Case studies
Zinc clad demonstration house in Bedfordshire
Built by Fairfield Homes, this stunning house in Blunham village features a precisely executed coloured elZinc Rainbow Red roof and cladding which takes your breath away..
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Zinc Shingles on the Cliff House – Video
Back in 2015 we wrote about this unique house, Casa Acantilado in Salobrena, Spain, cut into the cliffs and featuring bespoke elZinc® Natural zinc shingles, each with a turned-up corner to evoke a reptilian surface reminiscent of a horned viper. Now the architects...
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Brown Zinc Townhouses, Church Walk, Stoke Newington
This group of six large townhouses have been developed by Bluecroft and Hanover Housing Association to help meet the need for larger houses in the area. The use of elZinc Rainbow Brown zinc for roofing and cladding met the planning requirements and gives the houses a...
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Zinc Cladding at Adelaide Convention Centre
The Adelaide Convention Centre ACC celebrated 30 years in operation in 2017 with the opening of the East Building, designed by architects Woods Bagot. The building is faceted like rocks and clad in elZinc® Rainbow Red
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Zinc cladding at the seaside: Coast Bournemouth
A new development of luxury seafront apartments known as ‘Coast’ is the first in the UK to take advantage of elZinc Slate Advance. Specifically designed for use in marine environments, elZinc Slate Advance has a protective coating which provides a barrier to salt damage .
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Vita Student Newcastle – Timeless yet contemporary zinc and stone
Vita Student Newcastle is a new development of 259 high quality student accommodation studios. Surrounded by eight listed buildings the architect worked with Historic England and the city’s planning and design officers to develop a contemporary facade with a timeless quality.
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The Alchemist, Salford Quays – Cladding a gold folded box
Between the towers of MediaCityUK and Michael Wilford’s The Lowry, sits a small but perfectly formed gold parcel – a new home for The Alchemist, an innovative cocktail bar and restaurant which will open at the end of August 2017.
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It’s got to be green – The Grove Hotel
When the Grove Hotel, as part of an ongoing developement programme, created the Cedar Suite they wanted an oval copper-clad structure that will act as a stand-alone wedding and events space for the hotel with its own unique quality and relationship to the garden.
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Princess Elizabeth Hospital Guernsey – Lighthouse Wards
The Lighthouse Wards at Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey comprise three single storey wards containing 60 continuing care units for elderly patients. The tiled roofs on the the buildings had failed just five years after installation. Architects Naftel Associates chose to replace the roof with zinc standing seam.
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NATO HQ with a stunning and durable zinc roof
The new NATO headquarters in Brussels has the largest zinc roof in Europe. The roof spans a total surface of no less than 35,000m2 of NedZink NOVA Pro-Tec standing seam bays in seemingly unmanageable lengths of 26 metres. A challenging project in many respects.
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