Dezeen archive: this week readers have been debating whether the proliferation of perforated facades in projects like David Adjaye's Smithsonian Museum (top right) is a result of fashion or shifts in practical considerations like availability and cost, so we've grouped all our stories about perforated metal facades in one place. Join the discussion about fashion in architecture here and see all the stories here.
Construction will begin this week on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC designed by architect David Adjaye. More
Slideshow: French studio Bang Architectes has converted a former peanut factory in Calais into a skateboarding park with a bright orange mesh facade (photos by Julien Lanoo). More
Hundreds of circular holes puncture a faceted bronze extension to a fortified museum in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, that is set to reopen next month. More
Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London. More
Spanish architects Vaumm have completed a golden culinary centre for Basque chefs in San Sebastián. More
Perforated metal balconies fold like ribbons around the facade of an apartment block in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. More
Dutch studio architecten|en|en have created a home office in Eindhoven by wrapping a garage in corrugated aluminium. More
Light glitters through thousands of tiny perforations in the bumpy steel exterior of a railway control centre in Spain. More
A veil of metal lace screened by thin concrete piers clads an extension to a baroque theatre and an adjacent commercial block in Germany. More
After hours, rolling metal shutters fasten across these New York apartments designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More
Moss is expected to grow on the perforated aluminium skin of this museum extension in San Sebastián by Spanish studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. More
Japanese architects atelierA5 have completed this four-storey house in Tokyo enclosed by a perforated metal screen. More
This orange cube with two large round holes carved out of it is a design showroom in Lyon, France, by Paris studio Jakob + Macfarlane. More
Portuguese studio dIONISO LAB have completed a house in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, with a façade comprising aluminium shutters perforated with symbols. More
Manhattan firm Andre Kikosi Architect installed a folding Corten steel façade to transform this disused New York warehouse into a market and music venue. More
Architect Peter Pichler has converted an existing 14th century farmhouse into a family home in Puglia, Italy, adding these perforated shutters over its facade. More
Atelier 9.81 of France have inserted a perforated canopy in between a row of houses to create a covered pedestrian walkway in Tourcoing, France. More
This railway bridge in Choisy-le-Roi, France, by Jacques Ferrier Architectures of Paris conceals its supporting infrastructure behind perforated aluminium cladding. More
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photos of three health centres in Madrid by Spanish architects Estudio Entresitio, all with identical floor plans but executed in different materials. More
