Hunter Douglas Architectural, the international leader in architectural building products, has played its part in a new campus building adjoining the Met Office’s new supercomputer hall.

For the Global Environmental Futures (GEF) campus, it manufactured a 900m2 solid wood, linear open system, comprising 116mm wide solid Western Red Cedar panels with a 19mm gap to create a 135mm module. The gaps between the panels were closed off using a black non-woven acoustic fleece to maximise acoustic absorption.

The panels were finished on three sides with UV resistant varnish and were also fire treated to achieve the highest classification available for wood products.