Featured Projects

For ease and speed of construction, as well as their excellent thermal properties, Poirier Fontaine Architects of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specified 40,000 sq. ft. VICWEST Insulated Metal Wall Panels with a Surrey Beige Colorite SMP paint finish for the exterior of a large Staples distribution center in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. The building was completed in early 2007 and was VICWEST’s first insulated metal panel project in the Maritimes.

The new Star Motors Dealership in Houston, TX, was constructed to house prestigious car brands. The architects of the dealership designed the exterior façade of the facility to be as contemporary, chic and high end as the cars inside. Every aesthetic aspect of the building - from the pristine, white finish to the smooth, sharp angles and articulate landscape - harmonizes with the elegant and exclusive products and services Star Motor Dealership provides. CENTRIA’s Formawall Dimension Series was the obvious choice for the wall cladding.

Starbucks stores and facilities are widely known and highly regarded for their sustainable and sophisticated designs. The newest Starbucks flagship store at Oak and Rush in Chicago, IL, which features wire mesh from Banker Wire, is no exception.

When the State Fair of Virginia sold its land to the Richmond International Raceway in 1999, the race was on to create a new site for the family event held annually in September. Following the purchase in 2003 of the former Meadow Farm, plans were drawn to construct the new multi-building Meadow Event Park. Its two feature buildings were constructed using metal building systems from Ceco Building Systems.

The State University Of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University Vertical Expansion is one of the most dramatic construction projects in the facility’s 40-year history. The new six-floor expansion was built above the hospital’s existing East Wing and is a great addition to the Syracuse, NY skyline. A tree house design inspired this seemingly weightless tower that is suspended in the New York sky. CENTRIA supplied a myriad of products that were used on the stunning project.

The Staten Island MakerSpace facility is the first of its kind in New York City. It is a warehouse that was converted into a community workspace for artists, craftspeople, makers, hardware developers, and general hobbyists to do their creating. The building - featuring curved framing products from Flex-Ability Concepts - acts as an incubator, a space where people can go to learn the skills to create things and have access to the tools necessary to create them.

Drexel Metals knows how to put fires out! It proved it by providing a brand new Drexel Metals roof for the Station 8 firehouse in St. Petersburg, FL. The profile used for the project was the company's DMC 200S in Regal White.

The new Station at Mill Point housing complex at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina features 148,000 total square feet of metal roof panels from Metal Sales™. The Station at Mill Point’s 25 furnished buildings have the capacity to house 324 upperclassmen in a townhouse-style unit with a community amenities building. The residential village resembles a classic Charleston neighborhood with two-story buildings of different designs and color palettes, each topped with a Metal Sales roof.

Drawing inspiration from both the building’s history and its context, architects Goldsmith, Borgal & Company of Toronto specified metal roofing and wall panels from VICWEST for an addition to the historic Station Gallery in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Cladding the exterior of the train shed addition are 90 squares of VICWEST’s Tradition 150-4 roofing and 5,000 sq. ft. of VICWEST 7/8” corrugated siding. Both profiles were formed from 24-gauge Galvalume-Plus steel. Galvalume Plus is unpainted Galvalume-coated steel with a clear acrylic topcoat.

Approximately 55,000 sq. ft. of RHEINZINK 0.8mm/22 gauge Preweathered Flat Lock Tile was used on the expansive Station Landing project in Medford, MA. Occupying a former industrial and retail site along the Mystic River, Station Landing’s master plan features over one million square feet of mixed-use and retail development.

The Statue of Liberty re-opened on the Fourth of July 2013, with a number of renovations – including new stairway railings inside the monument’s pedestal. Banker Wire provided mesh infill panels for the railings, enhancing the look and durability of the interior staircases.

The interior design for a new Steak ‘n Shake restaurant in Oklahoma City, OK relies heavily on prominent radiuses and dramatically curved interior elements. The curves were created with products from Flex-Ability Concepts.

In the vibrant city of Chandler, AZ, you can find a new luxury gated community planned and built with aviation enthusiasts in mind. Known as Stellar Airpark Estate II, the 14-lot subdivision is perfect for fly-in, fly-out living. The hangar of one of the new homes there features a premium bifold hangar door from industry leader Schweiss Doors.

The Stephen D. Persinger Recreational Center in Geneva, Illinois, is a new 50,000-square-foot building surrounded by hundreds of acres of rolling parkland. It houses a fitness center, a three-lane indoor running track, two full-court gymnasiums, an indoor playground, an aerobics/dance studio and four multi-purpose program rooms. The structure was built in part by Rockford, Illinois-based Area Erectors, Inc., with materials supplied by Varco Pruden Buildings, Inc. (VP Buildings) one of the nation’s largest providers of metal building systems.

As the first building to greet parents and students when they arrive at Ancillae Assumpta Academy in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, Stepping Stones Preschool is a playful and educational example of architecture and construction. CastleTop (HCT160) 0.032-inch aluminum wall panels from ATAS International were used in a Rawhide color (2,120 sq. ft.) and Regal Blue color (159 sq. ft.) to create a “Dr. Seuss-like appearance” on the sloped walls.

The Cedars Sinai Health System’s Los Angeles campus is a busy area with many different types of buildings. One of those, the Steven Spielberg Building, now features a unique design element created with a blend of curved and straight Kalzip perforated material. This architecturally appealing feature also serves an important purpose.

With the door usually being a dead giveaway, disguising a garage to look like something other than what it is can be a challenge. When architects and homeowners are determined enough to make their garage doors disappear, they usually turn to the concealment experts at Schweiss Doors. Case in point is the Stewart Home in James Island, South Carolina.

Kalzip’s aluminum standing seam system was specified for the impressive new Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Bus Station by architect Grimshaw. VINCI Construction UK was the main contractor and experienced Teamkal contractor Lakesmere Ltd installed the Kalzip roofing system which included double curvature XT profiled sheets and a bespoke Kalzip rainscreen specially designed for use on the bus drivers’ accommodation block.

Totaling 52,888 square feet, the Stonegate III multi-use facility in Omaha, NE utilized metal building framing by Star Building Systems, as well as Star’s StarShield Roof System in Galvalume along with Star’s DuraRib Wall System in Almond. Also incorporated into the structure is the Long Bay structural steel system.

A little homework and some personal experience led Chad Hoese to select a hydraulic door from Schweiss Doors when faced with the replacement of the sliding doors on an existing building at Stoney Creek Farms in Glencoe, Minn.