The close grain of the Basebed is particularly suitable for fine detailing and in this instance, has been used to carve the Debenhams name.
Frihavnens purchased the stone in dimensioned block format and shipped the stones to Italy to have them cut into ultra thin panels. These panels were adhered to an aluminium honeycombe structure to provide additional strength to the thin stones. The advantage of this system is that it reduces the weight of the cladding by up to 80%, which was an important consideration on this project.
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