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CUPA PIZARRAS provided its natural slate to be used for the roof of Tokyo train station. Today, around 300,000 slates cover this building located near the Imperial Palace grounds. Tokyo Station is in Chiyoda’s Marunouchi business district. It is the busiest station in Japan in terms of transit, with around 3,000 trains passing through it every day. […]

This is an age of great concern about the environment and climate change. We are continually reading in the media of the impact of increased global temperature and changes in the world’s climate. The predicted effects are wide ranging, from higher sea levels, due in part to melting glaciers, to increased intensity and frequency of […]

The zigzag pattern of CUPACLAD® Design ARROW projects energy and dynamism. This slate rainscreen cladding design takes a simple rhomboid format to create a sense of movement. Each line of slates points at the opposite direction to create infinite arrows that move back and forth, providing a dynamic design to both horizontal and vertical buildings. […]

At CUPA PIZARRAS we track every step of our productive process. Our natural slate undergoes comprehensive quality control from extraction to manufacturing and packaging in the transformation units. Therefore, every CUPA natural slate pallet has a unique barcode that provides the products full traceability. Our strict quality control and traceability procedure allows us to monitor […]

We are very proud that three of the finalists of the Scottish Home Awards 2019 feature CUPA PIZARRAS natural slate. Two of the projects were designed by the architectural firm Arka Architects, and the third one by Founin and Bell. Arka Architects projects with HEAVY 3 are nominated to two different categories: House of the […]

On the 29th April 2019 we did our first slate training and CPD day in Scotland. It was run by our Specification and Commercial Manager, Allan Liddell. The training day was an educational and fun experience which we would love to share with you. The aim of our hands-on slate training day is to provide […]

Creative collaboration and communication are an integral part of our success. We pride ourselves on building positive partnerships with clients, and this video showcases our work with Bobby Halliday Architects and Crammond Select Homes. The video highlights some of the unique heritage developments we have worked on together in Stirling, Scotland. Working together with CUPA […]

Our CUPA 18 roofing slate has been chosen for two luxury homes at Stacklands Retreat in West Kingsdown, Kent. This roofing project has been accomplished by G R Regan Roofing and Burton Roofing Merchants who supplied the battens, felt, slates and hook fixings. The roof was fixed with hooks, an installation method which is very […]