RHEINZINK Honored for Innovative Products and Projects
RHEINZINK America celebrates its recent industry-leading awards, recognizing its sustainable architectural zinc products and innovative design applications.
“We appreciate these prestigious honors and are proud to highlight the natural beauty, sustainability and longevity of RHEINZINK’s architectural zinc,” said Charles (Chip) McGowan, president of RHEINZINK America. “It is especially rewarding to receive such a warm reception for our RHEINZINK-prePATINA® ECO ZINC – the first architectural zinc material in the world to reduce an already small carbon footprint by more than half.”
Architectural Record’s Best Architectural Products of the Year honored RHEINZINK-prePATINA ECO ZINC as the Best in Category among the Best Building Systems & Components of 2023. An independent jury of six U.S.-based architects and designers selected the 52 winners and those with the highest jury score were awarded Best in Category. Among the jurors, Vivian Lee, Gensler’s design director and senior associate, FAIA, LEED AP, said, “While zinc cladding is not new, RHEINZINK’s prePATINA uses 50% less CO₂ to produce. It’s a sustainable option for exterior building enclosures that can still afford the same visual aesthetics.”
Available with a pre-weathered, vintage appearance in blue-grey and graphite-grey, RHEINZINK-prePATINA’s zinc surface responds to its environment with a dynamic patina that evolves through the decades. Projects benefit from the natural metal’s sustainably processed, infinitely recyclable material and a lifespan of up to 100 years or more. At the end of its use on a building, the zinc material is 100% recyclable, maximizing cradle-to-cradle benefits.