Cladding
Constructing a precast load-bearing facade
The cladding concept of Sergison Bates’ and Jean-Paul Jaccaud’s Geneva housing and creche building
Cladding the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, by Hat Projects
Every one of the 8,000 tiles used to clad Hat Projects’ Jerwood Gallery on Hastings beach has been glazed by hand to produce a dramatic effect.
Goldsmiths' Centre by John Lyall Architects
The brass cladding of John Lyall Architects’ studios for the Goldsmiths Company in Clerkenwell gives a hint towards the work going on inside.
Birmingham Library facade by Mecanoo
A technical look at the distinctive facade Mecanoo designed for the new Birmingham Library.
Somerville College student buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin’s new student accommodation in Oxford makes use of prefabrication in its mainly brick and timber facade.
Chipperfield's Kaufhaus Tyrol concrete facade
David Chipperfield Architects was brought in at short notice to work on the Kaufhaus Tyrol retail complex in the heart of Innsbruck’s historic centre. The result is a subtle design that lives harmoniously with its ornate setting.
Eric Parry Architects’ Holburne Museum in Bath
The blue-green glaze of Eric Parry’s Holburne Museum extension brings new depths to its Bath surroundings.
Warwick Clinical Trials Unit by MJP Architects
This building for Warwick University uses composite timber curtain walling to improve energy performance and create an elegant facade
AHMM’s Angel of north London
Allford Hall Monagham Morris’s choice of curtain walling for its Angel building in Islington pays homage to Mies with floor-to-ceiling glazing and monchrome colour scheme
Thin metal cladding is the shape of things to come
Unveiled recently at the Building Centre, John Gould’s Formtexx has developed a revolutionary process that will enable double curvature metal panels for facades to be produced at a fraction of the cost
Preston’s golden porcupine
Moxon Architects uses aluminium fins to create the spiky cladding for Oliver’s Place office building in Preston
Bermondsey Island housing by Urban Salon
By adopting two contrasting facade treatments, Urban Salon’s Bermondsey Island housing deftly negotiates the conflicting demands of noisy roads, sustainability requirements and a sensitive historic site.
Q & A with Arup cladding expert Mikkel Kragh
Architects’ obsession with glazed facades is coming to an end and the future of buildings will look very different, says Arup’s Mikkel Kragh.
Garsington Opera pavilion by Snell Asscociates
Sliding fabric screens were chosen to clad this temporary venue for the Garsington Opera Company in Buckinghamshire.
Cottrell & Vermeulen’s Brentwood School
Brick is used to clad a new sixth-form centre and assembly hall for Brentwood School in Essex.
Great Suffolk Street student housing by Allies & Morrison
Allies & Morrison’s student accommodation buildings in Southwark met the challenge of mixing modular construction with traditional brickwork.
Cladding Renzo Piano’s Shard
The facade of Piano’s glass tower at London Bridge station is designed to be as transparent and flush as possible
Jean Nouvel’s One New Change is a City chameleon
The facade’s pioneering frit glazing helps it blend into its surroundings
Renzo Piano brings bright cladding to the big city
Colourful extruded ceramic and glazed facades at Central St Giles are guaranteed to illuminate this new development near Centre Point
Allies & Morrison’s St Paul’s Place car park, Sheffield
Amanda Birch explores the exciting treatment Allies & Morrison has given to the facade of a city centre car park in Sheffield
