The patchwork facades of contemporary residential structures offer no beauty or sense of a building’s interior structure.

Metal cladding is on a growth trajectory globally. This is reflected in rising demand for rainscreen cladding, which market research firm VMR values currently at over $10 billion worldwide, and ...

Cladding serves both functional and aesthetic purposes, protecting from the elements while enhancing the building’s appearance. When choosing materials, it is important to consider factors such as ...

Look at the walls of most modern buildings. Sleek. Smooth. Sometimes glossy, sometimes matte. That’s not regular paint or plaster. Most of the time, it’s aluminium cladding panels. These panels are ...

Garage doors are an important part of the appearance of a home but are often an over-looked or unloved part of a home design. With DECO Australia, there are a variety of strategies available to ensure ...

New buildings in Sharjah will only now be approved by municipal inspectors if it is demonstrably proven that the exterior aluminium cladding will not catch fire, says a strict new ruling by the ...

Currently on site and due for completion in 2009, Rednock School (above) in Gloucestershire is funded by the government and the Department for Children, Schools and Families, as part of the Building ...

It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower in June 2017, killing 72 people. Last month, a cigarette sparked a blaze that quickly jumped five floors of Melbourne's ...

The government is conducting a new series of tests to try to establish how worried it ought to be about cladding on tall buildings and their vulnerability to fire. These tests are very important - and ...