A steel-clad roof extension – which has been entered into this year’s AJ Small Projects Awards – boldly reworks the ’loft conversion’ aesthetic This extension in Walthamstow, north London, designed by ...

David Baker Architects (DBA) have delivered Blue Oak Landing, a new modularly constructed affordable housing complex in Vallejo, California. The project takes cues from the firm’s earlier projects, ...

Delft-based architectural office cepezed recently completed a solar-powered branch for Graafschap College in Doetinchem that — unlike most school buildings in the Netherlands — eschews natural gas in ...

Set into the lush green landscape of Denmark’s Fyn island, Villa Korup is a large home designed for a family of six. A collaboration between Danish architect Jan Henrik Jansen and Australian architect ...

Coated steel cladding provides a cost-effective weathering envelope for buildings. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans examines the specification options and their whole life costs Coated steel cladding ...

Metal wall panel systems offer a cost-effective, dynamic cladding option for high-rise buildings. Available in a wide variety of styles and finishes, panel profiles can be used alone or intermixed, ...

These durable metal facade systems add weather protection and unique visual interest to exterior elevations. Read about new products by Chemetal, Alucobond, Banker Wire, Linetec, and Kaynemaile. This ...

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 ...

DeDraft's roof-top extension to an east London home is clad in sheets of weathering steel that will naturally patinate to match the red brick and tiles of the surrounding architecture. The architects ...

John Norman looks at a construction material we might describe as being the Marmite of building solutions. For the past 50 years a type of steel has been produced that has a remarkable quality: it ...