Featured Projects

The amazing transformation of a 1950’s bungalow into an ultra-modern, energy-efficient residence is truly remarkable. But the project was years in the making and includes a strong European influence—just ask the owners/architects, Gail Whitney Karn and her husband, Robert Karn. She is Director of Technical Sales for RHEINZINK America and Robert runs Consilium, an urban design and architecture consulting practice.

The renovated Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville might have all the latest amenities, but its design pays homage to the school’s earlier days. The facility’s steeply pitched metal roof from Petersen, in a signature orange-red finish, is a clear reference to the buildings surrounding the stadium, and it also frames an impressive gateway into the ballpark’s friendly confines.

A long, monotonous headquarters was not the image restaurant supply company KaTom was looking to portray when it moved to Kodak, Tenn. The group, therefore, set out to reimagine the 2005 log home manufacturing facility it purchased to serve as its new headquarters. A Dri-Design Wall Panel System helped achieve this goal by creating a welcoming structure reflective of the company culture and purpose.

Since its completion late in 2011, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has dramatically changed the Kansas City, MO skyline. With its sweeping façade clad in stainless steel, glass and pre-cast concrete enveloping 285,000 sq. ft. of space, the scope of the project is matched by its design prowess. Architect Moshe Safdie designed the building to be a model of functionality, accessibility and sustainability. The $386 million facility features GKD-USA metal fabric.

S-5! is regarded as one of the world's leading providers of attachment solutions for the direct mounting of solar panel arrays to metal roofs. Joining the company's ever-growing portfolio of successful installations is KC Bailey Orchards in upstate New York. On that project, the company's S-5-PVKIT®2.0 solar attachment solution and S-5-S Mini clamps were used to secure solar panels to five new apple storage buildings.

Durable metal panels from Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation elegantly reroof a private residence in Elizabethtown, KY. Nestled at the end of a residential street in rural Elizabethtown – one hour south of Louisville – stands the Keith residence. The Keiths, frustrated with the short lifespan of asphalt shingles, were looking for a more sustainable and sensible roofing option. This led them to choose long-lasting standing seam metal roof panels.

The ease with which metal buildings can be expanded is one of the reasons why they’re so often employed for the construction of manufacturing and warehouse spaces. And it was a consideration in the selection of a pre-engineered metal building system from Robertson Building Systems for the sales/service and manufacturing facility of Keith’s Walking Floor International in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

A pre-approved manufacturer of products for Toyota’s Image USA branding program, VICWEST had the distinction of providing aluminum composite wall panels for North America’s first LEED Platinum-rated automobile dealership. The 59,000 sq. ft. dealership is located in Eugene, OR.

Jackson Family Wines (JFW) was looking to expand, and a new wine storage building at the company's Kendall-Jackson Winery in Fulton, CA would unlock the growth opportunities sought. When the time came to build, JFW chose a metal building contractor with expertise in wine storage structures and a good understanding of the benefits insulated metal panel systems from Kingspan Insulated Panels would bring to the project.

The new Kendyl Depoali Middle School in Reno, NV serves as a prototype for future middle schools in the Washoe County School District. Named after an extraordinary educator and fourth generation Nevadan, the $37 million facility provides 198,000 sq. ft. of educational and administrative space in a multi-building campus environment. Featured prominently in the school's design are SinoCore® field-assembled metal wall panels from Citadel Architectural Products.

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the new $100 million home of the priceless, historic Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit which tells the story of NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program. The Atlantis exhibit is the marquee element of the Visitor Complex’s 10-year master construction plan. Architectural metal products from CENTRIA played a key role in the design of the Titusville, FL complex.

Within every historic renovation are modern materials that integrate a project’s past with today’s code requirements and products. Varco Pruden builder LGM Construction found creative solutions to meet sustainability guidelines in the construction of the Kennedy Tailing Wheel Preservation & Access Project.

RCA Metal Inc., A VICWEST Company located in Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada, fabricated the nearly 6,000 sq. ft. of architectural panels specified as part of the design of the Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building in Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada. The panels were fabricated from ALPOLIC aluminum composite material, which is produced by Mitsubishi Chemical FP America Inc.

CENTRIA, a leading building envelope science company, provided 6,570 total square feet of metal panels from its Formawall Dimension Series, Graphix and Ecoscreen® perforated screenwall lines for the new Kent Police Station in Kent, Ohio.

CMC Design Build of Quincy, Mass., has focused its efforts on serving the food and beverage industry, providing “the greatest levels of efficiency and effectiveness with every project.” Most of the time, CMC specifies metal wall panels from Metl-Span for those projects, including the new Kettle Cuisine plant in Lynn, Mass.

Mark Kewley designed his 2,750 sq. ft. house in Portland, Ore., to be a modern creation. He wanted the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom layout to have clean lines, while emphasizing livability with sustainable materials incorporated throughout. Metal wall panels played a key role in bringing clean lines to the home, as Kewley used them to create an accent band around the house. Metafor (MFP120) wall panels from ATAS International Inc., Allentown, Pa., were selected.

Key Biscayne House is a $5 million, 10,000 sq. ft. home on Biscayne Bay in Key Biscayne, FL. It was designed by Village Architects Inc. in the Florida vernacular and with a Mediterranean influence. In addition to graceful masonry and stucco, its exterior is adorned with an Englert standing seam metal roof. The panels were formed by Met Roofing of Miami.

In October 2016, K-Flex USA of Youngsville, N.C., contracted with Focus Design Builders of Wake Forest, N.C., MB Erectors of Millbrook, Ala., SNW Steel Services of Ringgold, Va., and Architect McGahey Design of Garner, N.C., to expand their facility. The project was completed in July 2017 with the help of products from Ceco Building Systems.

If anyone has been presented with the opportunity to learn about the benefits of metal roofing, it’s Claire Kilcoyne. Kilcoyne is the Vice President of Trade Shows at METALCON and is getting everything ready for her 25th annual show in Tampa, Fla. When she noticed her home in Westborough, MA was in need of a new roof, she mentioned it in a newsletter to metal roofing manufacturers and suppliers who exhibit at her show. Answering the call was Brian Partyka, Executive Vice President of Business Development at Drexel Metals.

The new 80,000 sq. ft. police headquarters in Killeen, TX enables the city to consolidate operations from four scattered buildings into one location. The $22 million facility more than doubles the department’s previous space and includes training areas, community rooms, and office and administrative space. Designed to complement the rural setting, building materials include metal panels from Petersen.