CASE STUDY Timeless yet contemporary zinc and stone Project: Vita Student Newcastle Client: Vita Student Architect/Interior Designer: Fuse Main Contractor: Carillion Window Subcontractor: Polar NE Structural Engineer: WSP Envelope Contractor: Roofclad Systems Zinc: elZinc slate rhomboid shingles This is Vita Student Newcastle, a new development of 259 high quality student accommodation studios on Westgate Road in Newcastle town centre. The site is surrounded by eight listed buildings and is stone’s throw from Newcastle Central Station. Architects and interior designers Fuse worked with Historic England and the city’s planning and design officers to develop a façade that is unashamedly contemporary, but h

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