News that The Curve in Slough has been nominated for “The Best Public Building “ award by The LABC,has delighted Metalline who supplied a wide range of architectural aluminium fabrication on the project.
At the heart of a £450m regeneration scheme, The Curve is Slough’s premier cultural centre. Now complete, it houses a new library, café, museum, performance venue and learning rooms.
The iconic project features a bespoke cladding system curved on plan and in section. The complex geometry involved to the North, East and West elevations meant that Metalline were involved from an early stage with contractors Colorminium, who took responsibility for the detailed design and delivery of the full building envelope.
The bespoke cladding system features a range of Metalline’s curved and straight fascia panels, secret fix soffits and curved secret fix hook on rainscreen panels complete with welded studs to the rear and curved carrier system. All panels and soffits were finished in a polyester powder coated RAL 9006 white aluminium finish.
Metalline’s fascia and soffit systems provide a superior aesthetic finish and weatherproof seal for the building exterior. Their aluminium rainscreen cladding has CWCT certification and has certainly helped to extenuate The Curve’s exterior beauty.
For more information on the aluminium fabrications used on the The Curve’s façade visit the Metalline website.