: something that covers or overlays
specifically
: metal coating bonded to a metal core
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Using shingles, or small wood pieces installed in an overlapping rhythm, was a less costly and easier-to-maintain option than clapboard and other cladding options of the time.
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Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
There was also condemnation of those firms which made and sold the cladding or its foam insulation — Celotex, Kingspan, and Arconic Architectural Products, the French subsidiary of U.S. company Arconic.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
The original ceiling beams, bolted with steel support cladding, highlight the architecture and add a punch of grit.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
No Protection Above Ground With the cover of darkness, the Ukrainian installers dig pits into the earth, add layers of timber cladding and shoring up the hole up to five meters underground.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
There was also condemnation of those firms which made and sold the cladding or its foam insulation — Celotex, Kingspan, and Arconic Architectural Products, the French subsidiary of U.S. company Arconic.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
The original ceiling beams, bolted with steel support cladding, highlight the architecture and add a punch of grit.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
No Protection Above Ground With the cover of darkness, the Ukrainian installers dig pits into the earth, add layers of timber cladding and shoring up the hole up to five meters underground.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Cladding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cladding. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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