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New Bioscience Building Showcases State-Of-The-Art Façade Design In ALUCOBOND® PLUS

The new Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building at Purdue University Northwest has been designed not only to serve as a state-of-the-art teaching facility – housing the university’s college of nursing and department of biological sciences – but as a new “front door” to the 167-acre campus in Hammond, Ind.

Manufacturing Site Renovated Into State-of-the-Art Educational Facility Reflects School’s Identity With ALUCOBOND ACM Custom Colors

South Texas College (STC) officially opened its Technology Campus expansion in McAllen, Texas, in January 2018 with a unique ribbon-cutting ceremony in which college officials wielded a blow torch to cut a steel ribbon created by welding students.

Beautifully Intricate Hexagonal Exterior Designed With ALUCOBOND PLUS To Mimic Chemical Structure

The architects at AKG designed the National Centre of Physical and Technological Sciences (NCPTS) at the University of Vilnius to emulate the building’s purpose. The project, in Lithuania’s Saulėtekio Valley, was inspired by chemical formulations, which were mimicked in the hexagonal façade.

New Harwyn Installs First Two-Story Modular Towers Featuring Alucobond ACM

photo ©Chris Daile

The Harwyn modular pods began by revolutionizing home office design. The designs gained momentum and increasing popularity in the education market. This month, Harwyn completed its first ever two-story design. Further innovating the concept of prefabricated design, these two-story pods serve as modular towers.

College Aquatic Center Features Alucobond PLUS Color-Changing Spectra Exterior

The Goodfellow Aquatic Centre is part of the Kardinia International College campus in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The center is the realized dream of the college’s founding Principal, John Goodfellow, and was completed in August 2016. The facility, designed by James Deans Architects, is available to students and facility and houses an over 80 feet, 6-lane interior swimming pool.

Elementary School Blends Into Vancouver Urban Fabric With ALUCOBOND PLUS


Architecture can often become a product of its environment, responding to community needs while blending into an already established environment. In the case of Crosstown Elementary School, its creation was in response to Vancouver’s imminent need for more primary education facilities. The result is a four-story structure that blends seamlessly into the “urban fabric” of the Canadian cityscape.