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Posted: Mar 13, 2017

Glidewell Investments & Insurance Group Headquarters

The contemporary new home of Glidewell Investments & Insurance Group in Missoula, MT barely resembles the 1960’s concrete block structure that preceded it. Part of the success of its dramatic transformation lies in the decision to clad the original facade with Flat Lock Tiles in a prePATINA graphite-grey finish from RHEINZINK America.

Posted: Mar 09, 2017

Golden 1 Center

With much fanfare, the $507 million Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento, CA recently opened. While the venue is designed to host concerts and conventions, it will be known first and foremost as the home arena of the National Basketball Association Sacramento Kings.The arena is state of the art in every way, including its incorporation of enormous, glass-paneled bifold doors from Schweiss Doors.

Posted: Mar 06, 2017

Cape Canaveral Fire And Rescue

The new Cape Canaveral Fire and Rescue facility in Florida is a far cry from the previous station that was built by volunteers in 1962, which had become outdated and inefficient. The modern station - featuring aluminum roofing from Petersen - is now home to 15 volunteers and 35 paid personnel, and is designed to effectively serve the City of Cape Canaveral, Port Canaveral and Avon By The Sea.

Posted: Mar 02, 2017

Butler Tech Bioscience Center

More than a decade in the making and heralded as an innovative step forward, the new Butler Tech Bioscience Center in West Chester, OH is envisioned to be an educational facility in a business campus setting, providing students with educational and employment opportunities side-by-side. The classroom building is clad with a rainscreen wall system featuring ALPOLIC ACM panels finished with red Valspar Valflon® paint.

Posted: Feb 27, 2017

Ventura College Applied Science Center

The $15 million Applied Science Center at Ventura College in Ventura, Calif., brings needed technology-centered learning to the community. Designed with an industrial feel,Dri-Design Tapered and Perforated Panels create the desired look while adding excitement to the campus.

Posted: Feb 23, 2017

432 Park Avenue

For nearly 50 years, Duranar® coatings by PPG have protected and beautified famous structures such as the Louvre Pyramid, so it is fitting that the product was specified on 432 Park Avenue in New York, which opened in 2016 as the tallest residential tower in the world.

Posted: Feb 20, 2017

Apollo Career Center

The renovation and expansion of the Apollo Career Center in Lima, Ohio, was necessary because of steady student body growth since the facility opened in the 1970s. Metl-Span insulated metal panels were an important component in updating the look of the facility and helped the project apply for LEED Gold status.

Posted: Feb 16, 2017

WakeMed Central Energy Plant

As part of a fast-track $88 million renovation that transforms the WakeMed North Hospital into a full-service hospital, the WakeMed Central Energy Plant in Raleigh, NC - featuring metal products from CENTRIA - serves an important role as the electric and HVAC heart of the healthcare campus.

Posted: Feb 13, 2017

Holy Resurrection Chapel

The Holy Resurrection Chapel, located in The Gardens at Gethsemane in West Roxbury, MA, offers a place where Orthodox families can observe and practice the customs and traditions of the Orthodox community. Fittingly, the chapel's design incorporates RHEINZINK titanium zinc roofing from RHEINZINK America Inc., a material with a rich, historical tradition of its own.

Posted: Feb 10, 2017

Writers Theatre

The design of the new Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Ill., has caught the attention of media across the country.Created by renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang, FAIA, the 36,000 sq. ft., $28 million building, which includes metal PAC-CLAD products donated by Petersen, features a 250-seat main theatre that was purposefully designed to maintain Writers Theatre’s hallmark intimacy.

Posted: Feb 06, 2017

Rohner Hangar

One step into his residential hangar and it’s easy to see that Harlan Rohner really values his leisure time. A quintessential man on the go, Rohner's Willmar, MN hangar includes snowmobiles, boats, ATVs and vehicles, along with his Kitfox experimental airplane and his Enstrom 280FX Shark helicopter. Access to this impressive array of toys is made easy with a custom hydraulic door from Schweiss Doors.

Posted: Feb 03, 2017

Ramer Residence

The building blocks of success are built on strong relationships, and so is Marvin Ramer’s new home. When the owner of Ramco Supply in Indiana set out to build a new home, he tapped into his network to make it happen. A veteran in the business, he knew he wanted his new home to don a metal roof. The system he chose features a long-lasting paint finish by Valspar

Posted: Jan 30, 2017

Gatherings Shopping Center

The Gatherings Shopping Center is a 14,004 sq. ft. multi-purpose building located in Port Arthur, TX, which features steel framing from Star Building Systems.

Posted: Jan 27, 2017

Spring Street Office Building

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.

Posted: Jan 23, 2017

Houston Grocery Distribution Facility

When you visit a grocery store, you expect to find extremely fresh food and quality products. When a major Texas grocery distribution center expansion was planned to accommodate growing business, Green Span Profiles was chosen to supply the insulated metal panels for the new facility located in Houston.

Posted: Jan 20, 2017

Rosenwald Recreation Center

Construction of the new Rosenwald Recreation Center was a key component in the rebuilding of Council District B in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Insulated metal panels from Metl-Span provide a durable and attractive aesthetic for the neighborhood.

Posted: Jan 18, 2017

36 Park

With a laundry list of amenities and 21 unique floor plans to choose from, the new 36 Park luxury apartment community in St. Louis Park, MN, is bound to attract a lot of interest from prospective tenants. Helping guarantee their first impression of the building is a good one, HOK incorporated Bright Silver-finished Omega-Lite ACM panels from Laminators Inc. on the exterior.

Posted: Jan 16, 2017

Susquehanna Art Museum Renovation

The Keystone Trust Company, a former bank building circa-1924, lends itself as the entrance to the Susquehanna Art Museum as part of this retrofit project in Harrisburg, PA. Metal and glass are the materials that make up the panel envelope of this grand museum, providing both function and beauty to the building’s façade. The new metal façade - using products from CENTRIA - is now a work of art itself.

Posted: Jan 13, 2017

Westminster Woods On Julington Creek

Nestled in a semi-tropical paradise on an arm of the St. John’s River near Jacksonville, Fla., the new Westminster Woods on Julington Creek retirement community offers active seniors an ideal setting. The wooded 90-acre campus combines neighborhoods of detached villas, and garden and waterfront apartment homes featuring metal roofing from Petersen.

Posted: Jan 09, 2017

Robbins Hangar

Whenever he has down time, pilot Larry Robbins can be found hanging out at home in LaFollette, TN where he has access to his airplanes in an air park subdivision that features its own landing strip. His hangar is fitted with a bifold liftstrap door from Schweiss Doors. It measures 44' x 14-1/2' and is equipped with auto latches and a remote opener.

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