Featured Projects

Respecting the heritage of the casino's owners, the Red Lake Band of the Chippawa Indians, DSGW Architects of Duluth, MN, designed the new Seven Clans Casino Red Lake to resemble a traditional tribal “longhouse” – or gathering place – while incorporating contemporary building materials such as Alucobond® aluminum composite material (ACM) by 3A Composites USA and a sophisticated color-changing LED exterior lighting system.

Providence College in Providence, R.I., recently installed a metal roof system with thin-film building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) on the Slavin Center, the college’s student center. The BIPV system on the Slavin Center is known as ATA-Solar, manufactured by ATAS International. Available in a variety of panel options, the ATA-Solar system used on the center’s roof utilizes 24-gauge steel standing-seam roofing panels in a Silversmith color with a thin-film amorphous silicon laminate, by Uni-Solar, applied to the panels.

The Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel at Gateway Center features a Porte-Cochere which not only provides shelter for arriving guests, but also serves as a distinct visual beacon for the project. Not surprisingly, its curving roofline alludes to the aerodynamic shape of the wings on the airplanes flying above. It is wrapped with ALPOLIC aluminum composite panels that were fabricated by Altech Panel Systems.

Perhaps the recently completed solar metal wall installation on a building owned by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks, AK, will be the beginning of a trend. The building’s south wall was recently fitted with a solar array consisting of thin-film laminate photovoltaic panels and metal wall panels from Whirlwind Solar, a Division of Whirlwind Steel Buildings Inc., Houston, TX.

North Windy Ridge School, located in Weaverville, North Carolina, recently completed a “metal-over-metal” retrofit re-roofing. The suburban school serves approximately 600 fifth and sixth grade students and is part of the North Buncombe District of Buncombe County Schools. Unique to the design of this re-roofing application were custom-made Roof Hugger sub-purlins that provided convective ventilation through the air-space between the existing and new roofs. The new metal roof is MBCI's SuperLok profile.

A woven stainless steel mesh system from Cambridge Architectural employs panels of bright, gleaming metal fabric to add high style and utility to the new Rental Car Center at the Miami Intermodal Center in Miami, FL. The four-level parking facility is the first major structure to be completed as part of the Miami Intermodal Center, an impressive new ground transportation hub in development by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Approximately 5,400 sq. ft. of Dri-Design Panels in two aspects of zinc--VM Quartz and Anthra Zinc--were used to create a stunning design for a Cincinnati, Ohio residence. Design for the upscale 5,000 sq. ft. residence was provided by Jose Garcia Design, Cincinnati.

The Bangor Housing Authority in Bangor, ME, inherited 95 buildings from the US Government. Built in the 1950’s, the homes were originally constructed for the local Air Force base to house enlisted personnel. Since the time they were built, the roofing on the buildings has been the focus of many construction projects. The current asphalt roof was installed 12 – 15 years ago, and upon inspection it was found to have problems with water infiltration requiring extensive maintenance and repair. Stone-coated steel roofing by DECRA offered the solution.

Built originally as a saw mill and converted to a paper mill in 1881, the Brandywine Paperboard Mill had stood abandoned and dilapidated for years. Located on the banks of the Brandywine River in Downingtown, PA, the mill has now been transformed into the upscale Firecreek Restaurant. Playing a key role in the building's rebirth were two types of metal roofing products from Petersen Aluminum Corp.

Custom-Bilt Metals, a company with a long history of environmental leadership through product innovation, and metal roofing contractor Unique Concepts Inc., announce the completion of a 5.7kw solar system integrated with standing seam metal roofing on the newly rebuilt St. Bartholomew’s Chapel on the Rincon Reservation, Valley Center, CA. The original, historic St. Bartholomew’s Chapel on the Rincon Reservation was burned down as a victim of the huge 2007 Poomacha wildfire.

Elegantly curved stainless steel metal fabric panels from Cambridge Architectural provide a stylish, flowing façade between the convention center and spa at the new Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The Aria is the centerpiece of the brand new CityCenter Las Vegas urban resort development – the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United States.

At the Assumption Catholic Church in Jacksonville, FL the use of Met-Tile tile facsimile metal roofing from McElroy Metal has allowed the church to remain faithful to its Mission style architecture while offering the benefits of light weight, low maintenance and superior wind resistance.

When the State Fair of Virginia sold its land to the Richmond International Raceway in 1999, the race was on to create a new site for the family event held annually in September. Following the purchase in 2003 of the former Meadow Farm, plans were drawn to construct the new multi-building Meadow Event Park. Its two feature buildings were constructed using metal building systems from Ceco Building Systems.

REHAU® is a premium worldwide brand for polymer-based innovations and systems in construction, automotive and industrial applications. When the company needed to double the capacity of its Cullman, Alabama manufacturing facility, enabling the production, warehousing and shipping of cross-linked polyethylene piping (PEX), it turned to Wildeck products.

Bayside Village is an off-campus student housing community in Portland, ME. The 200,000 sq. ft. building, serving students from any of six colleges in the Portland area, was designed to both stand out and blend with Portland's architectural vernacular. Among the products incorporated into its design was Citadel's ProCore™ plastic-cored composite panels.

Solucent™ Fins from Cambridge Architectural add a visual and functional texture to the new Silver-LEED® certified Center for Business and Industry (CCBI) building on the campus of Chemeketa Community College in Salem, OR. The architectural mesh shading system lies perpendicular to the building exterior, creating a dramatic design while shading the structure’s windows.

A proposed roofing tear-off of the George Bush International Technical Service Warehouse, as a result of Hurricane Ike, led to the specification of the Roof Hugger sub-framing system using a new trapezoidal standing seam roof. In lieu of tearing off the old metal roof, the Roof Hugger metal-over-metal system was chosen, saving much time and money. The new 18-inch wide by 3-inch high rib roof system was fastened to Roof Hugger’s pre-notched patented sub-purlins.

The use of color was an important factor in designing the WOW! building in LoneTree, CO. To complement the bright corporate colors on the building’s sign, Laminators Inc.'s Omega-Lite® aluminum composite panels were selected to define and accentuate the building’s entrance.

The Campbell Administration Building in Palatka, FL is an historic Mission-style building dating back to the early 1900s. The original tile roof had been supplanted by shingles as the facility expanded over the years. As part of the building's overall refurbishment, a local architect ordered the building reroofed with Met-Tile tile-facsimile metal roofing from McElroy Metal.

The new $153-million 94,000-square-foot Patient Care Tower at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., opened in November 2009 featuring state-of-the-art technology in advanced imaging and diagnostic services as well as patient- and family-centered care. General contractor McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., of Newport Beach, Calif., created a seismically sound tower exterior, which is clad with Alucobond® aluminum composite material (ACM) by 3A Composites USA (formerly Alcan Composites USA).