ARCO | Facade Engineering & Architectural Consultancy

Facade engineering for buildings that perform.

Specialist building envelope consultancy. Curtain walls, structural glazing, and complex facades across Europe and the Middle East.

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Facade Engineering
Curtain walling, unitised systems, point-fixed glazing. The geometry others find difficult.
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Envelope Consultancy
Thermal, acoustic, fire, and weatherproofing strategy from the earliest design stages.
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Site QA & Inspection
Your technical eyes on site. Making sure what gets built matches what was designed.
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Defect Analysis
When something isn't working, we find out why and what to do about it.
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Computational Modelling
FEA and CFD for complex geometry, wind loading, and thermal behaviour.

Selected projects

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Residential

One Blackfriars, London

170m tower. Double-curved unitised glazing.

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Commercial

DIFC Gate District, Dubai

Three towers. Solar control glazing, 30% cooling reduction.

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Cultural

Alhambra Centre, Rotterdam

45m glass roof canopy. Structural glass fins.

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Remediation

Meridian Place, Manchester

Post-Grenfell cladding replacement. 22 storeys.

One Blackfriars, London

170m residential tower. Double-curved unitised glazing with bespoke connection details.

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One Blackfriars tower facade

DIFC Gate District, Dubai

Three commercial towers. Solar control glazing and ventilated rainscreen, 30% reduction in cooling loads.

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DIFC Gate District facade

The Alhambra Centre, Rotterdam

Free-form glass roof canopy spanning 45 metres. Structural glass fins and computational load-path modelling.

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Alhambra Centre glass roof

Meridian Place, Manchester

Post-Grenfell cladding replacement. 22 storeys. Improved thermal performance within updated fire safety requirements.

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Meridian Place cladding
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The hardest part of any building is its skin

It has to look right, keep water out, manage heat, resist wind, and last for decades. We make all of that work together.

Independent advice
Technical depth

We're not tied to any manufacturer or contractor. Every project gets senior-level thinking from day one, no handoffs, no layers.

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Independent Advice

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We're not tied to any manufacturer. Our advice is always based on what's right for the project.

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Practical Experience

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Most of our team have worked contractor-side. We know what's actually buildable.

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Senior-Led

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No junior handoffs. Your project gets experienced engineers from day one.

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Long-Term

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We stay involved after handover. Monitoring, maintenance, defect investigation.

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Projects delivered across
12 countries
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Million square metres of facade
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From the people we work with

"Quietly saved us six months of remedial work."
David Kearney
Project Director, Mace Group
"Their input on buildability has become part of how we design."
Sarah Chen
Associate, Grimshaw Architects
"Clear reports, no jargon, and they answer the phone when things go wrong on site."
Michael Torres
Head of Development, Landsec
"Quietly saved us six months of remedial work."
David Kearney
Project Director, Mace Group
"Their input on buildability has become part of how we design."
Sarah Chen
Associate, Grimshaw Architects
"Clear reports, no jargon, and they answer the phone when things go wrong on site."
Michael Torres
Head of Development, Landsec

Accredited and independently verified

ISO 9001 certified. Chartered engineers with the IStructE and ICE. Members of the Society of Facade Engineering and the CWCT.

Certifications and accreditation

We'd like to hear about your project.

Concept stage, pre-tender, or something on site that needs fixing. Let's talk.

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