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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Marley Eternit Natura panels
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 May 2007
Artlab uses Marley Eternit cladding
Lightweight fibre cement decorative cladding from Marley Eternit has helped Artlab Architects win an award for their collegiate hub and flexible learning centre in Kent
Marley Eternit's Natura panels, which are low maintenance and Class 0 resistant to fire, were used in a planking effect of varying depths on the curved facade and on a battered wall at New Brompton College, formerly Upbury Arts College, in Gillingham Artlab won a Medway Design Award in 2006 for the project using Anthracite Natura on first-floor elements around corners and on projecting features
It was surface fixed by sub contractors Coombs using colour-matched rivets and screws and complements buff coloured stock brickwork and coloured aluminium frames to the glazing.
"Marley Eternit's range of products was all approved by Medway Council," said Artlab's Simon Timms. Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
"The cladding assisted in creating a modern, contemporary design that emitted a sense of accessibility, movement and inclusion, yet within a secure and safe teaching environment.".
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