Ibbotson Architects was looking for fall protection for its Easton Street office project that kept light moving within stairwells. Coated panels of GKD Omega 1520 and Omega 1520 PC provided the safety and security factor while allowing light to permeate the space.
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This luxury hotel presents as a 124-foot-high elliptical cylinder clad in a veil of shimmering metal fabric. GKD Escale spiral mesh ensures that guests inside have an optimal view of the city through the facade, but for onlookers outside, the mesh mirrors a subtle reflection of the surrounding landscape.
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When refurbishing this campus library, renowned French architect Dominique Perrault specified a black-coated spiral mesh for solar protection on the ground floor of the building. A total of 37 large, movable elements provide contrast to the colored glass panels above them.
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The design of this footbridge features tapering spiral forms of shimmering GKD Escale metal fabric. The transparent metal mesh surrounds the bridge from end to end in a helical design, a metaphor for the increasingly close association between two parts of the city separated by the river Manzanares.
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The Centro Deportivo Multifuncional del Manzanares is cloaked in a visually seamless, custom GKD Escale metal mesh. Within the complex sits Caja Magica with its three tennis courts. The “Magic Box” can be tilted up and moved as needed, transforming indoor courts into outdoor playing areas.
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More than 17,700 square feet of metal mesh that shimmers in shades of gold was developed by GKD for the National Grand Theater. Impressively cloaking the inner façade of the theater’s main hall, a custom construction of Baltic stainless-steel mesh was also used to clad 123 pillars.
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Golden Escale 7×1.5 metal fabric wraps the grandstand of this storied racecourse, delivering visual lightness and reflective movement. The facade features movable panels that open and close for solar control while indoors, the same weave is used in acoustic mesh panels for added grace and elegance.
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When the historic Stuttgart building, now home to the Baden-Württemberg Finance Ministry, needed to be refurbished, the top floor of the building was upgraded with CMP composite ceiling panels made of GKD’s gold-anodized aluminum mesh.
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