Fired clay.
Ventilated.

A back-ventilated rainscreen in fired clay: extruded, double-walled tiles and large-format panels hung on an aluminium sub-frame, with an air gap that carries the Gulf heat away before it reaches the wall.

Tiles 30 mm, double-walled · panels to 3,000 mmMade in Germany · 49 projects

00Mission

A façade
that breathes.

Terracotta is the oldest building material and one of the most durable: colourfast, non-combustible, and unmoved by heat, salt or sun. Hung as a rainscreen, it shades the structure and ventilates behind, cutting the cooling load while the building keeps its colour for decades.

30 mmDouble-walled extruded tile

3 mMaximum panel length

A1Non-combustible fired clay

49Terracotta projects

01System

Tiles, panels,
sub-frame.

Two families from a German manufacturer: a 30 mm double-walled tile for standard façades, and large-format panels up to 3 m long for horizontal bands and fins. Both hang on an aluminium rail system fixed back to the structure or to AAC cladding, with open joints and a ventilated cavity.

Tile	Extruded, double-walled, 30 mm thick CWCT and ball-throw tested
Panel	150 to 3,000 mm long, 150 to 600 mm high Up to 1,000 mm high on request
Fixing	Aluminium rails and clips, back-ventilated Open horizontal joints; vertical joints with gaskets
Substrate	RC, steel frame, blockwork or AAC cladding panels
Finish	Natural, glazed or engobed; grooved, ribbed or smooth Colourfast, frost and UV resistant
Fire	Non-combustible fired clay
Origin	Made in Germany

02Installed

Towers, offices,
stores.

Al Majed Tower, Barwa Financial District, Al Meera stores at Jeryan, Wakrah and Umm Salal, Derwind Office Tower, and a project in the UAE.

Al Majed Tower in terracotta — Al Majed Tower · Doha

Sculpted crown of Al Majed Tower — Al Majed Tower · crown

Terracotta fins on the Barwa Financial District towers — Barwa Financial District

Al Meera store with terracotta façade — Al Meera · Al Wakrah

Terracotta façade mock-up close-up — Façade mock-up

03Terracotta on AAC

Rainscreen outside.
Insulation inside.

Hang the terracotta on AAC cladding panels and the wall insulates itself: U 0.55 at 200 mm before the rainscreen, four-hour fire rating, and one trade for the backing wall and the façade.

AAC cladding →

0.55U-value of the AAC backing wall at 200 mm

4 hrFire rating of the backing wall

1Trade for wall and façade

04Contact