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Shakes make sustainable roof for Archerfield Links
The Nike Performance Fitting Centre at Archerfield Links is a world-class golf facility built on the Archerfield estate. The main challenge for Aitken Turnbull Architects was to combine the clean, contemporary feel of the Nike training academy with the traditionally styled clubhouse and grounds. JB Shakes were used on the roof of the building and make a significant contribution to
The Nike Performance Fitting Centre at Archerfield Links is a world-class golf facility built on the Archerfield estate.
The main challenge for Aitken Turnbull Architects was to combine the clean, contemporary feel of the Nike training academy with the traditionally styled clubhouse and grounds.
Solution
JB Shakes were used on the roof of the building and make a significant contribution to this mergence of styles.
The rich, warm colour of the shakes combined the old with the new due to its versatility with both traditional and modern structures. The natural preservatives in the wood ensure that weathering will result in a gradual colour change to an attractive, silver-grey, which blends naturally with the surrounding golf course.
The sustainable product also contains a high degree of thermal insulation and incorporates a low carbon design.
Outcome
JB Shakes are a truly renewable and sustainable roofing product and have given the owners and members of Archerfields Golf Club a finished building that they love. Despite its modern interior, the low maintenance, durable roof solution has enabled the contemporary Nike fitting centre to sit comfortably within the grounds of Archerfield estate.
