Featured Projects

Localized repairs had worked to a point, but the owners of a 100+ unit apartment building in London, Ontario, Canada were looking for a permanent solution to the deterioration they were seeing in their structure's exterior. And with the KS Granitstone insulated wall panel system from Kingspan, that's exactly what they got.

An opportunity presented itself to streamline Milwaukee's Department of Transportation by putting many divisions under one roof. In doing so, a renovation and expansion of the existing Central Shop building, previously used by the Fleet Management and Highway Divisions, was necessary. The Dri-Design Tapered Series Wall Panel System was used on the expanded area of the new headquarters to create a sense of movement, symbolizing the transportation department's function.

Back in the day, most families had a globe in their home. That's not the case today, but even if it were, it's a good bet none would be as big or as accurate as the one now sitting in front of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC. That globe is 70' in diameter and skinned with stainless steel panels fabricated by Overly Mfg.Co.

Tinker Federal Credit Union recently opened a new branch in Oklahoma City. Architectural firm Trinity Group Architects, Oklahoma City, took a prototype and further developed it to make a standard banking branch something to notice - with the help of curved framing products from Flex-Ability Concepts.

The checklist for what makes a project successful will almost always include staying at or under budget. The new packaging facility and adjacent office project for Forest Pharmaceuticals in Cincinnati was able to stay on budget with some help from Citadel Architectural Products.

PPG Industries, with global headquarters in Pittsburgh, announced that its Sungate® passive low-emissivity (low-e) glass, Starphire Ultra-Clear™ glass, Coraflon® powder coatings and PPG Paints™ products were used on The Tower at PNC Plaza, which opened in October 2015 in Pittsburgh. The project was designed to be the world’s greenest office building.

Some projects call for just the right product and just the right installer. For the re-roofing of The Inn at The Colonnade in Baltimore, Drexel Metals and Tecta America East teamed up for a safe, successful, attractive and watertight installation.

The former Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital was devastated in the flooding brought on by Hurricane Katrina. Officials broke ground on the New Orleans East Hospital in January of 2013. The $130 million project includes extensive renovation of the East Tower and construction of a new, 71,700-square-foot Patient Care Pavilion. CENTRIA architectural metal products were featured in the design.

The mountain views from the Puesta Del Sol residence in Avon, CO are rivaled only by the striking architecture of the home that faces Beaver Creek ski area. Designed for a creative couple that loved and demanded the highest quality in all aspects of amenities and materials, the 8,500 sq. ft. home revolves around three long gabled forms topped with RHEINZINK prePATINA blue-grey Double Lock Standing Seam Panels.

Just shy of their 75th year in business, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union was looking to expand — and a brand new headquarters was in order. Known for being more than just a bank, Charter Oak wanted their new building to be a source of civic pride. With the help of Point One Architects and Kingspan Insulated Panels, they succeeded.

The design of National Metal Sales’ significant expansion of its headquarters facility in Romulus, Mich., has been described as achieving “a classy look in its industrial setting.” NMS, a full-service sheet metal distribution and fabrication center, selected Petersen Aluminum’s Precision Series Horizontal Wall Panels to get the look it wanted.

Uginox Patina K44 Terne Coated Stainless Steel by Aperam is highly corrosion resistant and covered by a 20-year warranty. It can be used in challenging environments as seen on this residential project in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California that was designed by Wallace E. Cunningham Inc., a firm well known for creating unique architecture since 1979.

Completed in early 2014, the new Owensboro-Daviess Convention Center is a premier meeting and event venue not only for Owensboro and Daviess County, but for all of western Kentucky. The project is contemporary in design and features on its exterior an anodized aluminum panel rainscreen cladding system engineered and fabricated by MetalTech-USA. The Class I anodized aluminum finish was from Lorin Industries.

Business is booming for a California developer of storage units for campers, boats, cars and planes. Units from 10' to 100' wide and up to 85' deep features amenities that customers seem to like...including the doors that secure them. All but a few of the more than 130 doors installed so far were manufactured by Schweiss Doors, one of the world's leading producers of bifold and hydraulic doors.

The restoration of historical structures is highly specialized work and requires an expertise very few companies possess. But when the right team is assembled, the results are magnificent. Case in point is Pulhof Castle in Wijnegem, Belgium. With the involvement of VMZINC®-US, the castle's original structure and appearance were preserved, while the castle itself was transformed into an accessible public place.

The City of Elk Grove, California’s Special Waste Collection Center opened in April 2014 with a commitment to a cleaner and greener community. The Center, which features AEP Span’s architectural metal panels, has earned LEED Gold Certification. The facility accepts recyclable materials diverted from local landfills.

Durability, speed of installation and color-matching ability led to the specification of wall panel products from Metl-Span as part of 2015’s most visible sports venue restoration in the United States.

When you know you can do a good job and you know you’re working with good products, you don’t mind being held accountable. On Top Roofing of Park City, Utah, recently completed a demanding roofing project and supplied the homeowners association with a watertight warranty from Drexel Metals.

How does an architect know it is selecting the best product for the job? In the case of the Pound Ridge House in Pound Ridge, NY, Kieran Timberlake of Philadelphia went above and beyond, placing material samples at the chosen home site and then waiting. It was the results after one year that led the firm to specify stainless steels from Contrarian Metal Resources for the unique home's construction.

Eye-catching insulated metal panels from Kingspan Insulated Panels—in Redwood, Dove Gray, Regal White and Evergreen—played a critical role in the design and construction of the new Rocketship Nashville Elementary School in Nashville, TN. But good looks were just one of the many benefits the panels brought to the project.