NATURAL STONE CASE STUDY - QUAD - DERBY

STONE DESCRIPTION:

Beautiful Derbyshire carboniferous sandstone, which has been used widely across the UK for all scale of projects – from major prestigious city centre developments to commercial, residential and new build education facilities.

Stanton Moor buff sandstone and Stanton Moor pink sandstone are fine to medium grained sandstones extracted from Dale View Quarry, Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire. The striking colour of Stanton Moor sandstone features a buff base with brown, gold and wild pink variation, adding depth and interest to both traditional and contemporary building designs. Extensive reserves allow selection from either Buff of Pink colour options.

PROJECT SUMMARY:

An £11m Quad centre building designed with an outer mix of natural stone ashlar cladding, steel and glass which when chosen by Derby council cabinet in 2004 proved to be very controversial. However, this now, much loved four-storey building provides Derby city centre with a state-of-the art gallery, cinemas, artists’ studios, and a café bar, as well as space for local people to create artwork.

THE BUILD SOLUTION:

Random layers of Stanton Moor natural sandstone ashlar cladding, cut to specification at 40 mm thick and hung onto a specially designed panellised rail system, provides the building with a suspended iconic cube like appearance. The colour variation of Stanton Moor sandstone, slides effortlessly through the ashlar cladding creating a natural contemporary design which is visually impressive across each side of the cube.

As part of the regeneration of Derby's City centre to boost cultural activities this multimedia arts venue was awarded first prize in the New Build category for work completed in Derby during 2008 by the Derby Civic Society.

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