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Understanding these coefficients is crucial for assessing the climate impact attributable to the various fuel sources utilized in a building. 

The completion of the new U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara represents OBO‘s mission to provide the most effective facilities for U.S. diplomacy abroad that make the U.S. safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

Designed by BHM Architects, the new C.W. Williams Community Health Center uses Echelon Masonry’s Aria Slim masonry in Ground Face Granite and Texture Face Alabaster to deliver a design that balances a modern aesthetic with quiet resilience, living up to the center’s role as a pillar of the community.

The strategic application of ALUCOBOND® PLUS, which gave shape to the team’s ideas with its signature design feature: a captivating façade echoing a forward-thinking spirit through the dynamic pairing of brilliant metallic finishes.

Exemplifying monolithic, modern building design, this single-story connecting building and parking garages feature aluminum framing systems by Tubelite and architectural finishes by Linetec.

Built on a constrained site between the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, the new center replaces an aging structure within the university’s Baker Athletics Complex and reflects Columbia’s broader commitment to resilient, high-performance design in the face of evolving urban and environmental challenges.

Structural steel may not be the first material that comes to mind when picturing gingerbread façades or timber-framed lofts, yet it is increasingly the material that allows those architectural treasures to survive and even thrive in modern use.

The massive renovation kicked off with the installation of 44 skylights, measuring 30-inches by 120-inches, on a 65,000-square-foot pre-engineered metal building.

Designers, along with the installation team from Raleigh-based Baker Roofing Services, specified PAC-CLAD Tite-Loc Plus panels from Petersen for these buildings.