A new station opens up the department to the surrounding community, both visually and literally, thanks to its substantial meeting space. It also features a classic design highlighted by metal roof panels and wall highlights that will help ease maintenance for decades to come.
A new 290-unit apartment building called Parc Haven Apartments is one of the standout additions. It features industrial-style metal cladding that references the train tracks it adjoins, along with colorful metal panel highlights that nod to the park’s signature sculpture sited directly across the street.
The compact campus employs modular units to create individual sleeping units, most with private bathrooms, connected to other residents by shared services and community spaces. Instead of the congregate dorm-style shelters found in many U.S. cities, this approach gives each resident a private, lockable, conditioned sleeping space.
In 2022, this beloved theater was carefully restored and expanded with accessibility upgrades, preservation efforts and a stunning “glass box” façade, which helped earn the project a Metamorphosis Award from retrofit magazine for excellence in renovation.
The building had evolved with a collection of additions and renovations – the goal was to preserve many of its architectural elements, including large window openings, some of which had been infilled.
Helping define its award-winning appearance and purposeful presence, the building enclosure’s custom, aluminum-framed, high-performance glazing systems were paired with complementary fixed windows.
Western Specialty Contractors – Kansas City Sheet Metal Division was given the task of modernizing the front entrance of its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Mo.
The precision perforations in the wall panels allow outside air to travel through the face of the panel. Solar heated air at the surface of the panel is drawn through the perforations where it rises between the two walls and enters the building’s central ventilation system or supply fan.
To house residents of such an eclectic area in a new mixed-use apartment building, the developer sought out a look that balanced The Grove’s masonry-heavy traditional look with a contemporary aesthetic.
Australia-based Ecofibre recognized an opportunity to expand its emerging U.S. operations to meet the growing demand for the natural and medicinal properties of industrial hemp. In order to do so, a new, sustainable, multi-purpose North American headquarters was essential.
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