Canvas on Aluminium Frames in Dubai: The One That Will Not Move

Extruded aluminium holds its shape regardless of what the air is doing. On a two or three metre piece that stability is the whole argument, because a timber frame at that size is always working against the weather.

Hollow extrusion weighs less than solid timber of the same strength, so a large aluminium framed canvas is easier to handle and lighter on the wall fixings.

Aluminium allows a deep profile without the weight penalty, which gives the piece more presence from the side. Deep profiles read as more substantial on a reception wall.

Many aluminium systems tension the canvas with a bead and channel instead of staples. That gives a very even pull and makes the canvas replaceable later without rebuilding anything.

Stairwells, poolside corridors and anywhere near an entrance with doors opening all day. These are the positions where timber frames give trouble within a year.

We specify the profile depth against the size and where it hangs, because a shallow profile on a very large piece looks underbuilt from an angle. Check the wall before committing to a very large piece. Aluminium framed canvases are light for their size, and that occasionally leads to them being hung on fixings chosen by eye instead of sized for the real load across two points, which on a three metre piece is a genuine structural consideration and worth checking first.