Within the past four decades, well over 2 billion square feet of metal roofing has been installed in the United States each year. That number continues to grow, and it’s more than any other roof type ...

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 ...

Alcoa Architectural Products of France has launched a new aluminium cladding panel that cleans both itself and the surrounding air. “These cladding features mean the building is no longer just a ...

It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower in June 2017, killing 72 people. Last month, a cigarette sparked a blaze that quickly jumped five floors of Melbourne's ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

When you walk through the sun-filled atrium of the Edmonton Convention Centre or glimpse the dramatic sloped roof of the Varennes Library in suburban Montreal, it's not obvious these buildings are ...

The curvilinear form of the building is constructed from a framework of prefabricated glulam beams. The beams are supported on a lightweight steel structure below the first-floor slab, which itself is ...

The aluminum Click-on Batten system from Sculptform can be used as wall, ceiling or facade cladding in either internal or external applications. The aluminum battens are simply push-clicked onto ...

Authorities believe part of the Adelaide Convention Centre is clad in the worst type of flammable aluminium panels, with no testing done to determine its properties. The SA Government is considering ...