This section covers some of the planning considerations when wishing to specify copper.
The skylines of many cities in Europe and Scandinavia demonstrate the extensive use of copper on a wide range of building types over many years. In the past, its use in some parts of the UK has been more patchy than in others, determined by factors such as cost and availability of material, with copper often restricted to the more prestigious and monumental buildings. These factors no longer apply today. Despite its proud tradition, copper is now a thoroughly modern material which, in cost and technical terms, is appropriate to a much wider range of buildings and its extensive use has already been demonstrated by some of our best designers.
It would be artificial for those involved in the planning process to cite the limited historical use of copper in our cities as an established architectural tradition which must be maintained in the future. For copper to play a growing part in our city skylines, responding to the demands of architects and their clients, would be entirely natural. |
