Look at the walls of most modern buildings. Sleek. Smooth. Sometimes glossy, sometimes matte. That’s not regular paint or plaster. Most of the time, it’s aluminium cladding panels. These panels are ...

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 ...

Fancy Facades: The latest panels, cladding, & screening. Pictured: KME Architectural's TECU DESIGN_PUNCH perforated and embossed screening (Courtesy KME Architectural). AN found the latest additions ...

Italian chemical and development group Acell (Milan, Italy) has already earned kudos in the construction composites industry with its innovative foam-cored sandwich panels for doors (click on “SMC ...

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 ...