Building Landmarks

Façade contractors are a unique breed. The kind of engineering they apply to a building to create architectural marvels is nothing short of a miracle. We feature 10 outstanding façade and window projects that have become indicators in the city they are in.

- Jayashree Kini Mendes

Novelty in buildings are becoming the norm of the day. And the first thing that is obvious in buildings is the façade. This can be applied mainly to commercial buildings (not that residential buildings don’t have façades) because façades account for 15-20% of construction costs. Façades can be constructed around windows, doors, glass, curtainwall and cladding.

All over the world, new building projects are becoming ever-more inventive, innovative and unique. This means façade access solutions need to match today’s most imaginative architecture in order to provide truly bespoke solutions to a wide range of particular architectural challenges.

Façades are also available with textured, architectural weave with curved lines intersecting, turning vertically and narrowing as they reach up the building. The materials are a complex mix of glass curtainwall panels, glass-fibre reinforced concrete (GFRC) and perforated aluminium panels. There are also LED lights embedded into the façade.

This issue looks at some of the fascinating façade projects that are landmarks in their own way in the respective city they are in.

INDIABULLS SKY

CONTRACTOR: GLASS WALL SYSTEMS

CLIENT: INDIABULLS