Featured Projects

Shortly after taking office, Chicago’s mayor Rahm Emanuel identified the Chicago River as “the city’s next recreational frontier.“ He announced plans to build four boathouses as “anchors to the river’s future development.“ The recently completed WMS Boathouse at Clark Park on the northwest side of the city is the second of the new boathouses to open and establishes an iconic presence on the river. Vertically oriented Flat Lock panels from RHEINZINK America Inc. cover significant portions of the building's main façade.

The Wolf Creek neighborhood in the southwest suburb of Atlanta has been undergoing a resurgence in recent years. Another piece to the area's comeback was added with the opening of the Wolf Creek Library in September 2014. Designed by Leo A. Daly, the building's exterior is clad with ALPOLIC®/fr 4mm fire-retardant aluminum composite material from ALPOLIC® Materials | Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America.

A three-unit rental complex built on a 0.21-acre site in a revitalized residential area of Harrisonburg, Va., Wolf Modern Townhomes was designed to bring modern, sustainable living to its residents. Hans Harman, the president of Velocity Property Group, a Harrisonburg, Va.-based design-build development firm, wanted to maximize the density of the site while creating an urban, modern multi-family space. The modern appearance was aided by metal wall panels from ATAS International Inc., Allentown, Pa. Metal roofing by ATAS was also utilized.

The new Wolfe Center For The Arts at Bowling Green State University provides a space on campus where the arts can flourish and robust interdisciplinary collaborations can take root. Rising dramatically from a flat site, the building’s metal panels – supplied by CENTRIA - and tilted geometry have introduced a completely new aesthetic to an otherwise traditional group of campus buildings.

A combination of the right building component – insulated metal wall panels from All Weather Insulated Panels – and a unique product created an innovative and eye-catching branding opportunity for the Wonderful Company of Delano, CA.

Woodstock, NY is best known as the site of a small music festival that made some news in 1969. But it’s also a bucolic, Upstate New York village that prides itself on its own style of quirky, small-town charm. A recently opened affordable-rental project features buildings designed to fit into the area’s rural character, topped by metal roof panels from Petersen.

Ohio Gratings Inc. of Canton, OH, provided 340 egg crate-style aluminum grating panels for use as screening on a parking garage connected to a newly converted residential loft-style apartment complex in downtown Detroit, MI. The panels utilized were constructed of pressure-locked material with an opening size of 4" x 12", framed with 2" x 2" square aluminum tubing and finished with clear anodizing.

With a new era comes a new way to build. Independent aerospace systems manufacturer Woodward’s $200 million, 363,000 sq. ft. Lincoln Campus - a project three years in the making and featuring products from CENTRIA - opened for business in 2016.

Utility costs in Hawaii are higher than most of the United States, so it’s not uncommon to see solar panels installed on larger projects to take advantage of the state’s plentiful sunshine. After repairing a 30-year-old standing seam roof, the Word of Life Christian Center in Honolulu installed an 82 kW solar array, attached with clamps from S-5!.

A stunning new worship facility for the Word Of Life Church, featuring a state-of-the-art sanctuary and a wide range of amenities for its congregation, was completed in 2011 with the aid of metal systems from Varco Pruden Buildings.

Located on a highly visible urban infill site in Clarksville, Tenn., the new Workforce Essentials headquarters and career training center is situated at a “gateway entry” intersection to the downtown district. The new 40,000 sq. ft. facility, featuring metal products from Petersen, consolidates services that had been provided at agency offices previously scattered around the city.

Silicon Valley may have to watch out for Ames, Iowa. Workiva, a cloud-based software company, just opened a sprawling two-phase headquarters near the Iowa State University campus. Dri-Design Wall Panels were used to bring high-tech class to the two buildings that span 120,000 square feet in the ISU Research Park.

Even before the close of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, many competitors were already contemplating what comes next. For Simone Biles, an American gymnast who was one of the sport's biggest stars even before winning Olympic Gold, what's next is a return to a new training facility in Houston, TX. The facility, christened the World Champions Centre, was constructed with a metal building system from Rigid Global Buildings.

The needs of many disciplines come together in the Wortman Medical Science Center, a medical professional and education/training building in Pasco, Wash. Designing a building for multiple purposes that reflects the feel of the neighborhood was the task of MMEC Architecture & Interiors, Spokane, Wash. The firm selected SinoCore® by Citadel Architectural Products for a modern aesthetic with low maintenance and inherent durability.

Lorin Industries Inc., a global industry leader in the innovation and production of coil anodized aluminum, partnered with Laminators Incorporated to develop anodized aluminum panels for the chic Wren apartment complex in one of the most central, vibrant areas of downtown Los Angeles.

Durability, speed of installation and color-matching ability led to the specification of wall panel products from Metl-Span as part of 2015’s most visible sports venue restoration in the United States.

The design of the new Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Ill., has caught the attention of media across the country.Created by renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang, FAIA, the 36,000 sq. ft., $28 million building, which includes metal PAC-CLAD products donated by Petersen, features a 250-seat main theatre that was purposefully designed to maintain Writers Theatre’s hallmark intimacy.

Wurstfest is a popular annual celebration of German culture in New Braunfels, Texas. Just days after the successful November 2019 event wrapped up, a fire damaged the large facility that hosts the 10-day festival. With less than a year to reconstruct the 27,000 square foot facility for the 60th annual event in November 2020, there was no time to waste.

Brooklyn is enjoying a renaissance of rediscovery thanks to artists, retailers, ambitious contractors and creative designers like Andre Kikoski Architect. The Manhattan-based firm just completed the renovation and conversion of two empty warehouse buildings at 22-28 Wyckoff Ave., transforming those once-abandoned structures into The Wyckoff Exchange, the Bushwick neighborhood’s newest mixed-use development. Helping secure the development's new businesses are horizontally opening bifold doors by Minnesota-based Schweiss Doors.

Approximately 9,000 sq. ft. of Bright Silver Omega-Lite® aluminum composite material wall panels from Laminators Inc. of Hatfield, PA, are featured on the exterior of the newly completed Yachiyo Headquarters in Columbus, OH. The project was designed by Dublin Building Systems of Dublin, OH, while the smooth-faced metal wall panels were installed by Ohio Glass & Aluminum of Columbus.