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	Bronze	Mild Steel
Character	Dense, quiet, and expensive-looking without trying.	Strong, direct, unapologetically structural.
How it looks	Deep brown-gold through to near-black, matt or satin more often than bright.	Matt grey raw; most often blackened, painted or powder-coated.
Where we use it	Staircase cladding and balustrades Lift surrounds and lobby panelling Large-format wall cladding Feature doors and entrance frames Fireplace surrounds and hearth details	Structural frames, canopies and portals Blackened steel screens and partitions Steel-and-glass doors and windows Balustrades and staircase structure Gates and boundary treatments
Outdoors	Used externally on cladding and soffits.	Used externally throughout, always with a coating system appropriate to the exposure.
Finishes	7: mirror, brushed & satin, hammered, cast & relief, antique, patina, smoky effect	4: brushed & satin, special texture, distressed, pvd & coatings
In short	Where brass is warm and copper is bright, bronze is deep.	The metal behind the metal.
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