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As the first building designed under Loyola Marymount University ’s (LMU) Campus Master Plan, the Life Sciences Building sets the pace for modern, sustainable design at the university. Helping it succeed in that regard was perforated screen panels fabricated from RHEINZINK America Inc. zinc.

Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, IL, features four specialty units including Adult and Pediatric, Burn Intensive Care, Coronary Care, and Intensive Care services. The 176,000 sq. ft. hospital, which opened in Spring of 2008, is accented by .125” aluminum plate panels manufactured by Quality Metalcrafts, LLC. More than 3,500 square feet of the custom-fabricated panels were utilized on the project to complement the other exterior materials on the impressive facility.

Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation provided more than 13,000 sq. ft. of its TDR-6 deep ribbed metal wall panels for a new apartment tower, known as LPM Apartments, in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A custom stainless steel metal fabric ceiling system from Cambridge Architectural smartly drapes between lighting fixtures, creating a clean and modern overhead surface for the newly renovated Louisiana State University (LSU) Student Union Theater lobby in Baton Rouge, LA. Originally constructed in 1965, the LSU Student Union Theater is the largest theater venue on the school's campus.

It was the natural beauty of Texas Hill Country that drew Bill Lucy and his wife, Cheron, to build their new home in Fredericksburg. And it was quality and reputation that prompted Lucy to outfit his newly built hangar with a premium-quality liftstrap bifold door from Schweiss Doors.

An ambitious plan by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority to upgrade the Luis Muñoz International Airport in Carolina, PR, included the design and construction of a new 285,000 sq. ft. terminal. Dubbed the HUBB, the soon-to-open building boasts a flying saucer-like design whose signature feature is its massive curved overhang. As challenging to build as it is impressive to look at, the canopy is wrapped with Reynobond® ACM (aluminum composite material), from Alcoa Architectural Products. Panels for it were fabricated predominantly by the Miller-Clapperton Partnership of Austell, GA.

The original roof on the Luling High School, part of the Luling Independent School District of Texas, was described as having been given short shrift during the building’s original construction in 1987. Things came to a head in 2008, during an especially heavy rainfall. For a solution, an R-Mer® Lite II insulated steel roofing system from The Garland Company, Inc. was chosen.

The turtle has long been used as a metaphor in Native American philosophy for the continual cycle of give and take that personifies the natural world. When the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina constructed the Lumbee Tribal Housing Complex in West Pembroke, they wanted a building that would evoke that symbolism. Metal roofing from The Garland Co., Inc. covers the facility.

Since its creation in 1973, The Lumberton Municipal Utility District has consistently expanded its coverage area to provide water and waste-water services to more than 24,000 residents of the Lumberton, Texas area. With its administrative staff also increasing steadily over the past four decades, the Lumberton MUD opened a new Operations Center in 2014 – featuring metal products from CENTRIA.

The LUMCON Blue Works innovation hub in Houma, Louisiana is noteworthy for its ark-like design and the blue-hued aluminum panels that wrap its visually elevated front side. Beneath those cladding panels is Kingspan's innovative KarrierPanel insulated metal backer panel system, offering both energy efficiency and speed of installation.

The Lutheran Social Services Center for Children & Youth residential facility located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was designed to be long-lasting and economical while impacting the local community by assisting more children. The original facility was a 1960 building, and in order to increase their capacity, the center needed a flexible design that also made sure they were good stewards of donor funds. This was accomplished by using metal buildings, by Metallic Building Company, for four wings (15,000 square feet) of the 33,000 total square foot project.

Using Varco Pruden Buildings' Rigid Frame system, Lux Row Distillers combines eight framing shapes to bring together a 24,341 sq. ft. working distillery and visitor experience in Bardstown, Kentucky. Lux Row Distillers was selected as the Best of Agriculture & Food Processing Winner in the 2019 Varco Pruden Hall Of Fame presentation.

The historic Lyric Opera House in Baltimore was originally constructed in 1895 as a concert hall with a traditional gable roof. Now, after a four-phase renovation and major expansion, The Lyric has become the city’s premier venue for opera and traveling Broadway shows. Playing a role in that transformation was RHEINZINK titanium-zinc cladding.

When Baltimore Ravens fans attended this year’s first home game, they were greeted by several new enhancements at M&T Bank Stadium that include a series of Cambridge Architectural metal mesh panels etched with a signature ravens wing on the building’s façade.

M.E. Yacht Restoration of Holland, Mich., wrapped up the second phase of construction last summer, completing its new 70,000-square-foot, three-story state-of-the-art storage, restoration and office facility near Lake Michigan. The fully insulated building also features a couple of doors from Schweiss Doors.

M2 on Neil is a nine-story, mixed-use building. A $40 million project —the largest ever for downtown Champaign, Illinois, M2 on Neil was designed and built to revitalize the downtown area. The purpose of this project was to draw more business owners and residents downtown, returning the area to the center of city life. Products from CENTRIA played important roles in the creation of the facility.

Mobile, AL is the site of MAAS Aviation's first U.S.-based facility, a twin-bay airplane paint shop, capable of painting two A320 Airbus planes simultaneously. The 48,309 sq. ft. hangar was built by Harrell Construction Inc. of Jacksonville, FL, using Rigid Frame and Continuous Beam framing by Varco Pruden Buildings.

Location made the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort an attractive destination. But its ocean-front setting on the island of Tobago proved a double-edged sword. Salt water corrosion eventually took its toll on the Caribbean Sea resort, forcing the complex to close for two years for repairs. Among the repairs made to the property during that period was the replacement of its old roof with 160,000 sq. ft. of new Englert jobsite-rollformed metal roofing.

Hangar Charlie represents the first step in a multi-phase master plan developed by SPF:a for Maguire Aviation. Maguire is one of five fixed base operators (FBOs) at Van Nuys Airport (VNY), the world’s busiest general aviation airport. The new hangar was constructed with a relatively standard metal building framing system from Butler Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, MO, and was topped with the manufacturer’s standing seam metal roofing. The hangar also features metal wall panels by Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. of Louisville, KY; and hangar doors by Wilson Doors Inc., Elkhorn, WI.

Topped with an Englert metal roof, the new Maine Lakes Resource Center in Belgrade Lakes, Maine is the initiative of Docks to Doorways -- a coalition of Colby College and conservation-minded groups, including the Belgrade Lakes Association and the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance. The facility is considered Maine’s center for lake water quality conservation and advocacy. In addition, the building is a focal point for the community—hosting concerts, art exhibits, seminars and the region’s farmers market.