The 17th century was the age of stone; the 18th century was the peak of brick, the 19th century was the era of iron, 20th was the century of concrete. The 21st century will be the time for timber. – Alex de Rijke, director of London-based firm dRMM
The 21st century is going through a transitional stage in timber architecture when the wood is taking over from steel and concrete as an architectural wonder material. While there is no reason to forcibly challenge the role of steel and concrete in construction, the innovative environment and the new architectural trends demand the use of timber, with the architects praising its sustainability, quality and speed of construction.
New types of engineered timber are considered stronger and even more stable than regular wood, allowing architects to think about building high-potential and more ambitious timber structures.
Timber shade used: TR-49 Joburg Knotty Brown
On one hand, when several types of research consider timber as the smartest material to build skyscrapers or multi-storeyed buildings, the negative preconceptions related to the new-age timber architecture exists as well. The concern related to timber building’s durability, fairly regular and hectic maintenance, fire safety, environmental degradation factor, and many more issues prevails. However, this gap is fairly bridged by Aludecor’s Wooden ACP sheets, the wood-like aluminium composite panels.
Aludecor has taken new-age timber architecture to the pinnacle with the stupendous innovation of Timber series Aluminium Composite Panels. With their Timber-series ACPs, timber skyscrapers are now a real prospect. The innovative ACP-material advances are allowing architects to use timber in a way that was unthinkable even ten years ago.
Timber shade used: TR-47 Hickory Brown | TR-48 Hickory Grey
The warmth and aesthetic richness of wood have been marvelously replicated in the Aludecor Timber series. Now, the stunning look of wooden ACP sheets can be added to the exteriors and interiors of the building without even depleting the natural resources. The architects can experiment with the looks of the façade using a multifarious combination of Wooden ACP sheets and solid or metallic colours that will make all heads turn!
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Advantages of Wooden ACP Sheets:
- Various Textures: Comes in various textures of heartwood, teak, pine, and walnut that mimic real wood while not harming the mother nature.
- Easy on Pocket: Cost-efficient compared to other traditional timber cladding solutions.
- Lightweight Material: These Wooden ACP sheets are light in weight yet robust, making them an ideal choice for interior or exterior cladding.
- Resistant to Insects, Fungi and Viruses: With the innovation of Armor, AG+ and Vi-SECURE series, now wood-finish ACP sheets can be made resistant to insects, bacteria, viruses along with the fungi, borer, and termites, ensuring long-lasting protection and durability contrary to traditional timbers.
- Easy Installation: Can be installed within a few days and requires low maintenance, saving time and effort.
- Waterproof & Weatherability: Wooden ACP sheets are water and corrosion-resistant, making them the ultimate cladding solution for extreme weather conditions.
- Fire-retardant: FR A2 grade wooden ACP sheets ensure fire safety at the highest level in any building.
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Aludecor Wooden ACP Sheets offers a wide selection of a fabulous range of Walnut, Teak, Beech, Maple, Cherry and Afro. However, reciprocating to its fair demand in the market, Aludecor’s Timber series is now available in a range of new design patterns that are delightfully vivid and well-defined. Seven new design families have been introduced in the series:
Heartwood, Knotty, Hickory, Burl, Zebrawood, Ash and Pine. Four new magnificent shades have been added to the Teak family, while two have been retained from the earlier range.
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Timber shade used: T-30-Cocoa Teak -&-T-39-Zebrawood Dark
Even the ones that have been retained from the earlier range are now available in enhanced forms having much more striking patterns.
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Available in 40 shades, the Timber series of Aludecor contributes directly towards the conservation of nature in that it acts as a perfect replacement of wood in architectural designs.
In addition, Aludecor’s Wood-finish ACP sheets can also be made available in FR (fire-retardant) and AG+ (antibacterial) variants on request. Now, take your pick from a range of realistic looks and give your designs that extra edge!
