Cladding for Durability
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how retrofit projects provide an ideal opportunity to increase a building's overall durability and support occupant health and well-being.
- Describe how material choices and building products can greatly improve the debility and resiliency of a building project.
- List the ways that metal is significantly more durable than traditional cladding materials as a cladding or roofing material.
- Explain how retrofit projects can be aesthetically enhanced by including metal cladding and roofing while reducing water and wind intrusion.
This course is part of the Metal Architecture Academy
This webinar is part of the Metal Architecture Academy
Retrofits are an ideal opportunity for architects and designers to improve the overall durability and, ultimately, sustainability of a building. This is especially true when specifying products and materials that are substantially and quantifiable and more resilient than traditional options. When it comes to building asset and occupant protection, few materials are as ideal as metal. Metal roofing and exterior cladding provide exceptional protection from a host of threats to the building and can provide aesthetic beauty. This AIA-approved webinar will explore several real-world retrofit projects that have included metal as an architectural feature for beauty and as a material meant to seriously defend the building from anything Mother Nature might throw at it.
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Modern black metal roof a-frame house in a open filed in front of the Teton mountains
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