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Façade Cladding
A building's façade defines its look and feel while protecting it from the elements. Its design and materials must respond to both aesthetic and environmental demands. Astec offers unique cladding solutions that meet both these criteria. Working with a variety of materials, including… Read More
The Natuzzi headquarters in North Carolina is a four-story building in the shape of a ship's prow, and is entirely enveloped in panels of architectural bronze. The project includes nine hundred panels, each of a slightly different shape, size, and curvature.
The façade that characterizes this project has been realized with panels of copper alloy with burnishing “media a nuvole”. For light sockets were opted for the perforated Corten, while for the windows was used patented technology ABX Architectural Bronze series W65, K85 and L80.
Rectangular, insulated sandwich panels with copper alloy exterior were mounted by clips and hidden screws to a stainless steel support structure, creating a fully ventilated façade.
The principal façade of the Fendi Store in New York, New York, shows a metallic covering in waxed stainless cor-ten, realized with a particular pleated effect and perforated panels to underline the extraordinary mastery with which Astec intervened to give life to the most looked at building in the w… Read More
