Featured Projects

The name has changed, as has the building, but the legacy behind the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, SC endures. And thanks to recent renovations, which included the installation of a new zinc roof from IMETCO, the courthouse's rich history will most assuredly live on for another century or more.

The new façade, frontage and promenade created to distinguish the exhibition grounds for the Festival of Arts, one of the country’s oldest and most highly acclaimed juried fine arts shows, is itself a work of art. Among the materials utilized to help create the attractive new entrance is Reynobond® aluminum composite material from Alcoa Architectural Products.

Nestled amid the mountain ridges of Colorado, the Gold Run Circle residence stands apart from other mountain homes due to its unique material palette including weathered steel panels fabricated by MetalTech-USA.

The growth and evolution of a Minnesota family farm has included the addition of the latest in GPS technology, the switch to harvesting only corn and soybeans and the conversion to doors from Schweiss Doors on the storage buildings.

As part of a community outreach program, the Somerset County Educational Services Commission (SCESC) launched a project to build a career center in Bridgewater, New Jersey to provide vocational opportunities for at-risk students. The Garland Company Inc. supplied standing seam metal roofing for the new facility.

Desoto County (Miss.) Schools wanted to create a learning environment for its future vocational student population with a goal of strengthening work force development in the region. Morin, a Kingspan Group Company, provided a multitude of profiles for the new 58,000 square foot building that met the aesthetic goal of reflecting the work going on inside.

Consistency, along with a high-end, appealing look, were factors in the choice of metal composite material from Citadel Architectural Products for the face of the Orange Park (Fla.) Subaru showroom and dealership.

Dubbed the “library in the park,” the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library in Baton Rouge, Louisiana utilized VMZINC® panels to create a modern aesthetic and sustainable design. A total of 40,000 square feet of standing seam, interlock and flat lock zinc panels were an integral material of the building’s canopies and roof.

Valspar's WeatherXLTM product line is one of the most durable and proven SMP coatings on the market, so it’s no wonder Paul Gantt of Columbus, OH chose the product for his years-in-the-making storage building project.

Featuring standing seam roofing from Petersen, the new Vinita Health Center is a sparkling addition to the Cherokee Nation Health System, the largest tribally owned health care system in the U.S. The architecture of the 92,000 sq. ft. facility located in Vinita, Okla., reflects Cherokee history and employs construction materials commonly used during and after the Civil War,

Using products from CENTRIA, the California State University Monterey Bay College of Business is a $43 million project created to house offices, labs, classrooms, conference rooms and student study areas. The goal of the design was to inspire learning. It incorporates natural light and other eco-friendly features to support a technology-rich learning environment. Sustainability played a major role in HMC Architects’ design for the Seaside, CA project.

The integration of products from Metl-Span and Metallic Building Company culminated in a successful project on all fronts as the new Pingree School Athletics Facility in South Hamilton, MA is both energy-efficient and aesthetically pleasing. And better yet, thanks to the use of those products, construction of the building was efficient and cost effective.

A big compliment to architects is hearing that one of their building designs has become a recognizable landmark. That’s the case for architects at the Los Angeles office of Arquitectonica International Corp. who designed the Olume residential building in San Francisco’s Mission District featuring custom earth-toned colors of aluminum composite material by 3A Composites USA.

The Cool Springs Golf Center in Pittsburgh was devastated by a fire that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Penn Cove Group Capital stepped in to rebuild the driving range and golf cages initially and did a massive renovation and upgrade. They were about to call it a day, when their imagination took flight - resulting in the Allegheny Health Network Sports Complex At Cool Springs, featuring products from Ceco Building Systems.

Schweiss Doors provided a little imagination and a little innovation to help a Washington homeowner work his way around a zoning ordinance limiting garage doors to 8 feet in height.

Michigan State University (MSU) opens the doors to its new Bio Engineering Facility and to new, collaborative research opportunities contributing toward technology transfer to the private sector and the state’s emerging bio-based economy. The four-story, 130,000-square-foot research laboratory building is located in the South Academic District in East Lansing.

Located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City, the Baccarat Hotel & Residences is the flagship of the latest luxury hotel brand from Starwood Capital Group. The new 605-foot-tall, mixed-use building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP and features on its exterior Reynobond® aluminum composite material (ACM) from Alcoa Architectural Products.

At the Orlando International Airport, Southwest Airlines re-roofed a 75,000 sq. ft. hangar using several metal construction industry veteran companies. Commercial Siding & Maintenance (CSM) of Houston, Texas was the contractor; Force Engineering & Testing of Humble, Texas provided engineering services; Roof Hugger Inc. of Odessa, Florida furnished their factory-notched sub-framing system; and McElroy Metal furnished the new metal roof system.

A combination of three stainless steel mesh patterns woven by Cambridge Architectural envelop the exterior facade of the new 700-space parking garage at The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Rockville, MD. The $20 million project, completed this spring, is expected to be one of the first parking facilities in the world to achieve Green Garage Certification under the Green Parking Council’s new rating system.

During the planning stages of the company’s new office headquarters, Jim and Anne Davis, owners of New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc., insisted on a building that reflected what their company was all about: speed, motion and high performance. A variety of panel products from Morin, A Kingspan Group Company, aided the design team in achieving those goals.