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Aluminium Façade: What Makes it the Choicest Material in Façade Systems?

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The application of façade systems dates back to 1600 when ancient people used them to innovate their buildings. Stones were typically their chosen materials for big churches and mansions. However, as time took a leap, the demand for superior materials like metals grew among people. To cater to the rising demand for modern and superior metals, façade specialists started introducing steel, brick, zinc, brass and copper to construct architectural claddings. Among them, the aluminium façade enjoys more popularity today. Wondering why? Scroll down to explore the underlying reasons. Advantages of Constructing a Façade with Aluminium Despite the various material choices for designing the front side of a building, aluminium enjoys greater acceptance among people. The reasons entailing material qualities have been listed down for your convenience. Take a look for confirming your choice. v Lightweight Aluminium is easy to deal with. It’s lightweight as compared to steel and weighs onl...
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Elements And Disciplines Of Modern Facade Development

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Often regarded as the face of the building, the facade determines how the building looks from the front, whilst the sides and back could be quite identical to every other building - just walls and windows. But in modern times, there is little room for typicality. Here is a tour of the main elements that uphold the modern building facade design dynamics.   How Today’s Building Facade Specialists Think Differently From Earlier Concepts Mind it that “earlier” concepts do not always mean traditional while thinking differently in the new and modern ways, does not mean that it shuns off the traditional concepts.   Today’s building facades are a lot different from the traditional ones that had intricate faceted masonry and fortifications, or heavy arched structures that were typical to the Renaissance buildings with vaulted ceilings, Georgian architecture, pilasters and engaged columns and so on. Even until the early 1900s, building facades largely demonstrated the weight o...
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Unitised versus Stick Built Curtain Walls: What’s Perfect for your Building Façade?

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High rise towers and monumental buildings now provide a stunning panoramic view of the urban landscape and have ample natural lighting conditions inside. Ever wondered what ensures so? It’s none other than curtain wall glazing system in the words of curtain wall contractors in the UK . It’s a structure that covers the commercial buildings from outside to promise not just the above stated but also safeguard them from outdoor elements. Needless to say, it has turned out to be a popular choice among building owners. Plus, the aluminium façade has every potential to stand upright, given its light weight. However, the dilemma arises, when one comes in contact with two options when choosing curtain walls. The blog provides an insight into both the systems to help you pick the ideal one for your commercial building. Unitised System Such a curtain wall system is manufactured, assembled and glazed within a factory, ready to be picked up with cranage facilities for installation purposes. ...
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Modern Facade Systems - Options and Opinions

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  What does come to your mind when you say Building Facade? While most of the definition points at the external face of the building, in the 21st architecture language, the facade calls for a broader definition, if not terminology. Because facades are not anymore the decorative element to tell apart the front of the building from other sides. This structure, after the roof, has become a key component for securing the indoors against the harsh aspects of the weather and work as a weather barrier, and the same time, elevate the building efficiency. Nowadays, a prominent facade specialist or curtain wall contractor UK would come up with a broad range of technologies and systems to support that concept. Here’s an overview of the Options and Opinions for you to choose. Types Of Facade Systems Available in the UK   Let’s start with the grouping system based on priorities. Earlier, in classical architecture, building facades mainly used arch-ring structures or beam-column stru...
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Best Options of Rainscreen Systems That A Leading Irish Rainscreen Contractor Can Get You

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  There are so many different terms to define Rainscreen Systems, that buyers are so often confused. So if you are looking for a solution, the best place to start is to have a clear understanding of what a Rainscreen really is, and what are its capabilities. Then it would be easier to understand the technologies that make it more advanced. The First Step Is To Understand What Is A Rainscreen Rainscreens are protective siding or cladding systems, whose sole job is to keep away rainwater from entering the building and act as a barrier over the building facade or entire envelope. It is a structure, that is more like a raincoat for the building. Rainscreens form the outermost barrier in the exterior wall detailing of a building. So a typical wall construction would have the following order, from inwards out:   Main Structural Wall Air Barrier Exterior Insulation Drainage Cavity for Ventilation Rainscreen Cladding   Hailing from the U.S, this ext...
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Types Of Curtain Wall Systems Offered By Modern Curtain Wall Contractors in the UK

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Modern architecture around the world has the widespread use of Curtain Walls, whose core feature is to act as weather protection and to keep the building secure from any kind of exterior elements that may cause damage of any kind like bad weather conditions, etc. It is also seen that many times a building will have a panel on its exposed areas placed with the help of methods like mechanical bonding, adhesive or with the aid of chemical bonding and the like. These panels are what we call curtain walls. It is also observed that having curtain walls on the exterior of any structure serves with umpteen benefits and is available in materials such as glass, metal, stone, etc. The concept of curtain walls are quite popular all over the world, especially in developed nations be it the European countries like UK, Ireland, etc. since these days new architectural designs and ambitious plans of construction in the form of skyscrapers and other such constructions require and also encourage new co...
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Potentials of Brick Slip and Terracotta Facade in Contemporary Architecture

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The use of Terracotta Cladding for facades is nothing new and is rather more an age-old concept. But what the classic concepts have brought to life for modern architecture, apart from the straightforward installation and extreme cost-effectivity, is increased environmental values for the building and the construction process. Terracotta is sourced from clay, and the natural material can be used for ventilated exterior walls, sunscreen, and rainscreen facades with slip brick cladding. A Terracotta Facade can naturally cool down the temperature in scorching climate. This feature alone can optimise the thermal performance of the building and reduce the overall carbon footprint. The energy performance obtained from the terracotta cladding facade design can fulfil a large portion of the thermal regulations practised in the Irish regions. The ventilated walls of a terracotta brick slip facade give the building a heightened heat capacity or thermal effusivity, and reduced effects of therma...
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