Microsoft Rare

The designers of new premises for Microsoft Rare focused on creating a building in tune both with its rural surroundings and also with the inventive and artistic profession of the occupants. The building resembles a large barn with wooden panelling and beams, to which dramatic aerofoil solar shading and weather louvres designed by Zefyr are attached. To offset the wood and create a contemporary image the designers selected our ‘Copper Mine’ finish for the solar shading and weather louvres, giving the effect of patinated copper or verdigris. Copper Mine’ is a textured finish and will give a pleasing variation in shade as sunlight moves across its surface.