More Features Special Feature: Cladding



Cladding on the up
The UK cladding industry seems to be on the verge of recovery, but it’s not out of the woods yet, reports David Taylor.

Speedy suckers
There was double innovation on display in Edinburgh, with a new lifting attachment being used to place Benchmark Konnect engineered façade.

Not your average bike shed
Dane Architectural Systems fabricated and installed the curtain walling on the new Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

Specification of louvres needs to change
Intelligent specification of louvres can improve building energy efficiency, says Simon Hunter.

At the cutting edge of cladding
Many recent advances in cladding design and practice are rooted in research carried out at the Centre for Window & Cladding Technology (CWCT) at the University of Bath.

A bit of glitz on the Sidcup strip
Kerr-ching! The streets may not be paved with gold but the walls are clad in it.

Kawneer helps academy to BREEAM excellence
Glazing systems from Kawneer have been used on a BREEAM Excellent academy

Colour swings it for Aluglaze panels
A new youth centre in southeast London has been built using Aluglaze composite panels from Sheffield’s Panel Systems.