Alluminium cladding

Hilverdaflorist Offices, The Netherlands  - Structure coated linarte façade sections. -(Straight Even 25). Linarte Wall cladding. With Linarte, façades or façade sections can be finished to create a sleek whole using vertical profiles in various designs, both inside and outside. Gates or doors can also be clad with Linarte, allowing them to blend seamlessly into a uniform façade. Caption The façade system offers many design possibilities thanks to the various vertical aluminium façade panels that can be used and the integration options for, among other things, doors, lighting, logos and fire extinguishing facilities. Linarte is available in virtually all finishes, such as RAL, NCS, co... More

Luxury apartment blocks clad in aluminium GRC effect finish which enabled cost savings of over £300m2 and a weight reduction of 55kgs/m2. Image credit @Metaline More

The current trend in The Netherlands is to recycle existing buildings rather than to replace them. In the old city of Leiden Mirck Architecture has designed such a rejuvenation for a 15th century landmark canal house. In the 1960s the building’s interior was effectively destroyed, which sad event opened interesting perspectives for the building’s redevelopment. The building is now used as an Annex by the International Tax Center Leiden, a postgraduate studies that is housed in the neighboring mansion at Rapenburg 65.The Rapenburg 63 Annex houses a fully equipped modern lecture theatre with 74 seats, a student lounge, and student studios along with a joint living room annex kitchen that overlooks the splendid garden at the backside of the bu... More

Sutherland Road is a new development in Walthamstow, east London, which combines residential, medical and landscape design. The site was formerly occupied by semi-derelict industrial units, and backs onto older terraced housing behind. The challenge was to create a new, mixed-tenure development that could work with the contrasting boundary conditions whilst providing a sense of place.Designed as a cohesive whole, the scheme provides 59 new affordable homes, a health centre, a shared communal garden and integrated landscaping throughout. The aesthetic of the scheme takes its cue from the industrial setting, and is robust and simple. A combination of steeply pitched and saw-toothed roofs, combined with brick and red corrugated metal cladding,... More

The Quarterhouse is a multi-purpose Arts and Business Centre that forms a key element of the arts-led regeneration of Folkestone spearheaded by client The Creative Foundation, a charitable trust. The building includes a 220 seat, 500 standing multipurpose auditorium for music, dance, theatre, film performances and conferences; ground floor foyer and exhibition space; first floor cafe/bar and a top floor business enterprise centre. The Quarterhouse was conceived as both a ‘beacon’ announcing a new cultural hub for Folkestone, and as a modest ‘bookend’ building completing the curved east facade of late Georgian buildings that form Tontine Street. The building’s most prominent feature, the fluted mesh cladding illuminated from behind at ni... More