Featured Projects

Although it was designed to complement the architectural language of recent hospital expansions, the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital’s new Ernest D. Wells Medical Office Building is by no means a copycat structure. Located on the hospital’s campus in Whittier, CA, the new medical office building stands five stories tall. The first floor is clad with granite while the remainder of the building is wrapped with Reynobond aluminum composite wall panels.

Designed as a symbol of the structural-political evolution of a former mining district, the 118-foot (36-meter) Indemann Observation Tower in Inden, Germany serves as a visual representation of progressive planning for the future. Made from 270 tons of steel, the Indemann features a semitransparent skin made of Illumesh®, a stainless steel mesh with interwoven LED profiles patented by GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG, Dueren and ag4 media façade GmbH, Cologne.

The new corporate headquarters of Dots, the national fashion specialty retailer, was designed to create a “wow factor” for both employees and visitors. Located in Solon, OH, the facility includes 192,000 sq. ft. of office and distribution space. A unique 40’ tunnel—which doubles as a runway—links the reception area to the core of the building. Approximately 180 linear feet of 3 5/8”, 20 gauge Flex-C Trac® was used to help create the dramatic effect.

Goodwill’s new headquarters and training center in Tacoma, WA, is truly innovative in its approach to meeting the organization’s mission of assisting persons who are disabled or disadvantaged. In addition to administrative offices, the 63,000 sq. ft. training facility includes an adaptive computer lab, playcare space for children, life-skills classrooms and REACH, a partnership with schools and agencies serving at-risk youths. Featured on the project is approximately 7,000 sq. ft. of Citadel Envelope 2000® Rain Screen (RS) panels finished in Sherwood Green and Metallic Silver.

A 15,000-plus square feet custom metal building from Star Building Systems, combined with cedar post-and-beam framing, created the Southwest Missouri Humane Society facility which is situated in Springfield, MO. Utilizing 17,809 square feet of MBCI’s BattenLok HS roof system in a Natural Patina color, coupled with stucco and rock exterior wall treatments, resulted in this eye-catching project.

The 40-year-old One Hundred Oaks Mall in Nashville has undergone a major transformation to become a significant mixed-use development with the major tenant being Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Playing a role in the shopping center's modernization was a Dri-Design dry-joint, pressure-equalized rainscreen wall system. The system's 40,000 sq. ft. of panels were formed from .080" aluminum and feature a Dove Gray paint finish. The exterior façade of the 880,000 sq. ft. mall was originally brick, precast and EIFS.

Sustainability and employee comfort were at the very top of the list of requirements as officials from the Navy Federal Credit Union began planning for the major expansion of the institution's Pensacola, Florida call center. Among the products featured on the exteriors of two already completed buildings and another one still under construction are flat lock wall panels. They were fabricated by MetalTech-USA from RHEINZINK natural zinc, a product of RHEINZINK America Inc.

Sited for maximum visibility from the North Texas Tollway and George W. Bush Turnpike, the $30 million International Business Park XV opened to corporate tenants in January 2009. NOW Specialties of Carrollton, TX, fabricated and installed the project’s 2,000 sq. ft. of Reynobond Aluminum Composite Material, featuring a 4mm PE core and a Champagne Metallic paint finish, and 8,500 sq. ft. of Reynobond Natural Brushed Aluminum ACM, featuring a 4 mm PE core and a #4 polished finish, for the entrance rotunda.

At the exclusive Lovett School in Atlanta, sustainability has become a part of the curriculum for all students. And what better place for students to learn such important lessons than in a newly opened LEED Silver school building. The new Portman Family Middle School incorporates a number of sustainable features. The building's exterior is a blend of brick, glass and ALPOLIC aluminum composite metal wall panels. ALPOLIC ACM is manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America Inc. The material was fabricated into panels by Altech Panel Systems.

The ease with which metal buildings can be expanded is one of the reasons why they’re so often employed for the construction of manufacturing and warehouse spaces. And it was a consideration in the selection of a pre-engineered metal building system from Robertson Building Systems for the sales/service and manufacturing facility of Keith’s Walking Floor International in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Approximately 8,500 sq. ft. of Metl-Span CF-36 Striated Insulated Wall Panels were selected as a key component on the third-largest Whole Foods store in the world. The 2” panels, finished in custom Vancouver Copper Kynar, were installed horizontally. Located in Lincoln Park, IL, the new 75,000 sq. ft. store includes seven neighborhood-themed eateries, a stage for music and seating for 400 in the eating and lounge areas. The store also offers a 420-car indoor parking lot.

