BEHIND THE DESIGN Corten cladding
Self-builders are becoming more adventurous with the external look of their homes, and this has led to the use of more interesting and challenging materials. This couldn’t be more evident than in façades featuring weathering steel, regularly referred to by its trademark name Corten (Cor-Ten).
Weathering steel was developed by the US Steel Corporation and was used in the early 1930s in railroad goods carriages. The heavy-duty steel forms a protective layer of rust on its
