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  • Armstrong Ceilings help transform the multi-storey Parsons Tower

    » 19 Nov 2015

    A myriad of acoustic ceiling systems from Armstrong feature on a new-look college building.

    An unparalleled range of acoustic ceiling systems from one manufacturer - Armstrong - has helped transform a 1970s tower of teaching into an “exciting and stimulating learning environment to reflect 21st Century education”.

  • Armstrong introduces a Perla of an offer to specifiers

    » 25 Sep 2015

    Armstrong Ceilings has relaunched its popular Perla portfolio to offer specifiers a simplified but improved contemporary...

    Its Perla OP 0.95 ceiling tile became the first mineral tile in the world to win Cradle to Cradle status two years ago and now the whole range joins Armstrong’s Ultima+ range in earning Bronze certification. Cradle to Cradle is recognised by LEED and Ska as a key environmental...

  • Armstrong PCM Ceilings help a new health unit keep its Cool

    » 10 Sep 2015

    Ceiling systems from Armstrong were specified for a new Pre-Operative Assessment Department and Surgical Admissions Suite at...

    Armstrong’s CoolZone passive energy-saving tiles were used alongside the manufacturer’s Ultima+ range, which is the world’s first complete ceiling range to win Cradle to Cradle certification, with a Tegular edge detail on a 24mm suspension grid throughout the £2million...

  • Armstrong Ceilings prove just the tonic for patients and the environment in Glasgow

    » 15 Jul 2015

    The new South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Children, which was officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen on July 3rd...

    One is its size – being the largest hospital building project in Europe to date, and another its design for client NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde by specialist healthcare architects IBI Group (formerly Nightingale Associates) – which is colourful and brave in its use of internal...

  • Solutions for education is latest RIBA CPD from Armstrong Ceilings

    » 07 May 2015

    Following the launch of Phase 2 of the Government’s Priority School Building Programme (PSBP), leading interior solutions provider...

    The seminar, which earns RIBA members double points, meets RIBA’s core curriculum subjects of designing and building it (design, construction, technology and engineering) and climate (sustainable architecture), both at a general awareness knowledge level.

  • Armstrongs Recycling Schemes Go Through the Ceiling

    » 18 Feb 2015

    Ceiling recycling pioneer Armstrong is celebrating smashing its green target for 2014.

    The service, which is free of charge for contractors, notched up some 117,000m2 or 465 tonnes of old End Of Life (EOL) or new off-cut (OCR) mineral ceiling tiles last year, smashing its target of 100,000m2.

  • Armstrong Ceilings launches its project showcase for 2015

    » 06 Jan 2015

    Armstrong Ceiling’s annual showcase of European projects, its A Book, shows how the leading manufacturer of interior ceiling...

    The coffee table-styled brochure takes specifiers such as architects and interior designers on an epic journey through some of the most innovative, intelligent and stunning ceiling solutions available for their new-build and renovation design challenges.

  • Armstrong Ceilings shows its global head for heights with United Airlines

    » 25 Nov 2014

    When global architects 3DReid were looking for a UK ceiling tile manufacturer, which was “critical” for the costing and timescale...

    But specifying Armstrong Ceilings, which has production facilities in Tyne n Wear, Stafford and Sittingbourne also came with a bonus, it being part of the global Armstrong World Industries group based in the US where 3DReid’s client, United Airlines, is also based.

  • Armstrong is flush about its new Axiom range

    » 06 Oct 2014

    Leading interior systems provider Armstrong Ceilings has enhanced its Axiom range and launched a new brochure introducing the...

    Armstrong’s Axiom solutions provide an aesthetic finish for wall-to-wall and discontinuous ceiling installations, meeting the requirements of contemporary specifications by giving architects and interior designers the ability to create attractive and functional ceiling features...

  • Armstrong Ceilings fly out of Farnborough

    » 04 Sep 2014

    The 2014 Farnborough International Airshow made use of both of Armstrong’s recycling schemes.

    This year’s Farnborough International Airshow (July 19-20) made its first use of Armstrong Ceilings’ Off-Cut recycling scheme.

  • Peerless warranty launched by Armstrong Ceilings

    » 10 Jul 2014

    Armstrong Ceilings has launched a systems warranty that exceeds anything else out there in the market.

    The first 30-year warranty in the ceiling systems sector has been launched by Armstrong to meet specifiers’ and contractors’ increasing focus on risk management.

  • Armstrong Ceilings help show military museum in the best possible light

    » 19 Jun 2014

    A new, purpose-built home for a military museum has made unusual use of Armstrong Ceilings. The new £2.3million Soldiers of...

    But in this case, the main runners of the standalone canopy – an easily-relocatable modular system designed to create ceiling “clouds” for acoustically-challenged or exposed structure spaces – have been specially adapted to carry recessed spot lights to meet the museum’s...

  • Armstrong launches ceiling baffles

    » 08 May 2014

    To meet the growing demand for noise reduction solutions that do not compromise the aesthetics of contemporary public areas,...

    Previously available as bespoke solutions, Armstrong now has a standard range of metal and mineral baffles to provide an even more flexible approach to noise control in public areas such as airports, auditoria, rail terminals, schools, factories, hospitals and office buildings.

  • Armstrong launches online ceilings CPD

    » 17 Mar 2014

    The first online CPD for suspended ceilings has been launched by Armstrong.

    Leading interior solutions provider Armstrong Ceilings is believed to have become the first in its sector to launch an online RIBA CPD.

  • Armstrong Ceilings top a public to private sector refurbishment

    » 13 Feb 2014

    Braintree District Council’s former offices in Witham, Essex, have been refurbished with Armstrong Ceilings.

    A combination of mineral and metal tiles and canopies from Armstrong Ceilings were specified for the refurbishment of a former council building for their cost-effectiveness, aesthetics and acoustic properties.

  • New ceilings guide from Armstrong helps specifiers see the wood for the trees

    » 28 Nov 2013

    A complete guide to its portfolio of wood systems has been launched by Armstrong Ceilings.

    The new brochure has been introduced to help architects and interior designers select from an extensive range of statement tiles and systems designed to combine a natural and luxurious look and feel with high-performance building linings.

  • An Armstrong ceiling tile wins Silver Cradle to Cradle certification

    » 11 Oct 2013

    The first mineral ceiling tile to win Silver Cradle to Cradle® status is manufactured by Armstrong.

    Just six months after one of its mineral fibre tiles became the first in the world to be granted basic Cradle to Cradle® certification, Armstrong Ceilings has gone one better.

  • One step green ceiling solution pioneered by Armstrong

    » 08 Jul 2013

    Armstrong Ceilings has launched a unique high recycled content system that combines an eco-friendly grid with tiles.

    An all-in-one ceiling system solution with the highest recycled content available on the UK market has been launched by Armstrong Ceilings to help architects and interior designers with the green specification process.

  • Armstrong Ceilings heads up our bright green city

    » 14 Jun 2013

    An interactive knowledge port that gives architects and interior designers all the help they need to specify a green building, all in one...

    “Our bright green city” knowledge port is designed to complement Armstrong’s http://www.armstrong-ceilings.co.uk/greenbuilding website and environmental brochure but in an even more dynamic and visually stunning medium.

  • Armstrong recycling schemes turn others green with envy

    » 15 Apr 2013

    Armstrong Ceilings has taken its recycling schemes to new heights by extending them to include non-Armstrong tiles.

    Armstrong World Industries is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the launch of its award-winning¹ ceilings recycling schemes with a series of significant developments that truly place the programme at the forefront in the UK.

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