The Torre Europa skyscraper shines resplendently on the Plaza Europa very close to the heart of Barcelona. Its shimmering metallic facade allows an uninterrupted view from the inside of the building. The semitransparent design mesh of type Omega from the internationally leading technical weaving mill GKD. Architects Alonso Balaguer y Arquitectos Asociados

Very proud of the Prodema project in Miami, Midtown Miami project adjacent to the Design District specd by Zyscovich Architects in Miami.

Check out Madam Tussaud’s Los Angeles red colored zinc façade. This project was designed by ROTO Architects in Los Angeles and uses Umicore’s pigmento red zinc. Look into the December 2010 issue of Metal Construction News for an article about this award winning project.

The 4200 sf Star Commons provides the Duke Univ. Law School a space for students, faculty and visitors to eat, study, or work in a large yet comfortable space with an abundance of natural light and views. And it features VMZINC’s quartz zinc flat lock panels. (photo by Gilbertson Photography).

Spice up your office or workspace by adding a colorful printed wall or ceiling. Even a small piece can enhance the space and can be done quickly and easily. You can even make it an acoustical art piece.

Set near the Houhai Street of Shenzhen Bay, the Shenzhen Poly Grand Theatre, designed by Shenzhen Huazhu Engineering Design Co., Ltd., is a landmark building. The building’s sleek design evokes a piece of high-tech equipment, or perhaps a drop of water. Viewed from above, its silver contour gleams under the sunlight, reflecting its surroundings in the Luxalon® 20mm Quadro Cladding Panels and 2.5mm custom aluminum panels provided by Hunter Douglas. The entire surfaces of the facade and roof are perforated, and each of the 6,000 honeycomb panels differ in size and shape. The silver color was created with Hunter Douglas’ exclusive Luxacote® finish, which is specifically designed to withstand severe external conditions, and contains a solid UV filter in the topcoat. It is worth mentioning that HDSZ completed delivery and all technical service for this project in only two months.

The new multi-million pound headquarters development for HML in Skipton, brings together more than 800 of its staff into a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rated building, equipped with a revolutionary Levolux Solar Shading system, which actually generates its own electricity.The development for HML, a subsidiary of Skipton Building Society, to the west of Skipton, consolidates its local business operations from four sites in the town centre, into a single site. The 10,000m2 development comprises two buildings, linked by a central atrium, with accommodation arranged over three and four floors.Locally based, Bowman Riley Architects, created an ambitious design, incorporating a raft of energy saving features. These include rainwater harvesting, solar hot water panels and a comprehensive Solar Shading system from Levolux. As a result, the buildings are much less dependent on energy-sapping artificial lighting and air conditioning.

Delicate, bronze wall-screens, fabricated out of Mandarin, softly glow and add a layer of graceful, almost ethereal, delicacy to this very elegant Japanese restaurant in downtown Cologne. The restaurant was designed by Jensen and Gorgle Architects.

This is an interesting installation of metal mesh (Sambesi). Here it is used as a room divider. With the right light the mesh starts to glow. The project was designed by Benthem Crouwel.

In the heard of the American Rockies at the foot of the ski slopes of Aspen is a magnificent home with colors that contrast with the crisp white of the surrounding snow and the green of the trees. The materials were carefully chosen by the Architect Bill Poss and Associates so as to enhance the elegance of the building. Glass wood and VM Zinc blend tastefully.