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The new aesthetics for Corian® make their debut at THE BIG 5 International Building & Construction Show, Dubai

Come and meet the Corian® you never knew at THE BIG 5 International Building & Construction Show 26 - 29 November 2017 – Hall 7, Stand 7A-321 | 11:00 - 19:00 World Trade Centre, Dubai.

Corian® in sleek Deep Nocturne sets the scene for a stylish retail experience at Victoria Gate and Victoria Quarter, Leeds

Corian® lights up the architectural face of the City of London, with cladding for the new Motel One building

Taking the place of a run-down office building in the heart of the City of London, the striking new “Motel One” building by “Mackay + Partners” features ground-breaking use of Corian® high-tech surface as an illuminated façade. The first commercial building in the UK to adopt this exciting application for the renowned DuPont advanced surface, the structure presents a sparkling new face to the heart of the financial district, set within the historic Minories neighbourhood.

DuPont™ Corian® presents the Earth Heritage colours collection, based on its proprietary Fusion™ Technology

Another innovation from DuPont™ Corian®: as a result of its international, strategic growth initiative ‘Endless Evolution’, DuPont has introduced into the market the Earth Heritage colours collection of Corian® high-tech material, including 16 tones based on its proprietary Fusion™ Technology, enabling the creation of advanced surfacing materials featuring random veining and particles into a solid tone matrix.

DuPont™ Corian® adds to the warm welcome around the London Design Festival, giving re-usable shape to various public installations

Shapescape by Kangan Arora at the London Design Fair * Popup Shop by Loris&Livia and Louvre Desk by Giles Miller at the V&A * A modular bar by Studio Glowacka at 100% Design

DuPont™ Corian® introduces baths and shower trays for residential and commercial environments

Elegant, reliable, versatile and durable: these are the keywords universally associated with the Corian® brand and surfacing material. They also describe the new ranges of Corian® baths and shower trays – for residential and commercial environments – which will be available in the market from 1 July, 2016.

DuPont™ Tyvek® is cast as a reliable performer in Poldark country

The advanced breather membrane for modern building adds confidence in a dramatic, exposed setting.

DuPont™ Corian® Charging Surface has arrived!

“Corian® Charging Surface” has arrived. Within its “Endless Evolution” international growth initiative DuPont has developed and is now commercialising a new, practical, reliable and easy to install solution - “Corian® Charging Surface - combining the superior beauty and functionality of Corian® with wireless recharging capabilities for smartphones and tablets. The wireless recharging capabilities are enabled by a state-of-the-art unit based on induction technology.

DuPont™ Corian® gives shape to ISLE by LORIS&LIVIA, the London Design Festival’s pop-up shop at the V&A

DuPont™ Corian® has a long and creative relationship with both the London Design Festival and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Featured permanently as plinths in the Architecture Galleries, table tops in the Café and further installations and facilities, the high-tech solid surface also forms the striking temporary reception desk for the Festival. This year, the multiple talents DuPont™ Corian® have been employed in a retail capacity.

Ingenious new Emergency Shelter System for humanitarian crises

High-tech, lightweight and adaptable to any environment: SURI shelters from Suricatta Systems optimise DuPont™ Tyvek® membranes and DuPont™ Plantex® geotextiles

DuPont™ Corian® presents an evening with Alison Brooks of Alison Brooks Architects at RIBA London, on November 11th 2015

August 2015 – DuPont™ Corian® is delighted to announce a special event focussing on the future of façades, with the participation of Stirling Prize winner Alison Brooks of Alison Brooks Architects.

DuPont™ Corian® creates a sleek and sophisticated façade

A spectacular new waterside home in the Netherlands is distinctive in many ways – not least because of its innovative use of DuPont™ Corian® high-tech surface to create a cocoon of enduring elegance. Corian® has been valued for many years by architects and interior designers for its multiple talents and its famously robust reliability.

A Healing Journey of Light Supported by DuPont™ Corian®

Thoughtful design focused on the patient and their family has the potential to change the clinical hospital environment into something personal and profound. To that end, the architecture has been developed as a journey of light and healing featuring DuPont™ Corian® advanced surfacing material.

DuPont™ Corian® – Healthcare with heart

DuPont™ Corian® enables art, poetry and local storytelling to create ‘landmarks’ at a new NHS hospital in Glasgow.

Could the altitude clause in BS5534 leave some contractors high and dry?

Better to choose your underlay very carefully…

DuPont™ Corian® renews and expands its collections of ready-made basins and sinks

As part of its ‘Endless Evolution’ growth programme, DuPont™ Corian® has announced the launch of an improved and expanded range of ready-made basins for the bathroom and a general repositioning of its whole shapes offer, which also includes sinks for the kitchen and basins for the healthcare sector. Each new bathroom basin is characterised by a versatile, contemporary design and incorporates innovative technical features.

DuPont™ Corian® creates new grey colours based on its innovative DeepColour™ Technology

Superior design versatility, elegance and functionalitycombined with easier fabrication.

DuPont™ Tyvek® UV Façade offers discreet protection for a contemporary and sustainable timber-clad new build in Bristol

An elegant open-jointed façade design demands not only high-performance protection but also a discreet subtlety that will not compromise the aesthetic vision. Thus when Point1 Building Systems were tasked with installing an attractive western red cedar cladding system to a residential extension conceived to blend with its environment, DuPont™ Tyvek® UV façade was the obvious choice of advanced breather membrane.

