Imperial War Museum

Architect	Foster + Partners
Location	Lambeth Road, London SE1
Contract Size	£1.5m
Key Areas	Staircases & balustrades
Description	Tall feature staircases were panelled with a hand-finished zinc sprayed coated panels specially shaped and fabricated with ribbed stiffeners to allow them to be carefully handled and lifted into position and invisibly fixed. The finish is intended to look like a military specification and yet be beautiful and architecturally pleasing. The design logistics of making and installing these 5m x 1.5m panels and securing them in and amongst all the exhibits, was highly demanding, as was the geometric challenge of making them fit exactly to tolerances on structural steel stairs. This museum is a delight to visit and a good way to understand our capabilities on a large and varied £1.5m package of metalwork, which included stairs, glass balustrades, lift cladding and panelling

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