Aluminum is a lightweight, corrosion-resistant metal that became commercially available for construction in the twentieth century once electrolytic refining made it affordable, prized in architecture for a strength-to-weight ratio far better than steel and for the thin, naturally oxide-protected skin that shields it from further corrosion without painting. Its malleability allows extrusion into precise structural and glazing profiles, which made it the material of choice for curtain-wall framing, window systems and roofing from the mid-twentieth century onward, and its reflectivity and ability to be anodized in a range of colors have also made it a common cladding and decorative material on modernist and contemporary buildings.
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Aluminium (the Commonwealth and preferred IUPAC name) or aluminum (North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Aluminum is the most abundant metallic element in Earth’s crust and the most widely used nonferrous metal.
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end walls constructed completely of plate glass framed by aluminum and supported by wood columns that are clad in aluminum
Wikipedia: Willis Tower
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The facade is made of anodized aluminum and black glass.
Wikipedia: Taipei 101
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The facade system of glass and aluminum panels installed into an inclined movement-resisting lattice contributes to overall lateral rigidity by tying back to the mega-columns with one-story high trusses at every eighth floor.
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The exterior curtain wall is made of glass, stainless steel, aluminum, and granite and is criss-crossed by complex latticework cladding made of aluminum alloy pipes.
Wikipedia: Central Park Tower
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The facade for the upper stories is mostly a curtain wall made of aluminum and glass.
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The buildings at the Getty Center are made from concrete and steel with either travertine or aluminium cladding.
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It is a high-tech architecture structure, with use of exposed steel, aluminium panels and glass.
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