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Siding or wall cladding is the protective material attached to the exterior side of a wall of a house or other building. Along with the roof, it forms the first line of defense against the elements, most importantly sun, rain/snow, heat and cold, thus creating a stable, more comfortable environment on the interior side.
Pebbledash Pebbledashing Rock dash stucco. Roughcast or pebbledash is a durable coarse plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel and often pebbles or shells. [1] The materials are mixed into a slurry and are then thrown at the working surface with a trowel or scoop.
CLT-plate with three layers made from spruce. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a subcategory of engineered wood panel product made from gluing together at least three layers of solid-sawn lumber at angles to each other. [1] [2] It is similar to plywood but with distinctively thicker laminations (or lamellae).
Exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) is a general class of non-load bearing building cladding systems that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system. EIFS has been in use since the 1960s in North America and was first used on masonry buildings.
It has 9 stories reaching 30 meters tall. It uses CLT panels as load-bearing walls and floor 'slabs'. [61] The Black & White Building is an office building topped out in 2023 in Shoreditch, London. It has 6 stories reaching 17.8 meters tall. It uses CLT panels, glulam curtain walling, and LVL columns and beams. [62]
Stucco used as an exterior coating on a residential building. Rock dash stucco used as an exterior coating on a house on Canada's west coast. The chips of quartz, stone, and colored glass measure approx. 3–6 mm (1/8–1/4"). The basic composition of stucco is lime, water, and sand. [4]
Adobe wall (detail) in Bahillo, Palencia, Spain Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe walls separate urban gardens in Shiraz, Iran Adobe ( / ə ˈ d oʊ b i / ⓘ ə- DOH -bee ; [ 1 ] Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðoβe] ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials.
The 4-story Lewis County Courthouse is considered a Beaux-Arts-style building with Doric order details. [36] [21] The footprint listed at 90 ft × 162 ft (27 m × 49 m). [i] The foundation and walls were built on bedrock with steel reinforced concrete, [48] the exterior is finished in sandstone, a bottom layer which casts a pink-grey hue. [21]