All Cladding products articles – Page 7

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    What it costs: Insulated renders

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Insulated render systems save energy and look good. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans sums up the variety of choices and highlights some topical issues and lifecycle costs

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    Curtain walling

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Architectural aluminium systems specialist Technal, has launched MX Acoustic – a new design option for its MX curtain walling range, for more demanding acoustic requirements.

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    Dressing the pinnacle

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Putting a cladding system on a shape as eccentric as the Pinnacle tower is hard enough. But how do you give it openable windows as well? Stephen Kennett found out

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    Stone facades

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    TI Dynamic Facades has launched sandstone and limestone options for its Aerolite range of facades.

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    High-pressure laminate panels

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Specialist cladding manufacturer CEP Claddings has extended the number of finishes for its Bauclad range of high-pressure laminate panels.

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    Solar shading

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Solar shading from Levolux has been used on Foster + Partners’ Folkestone Academy in Kent.

  • This view from the main auditorium shows the flexibility of the performing spaces.
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    Viñoly turns a corner – the Leicester Curve

    2008-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Rafael Viñoly’s UK projects have been derided and delayed, but finally, with the Curve in Leicester, he has got one done and dusted. Thomas Lane finds out whether this ‘inside-out’ theatre will answer the critics

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    What it costs: Thermal insulation

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Insulation is an effective way to help meet Building Regulations targets on carbon emission reduction. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans examines the effectiveness of different materials

  • The pyramidal glass block set into the facade of this multipurpose building in Aurillac, France, intensifies the coloured lighting
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    The alternatives: Interactive facades

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Here are three alternative facade systems to bring your buildings to life

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    Aluminium perforated cladding

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Manchester’s Chill Factor, the UK’s longest indoor ski slope, has more than 5,000m2 of Kalzip aluminium cladding, as well as perforated facades and profiled sheets.

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    Aluminium-timber facades

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS) has launched a new facade range called Hybrid

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    Causes of failure: Profiled sheeting

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Corrugated steel sheets are more sophisticated than ever, and used in everything from schools and museums to hospitals. But Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans discovers things can go wrong

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    Ceramic facade panels

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Shackerley is extending its ventilated rainscreen offerings with a range of terracotta and unglazed ceramic tiles.

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    Solar-powered LED cladding: Great wall of China

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Beijing’s ‘media wall’ brings to life Simone Giostra’s concept of a narrative facade. Stephen Kennett looks at how this unique, decade-in-the-making concept merges art and artifice onto one illuminated electronic showstopper

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    Steel cladding

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Corus Colors has introduced the next generation of its pre-finished steel roof and wall cladding system

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    Sandwich panel facades

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    This sandwich wall facade by Hunter Douglas was used on an extension to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

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    Insulated wall panels

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    SpeedDeck Building Systems has added two new thicknesses to its Vitesse architectural wall range to provide enhanced U-values and thermal efficiency

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    Paradise Street, Liverpool: Mayfair comes to Merseyside

    2008-05-30T00:00:00Z

    With a pricetag of £1bn , Liverpool One could have ended up as a never-ending shopping mall. But it’s a whole lot classier than that.

  • Site trip
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    ‘People always remember weirdos ’

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    How they made it

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    Anti-graffiti paint

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Johnstone has launched an anti-graffiti system that is suitable for both interior and exterior brick, masonry and previously painted surfaces in sectors such as education, retail, transport and leisure.