With the parking garage of Samsung’s Silicon Valley headquarters constantly exposed to the California sun, NBBJ selected Omega 1520 architectural mesh to shade, ventilate and secure the building. Custom printing reminiscent of a circuit board underscores the tech giant’s corporate identity.
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GKD metal mesh was specified to clad the facade of the Van Nuys Airport parking garage near Los Angeles. Thirty-nine panels of Lago stainless steel mesh offer much needed sun shading as well as privacy for the facility’s pedestrians, while also granting them unobstructed views of the surroundings.
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Students and faculty on approach to the James Branch Cabell Library at VCU are a captive audience for university communication. Mediamesh technology allows the school to project its ongoing messaging in a digital format while providing transparency from the inside and filtering the most intense daylight.
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Expansive metal fabric screens constructed of Omega 1520 stainless steel and bronze provides a warm and dramatic backdrop for the chapel at this seminary, forms a balustrade for the balconies, and offers sunshading benefits for the large space.
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Designed to allow the flow of natural light throughout this research and educational facility, SmithGroup architects also needed to mitigate the sun’s intensity. They identified the transparent benefits of metal mesh as the perfect sunshading option, installing 216 panels of GKD Lamelle metal fabric.
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Natural lighting, outward transparency and optimum solar protection were achieved by this metal fabric sunshading system at this research facility in Lake Nona, Florida. The façade is made up of ten trapezoidal metal fabric panels that wrap the front of the building like a protective shield.
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This 4,600 square foot facade, consisting of 72 panels, unites the museum with the city of Mannheim. The custom weave combines stainless-steel wires with tubes of different diameters. The result is a variated shimmer that makes the museum a standout destination in the historic town.
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The exterior walls of this cube-shaped church are floor-to-ceiling glass which provides an abundance of natural light but also requires sunshading. Additional walls are clad in sheaths of custom mesh, providing not only sunshading capabilities, but adding to the sense of inner serenity
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The highlight of this building is the inclined front side which is encased in nine mesh panels protecting the building from direct sunlight. The metal mesh allows daylight to enter the building interior while granting unhindered views to the outside. The bank’s logo superimposed on the fabric is visible even at great distances.
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The facade of the 35-story Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi is composed of 580 metal fabric panels of varying sizes arranged at angles to create parallelograms. The result is a combination of efficient solar protection and maximum transparency.
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