Innovative surfacing solutions in dark colours for interior design and architecture

DuPont™ Corian® creates new grey colours based on its innovative DeepColour™ Technology*: superior design versatility, elegance and functionality combined with easier fabrication.

DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ advanced breather membrane contributes to safety at the prestigious new Museum of Fire in Poland

The historic town of Zory in Poland has an interesting relationship with fire – its name is associated with the Polish words for flames and burning (after an older settlement and forest on the site was cleared in this way) and the city has suffered the devastating effects of numerous conflagrations over the centuries. Thus when the town’s development and tourism body “Nowe Miasto Sp. z o.o.” decided to create a new cultural and educational facility, the concept for a pavilion inspired by fire took hold, and OVO Grabczewscy Architects from Katowice were commissioned to realise this idea.

The first commercial building in the UK featuring DuPont® Corian® as an exterior cladding solution

DuPont™ Corian® lights up the architectural face of the City of London, with cladding for the new Motel One building by Mackay + Partners

BS5534: DuPont™ Tyvek® sails through new wind resistance tests

As building regulations become ever more stringent, so DuPont™ Tyvek® keeps pace by virtue of its inherent quality, longevity and proven performance. Always at the leading edge of the industry, all DuPont™ Tyvek® roof underlays have passed the necessary tests for the new BS5534 guideline (Code of practice for slating and tiling) which sets strict new requirements for resistance to wind uplift in pitched roofs. Taking effect as of March 1, 2015, the new requirements are defined by different zones for wind exposure (from 1-5) and for varying installation and site conditions.

DuPont™ Corian® expands its offering of dark colours made with innovative DeepColour™ Technology

Elegant brown tones enabling new design options and bringing benefits to industry, architects, designers, retail and consumers

A building with positive energy exploiting the resources of two key materials: Corian® to the façade and Tyvek® as the weather barrier

Resembling a sleek white ocean liner, the new Regional Environmental City building makes a striking impression at 90 avenue du Général Leclerc in Pantin. The building is much more than merely beautiful, however. The combination of a gleaming facade made from Corian® in Glacier White and Tyvek® breather membrane fitted behind maximises the multiple benefits of these two high-performance DuPont materials to create an original, durable and sustainable architectural project.

DuPont™ Tyvek® UV Facade advanced breather membrane protects the chemical laboratories of a University in Como, Italy

The construction of the new chemical-environmental laboratories for the University of Insubria’s Department of Science and High Technology’s (located in Como, Italy, about 50 km north of Milan) is now complete, creating the ideal conditions for the well-being and productivity of students and researchers alike. Studio Ishimoto Europe, to whom the project was awarded, chose to protect the building envelope and guarantee its optimum performance by wrapping it with DuPont™ Tyvek® UV Façade, a special, UV-protected breather membrane for ventilated façade applications

DuPont™ Corian® introduces the DeepColour™ Technology

There is an exciting new option available for industrial companies, architects, designers and consumers looking for solid surface solutions in dark colours offering high performance, elegance, reliability and hygiene.

How to – Vapour control and vapour barrier installation

It is well known that using an AVCL (Air and Vapour Control Layer) in a building envelope will help to gain optimum energy efficiency and thus promote building longevity. This, however, can only be realistically achieved if the standard of installation is high.

DuPont™ Tyvek® is an airtight investment for high-spec Eco Lodges

July 2014 – Cornwall’s beautifully rugged coastline now has a new asset in the form of The Residence: 50 high-spec ‘Eco-Lodges’ created to superior standards of sustainability, elegance and comfort. The £6 million development, built by Cornish company Building With Frames, offers these premium holiday homes for private ownership, with a managed rental income as a return on the investment for each hi-tech 3-bedroom unit.

DuPont™ Tyvek® advanced breather membranes help waste products to perform in unexpected ways in a new building experiment

Architect Duncan Baker-Brown and the University of Brighton’s Faculty of Art have undertaken new a ‘living experiment’ in sustainable building. The Brighton Waste House is an on-going project involving students of the University, Brighton & Hove City Council and wide ranging support from industry and the community, and is designed to explore ways in which to build as ecologically as possible. DuPont Building Innovations has donated two advanced breather membranes to assist with the project.

Air and vapour control layer (AVCL) products – Essential to durable, long term performance in buildings

Products can differ considerably, careful selection avoids unwelcome surprises.

DuPont™ Tyvek® Timberframe Solutions for the framed construction industry: integrated, versatile, durable and reliable protection against the natural elements

DuPont™ Tyvek® Timberframe Solutions is a system of high-tech membranes and accessories designed to enhance the performance and installation of the building envelope for the framed construction industry. The various combinations of unique products within the co-ordinated offering adds significant value and allows producers of lightweight ventilated Timber Frame facades to apply superior, reliable and durable protection against the elements.

DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ is the key to enhancing safety and sustainability at the new Lerkendal Hotel and Congress Centre

August 2013 – The impressive Lerkendal Hotel project, part of the ‘Lerkendal Stadion’ complex in Trondheim, Norway, has been set significant goals for success in line with the proud history of Rosenborg Football Club, for whom the stadium is home ground.

DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ breakthrough technology contributes to safety, protection and sustainability of Crumlin Children’s Hospital

May 2013 – Advanced protection for greater thermal efficiency, fire safety and comfort has been specified for an extension to a children’s hospital in Dublin, in the form of two hi-tech membranes from DuPont Building Innovations.