Coloured aluminium by Sandalor to adorn tower by Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Dezeen promotion:Â aluminium gold-hued struts coloured by Sandalor will line the exterior of the HEKLA Tower, which Pritzker prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel's studio is designing in Paris.
The metal struts have been selected by Ateliers Jean Nouvel from Sandalor's range of colourful anodised aluminium finishes, which are made specifically for architectural use.
Coloured aluminium by Sandalor will line the HEKLA Tower
Sandalor's process of colouring aluminium has been developed to prevent designers from "having to sacrifice the metallic character" of the material when specifying coloured versions of it.
"This is a colouring process for anodised aluminium that has been specially developed for architecture and combines the advantages of anodising with the possibilities of a wide colour spectrum," Sandalor explained. "And in which the optical properties of the metal are permanently preserved." The struts have been chosen from Sandalor's range of coloured-aluminium surface finishes
In the case of the 48-storey HEKLA Tower, several aluminium struts chosen by Ateliers Jean Nouvel will have a golden hue.
They will be used to emphasise the shapes of the triangular glass panels on the tower's facade, which are intended to add "flamboyance" to the Parisian skyline, according to Nouvel.
The struts will be used to outline HEKLA Tower's glass facade panels
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