A big compliment to architects is hearing that one of their building designs has become a recognizable landmark.
That’s the case for architects at the Los Angeles office of Arquitectonica International Corp. who designed the Olume residential building in San Francisco’s Mission District with a unique multi-layered cube-like metal façade featuring a total of five custom earth-toned colors of Alucobond® Plus aluminum composite material (ACM).
3A Composites USA is pleased to announce that Alucobond® Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) 3-D Building Information Modeling (BIM) files – as well as two-dimensional Alucobond drawings and product specifications – now are available on Autodesk Seek.
Alucobond 3-D BIM files will be previewed at the Alucobond Booth No. 2913 at the 2015 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo Nov. 18-19 in Washington, D.C.
| Project Name: | Lincoln Park Centre |
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| Project Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Alucobond Materials: | Alucobond® Plus NaturAL Brushed Stainless |
| Architect: | Weiss Architects |
| Fabricator: | Sobotec Ltd. |
| Installer: | Architectural Panel Systems, Inc. |
| General Contractor: | Ernie Loberg Construction |
| Photography: | Paul Biasco and Architectural Panel Systems |
Lincoln Park Centre – a 61,000-square-foot retail shopping center located at the highly trafficked intersection of North and Clybourn avenues on Chicago’s north side – has undergone the kind of major changes in just a few short years that have made it a real-estate investment company’s dream venture.
| Project Name: | The Connor Group Headquarters |
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| Project Location: | Miamisburg, Ohio |
| Alucobond Materials: | Alucobond NaturAL Brushed Finish |
| Architect: | Moody Nolan |
| Fabricator: | Royalton Architectural Fabrication, Inc. |
| Installer: | Celina Glass Co., Inc. |
| General Contractor: | Messer Construction Co. |
| Photography: | Brad Feinknopf Photography & Daniel Lunghi (see copyright under photo) |
Executives at The Connor Group set high expectations for design of the national real-estate investment firm’s new Central Support Office building, which opened in Miamisburg, Ohio, in August 2014.
| Project Name: | Penn Medicine Washington Square |
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| Project Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Alucobond Materials: | Alucobond Plus Custom Colors; Spice Hu, Fireweed, Fired Brick |
| Year of Completion: | 2013 |
| Architect: | Ballinger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Fabricator: | Wyatt Incorporated, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| General Contractor: | LF Driscoll Co., LLC, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania |
| Images: | Photos © Jeffrey Totaro |
The new Penn Medicine Washington Square outpatient medical facility opened in September 2013 in the Walnut Towers property at the corner of 8th and Walnut streets in Philadelphia’s Center City with plenty of parking. In fact, this new 12-story medical office tower was built over an existing seven-story garage featuring 600 parking spaces.
| 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.
