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It may be thought that sheets of galvanised corrugated iron would make for standardised buildings. Far from it. The material has not had a homogenising influence mainly because it lends itself to small scale, self-build enterprises which reflect a precise functional response to need. The result is simplicity, functionally dictated and locally tempered, and sometimes idiosyncrasy plays a part.
Colours often carry or create local resonances – red, black, white, grey, whilst sympathetic deterioration leads to the soft rusty patinated walls and roofs which feel such a part of the landscape.
“I have always thought that cui is one of the most valuable conservation materials ever invented: it has probably saved more historic buildings than anything else. Not only that, but it looks really good in the countryside” … NM
