Garland, Texas — Add cladding to the bamboo-based lineup at Fortress Iron LP. The company has introduced both cellular PVC and composite profiles for facades and rainscreen assemblies. The ...

General Motors Corp.’s product development czar has given us a glimpse of where he wants to take GM by unveiling a new design direction for Pontiac. Gone is the raked plastic cladding on the sides of ...

Like all purpose-built electric vehicles, the 2022 GMC Hummer EV stows its batteries under the floor, in its ladder chassis. It has to, as its 200 kilowatt-hour battery apparently weighs nearly half a ...

Look at rugged off-roaders like the Ford Bronco Raptor, Jeep Wrangler, or Toyota 4Runner, plus the majority of adventurous truck trims, including the new 2024 Tacoma Trailhunter. You will see a lot of ...

Possibly the worst trend in automotive styling today is the obsession with black plastic cladding. It’s easy to wash down, but it’s cheap and only looks like ground clearance if you squint your eyes, ...

With a rise in catastrophic weather events and fires, architects and contractors are increasingly focused on designing resilient building systems that maintain or regain functionality in the face of ...

Robert Lutz continues his war on plastic cladding by stripping the Chevrolet Avalanche of its protective coating. The cladding-swathed sport utility vehicle has done well for General Motors Corp., ...

The type of siding or "cladding" used on the Grenfell Tower in London — and suspected of feeding the massive fire that killed dozens of residents — is not allowed on the exterior of tall buildings ...

It has been two years since residents at a block of flats in Birmingham were told cladding was making their homes unsafe. Islington Gates is among the first developments in the country to undergo ...