Metallic facade
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Project • By ALPOLIC™ | Metal Composites Materials • Hospitals
Virginia Eye Institute
Well-known for its extensive use throughout the architectural market, aluminum composite is becoming an increasing popular building material in both new and retrofit healthcare construction. Aluminum composite material is a modern, durable and workable alternative to heavy metal products.
A perfect fit for heavy-use buildings such as health centers, composite panels are a strong, long-lasting material. In addition, their diverse range of shapes and colors make composite panels aesthetically desirable as well, allowing healthcare facilities to provide their patients and visitors with a more comfortable environment.
Mark Rhodes for Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America
As explained by Kori Nichols of Roof Services Corporation, the res... More
News • News • 25 Mar 2022
New Urban Campus for Bocconi University features SANAA’s signature theme of transparency
The new Urban Campus for the Bocconi University is located on a large site close to the city centre of Milan, adjacent to the existing university. In a radical departure from the axial relationships and rectilinear volumes typical of the adjacent campus, the project comprises several sinuous buildings with shimmery metallic skin.
Filippo Fortis
Each building on the new campus is dedicated to its own program: the teaching and administration building (several interconnected cells), dormitories and a recreation centre. Only half the 35,000 square meter site is occupied by new buildings, with the remainder dedicated to green space.
Philippe Ruault
Transparency is a signature of SANAA, and this project is no exception. The see-... More
Product • By Woodtone • Chrometallics
Chrometallics
A luminous metallic finish on durable smooth fiber cement and engineered wood siding products. Chrometallics™ groundbreaking coating was developed in partnership with Sherwin Williams and is backed by a 15-year coating warranty in addition to the fiber cement or engineered wood substrate warranty. This metallic-look siding solution has the desired metallic brilliance and is an easy to install alternative for aluminum and metal siding. More
Product • By Rockpanel • Rockpanel Metals - Facade cladding with Industrial look
Rockpanel Metals - Facade cladding with Industrial look
The age of the industrial revolution is long gone, but the style still remains. More popular than ever, even residential buildings are opting for this hard working industrial look. Order your samples here
Give your building extra shine and lustre with the contemporary and industrial finish of Rockpanel Metals. The metallic sheen plays with the light to create unexpected colours and effects. Rockpanel Metals comes in multiple high-grade designs and gives any facade an elegant and sophisticated look.
The Rockpanel Metals boards are produced from compressed natural basalt, a sustainable and readily available volcanic rock and bonded with an organic binder from which all Rockpanel products derive their unique properties. The products combine... More