Exterior facade cladding, construction finishes. Knotwood specialises in crafting premium aluminium products with the natural look of timber, delivering greener, safer, and stronger solutions for the ...

In all climate zones, the various forms of metal cladding—single-skin panels, metal composite materials (MCM) panels, and insulated metal panels (IMPs)—are proving to be reliable, durable elements on ...

Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

Exposed terracotta buildings always exude a rustic charm. They bring back the feel of traditional earthy architecture that was seen in most parts of the world at some point in time. Exposed bricks ...

Over the last 12 years or so, I’ve devoted the majority of my professional work to designing stone cladding and glass/aluminum cladding systems, and I’ve seen plenty of errors that could have been ...

It’s no secret that the ragbag of orthodoxies once known as ‘rational’ cladding design has been consigned to history. Llewelyn Davies Yeang’s cladding to the Morgan Stanley Clinical Building at Great ...

An official test of the types of materials used at Grenfell Tower suggest that designs like that used in the tower's cladding are fundamentally flawed, Newsnight can reveal. A so-called "fire test" is ...