A mixed-use, midrise building at 109 King Street in Newcastle, Ontario, was planned with the design intent to match the look and feel of the heritage brick facades on nearby historical buildings. Large windows with very little panel surface area created unusual design challenges.
Designers of this forward-looking facility faced the challenge of highlighting its unique functionality while also supporting visual continuity of its exterior with the rapidly growing collection of surrounding buildings.
Sto Corp. has re-engineered the classic look of brick and wood facades for buildings of all kinds with new prefabricated resin-cast shapes that combine eye-catching aesthetics with low maintenance and long-term durability.
With a desire to bring city agencies to a modern centralized location, the City of San Marcos, Texas, constructed nine buildings on a single site. A consistent design element throughout the new Public Service Complex was metal roofing, wall panels and components from MBCI.
Metalworks of Chicago of Arlington Heights, Ill., installed just more than 18,200 square feet ofbuilding envelope system as part of the McHenry West High School three-story, 64,000-square-foot renovation and addition.
Armstrong Ceiling & Wall Solutions has introduced Tectum DesignArt ceiling and wall panels, a new portfolio of 46 mix-and-match sustainable, acoustical panels that transform interior spaces by combining texture, shapes, linear designs, patterns, and colors.
The most prominent of these projects is in Cincinnati, with a $42 million addition and renovation that more than doubled the space to 177 rooms, making it the largest in the world.
A recipient of numerous awards for its mass-timber construction, the building required the development of new, innovative wood construction technology and is widely considered a pioneering project.
The desire to use metal wall panels was identified early in the process by the design team to reflect the transitioning neighborhood’s industrial roots.