The first-place winner in ATAS International’s 2021 project of the year competition in the residential roofs category is a private residence in Temecula, CA. Dutch Seam panels in Dove Grey 24-gauge steel were chosen by the homeowner. This home’s intricate roof included several roof penetrations and cupolas, as well as varying roof planes and angles.

Industrial recycling services provider Parallel Products is in the business of helping other companies be more green. But it has green goals of its own, and the addition of a 1.9 MW rooftop solar array on a newly constructed bottle recycling facility in New Bedford, MA, helps in that regard. The solar panels are arrayed on more than 150,000 sq. ft. of standing seam metal roofing, attached with PV attachment products from Colorado-based S-5!.

Billions of people around the world rely on insects for protein, and with current and future demand in mind, Aspire Food Group has created a farm unlike any other. Inside the 165,000 sq. ft. facility, located in London, Ontario, crickets are raised and processed as protein powder--up to two billion per year. Utilized for the facility's exterior envelope and interior walls are insulated metal panels from Kingspan Insulated Panels North America.

There's nothing old school or low-tech about Northern Arizona's new 72,000 sq. ft., $47 million Student-Athlete Performance Center. In addition to classrooms, study areas and research labs to support high-altitude athlete training, the building features a sophisticated design incorporating insulated metal panels from Kingspan.

From a medical facilities standpoint, the new $58 million, 58,000 sq. ft. Orthopedic Hospital for Parkview Health Systems in Pueblo, Colorado is state of the art. Its modernity is aptly expressed through an exterior design that includes numerous colors of Omega-Lite® ACM panels by Laminators Inc. of Hatfield. PA.

The Mastlight at Union Point, a LEED Silver Certified apartment building, contributed to the transformative redevelopment of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. ATAS International's Versa-Lok metal panels in two colors, Titanium and Classic Bronze, manufactured in .040 aluminum, were selected for use on the project.

The Austin E. Knowlton Center at Baldwin Wallace University is a 46,800 sq. ft. facility designed by architects at The Collaborative, Toledo, OH with input from various STEM industry experts. Besides meeting ambitious programmatic requirements, the architect created a fitting look for the new building through its incorporation of ACM panels from Laminators Inc. inside and out.