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Architecture And Facades

Sphere arrays for facades atriums and lobbies from ∅15cm wall spheres to illuminated plaza landmarks.

Pain Points in This Industry

Facade elements have to be repeatable across many diameters in one visual system.
Fixings and back structure are usually the fabricator's problem.
Illuminated lettering cut into a curved mirror surface is difficult to detail.
A shiny facade element shows every dent from transit.

What Customers Need

Multiple diameters formed to one finish standard
Threaded holes and welded fittings supplied with the spheres
Plasma cutting and LED integration on curved surfaces
Packing that protects a mirror surface across an ocean voyage

Products That Fit

Hollow Steel Balls

Stamped water pressured or spun hollow spheres from ∅6mm to ∅3500mm with drilling tapping and threaded holes.

13 products

Large Steel Balls

Mirror polished hollow spheres from ∅200mm to ∅3500mm for public art landscape and architecture.

12 products

Garden Steel Pattern Balls

Cut pattern spheres that read as a mirror sculpture by day and a light pattern by night.

2 products

Specialty Steel Spheres

One-off sphere types that sit outside the main ranges: chrome balls for VFX perforated spheres egg shapes and spheres with bases or hooks.

12 products

Typical Application Scenarios

148 spheres from ∅15cm to ∅80cm forming a rising bubble pattern on a tower
Illuminated spheres marking a plaza entrance
Suspended sphere ceilings in an atrium
Sphere clusters on a shopping centre facade

Solution Flow

Concept and plan
Diameter mix, finish and fixing type confirmed against the facade drawing.
Solution and quotation
Piece count, threading and packing priced together.
Implementation and production
Forming, threading, cutting, LED integration and polishing.
Inspection and packing
Every sphere inspected for surface defects before wrapping.
Shipping and installing
Sequenced packing so the site can install by zone.

Cases in This Industry

Hollow Steel Balls Wall In Norway

The facade marks the place as a bit weird, wild and beautiful, reflecting Porsgrunn's identity as a future oriented cultural city.

Porsgrunn, Norway

Wanda Plaza Facade Design With Illuminated Hollow Steel Balls

The illuminated sphere array defines the plaza facade after dark.

China

Illuminated Large Metal Ball For Верейская Plaza

The sphere reads as a mirror landmark in daylight and as illuminated lettering after dark.

Moscow, Russia

Delivery Capability

Diameters from ∅6mm to ∅3500mm, wall thickness 0.6mm to 16mm
Stock supply in 1 to 3 days on standard hollow sizes
Scheduled production in 7 to 15 days, sculptures in 15 to 30 days
Express, air and sea freight with EXW, FOB, C&F or DDU terms
Segmented construction with bolted internal ribs above container limits