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Building envelope

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about building envelope

Product • By Kingspan Insulation North AmericaKooltherm® K100 Series

Kooltherm® K100 Series

The Kooltherm® K100 Series is a premium rigid insulation product line engineered to deliver exceptional thermal performance within a thin profile. Featuring a fiber-free rigid thermoset phenolic core, the series provides R-values of up to 8.3 per inch, enabling architects and project teams to achieve demanding thermal performance requirements with less insulation thickness. The K100 Series includes application-specific solutions for cavity walls, rainscreen systems, wood and steel framing, concrete sandwich wall systems, soffits and interior wall applications. Its high R-value can enable slimmer building envelope assemblies, preserve valuable interior space and provide greater flexibility when detailing space-constrained conditions. B... More

NewsPartner News • 23 May 2026

Introducing Partner Metall Ritten

Metall Ritten is a South Tyrol-based specialist in metal, glass, and facade construction, recognized for precision engineering, technical expertise, and collaborative project development. For more than 30 years, the company has designed, manufactured, and installed high-quality metal and glass structures that contribute to timeless, durable architecture worldwide. Operating at the intersection of craftsmanship and advanced engineering, Metall Ritten develops customized solutions for contemporary building envelopes, structural glass systems, and bespoke metalwork. The company works closely with architects, planners, and clients from early design stages through fabrication and installation, ensuring that each project achieves both technical... More

Product • By STACBONDComposite Panel - STACBOND® A2

Composite Panel - STACBOND® A2

STACBOND® specializes in manufacturing aluminum composite panels and developing advanced façade systems, combining efficiency, safety, and sustainability. STACBOND® presents STACBOND® A2, a non-combustible composite panel. The system consists of two aluminum sheets and a mineral core developed to achieve high fire classification standards. The panel provides high rigidity, surface flatness, impact resistance, durability, and low maintenance requirements STACBOND® A2 achieves the following performance standards, supporting its use in high-rise and high-occupancy buildings: UNE EN 13501-1:2007 – A2-s1, d0NFPA 285 – PASSASTM E84 – A CLASS Panel Construction & Composition The STACBOND® Compo... More

Project • By TrimoCar Parks

PARKSEVEN

Heidelberg's Luxury and Premium Parking Garage PARKSEVEN is a project showcasing premium Qbiss One metal facade solutions by Trimo. This exclusive facility is designed to house classic and vintage cars, sports cars, luxury SUVs, seasonal and premium vehicles, and convertibles and ensures their privacy and safety through video surveillance and daily guidance by property managers.  photo: HGEsch The building's aesthetic resonates with its purpose - a stylish facade featuring our Qbiss One in a sophisticated golden hue and large glass elements, creating an architectural synergy and elegance that complements the facility's core mission of safeguarding extravagant vehicles. photo: HGEsch Qbiss One modular metal facade is disting... More

Product • By ALPOLIC™ | Metal Composites MaterialsALPOLIC® MCM Timber Series

ALPOLIC® MCM Timber Series

The natural look of wood, without the weight, maintenance difficulties or expense. That’s what our Timber Series finishes are all about. These wood grain panels offer the rich beauty of Mahogany, Walnut, Maple, Zebrawood, Teak, Oriental Cane, Harvest Trail Bamboo, Rio Aleon, Wild Plum or Japanese Birch in an aluminum composite material with an advanced fluoropolymer finish that’s far more durable than real wood. For both interior and exterior applications, our wood grain panels provide the outstanding natural appearance you’re looking for, along with the outstanding performance and value you expect from ALPOLIC®. ALPOLIC ALPOLIC ALPOLIC About Wood Grain Panel Finishes We create our Timber Series finish... More

NewsNews • 13 May 2021

Award-winning Grand Théâtre de Québec attracts recognition for its beauty and sustainability

Attracting recognition for its beauty and sustainability, Lemay and Atelier 21 have completed a restoration project featuring a dynamic new envelope for the Grand Théâtre de Québec. Stephane Groleau The existing Grand Théâtre was celebrated for its iconic brutalist architecture. The challenge for the architects here was to restore and protect the building’s deteriorating exterior along, which features an emblematic Bonet mural. Serving as a corrective measure for many of the building’s weaknesses, the architects developed a sustainable innovation and solution with the addition of a transparent, glass curtain wall to the concrete structure. Stephane Groleau The glass envelope w... More

Project • By ANA DESIGN STUDIO PVT LTDLaboratories

Reliance Technology Group Research Facility

When we speak of “high tech” or “high performance” buildings, the immediate vision is of the Starship Enterprise or some such figment of cinematic imagination. Having had the opportunity of working in India and other developing nations, ANA has had the good fortune of being a part of very committed and innovative teams that have delivered such buildings, in very competitive timelines and costs. Our biggest so far, has been the flagship laboratory complex for Reliance Technology Group or RTG for Reliance Industries Limited at Navi Mumbai. This laboratory complex, spread over half a million square feet, houses the research laboratories for all businesses of Reliance Industries, and the main National Operations Centr... More

Project • By ElemexMuseums

Canada Science and Technology Museum

As you approach the Canada Science and Technology Museum, the Ceramitex® Sintered Ceramic Facade System by Elemex provides a beautiful white surface that effortlessly amalgamates with the intricate angles of the building elevations and roof while doubling as a 250-foot long projection screen. The system was integral in the ability to include a lighting package within the walls and for the non-typical panels and mitered corners.   In 2015, NORR was tasked with an ambitious schedule to complete renovations for the Canada Science and Technology Museum in time for Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations in 2017. The project required: envelope upgrades, new mechanical and electrical systems, seismic upgrades, new entrance facilit... More

Project • By Levitt BernsteinHousing

Sutherland Road

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

Project • By Alison Brooks Architects LtdOffices

Quarterhouse, Folkestone UK

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

Product • By ALPOLIC™ | Metal Composites MaterialsALPOLIC MCM Shimmer Series

ALPOLIC MCM Shimmer Series

Our new Shimmer Series finishes add mesmerizing silver or gold sparkles and rich, deep colors to our aluminum composite panels. The result is ideal for designs that require the boldest, most eye-catching details. And as always, you can count on the durability and reliability that come standard with ALPOLIC composites. About Shimmer Finishes The sparkle in our Shimmer Series finishes comes from Nova, the latest Fluropon Effects coating. It offers brilliant, shining colors with the same high quality as our other finishes: outstanding color and gloss retention, impressive weathering performance, and resistance to staining and fading. Shimmer Finish Applications With their bold, eye-catching looks, Shimmer Series finishes are well suited fo... More