Marlborough Library & Art Gallery

By Metalli

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Project by
Metalli
Year of completion
2023
Project cost
5m+
Building style
Modern

Metalli was thrilled to be part of The Marlborough Library and Art Gallery project. We were named the manufacturer of the perforated panels that make up the façade. The impressive 3600m² building showcases the stunning facade, which is made up of 256 individual perforated panels made from 5mm aluminium. These panels feature a unique custom design in the shape of an 'X' and boast a total of 50,000 perforated holes.

Metalli was honoured to work on the panels' design with the architectural firm Warren and Mahoney and the construction company Robinson Construction.

By day, the façade’s bronze colouring glistens in the sun while playing a major part in limiting the building’s solar energy consumption. The interior of the building is filled with unique shadows cast by the exterior panels, making the environment a unique place to be. By night, the building transforms and showcases the façade in a completely different perspective, further enhancing the building's aesthetic appeal.

As predicted by the Marlborough District Council, the Marlborough Library and Art Gallery is the ‘cornerstone feature’ in the Blenheim CBD. The façade has received praise and has been described as "the true hero of the building."

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Products used in
Marlborough Library & Art Gallery

Structural Concrete
Structural Concrete
By Allied Concrete

Professionals used in
Marlborough Library & Art Gallery

Allied Concrete
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Metalli
Metalli
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Metalli specializes in sheetmetal fabrication and bespoke perforated designs. 

Metalli is the sheet metal division of our parent company Hyway Manufacturing Ltd. With over 30 years of engineering experience, Hyway focuses heavily on aluminium products. During this time, Metalli has been the ‘behind-the-scenes’ manufacturer of components for several renowned NZ companies, enhancing their world class products with our in-house skills and perforated innovations. While we continue our business relationships with these companies, we have developed wider, unique skills and products that other companies and architects would love to have access to, so we have decided to bring these skills to the market.

What Metalli offers: Here at Metalli we can take care of standard perforated patterns with ease, with our ever-growing library of round, square and slotted punches we are sure to have what you need. Where Metalli really comes to life is with the more unique challenges that architects create in their job.

  • Picture perforated panels.
  • 3D perforated patterns.

Can you incorporate these ideas into your next project? Ideal for building façade, sunscreens, car park building façades with ventilation, balustrades... or inside feature walls, ceiling acoustic panels etc.

What Metalli takes care of: We believe it’s important to be open about what we can and cannot do with the companies we team up. Relationships are built on trust and being able to deliver the goods! We believe Metalli has the smarts to make our partners successful!

We can take your ideas and designs and make them a reality, with in-house CAD capabilities, CNC Turret Punch, Library of tooling, CNC 7 Axis 4.3m press brake, welding and a vetted powder coating partner. Metalli can take care of all this. Where we don’t get involved, at this point, is the façade design, how it fixes to building and installation.

You design and we fabricate, helping where needed, using our experience in sheet metal fabrication.

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