Featured Projects

In the 1940s, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s post-war “organic architecture”, Alfred Browning Parker was at the forefront of Miami’s “modern is regional” design movement. Wright’s influence can be found in many of Parker’s designs, including the Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach, FL. Constructed in 1970, it blends Wright-inspired features with a several-stories-high, nautilus shell-shaped structure that forms the ceiling of the temple’s sanctuary. When the iconic roof form was damaged by hurricanes in 2004 and 2005, it was recovered with jobsite rollformed metal roofing from Englert Inc. of Perth Amboy, NJ.

Located in the gently rolling countryside just outside of this Memphis satellite city is what appears to be the beautiful home of a successful southern country gentleman. It even looks like the Tennessee version of a Kentucky thoroughbred horse farm. Welcome to the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home Double “B” Boys’ Ranch in Millington. It was the property of a prominent couple who contributed their estate for the boys’ ranch in the late 1980s. The residential structures house 24 boys ages 11 through 18 in family settings. A centerpiece of the facility is the recently-completed pavilion, a custom-designed Ceco Building Systems framed structure.

The newly opened Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Smyrna Campus and Nissan Training Center was built on the fundamentals of both higher education and business, with the goal of closing the gap in the supply and future demand of a highly skilled workforce in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The 155,000 sq. ft. educational facility is state of the art inside and out. Sleek and stylish, it is clad predominantly with high-performance insulated metal wall panels from Metl-Span.

The new facility for Tennessee Packaging Company in Loudon, TN is impressive throughout. It sports clean lines on the exterior with its sleek metal wall panels on the manufacturing area, and architectural metal roofing and exposed structural steel at the main entry. Metal systems from Varco Pruden Buildings were used to create the 157,503 sq. ft. facility.

In order to consolidate operations previously taking place in separate structures, Terminix decided to construct a new two-story office and warehousing facility on its existing campus in Columbia, SC. Because of the building's high visibility and proximity to Interstate 26, great aesthetics were a must. To elevate the overall design, and also give a nod to the site's original structures, the project's architect incorporated eye-catching panel profiles from McElroy Metal into the look.

When the doors swung open recently to the Mid-South's first residential "green house", visitors inside the remarkable home were sheltered by an energy-efficient roof provided by Memphis, TN-based Varco Pruden Buildings, a division of BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. The TERRA house, which had its grand opening February 27, 2009, is applying for platinum level LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. If the certification is granted, it would be the first such residence in the state of Tennessee.

While Fairfax County does not require schools to follow LEED certification, sustainable principles were used in the renovation and expansion of Reston, VA's Terraset Elementary School. Among the sustainable products utilized in improving the school's look and function was an Envelope 2000® Deep-Reveal (DRV) metal wall system from Citadel Architectural Products.

At the encouragement of their architect, a Texas couple decided to incorporate a pair of Schweiss Doors hydraulic designer doors into the design of their new home...one for the 3,000-square-foot garage/barn and the other on the fancy basement party room in the home.

Thaden School in Bentonville, Arkansas, celebrates the class of 2021 – the first to graduate from this new independent middle and high school. As the next academic year begins, returning students will be welcomed back to an expanded offering on its 30-acre campus. The three of the newest school buildings – "Reels," "Wheels" and the performing arts center – were designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects and feature architectural coil coatings by Sherwin-Williams.

The world's first privately owned airport handling center for animals showcases a high-performance, energy-efficient insulated metal panel (IMP) building envelope. Three types of Metl-Span panel products are used on The Ark, which is located at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

To replicate the traditional look of a barn for a wedding/events center, it would only make sense to top the facility with a metal roof. The Barn at Sycamore Farms, built on a historic property in Arrington, TN, is designed to be a luxury event venue, suitable for corporate events, weddings and conventions. The Barn can accommodate more than 300 guests and is topped by 16,000 square feet of Medallion-Lok roofing panels from McElroy Metal.

The Yards in Washington, DC is an adaptive reuse site on land that formerly belonged to the United States Navy. Used for shipbuilding and ordinance, its heritage played a pivotal role in its architecture adaption. A metal composite panel system from CEI Materials helped give a new luxury apartment complex on the site a look appropriate for its setting.

The owner of the The Brooks hotel wanted a unique structure, an inviting facility with a high-end look that stood out from the many other ordinary hotel chain buildings along the roadway. The ProCore panel from Citadel Architectural Products offered a clean contemporary look while assisting the owner with meeting his budget.

Renovating and transforming a 70-year-old manufacturing facility into a contemporary office building with impressive amenities, requires some imagination, careful planning and a lot of communication. The Cannon, an entrepreneurial hub in west Houston, also called for more than 90,000 square feet of insulated metal panels (IMPs) from Metl-Span for walls and roofing.

An old church dome in Orange, Texas was returned to its former glory and the building it tops given a new lease on life, thanks to new ownership and the products of Peachtree City, GA-based MetalTech-USA. The company fabricated the shingles and roof panels used in the iconic dome's restoration, using RHEINZINK titanium zinc from RHEINZINK America Inc., Woburn, MA.

More than 12,000 sq. ft. of Citadel Envelope 2000® Rain Screen played a key role in the design of the new headquarters building of The Columbian daily newspaper, Vancouver, WA. The Columbian is one of the few remaining independent dailies in the U.S. and the largest in southwest Washington. The Citadel metal composite material (MCM) panels were finished in Charcoal Metallic and interface with precast brick and concrete.

Coming up with a name for one of Denver’s newest and tallest residential buildings was the easy part. The Confluence was built adjacent to Confluence Park, at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in Denver’s Lower Downtown. Coming up with the right look for the 35-story development was a trickier proposition, but thanks to the incorporation of metal wall panels from Morin, a Kingspan Group Company, the effort was successful.

The architectural goal of The Constellation was to “lead the charge” of a rejuvenation at the very heart of Madison, WI, where an ultra-modern design and urban décor were achieved in part by insulated metal panels from Metl-Span®.

Rising 30 stories high in downtown Bethesda, MD is an iconic new structure called The Elm. The neutral tones of the residential high-rise are juxtaposed by the glass curtain wall of the office façade. The building's upper portions are covered with aluminum composite panels fabricated and installed by Manchester, MI-based CEI Materials.

Since opening in 1997, The Fathers House church in Vacaville, CA has experienced tremendous growth. A recent expansion allows the church to better serve the current congregation and sets the table for future growth. The utilization of glass storefront-style bifold doors from Schweiss Doors figured not only into the goals for the present but also those ahead.