Material

Bronze

Where brass is warm and copper is bright, bronze is deep. It is the metal we specify when a surface needs weight and restraint at the same time.

Dense, quiet, and expensive-looking without trying.

Bronze lift surround along a hotel corridor

Bronze reads darker and less yellow than brass, with a depth that photographs badly and looks extraordinary in person. It is the finish most often chosen for the largest gestures in a scheme — a helical stair soffit, a full-height lift surround, a clad architectural volume.

It carries texture well. A hammered or lightly beaten bronze surface holds shadow in a way that a flat panel does not, which is useful across large areas where a plain sheet would look empty.

Bronze-toned surfaces can be achieved in several ways — solid metal, coated brass, or PVD on stainless — and they behave differently in service. We will tell you which one your project actually needs.

In the work

Bronze in place

Underside of a sculpted bronze spiral staircase showing its continuous folded soffitBronze three-dimensional hexagonal feature wallBronze-clad staircase with a glass balustradeBronze wall cladding panels in an interiorBronze wall panels with cast animal motifsBronze-framed glazed sliding doorsBronze cladding and soffit detail on a building exterior

Questions about bronze

Why choose bronze over brass?

For depth and permanence. Bronze is redder and darker, harder to scratch, and weathers into an even, dignified patina rather than brass’s brighter tone. It is the metal of things meant to look old well — a lift surround in a hotel corridor, a sculpture, a door. It costs more and is slower to work, and both are usually worth it where the piece will be seen for decades.

Can bronze be kept from darkening?

Lacquer holds it near its as-made colour; wax slows the change without stopping it; leaving it bare lets it go. Indoors, bare bronze darkens slowly and mostly where it is touched. Outdoors it moves faster and unevenly, which is the character of the metal rather than a fault of it.

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Thinking of bronze for a project?

Send a drawing, a sketch, or a photograph of something close to it. We will tell you what is buildable, what it costs and how long it takes.

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