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30 January 2012   14:57 by DuPont Corian

DuPont™ Corian® presents new RIBA approved CPD on Rainscreen Facades

January 2012 – Launching at the Surface Design Show (Business Design Centre, Islington, London) on February 8th 2012, a new RIBA approved CPD seminar on the innovative use of solid surfaces for beautiful and sustainable rainscreen facades is now available from DuPont™ Corian®, the hi-tech surface offering outstanding properties for exterior building applications.

The seminar, entitled ‘Modern Solid Surface Materials for Rainscreen Facades,’ is presented by design professional Phil Hutfield, who during his three years as Design Consultant to DuPont® Corian® in the UK has worked on multiple installation projects with the material and also a ‘Knowledge Transfer Partnership’ project with a local university specifically on DuPont® Corian® as a Rainscreen Façade. Phil is responsible for overseeing the design and installation of rainscreen façade projects in the UK.

Solid Surface material for use as a rainscreen façade is a relatively new market segment. This one hour seminar details the product characteristics of solid surface material that make it particularly appropriate to this performance and design use. It gives an overview of the installation process, especially focusing on fixing systems available; outlines the design potential, showing specialist features of solid surface material; and provides a history of solid surface material as a rainscreen façade through the use of projects and photographic examples of applications. The seminar includes full visual support, actual samples and further appendices.

In recent years the world of architecture has made the exciting discovery about how this high-performance decorative material can apply its multiple talents as impressively to the exterior of a building as to its interior.

First impressions count and a beautifully functional rain-screen façade created from DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface will keep looking and performing to its best for the long term. Strong, durable, versatile and easy to work with, DuPont™ Corian® is superbly well suited to cladding applications in a variety of valuable ways.

Completely homogenous and non-porous, the material is easy to clean and maintain, it is fire rated, resistant to graffiti, UV and climatic conditions – and should any damage occur – DuPont™ Corian® is repairable. Furthermore a variety of design and decorative effects can be achieved with the material, which is available in 37 colours for external façades.

It is compatible with a ‘secret’ fix undercut anchor system and its lightweight, workable properties mean that fabrication and fitting run smoothly both off and on site. Whether creating an apparently ‘seamless’ monolithic look, puzzle-like patterns or engraved, textured and backlit effects, DuPont™ Corian® offers a façade solution like no other.

Façades created from DuPont™ Corian® can also enhance the sustainability of a building, by offering excellent durability, ease of maintenance and repairability, thereby affording the building exterior a long and valuable life. By helping to protect the building structure, and especially if acting together with an advanced membrane such as DuPont™ Tyvek® UV Façade, when performing the function of a rainscreen it’s use can also contribute to energy savings.

From an ‘iceberg’ style hotel in France to private villas, large public buildings and a ‘Tetris’ style bank in Denmark, DuPont™ Corian® has been making its mark as a distinctive ‘skin’ for a number of high profile international projects.

A visual and technical brochure on the use of DuPont® Corian® for exterior and interior cladding is also available. For hi res images and further information on any of the installations pictured here, please contact: stephanie@qspr.com T: 020 7485 4832.

To book this CPD seminar or for further commercial or technical information about DuPont™ Corian® in the UK: T: 0800 962 116 E:sales@corian.co.uk www.corian.co.uk

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