The Stade de Soccer de Montreal was designed as a collaboration between Canadian studios Saucier + Perrotte and HCMA. It is clad in elZinc plate (slate finish) manufactured by Asturiana de Laminados. Image SIG Zinc and Copper.

Die casting in Zamak 5 by Matthies Druckguss (Germany). The three-piece bayonet XT-A is a heat sink for an LED light. Image Matthies Druckguss (Germany).

The Silo in Copenhagen, by Cobe, completed 2017, features a galvanised steel facade hung on the original reinforced concrete structure of the industrial grain silo, mounted on large steel brackets. The prefabricated batch galvanised steel units, manufactured by Skandinaviska Glassystem, act as a climate shield and provide a dramatic appearance reflecting the surrounding light while forming the distinctive zinc patina. A steel with a specified minimum silicon content to achieve at least 100 microns of galvanised coating was used for the 3 mm thick facade plates. It was batch galvanised, as opposed to using pre-galvanised sheet, to avoid exposed steel edges after cutting which would corrode. It is estimated the galvanised steel will last 50 years and can be dismantled and re-galvanised to extend its life.

Zinc galvanising on corrugated steel after decades of exposure to weathering