Alongside the aspects of design and ergonomics, the material used in the making of hardware plays a key role. In embracing bronze, we are reviving a material that can be regarded as being doubly historical. As well as having lent a whole Age its name, this alloy of copper and tin also boasts a remarkable property: bronze surfaces patinate, i.e. they turn darker with use and through environmental influences.
The patina spreads across hardware made of bronze like a coat of sealant, refining it in the process. This gives rise to a special appeal that opens up new options to architects and end-users selecting door and window hardware to create nuanced design accents in a space. Alongside the classic spheres of deployment in renovation projects, our bronze fittings can also be particularly recommended for modern architectural schemes in which the warmth emitted by the material enters into a dialogue with the soberly finished space.
Setting accents on external doors
FSB door pulls and security furniture in bronze add real class to main entrance doors in particular. This classically noble material testifies to exquisite taste and raises entrance areas into the same category as the portals on outstanding examples of architecture ancient and modern. And, beautiful as it may be, its inner values are spot on too: bronze is every bit as durable and rugged as stainless steel, of which use is typically made for outdoor hardware.
Exhaustively thought through
The range of door handles, window handles, door pulls and security hardware - e.g. the excellently designed flush armoured rose - caters to all interior and exterior applications. Equal consideration is given to flush doors as it is to framed main entrance doors. Just how all-embracing the product line is is evidenced by its wealth of accessories: everything from bellplates through door stops to house door numbers is available, allowing architects and clients to render their buildings as stylish as they are coherent. Proof that a classic material like bronze combines superbly with leading-edge technology is furnished by EZK, a set of hardware delivering electronic access control that has likewise been developed by FSB.
As well as its striking haptic and visual qualities, FSB’s bronze programme is also rigorously compliant with the requirements stipulated for heavy-duty architectural applications: AGL® heavy-duty (“Project”) bearings and an FS fire-safety classification are just as much par for the course as is certification to DIN EN 179.