case studies

Superior functionality and aesthetical quality: a worldwide first for gasoline stations worldwide
High-tech, innovative architectural wall cladding made with DuPont™ Corian(r) solid surface was created for the entire network of SOCAR’s gasoline stations in Azerbaijan. This is a world first in architecture - all of the building structures for the national network of SOCAR gasoline stations are going to have external cladding made with DuPont™ Corian(r) solid surface, a high-tech (…)

A façade made from DuPont™ Corian(r) solid surface for the Seeko’o Hotel in Bordeaux, France
The sleek, icy white façade of the Seeko’o Hotel is making a statement in the dockland area of Bordeaux. Seeko'o means “iceberg” or “glacier” in Inuit, and from the start this was an unusual and adventurous concept.
Creating a designer hotel in downtown Bordeaux, on the left bank of the Garonne, was always going to make waves – this is a strategic landmark of a town, well known for (…)

DuPont™ Corian(r) is increasingly being used as a high-tech façade and exterior cladding material. For example, on an apartment building in Knokke, Belgium, which has been built with its façade and cornice work in Glacier White. The attractive surface is resistant to all the effects of the North Sea climate.
Sleekly designed façade
What do you do with a dated-looking building that is in a very visible location in a fashionable seaside resort? Well, developer DHR Projects from (…)

Unlike any other colour, white instills wideness, openness and friendly ambience. This output was used for the transformation of a dark and massive 1970s residential and commercial building at the central foodmarket square in the German town of Backnang. The result: a contemporary airy architecture with a shiny white cladding made of DuPont™ Corian(r).
The address Fruit Market (Am Obstmarkt) evokes images of the main square in an old market town. But unfortunately, this address in (…)

Health care professionals training area at the University of Barcelona (UB) Health Science Campus in Bellvitge enables study and research to be carried out with comfort thanks to the latticeworks conceived by the prestigious architecture company Pinearq. The latticeworks protect the spaces from the Mediterranean sun while allowing the light to pass through the facade’s design and the techno-surface DuPont™ Corian(r).
For the architecture company Pinearq, managed by Albert de Pineda, (…)

Architectural practice USE has created a distinctive new residential building in an area of London experiencing significant regeneration. Standing proud and pristine, in contemporary juxtaposition to the Victorian railway arches of London Fields, Mentmore Terrace makes an impressive addition to the local landscape – and has delighted its neighbours, according to the architect, by gently reflecting the light with its smooth, pale and elegant finish.
Architect Jo Hagan, who has been keenly (…)

A waterfront designer villa in the Dutch municipality of Westland has recently been given a timeless elegance thanks to a high-tech façade covering using DuPont™Corian(r) in the colour Cameo White.
Resistant to moisture and the weather
As architect Koen Olthuis from Waterstudio.NL in Rijswijk explains: ‘Building at a waterfront means special building requirements and DuPont™Corian(r) is the ideal solution for these difficult conditions. After a time, stucco work always (…)

The « 4 soleils » building... an emblematic spot of Val-de-Reuil, the youngest town in France. For this heavy rehabilitation project, the cityhall of Val-de-Reuil wanted an original and innovative facade aspect, from an aesthetical and technical point of view alike. The using of DuPont™ Corian(r) high tech surface, commonly used in pharmaceutical laboratories, is not only a wink to the importance of this activity in Val-de-Reuil, but also a technologic achievement which had never been (…)

DuPont™ Corian(r), which is known with its ease of use and aesthetic stance in the construction, was used Palitra Residence built in Baku, Azerbaijan. DuPont™ Corian(r) was chosen for the façade application as an innovative material. Elegance and functionality of the material provide a pure beauty and convenience to the residence. The project consists of 26 flats in 42,000 m2 in total. Palitra Residence is designed by architect Ilgar Baylarov and its first 4 floors are offices (…)

DuPont™ Corian(r) has been used in their new facades providing luminosity and freshness to the building. In the renovation the resistance and durability of the techno-surface have played an important role as it will have to endure the “mascletás” and fireworks that take place at this plaza during the San Juan festivities, as well as the lightness of the material that has allowed it to be easily assembled over the existing structure.
DuPont™ Corian(r) cladding in Glacier White (…)