Terracotta Clay Facade Panel & Baguette

Terracotta Clay Facade Panel & Baguette - Fired Natural-Clay Rainscreen and Sun-Shading System for Architectural Facades

Terracotta Clay Facade Panel & Baguette - The Professional Choice for Facade Contractors, Curtain-Wall Engineers & Design Architects

Terracotta Clay Facade Panel & Baguette is a fired natural-clay facade system produced by high-pressure vacuum extrusion of selected clay followed by high-temperature firing. It covers three product families in one system: solid terracotta cladding panels, deep-section rainscreen panels and terracotta baguettes (louvers) for sun-shading and privacy screening. Because the colour comes from the fired clay body rather than a coating, it does not fade under UV exposure. The system is engineered for facade contractors, curtain-wall engineers, architects and facade consultants who need a ventilated rainscreen with long-format panels, bespoke profiles and a mineral, non-combustible body.

Terracotta is the one cladding family whose appearance is settled in a kiln rather than in a coating line. A panel that leaves the kiln in the right colour cannot fade to a different one , because there is no film to break down and no pigment carrier to chalk away.

That single property decides the maintenance plan for the next several decades. Every other finish on a facade - powder coat, PVDF, painted render - will eventually need access, scaffolding and repainting. Fired clay will not, and the building owner does not have to fund a recoating cycle that nobody priced at handover.

The second half of the system is the baguette. Extruded as a hollow rectangular section and fired the same way, a baguette stack screens direct sun while letting daylight and air pass, giving a shading solution with no blinds, no actuators and no maintenance regime. Horizontal and vertical arrays can be combined, and the profiles can be curved or twisted for a specific elevation.

Behind both families is a dry-hung ventilated rainscreen: brackets carry the profiles, an open joint handles drainage, and a cavity keeps the weather off the substrate while it breathes. Panels run to 3,800mm in length, which pulls the joint count down on a long elevation. The system is fired and finished in China for Hangzhou Feihuang Industry Co., Ltd.'s naturwing export range.

1. Fired-Clay Colour : No Fading, No Coating Lifecycle

The colour is developed in the clay body during firing and holds its anti-UV capability, so the facade does not need recoating or repainting over its life.

Key Benefits:

Colour produced in the kiln : the tone is the material, not a layer sitting on top of it

No fading under exposure : decades of sunlight leave the elevation as fired

No access costs to budget for : the recoating cycle that scaffolding implies never starts

Patina rather than decay : weathering reads as age, not as a failing finish

Sample to delivery : the fired tone is repeatable across later production batches

Why this matters to B2B buyers: Recoating a facade requires scaffolding and building access years after handover - a colour-fast material removes that recurring liability from the client's asset plan.

2. Ventilated Rainscreen : Drainage, Thermal Break and Moisture Control

Deep-section panels and open-joint dry-hung systems manage rainwater at the cladding plane and keep a ventilated cavity behind, protecting the substrate and improving thermal performance.

Key Benefits:

Water is managed at the outer plane : the substrate never becomes the drainage surface

The cavity dries itself : moving air clears condensation instead of trapping it

Thermal break in the assembly : the ventilated gap cuts the bridge through the frame

Open joints designed in : drainage and movement are part of the detail, not a defect

Stick or unitised : the same profiles suit both erection methods

Why this matters to B2B buyers: Rainscreen performance is the technical core of the facade specification, and a system supplier who provides the profiles, fixings and system detail takes the interface risk off the contractor.

3. Baguette Sun-Shading : Controls Light Without Blinds

Terracotta baguettes (louvers) in horizontal or vertical orientation cut direct solar exposure while controlling daylight and ventilation, and can be arranged individually or combined with terracotta panels at corners, parapets, roofs and balconies.

Key Benefits:

Shading with no moving parts : nothing to service, align or motorise

Orientation as a design decision : rotation and spacing tune the shading angle

Daylight and airflow preserved : the room darkens less than it would behind a blind

Curved and twisted profiles : the screen can follow a curved plan rather than being segmented

Shading and cladding in one language : the louvres and the panels are the same fired material

Why this matters to B2B buyers: Sun-shading is written into energy-compliance submissions - a fixed shading system satisfies the requirement without adding maintenance to the building's operation.

4. Non-Combustible Mineral Body

Fired clay is inherently non-combustible and carries low radiation and no pollution, making it suitable for high-rise and public buildings.

Key Benefits:

Mineral body, mineral risk : the cladding adds no combustible material to the elevation

No fire-retardant additives : the property comes from a kiln, not a chemical treatment

CE-tested performance : test evidence supports the submittal rather than a claim

Low radiation and no pollution : relevant on public and healthcare procurement criteria

Tall buildings stay reachable : the design is not boxed in by a combustibility limit

Why this matters to B2B buyers: On high-rise and public projects, the combustibility of the cladding assembly is the highest-consequence decision - a mineral system keeps the design competitive at the compliance gate.

5. 3,800mm Long Format and Bespoke Profiles

Panels up to 3,800mm long reduce joint count on large elevations, and the factory supports custom shapes, dimensions, colours and surface textures including curved and twisted baguettes.

Key Benefits:

Long panels, fewer joints : 3,800mm sections pull the horizontal joint count down

Extrusion dies made to the drawing : a bespoke section is tooled rather than approximated

Texture developed with the architect : sandblasted, honed, stripped, wood or ink-jet surfaces

Glazed ranges available : a coloured glaze where the natural fired palette is not enough

Shapes the catalogue cannot supply : curved and twisted baguettes made to order

Why this matters to B2B buyers: Architectural facades are won on a detail the standard catalogue cannot deliver - bespoke profile capability is what converts a specifier relationship into a project award.

The clay profiles are extruded, cut and fired for Hangzhou Feihuang Industry Co., Ltd. in China, and reach facade contractors through the naturwing export range. Clay selection, vacuum extrusion, drying, kiln firing and finishing are handled in sequence at one operation, which is what allows a 3,800mm section and a bespoke louvre profile to be produced to the same fired tone.

Our Manufacturing Capabilities:

Clay body blended and aged before extrusion

Vacuum extrusion to standard and to project-specific dies

Controlled drying ahead of the kiln, which is what prevents a long panel from bowing

High-temperature firing with batch records retained per kiln load

Sandblasting, honing, stripping, wood texture and 3D ink-jet finishing on site

Bracket, rail and baguette support hardware supplied with the profiles

Quality Assurance:

Fired tone is held against a retained control sample

Length and section measured on panels taken off the kiln car

Squareness checked before long-format panels are packed

Palletised loads are edge-protected and braced for ocean freight

Glazed and natural ranges are packed on separate pallets

Profile and firing batch recorded on the consignment documents

Give us the elevation, the shading requirement and the profile you have in mind, and we will confirm the section, the fired tone and the bracket layout before the kiln batch is scheduled.

Contact us today for:

Fired clay samples in the tone you are considering

Pricing by profile family and by cavity system

Bespoke die development for a project-specific section

Bracket, rail and baguette support layout from your elevation

CE test evidence and system documentation for the facade file

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