted to precise needs and designs that comply with U-values and Part G needs. Without the support of the Fineline internal technical team, CAD technicians, onsite fitting teams, Synergy and Vivendi, the project would not have achieved its final design and success.