Fieldwork completes Melbourne apartment block with "breathable" mesh facade
Melbourne architecture studio Fieldwork sought to create community-focused living spaces within a mesh-covered apartment block in the city's Fitzroy neighbourhood. More
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Our new Pinterest board features innovative metal facades, including a secure cash-processing centre consisting of three monolithic volumes and a Beijing museum with a draped steel mesh exterior layer. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Chimney-shaped galleries protrude from Exploratorium museum by Bernard Tschumi
Bernard Tschumi Architects has completed the Exploratorium museum in China, which has giant industrial chimney-shaped exhibition spaces protruding from its perforated copper coloured exterior. More
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Jean-Paul Viguier completes high-security Banque de France building
French architect Jean-Paul Viguier chose white perforated metal to clad the three monolithic volumes of a secure cash-processing centre for a bank in Paris.
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Triangles of light animate perforated aluminium facade of Tel Aviv home by Pitsou Kedem Architects
Light and movement can be glimpsed through triangular openings in the white aluminium facade of D3 House, a Tel Aviv home designed by Pitsou Kedem Architects. More
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House-shaped windows puncture perforated metal facades of Yokohama nursery
Japanese practice Hibinosekkei has completed a nursery in Yokohama, which features plywood-lined interiors and house-shaped openings set into its dark facades. More
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Pleated shutters enclose cylindrical enamelware museum and cultural centre by Wutopia Lab
Perforated-aluminium screens zigzag around the walls of this cylindrical arts museum in Shanghai, which was designed by Wutopia Lab and features a 1970s-style rockery. More
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KC Design Studio adds perforated facade and atrium to skinny Taiwanese townhouse
KC Design Studio has updated a 3.7-metre-wide house in Taiwan by adding a perforated facade and a lightwell, both intended to combat the lack of daylight in the 50-year-old property. More
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Klein Dytham's Ginza Place features latticed facade inspired by traditional Japanese crafts
Over 5,000 aluminium panels are arranged to create the perforated facade of this commercial building by Klein Dytham Architecture, which overlooks one of Tokyo's most iconic intersections. More
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White irregularly stacked boxes form social housing in France by Poggi + More
White caged balconies project from the sides of this social housing block by French collective Poggi + More, making it look like a series of irregularly stacked boxes. More
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Construction begins on massive stadium for American football team LA Rams
HKS Architects has revealed its design for the new home of American football team LA Rams, which will feature a giant, sculptural roof made of perforated metal and see-through plastic film. More
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ZGF wraps Arizona medical facility in layer of creased metal panels
American firm ZGF Architects has completed a cancer centre in downtown Phoenix with a faceted, copper-coloured screen that evokes the scaly skin of a desert reptile. More
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Shanghai office transformed into aluminium-clad tech incubator by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a new translucent aluminium skin (+ slideshow). More
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Bernardes Arquitetura completes Rio office block fronted by perforated metal and plants
This office block in Rio de Janeiro features a triple-layered facade with a window wall, a screen of plants, and a thick lattice of perforated metal (+ slideshow). More
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Vector Architects drapes steel mesh to create new entrance to M Woods museum in Beijing
Vector Architects has draped lengths of wire mesh over the entrance to a museum housed in a former warehouse in Beijing (+ slideshow). More
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Kengo Kuma dresses Shanghai tower in pleated aluminium for Soho China
Strips of perforated aluminium give a pleated appearance to the facade of this Shanghai tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for property developer Soho China (+ slideshow). More
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Haptic adds faceted skin of perforated metal to car park in London's Olympic Park
London studio Haptic has re-clad a utilitarian multi-storey car park in the London 2012 Olympic Park, using triangular metal panels that produce ever-changing patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). More
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Hiroyuki Moriyama completes Tokyo apartment building with a perforated skin
Perforated steel panels create private enclosures around the balconies that front this compact housing development in Tokyo by local architect Hiroyuki Moriyama (+ slideshow). More
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LAN Architecture completes French town hall with a perforated metal skin
Perforated steel mesh wraps this town hall in northwest France by LAN Architecture, creating a skin that changes from opaque to transparent when illuminated at night (+ slideshow). More
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Hamonic+Masson completes student housing with a facade of golden cubes
Golden boxes fronted by balconies make up the exterior of this student housing block in Paris by Hamonic+Masson & Associés, which also features a secret garden and nesting areas for birds (+ slideshow). More
