Statoil regional headquarters, Fornebu, Norway, completed 2012, designed by A-lab, features a steel and concrete superstructure, powder coated aluminium skinned composite panels (Etalbond made with 3105 sheet) with integrated insulation, triple-glazed windows and external sun protection
Oslo Airport, Norway, completed 1998, designed by Nordic Office of Architecture, features cast low alloy steel supports, powder coated grey, mounted onto concrete columns.
Interior walls in Terminal 3, Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, built 2020, designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, made from perforated steel panels and polyester powder coated
Mild steel is roll formed into a trapezoid profile to make strong and lightweight sheets for roofing and cladding. It is galvanised and powder coated for protection against corrosion. While the powder coating may breakdown over decades, the zinc galvanising provides long term durability.
Grip Table, 2011, designed by Troels Grum-Schwensen, features a high pressure laminate (HPL) paper top, supported by an extruded aluminium beam with cast aluminium legs, polyester powder coated
Cityring Østerport Station, Copenhagen, features an origami ceiling made up of faceted panels of powder coated aluminium cladding around the skylights, bringing light from the outside in, and cast reinforced concrete structure.
Trax airport seating, by Rodney Kinsman for OMK, 1989, features a self-skinning polyurethane resin (PUR) foam upholstery, cast and powder coated aluminium arms and an extruded aluminium beam
The Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA), completed April 2012. The outside is clad in Alpolic flame retardant aluminium composite material (ACM). It is a laminated panel, consisting of two 0.5 mm aluminium alloy skins (3105-H14, 3005-H14 or 5005A), anodised and coated (the FR panel is coated with Lumiflontm, a flame retardant fluoropolymer, FEVE), with a mineral filled polyethylene (PE) core. ACM can be flat, or formed, and precisely cut to a profile. It is used in large public buildings, including airports, museums, offices and other demanding high rise projects.
Marriott hotels, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport, by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, completed 2022, features a colour powder coated and gloss lacquered aluminium alloy facade.
PH 5 light, by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, 1958, features a pressed aluminium diffuser, painted matte white to produce a uniform light, and frosted glass
PH Snowball light, by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, 1958, features a pressed aluminium diffuser with matte painted undersurfaces and glossy top surfaces to reflect the diffused light
Statoil regional headquarters, Fornebu, Norway, completed 2012, designed by A-lab, features a steel and concrete superstructure, powder coated aluminium skinned composite panels (Etalbond made with 3105 sheet) with integrated insulation, triple-glazed windows and external sun protection
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