“Le cristal” in Aurillac (France) is a multiplex cinema designed to look like a crystal. The faceted surfaces of the cladding ‘vibrate’ in the sunlight and at night, their shifting shadows echoing the idea of the ‘movies’. The expanded metal mesh polygons form transparent facets that filter and reflect the light. The expanded mesh panels fit in harmoniously with the cladding made from glass fibre reinforced concrete (GFRC, a.k.a. CCV) thanks to the decision to use powder-coated aluminium.