Zehnder has provided its Multicolumn radiator for Manchester Town Hall and Central Library. As part of a £100m+ programme to improve Manchester City Council’s customer service facilities and to increase visitor numbers to the library, as well as providing greater public access to historic and archived material, the project aimed to enhance both the Town Hall & library.

This extremely complex project brought together a host of specialist companies within the construction industry and saw a collaborative approach between two architectural practices in the design of the buildings: Ian Simpson Architects for the Town Hall Extension and Ryder Architecture for the Central Library.

Matt Pickering, Architect at Ian Simpson Architects, said: "As architects for the Town Hall Extension we were pleased with the selection of the Zehnder Multicolumn. Aside from meeting its objective of retaining the architectural heritage of the building the Zehnder Multicolumn gave us excellent levels of flexibility".

Commenting on the specification of the Zehnder Multicolumn Rob Ferry, Associate Director at BDP, M&E Consultants on the project explains: "We wanted a radiator which was not only in keeping with the heritage of the buildings, but which also offered a sense of style and modernism. After evaluating a number of different products we all agreed that the Zehnder Multicolumn was the best solution.”