Breaking the stereotype: Metal facades in residential design

Ar. Sumit Dhawan emphasises the need to extend the use of metal facades to residential architecture, extolling their virtues and the added role of technology for sustainable built forms… A facade determines the visual identity, character, and expression of architecture. Its design is also a huge parameter for building performance. Consequently, the facade lies at the convergence of the outward and inward environment, constituting an integral part of the structure. It is often seen that use of metal in facades is almost always correlated with commercial or institutional architecture. Few examples that instantly come to mind are The Guggenheim Museum […]