Commercial · Architectural Steel

Steel, at scale.

Bespoke architectural steel and sheet-metal fabrication for commercial, retail and hospitality projects: feature staircases, facades, laser-cut screens, canopies, shop fitouts, fencing and interior features. Designed, made and engineered in Christchurch, for projects across Canterbury, Queenstown, Wānaka and the South Island.

Grand blackened-steel commercial feature staircase with oak treads in a light-filled office atrium, by ARC Design Studio
Commercial Feature Staircases
Architectural steel · engineered & certified

Commercial architectural steel, made in Christchurch

ARC Design Studio is the design-led metalwork and sheet-metal arm of Bromley Steel, a Christchurch fabrication workshop with three decades of structural steel, certified welders and engineering sign-off. We design, fabricate and install bespoke steel and sheet-metal work for commercial, retail, hospitality and multi-unit projects: feature staircases, steel facades and cladding, laser-cut screens, canopies, shop fitouts, fencing, balustrades and sculptural interior features. We build to your architect’s or designer’s drawings and provide CAD and shop drawings to spec, with a PS3 construction review where your project requires it.

From boutique retail and hospitality fitouts to office atriums, apartment developments and public spaces, we take on commercial projects across Christchurch and Canterbury, Queenstown, Wānaka, Central Otago and the wider South Island. Talk to us early and we will help engineer the detail.

Steel facades & sheet-metal cladding

We design and fabricate bespoke steel facades and sheet-metal cladding for commercial buildings: laser-cut and perforated steel facade panels, corten weathering-steel facades, and ventilated facade screens that give a building shade, privacy and a strong architectural identity. From a retail frontage or hospitality facade to a carpark screen or cladding to a section, every facade panel is laser-cut and folded to your architect’s design and engineered by Bromley Steel, made in Christchurch for projects across Canterbury, Queenstown, Wānaka, Central Otago and the South Island. Explore our dedicated steel facades page.

What commercial steelwork do you make?

Feature staircases, steel facades and sheet-metal cladding, laser-cut screens, entrance canopies and pergolas, shop and hospitality fitouts, fencing, balustrades and sculptural interior features.

Do you make steel facades and facade cladding?

Yes. We design and fabricate bespoke steel facades and sheet-metal cladding: laser-cut and perforated steel facade panels, corten weathering-steel facades and ventilated facade screens for commercial buildings, made to your architect's design and engineered by Bromley Steel.

What is a laser-cut or perforated steel facade?

A laser-cut or perforated steel facade is a panel system cut with a custom pattern that clads a building's exterior. It gives shade, privacy and natural ventilation while creating a distinctive architectural identity, and suits retail, hospitality, office and carpark buildings.

Do you work with architects and main contractors?

Yes. We fabricate commercial architectural steel to architects' and designers' drawings and work with main contractors and shopfitters on programme, providing CAD and shop drawings to your specification.

Can you provide producer statements (PS1/PS3)?

Commercial and structural work is engineered and, where required, comes with a PS3 construction review from Bromley Steel. PS1 design statements are provided by the project engineer.

Do you do sheet-metal fabrication?

Yes. We laser-cut, fold and fabricate sheet metal for facades, cladding, screens, feature walls and bespoke interior features in steel, corten and aluminium.

Can you handle large or structural steel?

Yes. As the design studio of Bromley Steel, a commercial fabrication shop with three decades of structural steel, certified welders and engineering sign-off, we take on large-scale and structural commercial work.

Where do you work?

We are based in Christchurch and take on commercial projects across Canterbury, Queenstown, Wānaka, Central Otago and the wider South Island.

Backed by Bromley Steel

30+
Years of steel
4,000+
Projects delivered
30
Homes of the Year
Sth Is.
Made & delivered island-wide

Engineered by Bromley Steel

Three decades of structural steel, behind every weld.

ARC is the design studio of Bromley Steel. So every piece is backed by a commercial fabrication shop, certified welders and engineering sign-off. Beauty you can specify with confidence.