Featured Projects

Holabird & Root Architects of Chicago specified a bifold door from Schweiss Doors on what turned out to be an award-winning project. A 20'-10" x 23'-9" bifold liftstrap door was installed in the new 4,500-square-foot SBN Near Detector Building. The door features gray liftstraps, electric photo eye sensors, warning lights and horns, a top-drive motor, an automatic latching system and an emergency back-up system.

The new façade, frontage and promenade created to distinguish the exhibition grounds for the Festival of Arts, one of the country’s oldest and most highly acclaimed juried fine arts shows, is itself a work of art. Among the materials utilized to help create the attractive new entrance is Reynobond® aluminum composite material from Alcoa Architectural Products.

Brand loyalty drives purchases for all types of consumer products, everything from cars to phones to shoes to foods and much, much more. Product preference is slightly different when it comes to construction, but designers, contractors and building owners do tend to go with what they know. That's why the people at Festo had no problem with panels from Kingspan Insulated Panels being specified for the company's new facility in Maineville, OH.

Buildings at prestigious universities often take on iconic status, as many provide literally 100-plus years of service to make them key focal points that define the campus. Such is the case with Duke University in Durham, NC. When it came time to restore the copper leaderheads on Few Quad at Duke, it’s certain that the selection of replacement materials was not taken lightly. Ornametals Manufacturing, LLC stepped in to provide exactly what was needed for this historic restoration, in the form of copper leaderheads that matched the existing ones.

Fifth Sun Graphics in Chico, CA, is a 42,000 sq. ft. facility that combines offices and warehouse space in one facility. The project used Open Web framing by VP Buildings. In addition, VP’s SLR architectural/structural standing seam roofing in a Colonial Red color is featured on the roof, along with Classic Beige-colored Panel Rib metal wall panels and TextureClad panels.

The Finley Center sports complex and event venue provides a unique blend of multi-functional space for community sports and fitness, as well as convention and entertainment facilities to boost the local economy in Hoover, AL. The project’s modern design called for a dynamic, all-metal façade featuring more than 100,000 square feet of Metl-Span insulated metal wall and roof panels.

Innovation is one of the defining features of the new Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute (FESTI) at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Located at the airport's west end, the $13.5 million facility provides leading-edge education and intensive training for emergency and crisis situations. Just as advanced as its educational program is its design. It incorporates a number of energy saving features including a Solarwall® passive solar heated air induction exterior wall system. The building was designed by Kleinfeldt Mychajlowycz Architects of Toronto.

Built originally as a saw mill and converted to a paper mill in 1881, the Brandywine Paperboard Mill had stood abandoned and dilapidated for years. Located on the banks of the Brandywine River in Downingtown, PA, the mill has now been transformed into the upscale Firecreek Restaurant. Playing a key role in the building's rebirth were two types of metal roofing products from Petersen Aluminum Corp.

The 450 members of First Baptist Church in Wimberley, Texas, were anxious to get into their new location in the heart of Texas Hill Country not only because they needed the room, but because the purchaser of the old facility had given them a time limit in which to relocate. COSCO and Associates, Inc., of Crestview, Florida, a design/build construction company that specializes in building places of worship, busily got to work, teaming with Ceco Building Systems to create a beautiful worship facility - using steel framing - with the “Hill Country” look requested by the church.

Every fall, southern California residents brace themselves for the annual Santa Ana winds that blow through the region. In 2011, the Santa Ana windstorm was the worst southern California had seen in more than a decade, destroying the roof of the First Church Of The Nazarene Of Pasadena. When it came time for reroofing, a standing seam metal roof from The Garland Co., Inc. was selected.

First State Bank prides itself on being a strong, supportive bank for the vibrant Russellville, Ark., community. While the bank's operations and staff lived up to that motto, the Main Street Downtown location’s decor was not expressing it. A recent lobby renovation breathed life back into the branch, especially with a curved ceiling cloud created with Flex-Ability Concepts' Flex-C Arch.

The beauty of Contrarian Metal Resources’ InvariMatte-finish stainless steel is evident in the design of a curved concourse at the Education and Conference Center of Fletcher Allen Health Center in Burlington, VT. It features approximately 60,000 sq. ft. of the exterior wall panels and standing seam roofing formed from the material. The concourse was constructed as part of the Fletcher Allen Health Center Renaissance Project, under the direction of Tsoi/Kobus & Associates of Cambridge, MA, and Freeman, French, Freeman of Burlington, VT. Kalkreuth Roofing & Sheet Metal of Wheeling, WV, fabricated and installed the panels.

The complete renovation of Fletcher Jones Audi/Volkswagen in Chicago is a striking example of the use of Dri-Design’s new Texture Series panels to provide a uniquely accented design element. The Audi portion of the dealership has been re-faced with the exciting new product, while the Volkswagen side of the building is now skinned with conventional Dri-Design rainscreen metal panels. The total amount of Dri-Design products used on the project was approximately 15,000 sq. ft.

With nearly 10 acres under roof and 40,000 square feet of office space, FlightSafety International’s new facility in Broken Arrow, OK is massive. The equipment manufactured at the plant–aircraft flight simulators, visual systems and aeronautical displays–is high-tech. Fittingly, so is the building's look, thanks to little touches like the addition of Citadel ACM panels around the building's entrance.

MetroMix Atlanta is a restaurant, nightlife and events guide with its finger on the pulse of what’s hot, hip and trendy in Atlanta, GA. It recently recognized the Flip Burger Boutique for serving up the city’s best burger. The restaurant is trendy looking too. It is clad with ALPOLIC ACM panels featuring an unusual graphics treatment. The panels were fabricated by Altech Panel Systems.

Davie West is a joint-use facility shared by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the University of Florida (UF). The $24.5 million project – utilizing architectural metal products from CENTRIA - was designed to enhance classroom learning and research in the sciences, arts, and humanities by combining state-of-the-art classrooms, research labs and office space into a single facility.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Florida Blue Centers are designed to encourage personal interaction between customers and their health care provider. The Centers offer benefits consultations, financial planning assistance, and tools to learn more about individual healthcare options. The Cambridge Architectural mesh systems featured in the facilities serve appropriately as structural shields for protecting the Centers’ functions.

Those who believe there are limits to the imagination—especially when it comes to housing both airplanes and people in the same structure—should meet Daniel Shaw. A resident of Geneva, Florida, the 62-year-old plumbing contractor has taken the “hangar home” concept to a whole new level. Shaw’s metal-clad hangar home is 50’ wide x 60’ deep x 30’ tall. Its most noticeable feature initially is the porch that wraps the front and two sides of the building. A closer look, however, reveals that a large section of the porch is actually built into the façade of the home’s 45’-wide x 15’-high Schweiss Doors hydraulic hangar door.

With the moniker “Horse Capital of the World” it’s no wonder that Ocala, Florida is continuously on the forefront of the equine industry. In the fall of 2014 the Florida Horse Park, located at 11008 S. Hwy 475 in Ocala, opened what is purported to be the largest public equestrian arena in the Southeastern United States. The 212’ x 396’ x 20’ arena was constructed using a metal building system engineered and fabricated by Allied Steel Buildings of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Hockey and ice-skating enthusiasts in Florida can skate in style when the right building materials are selected. Insulated metal panels from Kingspan added aesthetic appeal and insulation value for a stable interior temperature at the five-rink Florida Hospital Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, FL.