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Porcelanosa in Fulham in London.. Porcelanosa Group is a Spanish manufacturer, distributor and retailer of ceramic tiles.Products include ceramic, porcelain fittings, wall tiles, floor tiles, wood parquet, hardwood, natural stone, mosaics, kitchens, sanitary ware, brassware, bathtubs, shower trays, hydro massage cabins and columns, bathrooms, accessories, and bedroom furniture.
The building's glazing features a system of XD Favemanc ventilated panels. The building features more than 17,000 square meters of ceramic ventilated facade and more than 1,800 linear meters of ceramic sunscreen. The selected ventilated facade system features ceramic plates sized at 1200 x 300 mm and measuring 24 mm in thickness.
Exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) is a general class of non-load bearing building cladding systems that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system. EIFS has been in use since the 1960s in North America and was first used on masonry buildings.
Typical Plateresque façades, like those of altarpieces, were made as carefully as if they were the works of goldsmiths, and decorated as profusely.The decoration, although of various inspirations, was mainly of plant motifs, but also had a profusion of medallions, heraldic devices and animal figures, among others.
Historically building facades have the greatest level of failure of any part of a building fabric and the pressure for change and adaptation due to environmental and energy performance needs is greater than any other element of a building. As a consequence façade engineering has become a science in its own right.
A façade or facade (/ f ə ˈ s ɑː d / ⓘ; [1]) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French façade (pronounced), which means "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important aspect from a design standpoint, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building.
An example of cladding. Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide a skin or layer. In construction, cladding is used to provide a degree of thermal insulation and weather resistance, and to improve the appearance of buildings. [1]
The description of CABS made by Loonen et al. [1] says that: A climate adaptive building shell has the ability to repeatedly and reversibly change some of its functions, features or behavior over time in response to changing performance requirements and variable boundary conditions, and does this with the aim of improving overall building performance.