Designed by architects, for architects, we have partnered with Stratco Australia to release NINELINE — a series of bold steel wall cladding profiles that push the boundaries of form and depth.
Reimagining standard cladding conventions, NINELINE marks a significant departure from existing, stagnant market offerings.
Born out of a mixture of curiosity and frustration, the series was triggered through the design of the Mitchell Park Sports & Community project. Looking for a single unique, cost-effective, pre-finished material to apply across a large-scale facade, the team began designing alternative solutions to the limited options currently available.
Partnering with leading steel manufacturer Stratco, the simplest geometric shapes have been interpreted into a series of distinctive wall cladding profiles. Four precision engineered pierced fixed profiles are now available Australia-wide as a first release – Flute, Pleat, Box and Batten. With rib heights up to 144mm, the increased depth delivers dramatic articulation and a strong visual impact, especially when applied at scale.
NINELINE offers architects an intentionally minimalist solution to articulate buildings, without overdesigning.
More than just a series of profiles, NINELINE's modular system is designed to encourage creativity. The series underwent an 18-month research and development phase, during which extensive testing and prototyping were conducted. This process ensured the profiles integrate seamlessly with a wide variety of materials, enabling their use in both interior and exterior applications.
NINELINE offers a much simpler wall system for architects, delivering an aesthetic often achieved by a more complex system through the specification of a single, water-tight, prefinished product.
With more profiles to come in the series, NINELINE offers architects a new toolkit for achieving bold, expressive designs. While architects have long had the option to explore colour and texture, the ability to play with form and depth has been almost non-existent. The NINELINE series changes that.
NINELINE Flute
Offering a curved profile unlike any other steel wall cladding on the market, flute is the deepest profile in the current range, drawing inspiration from the classic form of a half-round gutter.
NINELINE Pleat
A reimagined version of a traditional corrugated profile in a triangulated form, emphasising sharpness of the shadow and finish through pointed form.
NINELINE Box
The interpretation of the batten profile in its extreme form — the geometric version of a traditional corrugated profile, with a boxed-out shape as deep as it is wide.
NINELINE Batten
Creating the effect of an applied, repeated batten system across a wall — the profile achieves the same aesthetic with one integrated singular product, rather than a traditional combination of a weatherproof wall system with an applied batten product.