The entrance of the new Sharp Hospital is sleek and shaped like a French curve at the top and bottom. Somewhat similar to a spiral staircase, it is wider at the bottom and more narrow at the top. While this creates a handsome entrance, its shape was a challenge for the installers because it was inconsistent from floor to floor. In addition, there is an S-curve at the apex that tapers and goes over the roof which is visible from the freeway. The S-curve was designed to shield mechanical equipment and a cat walk. Wrapping the knuckle is InvariMatte® stainless steel from Contrarian Metal Resources.

Park Square at Doral completed a new parking garage in 2009 for its office and retail development in Doral, Florida. Using woven metal fabrics from GKD-USA, project developer, Shoma Development Corporation, and architect, Zyscovich Architects, were able to produce a unique, durable and aesthetically pleasing parking garage. The design of the garage called for a multi-dimensional, “checkerboard” pattern. To create the checkered appearance, 104 panels (26,000 square feet) of a custom varied weave of GKD’s Omega 1500, 1520 and 1570 were utilized on the garage’s concrete and stucco exterior.

The Bradenton Beach, FL city pier has reopened following a $2.2 million renovation. The historic pier at the end of Bridge Street had been closed after suffering hurricane damage. The 650’ pier now includes the popular re-opened Rotten Ralph’s restaurant, a fishing kiosk, harbormaster’s office and rest rooms with showers. Approximately 4,500 sq. ft. of Petersen’s Snap-Clad panels finished in Silver Metallic were utilized on the project.

Before Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Louisiana Army National Guard Readiness Center was based at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. In the aftermath of the storm the Guard sought higher ground. After choosing a new site, the Guard commissioned the Broadmoor Design Group of Metairie, LA, to design a new readiness center with the capacity to serve as the main Army National Guard aviation hub for operations in the southeast part of the state. In its design of the base's new main building the firm made extensive use of Reynobond Aluminum Composite material from Alcoa Architectural Products.

Totaling 27,058 square feet, the new Saints Peter & Paul School And Parish Center in Seneca, KS, utilized a custom metal building from Star Building Systems. Completed in August 2009, Star’s SMS structural framing system provides the structure of the new facility. The exterior materials include a StarShield Standing Seam Roof system formed from Galvalume-coated steel, Star’s DuraRib wall system in an Almond color, and MBCI’s CFW II wall system in a Brownstone finish.

The exterior of Jamie Oliver’s first independent restaurant in the Canary Wharf area of central London, England, has been completed with a stylish agenda-setting exterior courtesy of cladding specialist James & Taylor. Jamie’s Italian is the blueprint for what the celebrity chef hopes will be a chain up and down the country. James & Taylor’s Senses Aluminium (aluminum) cladding, chosen after consultation with architects Adamson Associates, has been set out around the restaurant’s bold curving frontage.

Metal played a prominent role in the design of the first of what will eventually be a number of new buildings at the Foster City, California campus of Gilead Sciences Incorporated. Designed by the San Francisco, California office of Perkins + Will, the building’s mix of materials includes 8,766 sq. ft. of UNA-CLAD™ Series 3000 Aluminum Plate Panels. Manufactured by Firestone Metal Products of Anoka, MN, the .125” Silver-colored panels were installed by B.T. Mancini Co. Inc. of Milpitas, California.

Cemetery buildings, by nature, must be built to last for long periods of time. It was with longevity in mind that the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs specified metal roofing and wall panels by Englert Inc. for buildings at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery in Arneytown, New Jersey. Specified by the Army Corps of Engineers, the project features Englert's Series 2500 standing seam roofing and Unirib C-36 exposed-fastening wall panels.

Glare is a very real concern when specifying metal roofing for projects in close proximity to airports. And the low-glare characteristics of the material was one of the key reasons why Contrarian Metal Resources’ InvariMatte® stainless steel was specified for the Scottsdale Air Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Carter Burgess Architects designed the streamlined new building and also chose InvariMatte material for its ability to withstand UV rays and exposure to jet fuel residue. Plus the material looks great and is eco-friendly.