Pretty Plastic Panels in AJ Specification

AJ Specification is a specialist publication produced by The Architects’ Journal (AJ), a well-known UK-based architecture magazine – focusing on the technical and material aspects of architectural design.

This edition of AJ Specification highlights exteriors and landscaping, with three case studies from a range of contrasting environments – coastal, suburban and inner-city – and answering very different briefs.

In the first case study, the MawsonKerr-designed Whitburn Coastal Conservation Centre in South Tyneside is featured. Its CLT-panelled structure is clad in distinctive mottled shingles – the Pretty Plastic Panels. These are made of 100 per cent recycled plastic from construction waste, creating a practical rainscreen while making an apt point about reuse, particularly in view of the amount of plastic waste that pollutes our seas and coastlines.

You can read the entire feature online here >