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A hotel in Poland uses Cembonit also in a conventional landscape format
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A modern, flush finish with no interruptions in the facade to distract from the sleek surface, at Acland Burghley school in Camden
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A project in Finland shows that even a relatively small area of strong or vivid colour will be eye- catching
the cladding to be to be installed on a framework of timber battens and counter battens. For larger projects, both steel, and more commonly aluminium are used. Metal brackets and rails allow for greater flexibility in the cladding zone to accommodate the wide thicknesses of insulation now available. Metal frameworks are also secure and energy efficient through the incorporation of thermal stops and other features.
Design perspectives
The use of modern materials such as aluminium and fibre cement can provide a consistency in size, shape and colour that is not achievable with traditional materials. This is important from a design perspective as first impressions count and the vertical face of any building is usually the first element that is seen and usually the mental image of the building retained by the viewer.
Fibre cement rainscreen cladding is a lightweight versatile facade construction that allows specifiers to achieve greater creativity, shorter construction lead times and improved thermal performance for their projects. Although fibre cement cladding is manufactured as large format panels – generally as a 4 ft x8 ft’ module – it is a surprisingly versatile material as demonstrated by varied applications.
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The key function of rainscreen cladding is to screen the building structure from the elements
With imaginative design and good collaboration between cutting specialists, support system suppliers and installers, striking effects can be created with fibre cement cladding. Colour is one of the important tools in the arsenal of the designer looking to make a statement. However, geographical regions tend to vary in their views on colour. In Finland, Denmark and Sweden there are many projects that demonstrate the design possibilities that colour can offer. Elsewhere in Europe design and colour create remarkably different building effects with the same basic material. The design and architectural community in the UK has yet to fully embrace the potential that colour can offer, but with or without colour, fibre cement is here to stay as a cladding material.
Ged Ferris is marketing manager for Cembrit
ADF FEBRUARY 2017
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