Metal siding is far from a new concept, but many commercial project managers are turning to it today. Amid this shift, construction and architectural firms should ask why and see if metal walls are right for them.

Maintaining the simple, rectilinear gabled form and dark brown hue of the Woodinville distillery, located 160 miles away (in Woodinville), the new complex’s structures are clad in dark metal siding and modified wood.