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Product Review - Kalzip
RAF zip it up - Kalzip
Kalzip's 'consistently high quality technical advice' and product 'flexibility' have helped Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects stun visitors to the world's first permanent exhibition on cold war aviation and win a RIBA Award 2007 in the process.
The £11 million National Cold War Exhibition in Shropshire uses 10,000m² of Kalzip's aluminium standing seam system to clad the curvilinear roof and sections of the elevations.
The building comprises two triangular volumes that rise to 30 metres, creating a 130 metre-long fault line along their adjoining edges. These two opposing volumes provide a physical representation of the two forces locked in the cold war. The triangular volumes gracefully twist along their length, tempering the huge volume of the building.
The roof system stucco embossed 65/400 standing seam on a structural metal deck - had to follow the ever changing pitch of the structural steel members.
Kalzip's 'consistently high quality technical advice' and product 'flexibility' have helped Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects stun visitors to the world's first permanent exhibition on cold war aviation and win a RIBA Award 2007 in the process.
The £11 million National Cold War Exhibition in Shropshire uses 10,000m² of Kalzip's aluminium standing seam system to clad the curvilinear roof and sections of the elevations.
The building comprises two triangular volumes that rise to 30 metres, creating a 130 metre-long fault line along their adjoining edges. These two opposing volumes provide a physical representation of the two forces locked in the cold war. The triangular volumes gracefully twist along their length, tempering the huge volume of the building.
The roof system stucco embossed 65/400 standing seam on a structural metal deck - had to follow the ever changing pitch of the structural steel members. 
