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Roofing, Cladding & Facades
TREKKER GLOBAL RELEASES NEW CLADDING COLOURS FOR SPRING
Trekker Global is delighted to introduce three new colours to its collection of composite cladding for 2022 - Bronze, Earth and Pearl. Providing sustainable, high-quality composite cladding products, which are all FSC® certified, the new range covers light to dark options, that will suit any home. Cladding is one of the most sought-after looks for outdoor design. As interior trends shift, homeowners and designers are now looking for more ways to be creative to achieve an on-trend look, not only inside the home, but outside too.
Stylish cladding can provide a beautiful addition or finishing touch to any garden renovation. The winter months are a great time to start planning a garden project ahead of the summer season. It is best to choose a cladding colour that complements and best suits the colours in the garden – whilst also making sure to measure the space carefully. To complete the look, choose the right finish to match, with Trekker Global’s collection of 12 different finishes - from polished, to wood grain, to sanded.
Whether the space is small or large, Trekker Global’s cladding options can make a significant difference to the overall design and feel of a garden. Clad an outdoor office or garden shed in a larger space or use cladding for smaller elements to spruce up smaller outdoor areas, such as creating planter boxes or stairs. It is also important to consider how to integrate lighting into cladding to really make an area pop. Easy to install with the ability to be worked just like wood, the composite cladding will not rot or warp, and needs very little maintenance. It is even anti-slip, especially helpful during the wetter months, all while being environmentally friendly.
Trekker Global is part of the Havwoods International Group.
www.havwoods.com | info@havwoods.com +44(0)1524 737000
A STUNNING PERFORATED METAL FACADE THAT IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY
The Cineworld New Mersey Retail Park is a multi-million pound complex, comprising 11 cinemas, including one with Super-screen, as well as six restaurants. Located on a major access road into Liverpool, this building looks set to become a landmark.
The bold design gives a ‘sci-fi’ feel to this unusual facade that is made up of more than 3000 m2 of perforated sheets manufactured and supplied by RMIG. As the building is situated only a few miles from the River Mersey, the stainless steel sheets provide the perfect solution, creating a facade that is durable and resistant to the coastal environment.
Technical characteristics Raw material: Stainless Steel 316L Grind Pattern: R40T80 Thickness: 3.0 mm Surface treatment: Brushed 240 Grit
www.city-emotion.com email: info.uk@rmig.com | Tel : 01935 839610
NORDIC COPPER BUILDING STUDIES
Nordic Copper offers an extensive range of natural surfaces and alloys that can be applied in numerous ways to clad a wide variety of building types from concert halls to social housing. A growing series of building studies – via www.nordiccopper.com – exemplify the best in contemporary architecture and showcase the diversity of surfaces, forms and applications available with Nordic Copper today.
Copper’s unique architectural qualities are defined by its naturally developing patina – which cannot be replicated successfully using other materials with surface coatings. Within a few days of exposure to the atmosphere, a copper surface begins to oxidise, changing from the ‘bright’ mill finish to a chestnut brown, which gradually darkens over several years to a chocolate brown. Continued weathering can eventually result in the distinctive green or blue patina seen on older roofs.
NATURAL PROCESSES
The Aurubis ‘Nordic Copper’ range provides all these surfaces straightaway. The processes involved are generally similar to those taking place over time in the environment, utilising copper mineral compounds, not alien chemical processes.
All these surfaces form an integral part of the copper, generally continuing to change over time, and are not lifeless coatings or paint. The material is easily bent and formed, and there are no limitations on the length of copper sheet or strip because whole coils are treated on the production line, not just limited size sheets.
The Nordic Copper range includes Nordic Standard ‘mill finish’ and Nordic Brown pre-oxidised copper, offering lighter or darker shades of brown determined by the thickness of the oxide layer. The extensive Nordic Blue, Nordic Green and new Nordic Turquoise ranges have been developed with properties and colours based on the same brochantite mineralogy found in natural patinas all over the world. As well as the solid patina colours, ‘Living’ surfaces are available for each with other intensities of patina flecks revealing some of the dark oxidised background material.
COPPER ALLOYS
Copper alloys are growing in popularity as well including Nordic Bronze and Nordic Brass – which can also be supplied preweathered. The innovative Nordic Royal is an alloy of copper with aluminium and zinc, giving it a rich golden through-colour and making it very stable. Its surface retains its golden colour and simply loses some of its sheen over time to give a matt finish.
DIVERSITY OF FORMS
A wide choice of Nordic Decor mechanically applied surface treatments is also available for various surfaces and alloys, particularly suited to interior applications.
Apart from traditionally-jointed, rolled material supported by a substrate, various other forms of copper for architecture are increasingly being explored by designers. Photo: Maris Tomba
For example, copper can be supplied in profiled sheets or extremely flat honeycomb panels, pressed to provide surface textures and modulation, or perforated, expanded or woven as mesh for transparency.
But there is more to architectural copper than meets the eye, with an unrivalled lifespan, no maintenance and full recyclability. With an ‘A1 (non-combustible material)’ fire classification to EN 13501-1, copper is also suitable for cladding tall buildings, using appropriate constructions. Low thermal movement makes it appropriate for any climates and locations, and it is non-toxic and safe to handle, as well as non-brittle and safe to work. And, importantly today, its inherent antimicrobial qualities make it ideal for touch surfaces internally as well.
LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE
The lifespan of copper roofing and cladding can be regarded conservatively as 200 years, subject to substrate and structure, and this is endorsed by experience. Naturally, this longevity has a significant beneficial effect upon comparative whole of life cost assessments. Copper’s longevity is due to a complex patination process. It ensures extreme durability with no maintenance and resistance to corrosion in virtually any atmospheric conditions. And, unlike some other architectural metals, copper does not suffer from underside corrosion. Photo: Chris Hodson
In addition, copper requires no maintenance or decoration. As a lightweight and flexible covering, structural support demands are reduced, resulting in lower carbon and ‘whole of life’ costs. Copper is also fully recyclable utilising long-established practices – 97% of copper in construction comes from recycling – and has other impressive sustainability and environmental credentials. And, of course, copper retains a high scrap value at eventual demolition.
To explore inspirational Nordic Copper building studies, visit: www.nordiccopper.com/copper-stories/ or email: g.bell@aurubis.com
