{"id":14610,"date":"2016-11-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/dressing-up-facades\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T07:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:57:22","slug":"dressing-up-facades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/collections\/dressing-up-facades\/","title":{"rendered":"Screen Play: 7 Ideas for Dressing Up a Building Fa\u00e7ade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whether shading a building, animating fa\u00e7ades or enclosing extended outdoor space, screen systems serve a purpose while also creating a unique building envelope. And the current crop of building screen systems and materials are not only vast and varied, they\u2019re also getting better in both performance and aesthetics. Take a look at some of our favorite exterior screening products to get ideas in amping up your next building envelope project.<\/p>\n

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Shildan<\/a><\/b>: Fabrik<\/b><\/p>\n

We were first wowed by this system at AIA Expo and continue to be wowed. Fabrik by Flexbrick works like an architectural \u201ctextile\u201d in that it creates a swath over structural elements with a flexible stainless steel framework holding a screen of terra cotta, glass or wood units. Architects can specify the material but also configuration, patterns, colors and finishes, unit sizes and spacing. With such a system as this, for example, one can design what looks like an intricate brick latticework, but in much less time. Use it to shade, create privacy or division or form balcony screen elements.<\/p>\n

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VMZinc<\/a>: Corrugated Wall Panels<\/b><\/p>\n

Part of the company\u2019s rainscreen offerings, this self-supporting zinc-panel system boasts an eye-catching corrugated texture that creates a play of light and shadow through different times of day. They can be perforated for ventilation and transparency needs, as well.<\/p>\n

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Haver & Boecker OHG<\/a><\/b>: Imagic Weave<\/b><\/p>\n

With open and airy weaves, this architectural mesh resembles a transparent scrim over a building, allowing one to still see the architectural design of the structure. However, with embedded LEDs controlled by Traxon Technologies, it becomes a dynamic, animated media fa\u00e7ade when powered on. The slim LED profiles are actually hidden on the back of the stainless steel mesh so as to not visually disrupt the design in any way. Two different LED technologies are offered: SMT allows for broad viewing angles and perfect color mixing, while THT boasts high brightness levels that are suitable even for daylight presentations.<\/p>\n

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NBK Architectural Terracotta<\/a>: TERRART Baguette<\/b><\/p>\n

Another architectural terra cotta specialist that continues to impress us is NBK, whose TERRART Baguettes create striking fa\u00e7ade compositions whether in single or muted colors or vibrant hues. These ceramic pipes can be specified in square, circular or oblong cross-sections depending on what type of visual effect you\u2019re going for. They\u2019re most ideal for solar control applications but can also be used for parapet or balcony elements.<\/p>\n

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McNichols<\/a>: ECO-MESH Trellis System<\/b><\/p>\n

What sets this product apart from the others is that it screens but eventually gets covered up, too. As its name suggests, the system is a vertical foundation for climbing plants to grow and expand onto, forming a green wall. These make for excellent fa\u00e7ade elements and outdoor space enclosures and shielding.<\/p>\n

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Sunbrella<\/a>: Awning Fabric<\/b><\/p>\n

Over the past few years, Sunbrella\u2019s Future of Shade design competition has been proving that performance awning fabric can be made into far more than, well, awnings and canopies. Architects and designers have risen to the challenge in rethinking how to use these high-performance textiles in building-shade applications. Among some of the stunning designs was Twisty, conceived by Kevin Chu of FABLAB Design as an artistic blind system and realized as an installation at the James Royal Palm in Miami. While the twisted blinds screened poolside cabanas, it\u2019s not hard to imagine that the concept could be explored further for fa\u00e7ade use, as well, similarly to the rhomboid textile awnings that form the dimensional fa\u00e7ade designed by Gerber Architekten for the King Fahad National Library in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

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Cascade Architectural<\/a>: Fabricoil Light Diffusion Systems<\/b><\/p>\n

The coiled wire fabric can add a shading or decorative element to building fa\u00e7ades, and it also beautifully diffuses light, in some cases making a building or outdoor space look ethereal at night. This lightweight material is available in different gauges, weave sizes and colors and is also 100-percent recyclable after use.<\/p>\n

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