At the HALL Arts Residences in Dallas, people have the opportunity to live in a thoughtfully designed 28-story tower with views of award-winning architecture in the Dallas Arts District.
In the building enclosure industry, a structural glass wall is mostly transparent and can be designed with minimal structural elements, except for the glass.
Starting in 2017, Beebe Healthcare undertook an aggressive expansion program for its facilities in southern Delaware to better serve the community’s needs.
Missouri's Loews Kansas City Hotel is the first full-service luxury hotel to open downtown in more than 30 years. Rising 24 stories and encompassing 800 rooms, its crisp, modern, minimalist look was designed by Cooper Carry and brought to life with curtainwall, window wall, entrance and interior aluminum framing systems.
Each panel was designed with integrated drainage channels on the front and back to eliminate moisture. The brick masonry units allowed for the genuine look of brick without requiring the structural steel of a conventional masonry system.
Inherently non-combustible and more lightweight than masonry or cement board, gypsum gives commercial designers, engineers, and builders an easier path toward fire resistance compliance for interior and exterior walls.
The original specification called for aluminum composite material to match metal wall panels on the building. Cost savings, design options and speed of installation were brought to the table by changing to wall panels.
Blending the visual line between fire-rated and non-rated curtain walls has long proved challenging for architects. For years, fire-rated frames were bulky, wraparound affairs. While functional at blocking heat and keeping people safe, few offerings closely replicated the sleek frame profiles heralded in modern curtain wall design.
As regulations and demands increase for energy efficiency in all facets of modern society, the building industry has found itself in a balancing act when it comes to the exterior.
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