Case studies
Zinc Roofing and Cladding for Housing: 83 Barchester Street, Poplar
This scheme for 115 affordable homes in Limehouse Cut in London uses A2S1 rated zinc roofing and cladding to provide additional storeys. We talk to the architect and installer.
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Evocative Zinc Roofing and Shingle Cladding at Lady Bee Enterprise Centre
The Lady Bee Enterprise Centre is an innovative group of commercial startup units at Shoreham Port. We talk to the architect, client and installer.
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Zinc Cladding on Award Winning Extra Care Homes
Colby Lodge, Walthamstow is an award-winning modern development of 20 dual aspect flats which provide extra care independent living for the elderly. It features highly textured handmade buff brickwork, perforated aluminium panels and elZinc Rainbow Green cladding.
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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 crafted, highly detailed feel.
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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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