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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Fibre cement rainscreen cladding panels
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2006
Fibre cement rainscreen cladding panels
Innovative use of fibre cement rainscreen cladding panels from Marley Eternit.
Innovative use of fibre cement rainscreen cladding panels from Marley Eternit has helped to turn the brownfield site of a derelict cinema into a contemporary landmark on a busy road in north London Architects and designers Loates-Taylor Shannon worked closely with Marley Eternit's technical department to design shiplap details into the two colours of the through-colour Natura cladding they used on the corner of New North Road and Ecclesbourne Road, Islington
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 3 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Employed directly by contractors BASE to redevelop the 475m2 site for owners ROCK Investment Holdings, their brief was to construct a landmark new building to contain 14 apartments of at least two bedrooms over commercial space capable of being let as one or two units.
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The award-winning redevelopment of a derelict 1960s Government office building in a rundown area of Glasgow used two types of fibre cement rainscreen cladding panels from Marley Eternit
The ground floor was constructed as a shell for commercial development and was subsequently fitted out as a supermarket.
The building utilised a fast-track composite construction method, the structure being steel frame with pre-cast concrete floors.
The external walls are highly insulated pre-fabricated steel frame units that were clad on site with 1,000m2 of Marley Eternit's 8mm Natura panels.
Since the building was constructed over the existing foundations of the demolished cinema, the new external wall construction needed to be lightweight to minimise perimeter loads.
At the same time the construction of the walls and windows required particular consideration to cope with the noise levels on busy New North Road.
The design of the building exploits the site's prominent position when viewed along the road, by creating a distinctive monolithic block that hugs the site's boundaries and is clad in continuous dark grey boarding - Marley Eternit's Anthracite Natura panels.
Rhythms of window openings and recessed balconies with coloured linings articulate the facade and provide visual interest while to the rear, a protected courtyard clad in contrasting Ivory Natura panels, provides the residents with a private, quiet space away from the city.
Elaine Toogood of Loates-Taylor Shannon, who have used Marley Eternit cladding previously and since, predominately on low-rise education and health buildings, said: "We were looking for a rainscreen cladding system that could reinforce our architectural ideas, that would be a visually striking, adaptable and low-maintenance cladding solution".
""The use of two contrasting colours of the same product reinforces the concept of the building - Anthracite for the robust, outer shell facing the street and Ivory for the internal, private courtyard, emphasising the space carved out of the mass".
She added: "We were attracted by the opportunity to obtain a solid mass of colour but retaining the texture of the facade through lapping the boards and we are very pleased with the effect.
"We carefully planned the setting out of the boards to control the joints' locations and details".
"At the time, the shiplap details did not form part of Marley Eternit's standard detail system so we worked closely with their technical department to develop the performance and look that we wanted to achieve". Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
"Rock are delighted with the appearance and the low-maintenance finish.".
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