Cosentino, the multinational producer and distributor of surfaces for architecture and design, has launched the Silestone Loft series, and it comes in five colors. Camden, Poblenou, Seaport, Nolita, and Corktown. For inspiration the creators went bac
Abstracta’s Airleaf is an acoustic hanging partition made of small pieces clad with sound-absorbing molded fiber felt and mounted on aluminum rails. It is sold in a variety of patterns and colors.
The Arena mineral wool products of Isover, incorporated into partitions and ceilings of laminated plasterboards, contribute to reducing acoustic transmission between rooms as well as reverberation in interiors.
The Glassfit CC-791 solution offered by the company Comenza makes it possible to install perfectly aligned glass balustrades in balconies and terraces, thanks to a series of stainless steel fittings.
Thanks to its three-layer technology, the Colorcoat Prisma panel of factory-primed steel manufactured by the company Tatasteel guarantees a thirty-year durability and fifteen years of color stability.
The firm GKD makes and markets stainless steel meshes in a wide variety of geometrical patterns, degrees of transparency, and finishes, and with a range of fixing systems compatible with conventional facades.
Eurodesign is a system of trays with standing seams for roofs and claddings. Completely watertight, it can be manufactured in a very broad range of materials and adapted to projects of different scale.
The panels of the Quartz series of INCOScales are composed of rectangular scales of adjustable dimensions, and are used to build texturized facades with the capacity to generate compositions and lighting effects.
Granite Silky Mat, the steel company Arcelor Mittal’s new line of galvanized steel panels for cladding facades, comes in two matte finishes and eleven colors.
Homes designed and built on the basis of consumer specifications – in accordance with the style, needs, and priorities of the to-be occupant – have in the past few years been a growing trend in the real estate market. Whether a small apartment or a l
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