Perspex Acrylic Fins for Apartment Facade from Mitchell Laminates

Perspex® Outdoor Fins

Genuine Perspex® Frost acrylic was the material of choice for Wireframe Architecture director Geoff Dill, when further developing Terry Harper Architects' original design for the Belford street apartments complex in St. Kilda, Australia.

With a 10 year exterior warranty and it's well known ease of installation; twenty one vertical rows of Perspex® Frost 'Fins' were created to enhance the external aesthetic appearance of this boutique development. Geoff commented: "Perspex® acrylic allowed us to achieve the design intent with the budget we had available - other material options weren't going to achieve this."

The cutting of the Perspex® sheets to achieve the smooth curves that created a wave effect on the side of the building, was effortless. Each lightweight panel is securely fixed into place with screws, after concerns of other materials such as glass being labelled unsafe to hang on the outside of the building.

This factor further secured the use of Perspex® for this project, as well as having a large collection of colours available. The colour palette suited the design specification without the need for films or tints that may have been required for other materials.