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The prestigious character of  The Thistles Shopping Centre, located in the heart of the traditional city of Sitirling, demonstrates the modern face of Scottish architecture. CUPA Heavy 3 natural slate was the best solution to create a build that was modern in design but that used high quality building products for its roofing. 

CUPA PIZARRAS natural slate covers a new ‘Canadian-style‘ log cabin built in Czech Republic. Our natural slate was specified for the sympathetic roofing because they needed that all materials used on the project harmonised with the landscape. CUPA PIZARRAS extracts a wide range of natural slate from different quarries, available in multiple shapes and sizes. This project […]

CUPA PIZARRAS has been specified for the Ardgartan Hotel, located near Arrochar (United Kingdom). The roof, with a total surface of 2,700 square meters, was restored in 2012 with our CUPA Heavy 3 40×22, thanks to high-quality and excellent durability of our natural slates.

CUPA PIZARRAS adds warmth and elegance to theses houses located in Montevideo and Punta del Este (Uruguay). Our CUPA 4 natural slate offers a wonderful balance of the traditional and the contemporary for roofing design. CUPA 4 enhances the architecture of the amazing facades, made of natural materials like stone and wood.

Natural slate was the perfect choice for the roofing at Ripponden Housing development in West Yorkshire (United Kingdom). CUPA 12 was specified for the project because of its exceptional consistency of thickness and surface appearance. Our CUPA 12 natural slate is a grey slate with smooth matt surface. Split to an average thickness of 4 and 6mm […]

CUPA PIZARRAS natural slate creates a unique look to this 5 storage high building for youth housing in Copenhagen (Denmark). Located on Jyllingevej, this student accommodation project, designed by Kant Arkitekter, uses our innovative installation system CUPACLAD, made for natural slate ventiladed facades.

CUPA PIZARRAS covers a residential development of converted barns in Duddon Bridge (Lake District, United Kingdom). Our CUPA Heavy 14 natural slate was the perfect choice for the roofing material because of the need to be sympathetic to the surrounding architecture and wider environment. CUPA HEAVY 14 NATURAL SLATE CUPA Heavy 14 natural slate, purchased by […]

CUPA PIZARRAS participated in the Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, celebrated in Glasgow (United Kingdom), the Scotland’s largest consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers. This show was held on Scottish Exhibition & Conference Center on May 18-19. More than 8,000 visitors participated in this event, up more than 17% since the 2012 edition.