Aluminum and aluminum alloys have long been used as building construction materials. Strongly associated with the Art Deco movement due to the sleek appearance and malleability—consider the striking details of New York’s Empire State and Chrysler buildings—aluminum was found to be resilient to harsh climatic conditions with a high weight-to-strength ratio, enabling it to frame large spans of glass used in commercial and other large-scale construction.
It’s not surprising then, that aluminum plays a central role in the range of products made today by Kawneer—an American manufacturer of architectural systems. It adeptly meets the considerable needs of educational buildings, from community elementary schools up through the modern and historically renovated halls of learning at major universities.
