A group of weathering steel alloys, patented by United States Steel in the 1930s under the trademark COR-TEN, that form a stable, adherent rust-colored oxide layer when exposed to weather, protecting the metal beneath without paint or ongoing maintenance. Architects adopted it from the 1960s for its warm, changing surface color, notably for Brutalist civic buildings and for contemporary museum, memorial and sculpture pavilions. The exterior of the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, completed in 2012, is clad in roughly 12,000 pre-weathered steel panels, one of the material's most visible recent architectural applications. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Element Kind First Used EraPatented 1933 for railroad hopper cars; the first architectural use of weathering steel was Eero Saarinen's John Deere World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois, completed in 1964, and the material was adopted architecturally from the 1960s. 1 Era
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1. Weathering Steel (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Weathering steel, History section
The first use of weathering steel for architectural applications was the John Deere World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois. The building was designed by architect Eero Saarinen, and completed in 1964.
Wikipedia: Weathering steel, Use in architecture and industry section, Barclays Center
Weathering steel was used to build the exterior of Barclays Center, made up of 12,000 pre-weathered steel panels engineered by ASI Limited & SHoP Construction.
Wikipedia: Weathering steel
Weathering steel, often called corten steel (or its trademarked name, COR-TEN) is a group of steel alloys that form a stable external layer of rust that eliminates the need for painting.
English Wikipedia, Weathering steel, lead section, first sentence
Weathering steel, often called corten steel (or its trademarked name, COR-TEN) is a group of steel alloys that form a stable external layer of rust that eliminates the need for painting.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Weathering steel, history sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Weathering steel, history section
In 1933 the United States Steel Corporation decided to commercialize the results of their studies and patented a steel with exceptional mechanical resistance, primarily for use in railroad hopper cars, for the handling of heavy bulk loads including coal, metal ores, other mineral products and grain.
John Deere World Headquarters (Wikipedia)
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The main building, display building, and Deere West are clad with Cor-Ten weathering steel and glass.
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The main building, display building, and Deere West are clad with Cor-Ten weathering steel and glass.
Seen In: John Deere World Headquarters, Wikipedia lead
The main building, display building, and Deere West are clad with Cor-Ten weathering steel and glass.
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