What is Architectural Metalwork and Fabrication?
Blog | December 2nd, 2016
Skilled architects work with seasoned engineers to construct the load-bearing skeletons that support tomorrow’s structures. Layered on top of these metal and concrete frames, architectural metalwork adds style and character to those same buildings. What does it take to fabricate these finely wrought features? Well, it takes finesse in the form of architectural working drawings, plus an innate ability to fashion every supplementary element.
An Introduction to Architectural Metalwork
A strongly bonded mass of metal and concrete creates strong lines, reliable load supports, and a dependable box-like structure. But the building lacks identity. It’s featureless and characterless. Metal accents are both functional and decorative. Imagine a sheltering metal canopy outside a new office lobby. It shelters with utilitarian panels and solid support elements. This is the primary purpose of the metalwork but not necessarily the end result, for the design can also incorporate decorative elements.
Fabricating for Function and Appearance
The metalwork we’re referring to has many applications. It’s used for pure facade work, parts that are manufactured to look good while adding a layer of protection to the structure. Facades are one thing, but what about the usable products. Fabrication workshops cut those panels and weld them together before fixing them to strategically located front-facing surfaces. Beyond this relatively basic design feature, the architectural fabrication process cuts and assembles far more pragmatic building assets. They’re the gates and rails, balustrades and staircases that put the crowning touch on today’s most refined buildings.
The Full Package Building Experience
In-house crane and fabrication services create machined parts, components that install as building-essential products, such as staircases. That last statement does account for functional designs, but there are also purely attractive interior accents. Aluminium and iron, brass and copper, all of these materials are part of the discipline, one that matches function with style. Additionally, special finishing treatments emphasize the look of the metalwork. The protective layers toughen the metalwork and armour the alloys with a weatherproofed skin. Furthermore, many of these workpieces are being outsourced to foundries, places where the metalwork can be enhanced with wrought iron accents.
Adept metalworkers weld metal tubes and panels to create architectural metalwork. The fabrication products form rails and canopy sections, balustrades and staircase backbones. From here, in-house and off-site locales add decorative elements and powder coated skins to really sell the metal assemblies. Made from iron, aluminium, and brass, among other metals, the weather-resistant products bind with glass and concrete to deliver functional convenience and aesthetical elegance.
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