Nordic Copper

Copper and Brass in architecture

Nordic Copper by Aurubis: innovative copper and crass solutions for architecture

The Nordic Copper product line by Aurubis offers a versatile and sustainable solution for architectural applications, including interiors, façades, and roofs. These products are renowned for their factory-applied surface treatments, which give copper an immediate appearance reflecting various stages of oxidation and patination. In addition, Aurubis offers innovative alloys such as Nordic Brass, Nordic Bronze, and Nordic Royal, each with distinctive visual qualities and performance characteristics. Nordic Copper products are designed to meet the demands of modern architecture, combining durability, formability, and a long service life.

Nordic Copper Messing | Roba Metals Amsterdam

Outstanding durability
Copper is renowned for its exceptional longevity, often lasting hundreds of years. Nordic Copper products are protected by their natural patina, which provides resistance to corrosion under a wide range of atmospheric conditions.

Sustainability
Aurubis’s commitment to sustainability is demonstrated by the use of 100% recycled raw materials in the production of these products. Copper’s ability to be recycled repeatedly without any loss of performance makes it an ideal choice for environmentally conscious construction projects. This sustainable approach ensures that Nordic Copper products contribute to a responsible legacy for future generations.

Wide range of pre-treated patinas and oxidation finishes

The patina forms a protective layer, ensuring long-lasting performance over many years

Fully circular, without any loss of quality

Product range Nordic Copper

The Nordic Copper product range consists of a variety of copper surfaces and copper alloys, each with its own distinct visual identity. This diversity gives designers the freedom to deliberately select both an initial appearance and a future aesthetic—placing particular emphasis on the look and feel at the time of project completion.

Nordic Standard

Nordic Standard is mill-finish copper without any surface treatments. The material has the traditional bright finish that will oxidise in the environment.

Nordic Brown

Nordic Brown provides the same oxidised brown surface that otherwise develops over time in the environment. The Nordic Brown range is pre-oxidised copper available in two colours: Nordic Brown and Nordic Brown Light. The thickness of the oxide layer determines the color of the surface finish. Both Nordic Brown surface finishes are useful to minimize hand and other construction marks which can occur for a short time after the installation of bright Nordic Standard copper.

Nordic Brass

Nordic Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc with a distinctive golden yellow color. Nordic Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc with a distinctive golden yellow color.

Nordic Brass Weathered

Nordic Brass Weathered material is burnished at the Aurubis mill to immediately provide the same oxidised brown surface that otherwise develops over time in the environment.

Nordic Copper Brass Wheatered | Roba Metals Amsterdam

Nordic Bronze

Nordic Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin with a color similar to Nordic Standard.

Nordic Copper Brons - Musis Sacrum | Roba Metals Amsterdam

Nordic Royal

Nordic Royal is an alloy of copper, aluminum and zinc, with a rich golden through-color.

Nordic Green

Nordic Green products provide the same green patina that naturally develops over time in the environment. Nordic Green material is pre-patinated copper and is available in three colours: Nordic Green Traditional, Nordic Green Living 1 and Nordic Green Livivng 2. Different intensities of patina flecks can be created revealing some of the dark-oxidized background material, enabling architects to determine the type and intensity of the green patina with choices of Nordic Green Living surface finishes.

Nordic Copper Groen koper | Roba Metals Amsterdam

Nordic Blue

Nordic Blue products provide the same blue patinated surface that otherwise develops over time in the environment. Nordic Blue products are pre-patinated and this range contains five colours: Nordic Blue Traditional, Nordic Blue Living 1, Nordic Blue Living 2, Nordic Blue Living 3 and Nordic Turquoise. Different intensities of patina flecks can be created, revealing some of the dark-oxidised background material, enabling architects to determine the type and intensity of the blue patina with choices of Nordic Blue Living surface finishes.

Nordic Copper Blauw Koper | Roba Metals Amsterdam

Discover Nordic Copper: copper with a sustainable character

Nordic Copper by Aurubis offers copper, brass, and alloys for roofs and façades with preselected oxidations and patinas—ranging from bright copper to warm brown tones and expressive green and blue hues. Sustainable, low-maintenance, and fully recyclable, they are ideal for architecture where the façade appearance needs to be exactly right from the moment of completion. Explore all Nordic Copper products in the Sample Selector and easily order a sample.

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