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The office building at 2165 Spring St. in Long Beach, CA is ready for occupants with updated interior spaces and an attention-grabbing exterior. Dri-Design Tapered Series Panels were integral to creating a new image for the building and adding dimension to the exterior.

Due to increased demands of a growing community, the new Spring Volunteer Fire Department No. 78 facility, north of Houston in Spring, TX, was completed recently - with the help of metal roofing and soffit panels from MBCI.

The Springfield Town Center in Springfield, Va., has welcomed its share of shoppers since opening in the early 1970s and was overdue for a renovation. Architects specified Envelope 2000 Metal Composite Material from Citadel Architectural Products for the project because of its durability as well as its appearance.

Maaten Construction Limited has been serving southern Ontario since 1953. The Sarnia, Ontario, Canadad-based firm’s relationship with Robertson Building Systems doesn’t go back quite that far, but at the 2012 Robertson Partnership Forum in Palm Springs, CA, Ken Maaten, the president of Maaten Construction Limited, was honored for 40 years as a Robertson Builder by the president of Robertson, Frank Fuca. Among the many projects Robertson and Maaten have collaborated on through the years is the SPS Trucking Repair Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

The new Natural Sciences Building at South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA, features 6,592 square feet of Kalzip TF800R on its exterior walls and color-matched extruded aluminum flashings. The 52,000 square foot three-story structure was designed to complement an existing science lab and classroom building on the western edge of the campus. The Kalzip 0.040-gauge aluminum décor helped fulfill both aesthetic and functional needs. The project was completed in October 2008. Ben Dalton of the Miller Hull Partnership, Seattle, WA was the project manager during construction and the firm was architect of record on the project.

The new Spy Hop Productions building in Salt Lake City sounds like an apt title for a James Bond 007 movie, but it's actually the name chosen for a non-profit youth digital media arts center that offers in-school and after-school youth in-care and satellite programming. One of the new complex's signature features is a third floor performance space that's been enhanced through the inclusion of a glass bifold door from Schweiss Doors.

In many regards, little has changed at New Hampshire’s Squam Lake in the nearly 35 years since the classic movie On Golden Pond was filmed there. The lake is still a generational favorite for family getaways and vacations in a traditional setting. But now, beautifully designed and strikingly contemporary residences are being constructed among the classic old cabins. A good example is the new Squam Lake House, clad with architectural zinc from RHEINZINK America Inc.

Seeking an elegant, first-of-its-kind design for the new St. Armands Circle Parking Garage, the City of Sarasota, Florida, along with Solstice Planning and Architecture and Kimley-Horn Engineering, turned to Cambridge Architectural and its concept of creating a series of tensioned spiral mesh panels for the structure’s façade.

St. Augustine Preparatory School in Richland, NJ, completed a building program recently that met the desired architectural character within the fixed schedule and budget. The $20-million, multi-purpose facility, dedicated as the Louis & Josephine Buondonno Forum, is the fourth major element in the campus infrastructure and creates a collegiate-like Quad on the 118-acre campus. The Forum features metal building systems from Butler Manufacturing.

More than 17,000 sq. ft. of Dri-Design® walls panels were used on the new St. Barnabas Nursing Home in Chattanooga, TN, a facility designed with new approaches in the elder care industry. Based on what is called the Eden Alternative, the concept makes care more patient-focused with less imposing nursing stations and relaxed resident rules. Designed by River Street Architecture of Chattanooga, the $10 million project features graceful, curved walls and large windows that provide natural light in all rooms and common areas.

Custom-Bilt Metals, a company with a long history of environmental leadership through product innovation, and metal roofing contractor Unique Concepts Inc., announce the completion of a 5.7kw solar system integrated with standing seam metal roofing on the newly rebuilt St. Bartholomew’s Chapel on the Rincon Reservation, Valley Center, CA. The original, historic St. Bartholomew’s Chapel on the Rincon Reservation was burned down as a victim of the huge 2007 Poomacha wildfire.

In many of Europe's major cities, it's quite common to find zinc roofs that have been in service for more than 100 years. Famed German architect Karl-Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) used zinc extensively for roofing and building ornamentation on several historical buildings and palaces that still stand today.

When the administrators of St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh planned the expansion of the community hospital’s Emergency Department, they wanted a distinctive look that would stand out from the existing structure and be immediately recognizable within the campus. They achieved those objectives through the use of Citadel's Envelope 2000® Rout and Return (RR) system panels in Classic Copper and Sky Blue colors. Fabrication of the Citadel panels was done by East Coast Metal Systems, Bellaire, OH. Installation was handled by Burns & Scallo Roofing Company, Pittsburgh.

Hand-crafted copper elements now adorn St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Keller, Texas. Fabricated by CopperCraft, these custom design elements for a pavilion and sanctuary doors are in keeping with the Mission-style architecture frequently found in Texas.

The new St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center in Boardman, OH utilizes more than 25,000 sq. ft. of Citadel Envelope 2000® Rain Screen panels as a key design element. The Citadel metal composite material (MCM) panels were finished in Clear Anodized and interface with brick masonry. The $77 million, 7-story acute care facility was designed as a major addition to an existing low-rise diagnostic center. The new health center becomes the cornerstone for future campus expansion. Critical to the design was the continuation of the existing structure’s array of exterior forms and materials.

Morin, a Kingspan Group Company, contributed its single element Standing Seam Series Panels fabricated from Galvalume® to the recently-completed St. Elizabeth Seton Gymnasium in Oakland, CA. The 10,400 square-foot gym doubles as a community room and was designed to complement the aesthetics of the neighboring church sanctuary.

Throughout his decades in construction, Jim St. George was known for his ability to solve problems and for the quality of his work. In the door industry, Schweiss Doors has that same reputation, so it's no real surprise that St. George was drawn to Schweiss when looking for doors for his newly renovated/expanded airplane hangar.

Met-Tile was selected to re-roof the St. George’s Serbian Orthodox Church in Duluth, Minnesota because it looks like clay tile and provided the “Old World” look required by the church, which dates back to the early 1900s. According to the installer, K.F. Loosen Construction Co., panels were applied over the existing asphalt shingle roofing after the structural engineer verified that the roof framing could bear the additional load of the Met-Tile panels, which weigh 125 lb. per square. Met-Tile roofing is a product of McElroy Metal.

A new church, designed by Ziegler Cooper Architects, called for an MBCI metal roof system to provide a long-term roofing solution that was nearly maintenance free. As a result, the St. John Lutheran Church in Spring, TX is covered by 10,000 square feet of MBCI’s SuperLok® standing seam roof system. The 24-gauge panels have a Medium Bronze finish.

Students at the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Pacific campus have the opportunity to live, worship and play together in the new St. John Paul II Newman Center. From the start of the student housing design phase, BVH Architecture, Omaha, wanted to use metal wall panels that would inspire the students to live the journey for which they were called in a building that enlightened their college experience. Dri-Design's VMZINC Series panels were chosen for their appearance, scale and durability.