Yes — MR Walls provides the complete package: attachment details, engineering, and submittal-ready documentation for your architect.

Yes. Corian Exteriors is a Class A fire-rated grade of solid surface. We coordinate the required fire documentation as part of the engineering package.

Yes. Corian Exteriors is a purpose-made, fire-rated grade of solid surface engineered specifically for ventilated facade systems — solid, non-porous, and colored all the way through, not a coating that can chip or peel. DuPont debuted the first significant commercial Corian exterior facade in 2007, after years of R&D and testing.

GFRC has real strengths: non-combustible, genuine cast-stone look, lower material cost per sq ft. But for sculptural, high-finish facades, Corian outperforms it:

• Weight — GFRC demands an expensive support structure; Corian is roughly 4 lbs/sq ft.
• Porosity — GFRC absorbs moisture and stains; Corian is non-porous and colored all the way through.
• Repairability — damage GFRC and you replace a panel; scratched Corian is sanded and restored in place.
• Color stability — Corian carries a 10-year colorfastness warranty; GFRC finishes fade.
• Design freedom — Corian thermoforms into seamless curves that GFRC casting cannot match.

No — and there is a warranty behind it. In Glacier White and Designer White, Corian is warranted not to shift more than 2 ΔEab over the first 10 years — a change effectively invisible to the eye. The panels also stay free from peeling, swelling, and chipping for 20 years. Full colorfastness and warranty data available on request.

Most facades are built as a ventilated rainscreen. Within that system, panels can be attached four ways:

• Keep-Nut rear anchors — concealed anchors with zero visible fasteners on the finished face.
• French cleat — heavy-duty concealed hanging, integrable with Keep-Nut for a fastener-free face.
• Face-fixed screw-and-plug — fastened through the front, plugged flush so hardware disappears.
• Lap-siding — overlapping screw-fixed panels for a layered, shingled facade.

Exactly — and this is what most overlook. A facade is a skin, and how that skin connects to the building matters more than the material itself. The engineering of the attachment is where a facade succeeds or fails. That connection is what we own: we deliver complete, engineered systems, not just panels.

The Palais des Congrès at the Hôtel Ivoire in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Its exterior wraps roughly 8,000 square metres of Corian solid surface — the largest solid-surface exterior facade ever built. For scale, that is more than four times the size of London's landmark Motel One facade.

Some of the most celebrated names in world architecture:

• Zaha Hadid Architects — Napoli Afragola Station in Italy.
• UNStudio (Ben van Berkel) — the award-winning New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion in New York City.
• Alison Brooks Architects — Lens House, London, one of the UK's most awarded contemporary homes.
• Richard Meier & Partners — a Pritzker Prize laureate.

Corian is light for a facade — roughly 4 lbs per square foot at half-inch thickness. The lightweight material reduces structural load while retaining the tensile strength to resist wind loads, which is often where heavy stone or metal systems blow the budget.

Yes. Our systems are engineered project-by-project for wind load, and we have delivered facades approved for hurricane conditions up to 180 mph and Miami-Dade impact standards. The material resists moisture, stains, environmental pollutants, humidity, and freeze-thaw conditions.

It is repairable in place. Even panels covered in difficult dirt or graffiti can be restored to their original appearance through cleaning and sanding — no full replacement, a major advantage over aluminum or GFRC.

Corian exterior cladding has been specified on over 100 high-profile projects worldwide — from the Zaha Hadid-designed Napoli Afragola station in Italy and award-winning towers in Sofia, Bulgaria, to the backlit Motel One in London and buildings across India, Brazil, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan. The Palais des Congrès in Abidjan wraps roughly 8,000 square metres of Corian — the largest solid-surface facade ever built.

Solid-Surface Facades Worldwide

Over 100 high-profile projects. Six continents. One proven system.

• Seeko'o Hotel — Bordeaux, France · Atelier King Kong · the world's first Corian facade (2007)

• Palais des Congrès, Hôtel Ivoire — Abidjan, Ivory Coast · ~8,000 m², the largest ever built

• Napoli Afragola Station — Italy · Zaha Hadid Architects

• New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion — New York City · UNStudio / Ben van Berkel

• Motel One — London, UK · Mackey + Partners · backlit translucent facade

• B73 Residential Building — Sofia, Bulgaria · STARH / Soliform · BIGSEE Award 2021

• Varna Wave Residential Building — Varna, Bulgaria · STARH

• OVO Wrocław — Poland · Gottesman-Szmelcman · curved thermoformed panels

• Mama Shelter Hotel — Luxembourg · M3 Architectes

• Microsoft Headquarters — Munich, Germany · GSP Architekten

• AT&T World Headquarters — Dallas, Texas

• Corian Global Headquarters — Wilmington, Delaware · Jacobs Kling Stubbins

• Lens House — London, UK · Alison Brooks Architects

• Villa New Water — Westland, Netherlands · Waterstudio / Koen Olthuis

• Anansi Playground Pavilion — Utrecht, Netherlands · Mulders vandenBerk Architecten

• Omnicos Headquarters — Bagnolo Cremasco, Italy · Beppe Riboli Studio

• White Montrouge — France · 2,400 m² Glacier White

• The 157 — Neuilly, France · 800 milled panels

• The Shift — Paris, France · first Corian facade in France

• Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel — Ibiza, Spain · Estudio Vila 13 · backlit Corian cubes

• Sunny Corner Apartments — Knokke, Belgium

• Private Villa — Zagreb, Croatia

• Private Residence — Lisbon, Portugal · Duarte Pinto Coelho / Materfut

• Bona Dea International Hospital — Baku, Azerbaijan

• Sheikh Aziz Mosque — Sehla, Bahrain

• ABC Emporio — Kerala, India · NU.DE Architecture

• Mosaic Banquet Hall — New Delhi, India · Lotus Architectural Studio · backlit

• Private Residence — Punjab, India · illuminated facade

• Schutz Flagship Store — São Paulo, Brazil · Bel Lobo & Bob Neri