“ The thoroughly modern building remains sympathetic to its historic context … patterns in the Nordic Brown Light copper panels mirror decorative flint details on the chapel elevation .
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weathered . The innovative Nordic Royal is an alloy of copper with aluminium and zinc , giving it a rich golden through-colour and making it very stable . A wide choice of Nordic Decor mechanically applied surface treatments is also available for various surfaces and alloys , particularly suited to interior applications .
A growing series of on-line ‘ copper stories ’ exemplify the best in contemporary architecture and showcase the diversity of surfaces , forms and applications available with Nordic Copper today .
Nordic Brown is part of an extensive range of architectural copper surfaces and alloys with an unrivalled lifespan , no maintenance and full recyclability . With a melting point of 1083˚C and ‘ A1 ( non-combustible material )’ fire classification to EN 13501-1 , copper is suitable for cladding tall buildings , using appropriate constructions .
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LIVING COPPER SURFACES
Apart from Nordic Brown , and also Nordic Standard ‘ mill finish ’ copper , Nordic Blue , Nordic Green and Nordic Turquoise prepatinated surfaces have been developed with properties and colours based on the same brochantite mineralogy found in natural patinas all over the world . As well as the solid patina colours , ‘ Living ’ surfaces are available for each colour with other intensities of patina flecks revealing some of the dark oxidised background material .
Copper alloys are growing in popularity as well , including Nordic Bronze and Nordic Brass – which can also be supplied pre-
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