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A retailer's first, and therefore most important, interaction with potential customers is its shop frontage. With the diversity of shopping options at The Base came a diversity of shop fronts. Origin Windows was responsible for putting the face to many of these businesses.

Origin Windows' work on The Base project ranged from custom frame shop fronts to frameless glass joinery facades, commercial joinery and curtain walling.

"We installed the majority of frontages for this retail development," says project manager John Luuring. "Naylor Love provided the finished apertures and then we came in and measured up each custom project."

Individual clients included Hallensteins, with a frameless glass facade, Briscoes, Rebel Sports and North Beach's two-storey curtain wall. In addition, Origin Windows sized, manufactured and installed all the commercial joinery for The Warehouse.

An ability to think on your feet is a given for a company with Origin Windows' industry experience and team of skilled in-house draughtspeople. An innovative and highly practical frontage element designed for The Warehouse reflects this.

"With crowds massing through The Warehouse entry doors, the client wanted a way to securely re-admit lines of trolleys without clogging public access and egress," says Luuring. "To this end, we devised a custom weight-pulley design solution alongside the entry that would admit trolleys, but not people. This was particularly well-received by the client."

For details, contact Origin Windows, 2 Northpark Drive, Te Rapa, Hamilton, phone (07) 849 3817, fax (07) 849 3813. Email: john@originwindows.co.nz.

Story by: Trendsideas