Featured Projects

As a diverse, progressive beach community, Santa Monica, CA proved an ideal location for the building of a boutique hotel that is just as progressive in its use of stainless steel to surpass the requirements for LEED Silver certification. The new hotel features stainless steel shingles fabricated from Contrarian Metal Resources' InvariMatte® Stainless.

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.

The new St. Joseph Catholic Church in Gluckstadt, MS, has all the functional elements of a modern church, but within a building designed to reflect the parish's rural roots. Among the design features reflecting an earlier time are board and batten siding and an Englert standing seam metal roof.

Known for its innovation and visionary thinking, Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and the fastest growing community college system in Texas. Its newest satellite center is located in Conroe, Texas and features metal products from MBCI.

The 29,120-square-foot New Orleans Regional Transportation Management Center houses the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) traffic management personnel and New Orleans Regional Planning Commission (RPC). Completed in October 2009, both the DOTD and RPC needed a larger space to help them improve communication among motorists and better utilize their current resources. A variety of architectural metal products from CENTRIA were chosen for the project.

More than 130,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span CF36R insulated panels were utilized to reroof the eight-building Haughton Middle School complex in Haughton, LA. The 2 ½” panels were finished in Cool Bright Red and replaced a standing seam metal roof that was not performing properly.

Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation, a premier nationwide provider of metal roof and wall panels for the building and construction industry, outfitted Hangar 25 at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA with 57,000 square feet of T-2832 and TLC-1 metal wall panels. The Metal Sales exterior contributed to the LEED platinum facility, in addition to providing striking aesthetic benefits.

A new parking garage serving the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center of Frisco, TX features a modern exterior wrapped in versatile stainless steel metal fabric from Cambridge Architectural.

The Energy Interactive Fitness Center in St. James, Long Island, NY, is a workout addict’s dream, offering a unique interactive training approach supported by caring professionals who work hard to help members achieve their fitness goals. But that’s just part of the story as far as this new building goes. It is also a model for healthy, green building design and features an Englert Series 2000 photovoltaic standing seam roof.

The striking new Sixth Street Residence Hall at the University of Arizona in Tucson features a dramatic application of Dri-Design’s new Ombrae™ Imaging Technology. Ombrae was developed by artist and Hollywood set designer Roderick Quin and uses an advanced computer software system to cut three-dimensional pixels in Dri-Design panels.

NetApp, a company specializing in storage and data management solutions, purchased three empty buildings in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Region as part of their East Coast business expansion plan. Renovating Building 1 - to accommodate research labs, product development and customer service functions - was the company’s first priority. Metal wall systems from CENTRIA played a major role in the renovation.

During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Creekside Community Centre served as a media and administrative centre. At the conclusion of the games the building was turned over to the City of Vancouver, where it serves as a lasting recreation legacy. The 45,000 sq. ft. facility exemplifies Vancouver's commitment to sustainable construction. Featured on the building's exterior are 18-gauge panels fashioned from RHEINZINK® material.

The new $200-million LIVESTRONG Sporting Park opened in June 2011 in Kansas City, Kan., as home to the Sporting Kansas City Major League Soccer (MLS) team. This 340,000 square-foot stadium situated on a 14-acre site features 18,500 seats and includes 36 luxury suites and five clubs. Alucobond® Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) by 3A Composites USA was installed as building cladding throughout the stadium on both the building’s exterior and interior concourse.

HPA architects, based in Irvine, CA, incorporated a number of cladding products on the exterior of the new 1.82 million sq. ft. Skechers Distribution facility in Rancho Belago, CA. Among them was 86,000 square feet of Bright Silver Omega-Lite aluminum composite panels, manufactured by Laminators Incorporated. When certified, the project will be the largest LEED certified structure in the U.S.

The 160,000 square foot laboratory building in Frederick, MD, for the National Biodefense Analysis And Countermeasures Center (NBACC) is distinguished by the fact that it is also the first security compartmented information facility (SCIF) - biocontainment - in the United States. Metal panels from CENTRIA played an important role in the creation of this unique facility.

The new Escambia County Central Office Complex in Pensacola, FL became the first government project in Escambia County to qualify for LEED status when it was completed in the summer of 2010. The 79,000 sq. ft. facility houses departments that previously were located in three separate buildings. Approximately 30,000 sq. ft. of Petersen's 24 gauge unpainted Galvalume Plus Snap-Clad Panels and Flush Panels were utilized on the structure.

Under a soft golden glow of delicately curved stainless steel mesh stands the new Loewe store in Valencia, Spain. Loewe, a luxury fashion retailer owned by LVMH Group – among whose many prestigious fashion subsidiaries include Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Marc Jacobs – has launched a new generation of stores for which Cambridge Architectural has provided unique floating ceiling design pieces at its flagship site.

Riddle Hospital’s new Health Center 4, located on the hospital’s campus in Media, PA, combines patient-centered design and environmentally friendly features. The $40 million, 80,000 sq. ft. medical office building embodies today’s best practices for creating new healthcare facilities. And like so many of today’s newest healthcare projects, metal wall panels—in this case from Metl-Span—are featured on its exterior.

Completed in December 2010, the new Slidell Cancer Center in Slidell, LA, was designed to meet the region’s cancer treatment needs now and well into the future. Developed by Slidell Memorial Hospital, the $20 million, three-story project features 51,000 sq. ft. of space, with nearly one third dedicated to future use. The building's exterior features a mix of materials, including ALPOLIC aluminum composite material panels fabricated by Altech Panel Systems.

Since Lodi Memorial Hospital opened its doors in 1952, the hospital has evolved to meet the growing and changing needs of the community. Population growth and other factors led to the construction of a new four-story, 130,000-square-foot South Wing, offering 90 new patient beds, a new emergency department, an expanded birthing center and the latest diagnostic, imaging and medical technologies. CENTRIA products played a key part in the project.