The trends in architecture are constantly changing and people are looking for more and more ways to make their buildings as original and stylish as possible. Expanded metal, perforated sheets, metal gratings, wire screens and sheets are ideal for this purpose due to their variability of use in the exterior or interior. They are slowly becoming the building material of the 21st century.

Originally used as technologies in agriculture, food, chemical or mining industries for cleaning, filtering and screening materials and crops, these products have flourished in architecture and construction industries only in recent years.

Perforated sheets and expanded metal have huge potential for architects and designers because they can choose a type of material, thickness of the sheet, size and shape of the mesh or a final colour themselves to suit their project. By varying these features, innumerable alternatives can be achieved to provide functional, practical and aesthetic solutions to architectural and design ideas.

These products are really widely used. Perforated sheets can be used to create various panels for railings, floor gratings and fences. They can also be used as a stylish partitions between two spaces, as a ventilation cover or design ceiling.

Gratings for ceiling ventilation

Perforated sheet metal fences

Covering of ventilation and cables using perforated sheets

The use of expanded metal is no less important.  Facades, blinds, furniture, cladding of parking houses and other buildings, covering of external stairs, suspended ceilings and panels for floor gratings are only a fraction of what this material can be used for.

Expanded metal used as semi-translucent blinds

Expanded metal used as furniture and optical partition between rooms

Elegant building facade

Expanded metal bent into a shape of a bench

We can see increasing number of products made of these materials in everyday life without even realizing it. These are often very practical solutions of urban furniture such as litter bins, flower pots, benches and many others. These design solutions fit nicely into everyday life and do not look either austere or cold at all.

The choice of material depends on a place of use (the interior - exterior). Materials which are mostly used are stainless steel, aluminium, Cor-ten steel, brass or ordinary steel, which is subsequently galvanized or painted to brighten up the space. 

Colour finish of perforated sheets

As the saying goes, “Let your imagination run wild”, in this case it is double true, whether it is a small perforated sheet cover for a radiator or a complete expanded metal façade for a shopping centre. Basically you can find the use of these materials anywhere. All you need is a vision (good idea) and you can have in your project stylish original features that will set you apart from the average.