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The Duchess of Cornwall Inn, Poundbury
Zinc does need good design and high quality installation, but it can be used on a large array of building types in many architectural styles
Francis Terry Architects designed, amongst other buildings, the Duchess of Cornwall Inn. The project not only includes a number of decorative dormers but also a zinc balustrade. Pre-weathered zinc was chosen for a number of reasons; the low weight of zinc when compared to stone or even lead meant that the supporting structure did not have to be quite as large, and the material’s malleability and as always its aesthetics were also critical to the choice. Finally, whilst the building does have Palladian inspiration it is also reminiscent of Parisian buildings associated with Baron Haussmann, where stone facades often combine with slate and zinc roofs. Now for something very different indeed. Right next to Wembley Stadium in north west London, White Ink architects designed a residential project called South West Lands. Brick, balconies and red pigmented pre-weathered zinc combine to create a building with a distinctive warehouse feel. Due to the residential nature and height of the building it was critical that the facade, including the standing seam zinc panels, was composed entirely of materials with limited or no combustibility (A1 or A2 following EN13501-1).
Zinc is not only used on large buildings but also smaller projects, an excellent
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example being the RIBA House of the Year 2019 – House Lessans designed by McGonigle McGrath Architects. The house is built in the rolling County Down landscape on a site previously occupied by old farm buildings, some of which have been re-used, and the pitched roofs and walls in pre-weathered zinc reflect some of these buildings’ materiality. Finally, zinc can and is used on some very avant-garde projects. In Krems, Austria on the banks of the Danube, Marte and Marte Architects used engraved zinc shingles to clad an art gallery in the form of a revolving cube. While the site is in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Krems Art Gallery continues the Austrian trend of architectural innovation in old town centres with the House of Music in Linz and the Kunsthaus in Graz being other well known examples. To summarise, zinc does need good design and high quality installation, but it can be used on a large array of building types in many architectural styles to form not only attractive but highly sustainable roofs and walls – while remaining very cost-effective.
Jonathan Lowy is operational marketing manager at VMZinc
ADF DECEMBER 2020
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