Center Achieves LEED Gold with High-performance Curtainwall
Southern Methodist University's (SMU's) new Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium stands as a gateway for the growing east campus and builds on a legacy of proud Olympians, world records and 155 national titles. Earning LEED Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council, the project also exemplifies SMU's commitment to sustainability.
To realize the project's aesthetic, performance and sustainability goals, glazing contractor B&B Glass, Inc. installed Tubelite Inc.'s high-performance 400CW Series Curtainwall, T14000 Series Storefront and Wide Stile Entrance systems. Contractor and LEED consultant, The Beck Group, led the project's 20-month construction.
Home to SMU's Dallas-based, internationally recognized men's and women's swimming and diving teams, the 42,000-square-foot center provides facilities for practice and competition. Brinkley Sargent Wiginton (BSW) Architects designed the new Aquatics Center to reflect the traditional Georgian architecture associated with the university.
The center's grand rotunda features a Tubelite's curtainwall in three towering two-story-tall sections to enclose this distinctive, curved corner. Between each curtainwall section, full-height, half-circle Tuscan columns in pale cast-stone add dimensional drama to the façade.