When Lancashire Constabulary relocated its police station in Blackpool to a new headquarters close to the M55, it was the biggest investment in the force’s history. The need for a long-lasting, durable cladding material that would add character to the building was paramount, and Corian(r) Solid Surface fitted the bill perfectly.
The former police station on Bonny Street, built in the mid-70s, was judged to no longer meet the standard for modern policing; therefore the force looked to a (...)
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Corian® Exteriors Adds Style and Sustainability to Lancashire Constabulary West Division HQ
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Corian® Exterior and interior cladding puts Menai Science Park ahead of the curve
12 June 2018The new 5000m2 Menai Science Park (M-SParc) – the first of its kind to be developed in Wales – required an innovative solution to achieve the architects’ vision. Corian(r) exterior and interior cladding provided the perfect solution. FaulknerBrowns Architects envisaged a unique, contemporary structure with an eye-catching façade: a flowing, continuous white ‘ribbon’ that creates an immediate visual impact. This sinuous design needed to be functional as well as beautiful as it would form the (...)
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Corian® exterior cladding on timber frame for a dental clinic in Bordeaux (France)
28 May 2018BüPA Architectures have transformed a dental clinic in Bordeaux (Gironde-France) by renovating the existing building and grafting on an additional floor, covered entirely in DuPont ™ Corian(r) high tech surface material.
Corian(r) exterior cladding at the Eric Normand dental clinic in Bordeaux. Courtesy of the agency BüPA Architectures, photo Denis Lacharme, all rights reserved.
Choosing Corian(r) in Glacier White colour to clad the building, which covers a total area of 450m2, (...) -
Trampolines Suite Hotel Cladding
28 May 2018In Riccione, Italy, a historic symbol of the social life of the Romagnola Riviera has been completely transformed by architect Antonio Scarponi from the Zurich-based studio Conceptual Devices. This is both a functional revolution, with the conversion of the original ‘Trampolines’ landmark into a hotel restaurant, and a technical-aesthetic revolution, with an architectural construction inspired by cruise ships and featuring an articulated facade made with DuPont™ Corian(r) high-tech (...)
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The ultra-modern OVO Wroclaw complex comprises
28 May 2018The ultra-modern OVO Wroclaw complex comprises 50,000 square metres in Wroclaw, Poland’s fifth largest city. Designed by Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture, with JSK Architekci as executive architects, this statement-making project is located near the historical market square and features an inspiring rounded façade made with DuPont™ Corian(r) high-tech surface in white colour. An astonishing 6,000 square metres of sophisticated Corian(r) wraps around corporate offices, 180 luxury (...)
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Elegant, High-performance Corian® Façade Enhances the New NGS MacMillan Unit
23 May 2018, by Kate McElhattonWhen the NHS Chesterfield Royal Hospital commissioned a separate and dedicated cancer outpatient facility, the brief to architects The Manser Practice was to create a comfortable, modern and welcoming clinical environment in which the design would contribute to the therapeutic ambience of the space.
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How versatility can serve ideas: Corian® Solid Surface for the decorative skin of the new Omnicos headquarters
26 April 2018, by Kate McElhattonItalian leading company Omnicos, specializing in private label cosmetics, has recently moved into its new premises in Bagnolo Cremasco, near Cremona, Italy. The main feature of the architectural project developed by Beppe Riboli Studio is a decorative façade made of Corian® Solid Surface in pristine white colour, that comes to life simulating a magnificent flight of butterflies.
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Corian® in a Red City
24 April 2018, by Kate McElhattonMontrouge, meaning "Red Mount," is a trendy neighborhood in the southern part of Paris. An office building named White Montrouge, was recently completed there, its name a reference to the 2,400 square meters of Corian(r) Glacier White cladding that make this building unique.
"We have designed the project like a landscape," explains Dominique Marrec, the architect. "We had to offer a workplace while providing gardens, terraces, and perspectives that would fit with (...) -
Spectacular project in Breda with Corian® as exterior cladding
24 October 2017, by TelkeaProject developer HEJA, in cooperation with real estate agent and owner Laurentius (Breda, The Netherlands), realized the Stack project built by Van de Ven Bouw en Ontwikkeling, (Tilburg, The Netherlands) and designed by architectural bureau Marius van den Wildenberg.
At the top of the Loevensteinstraat and Valkenierslaan in Breda, twelve city villas rise: a transparent office building and two residential blocks with 56 apartments. ‘Stack’ refers to the stacking of geometric shapes from (...) -
SOCAR Gasoline Stations
24 October 2017, by TelkeaSuperior functionality and aesthetical quality: a worldwide first for gasoline stations worldwide
High-tech, innovative architectural wall cladding made with DuPont™ Corian(r) solid surface was created for the entire network of SOCAR’s gasoline stations in Azerbaijan. This is a world first in architecture - all of the building structures for the national network of SOCAR gasoline stations are going to have external cladding made with DuPont™ Corian(r) solid surface, a high-tech (...)