3A Composites USA is pleased to announce that Herb Larsen has joined the Alucobond aluminum composite material (ACM) sales team as southwest district sales manager.
3A Composites USA is pleased to announce that Herb Larsen has joined the Alucobond aluminum composite material (ACM) sales team as southwest district sales manager.
Project Name: | Paul F. Cullum Tower |
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Project Location: | North Bergen, New Jersey |
Alucobond Materials: | 117,000 sq.ft. 4mm Eight Alucobond PLUS Spectra Colors Platinum Mica Cool |
Year of Installation: | 2013 |
Architect: | Lothrop Associates LLP, White Plains, N.Y. |
Fabricator: | Fairfield Metal, LLC, Fairfield, N.J. |
General Contractor/Installer: | Arco Construction, Inc., West Caldwell, N.J. |
Images: | Daniel Lunghi |
The North Bergen, N.J., Housing Authority’s Paul F. Cullum Tower was built in 1972 to provide homes for low-income senior citizens and disabled individuals. While the 15-floor 200,000 square-foot tower still met its primary goal to provide 308 affordable apartments, its exterior façade constructed with a blue-and-white aluminum curtain-wall system set over reinforced concrete walls with exposed gray concrete columns had faded and looked utilitarian at best.
Project Name: | University of North Texas’ (UNT) Apogee Stadium |
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Project Location: | Denton, Texas |
Alucobond Materials: | 48,320 sq. ft. 4mm Sunrise Silver Metallic 1,334 sq. ft. 4mm Custom Mean Green |
Year of Installation: | 2011 |
Architect: | HKS, Inc. – Dallas |
Fabricator/Installer: | NOW Specialties Carrollton, Texas |
General Contractor: | Manhattan Construction Co., Dallas |
Images: | Daryl Shields – HKS |
The University of North Texas’ (UNT) Apogee Stadium – the first newly constructed collegiate football stadium in the nation to earn LEED Platinum certification – opened in Denton, Texas, in September 2011 as the new home of Mean Green football.
Project Name: | McAllen, Texas, Public Library |
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Project Location: | McAllen, Texas |
Alucobond Materials: | 15,000 sq. ft. 6mm Steel City Silver Mica |
Year of Installation: | 2011 |
Architect: | Boultinghouse Simpson Gates Architects – McAllen, Texas |
Fabricator/Installer: | Bowman Distributing Co. San Benito, Texas |
General Contractor: | Barcom Construction, Inc. Corpus Christi, Texas |
Images: | John Gates, AIA, Bob Simpson, AIA, Nicole Gates |
The new McAllen, Texas, Public Library – which opened on the site of a vacant Walmart in December 2011 – was envisioned by city officials from the start of architectural bidding to include environmentally friendly features. But, from the perspective of Boultinghouse Simpson Gates Architects in McAllen, no design could be more environmentally conscious than adaptively reusing the former “big box” retail store, saving approximately 130,000 square feet of building demolition debris from being sent to the local landfill.
Project Name: | Rush University Medical Center |
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Project Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
Alucobond Materials: | 250,000 sq. ft. custom Spinnaker Bone White 17,000 sq. ft. custom Sunstorm Rum Pewter |
Year of Installation: | 2011 |
Architect: | Perkins+Will, Chicago |
Fabricator: | Sobotec Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario |
Installer: | ASI Ltd. (Previously of Whitestown, Ind.) |
General Contractor: | Powers/Jacob Joint Venture, Chicago |
Images: | Robert R. Gigliotti |
The new 14-story $654-million hospital building at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, which is referred to as The Tower, stands out on the city’s skyline with a unique butterfly design and striking white exterior – both visual symbols of the medical center’s goal to transform healthcare delivery. Formable Alucobond® Plus aluminum composite material in the custom Spinnaker Bone White color was selected to realize the hospital’s shining, clean exterior image and its unique butterfly design.
Project Name: | Children’s Atrium at Oklahoma University Medical Center |
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Project Location: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Alucobond Materials: | 46,739 sq. ft. 6mm Silver Metallic 200 sq. ft. 4mm Alucobond naturAL Brushed |
Year of Installation: | 2011 |
Architect: | Miles Associates, Oklahoma City |
Fabricator/Installer: | Architectural Fabricators Co., Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
General Contractor: | Flintco, Inc., Oklahoma City |
Images: | Courtesy of University Hospitals Authority & Trust |
The whimsically designed six-story Children’s Atrium at Oklahoma University (OU) Medical Center in Oklahoma City never lets viewers forget who it is there to serve – the youngest of patients who might just as well prefer to be playing with toys outdoors. A flying kite – which serves as the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center logo – inspired the atrium’s overall design; and, the building’s striking curved roofline reflects the fluid movement of kite ribbons.