SWEDEN
Österport school in Ystad
The work of restoring the school’s beautiful original old windows from 1912 was started in 1990.
These windows, which are of particularly good quality and construction, were well worth preserving.
The windows have been restored to their original condition and the life expectancy associated with this. They also fulfil today’s high requirements in respect of heat insulating ability and noise reduction.
Many of our students have worked on the corridor windows as part of their professional training at Bjäresjö School.

Stockholm The Royal Palace
In 1992 a comprehensive investigative study was carried out on the windows of the royal palace in Stockholm, which are from the 1700s, commissioned by the Palace’s building management authorities. Our experience from this and other similar projects is – “Doing nothing is better than using the wrong techniques and the wrong material at the wrong time.”


GERMANY
“The window of the future” is to be found in Leipzig
Commissioned by the Leipzig local authority, we performed an investigative study of a jugend style building from the 1880s in Leipzig in 1997. Its “Kastenfenster”, with inward opening outer and inner casements and a large gap between the panes of glass, provide the right conditions for very good U-values and noise reduction. The goal of the project was to give information about windowcraft’s techniques and opportunities and to create interest among local craftsmen for training courses in Sweden.