Third-party testing confirms architects and builders can specify and utilize ALUCOBOND® PLUS and ALUCOBOND® EasyFix™ for Type III-A,B construction.
Davidson, NC – February 8, 2023 – 3A Composites USA, the manufacturer of ALUCOBOND® PLUS aluminum composite material (ACM) and ALUCOBOND® EasyFix™, has successfully passed third party NFPA-285 testing on a wood-framed assembly, a Type III-A,B construction often used in the multi-family and mixed-use market sectors.
Art, music and fashion serve as inspirations for the new Radisson RED lifestyle select brand developed by the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, which opened its first U.S. location in Minneapolis in November 2016 as the brand’s first new build and prototype design.
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).
| 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: | Toro Headquarters |
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| Project Location: | Bloomington, Minnesota |
| ALUCOBOND® Materials: | ALUCOBOND® NaturAL Rusted Metal and NaturAL Brushed Graphite |
| Architect: | Leo A Daly |
| Fabricator: | Metal Design Systems, Inc. |
| General Contractor: | Ryan Companies Us, Inc. |
| Cladding Contractor: | InterClad of Egan Co. |
| Photography: | Mike Herbst courtesy of EBP, LLC and Bill Baxley, AIA |
The Toro Company celebrated its 100th anniversary July 10, 2014, at its world headquarters’ campus in Bloomington, Minn., shortly after unveiling a new three-story 75,000-square foot building designed to provide expanded product development and testing areas as well as office, training and conference spaces.
| Project Name: | The Vancouver Aquarium Expansion |
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| Project Location: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| ALUCOBOND® Materials: | ALUCOBOND® Spectra Sakura and Custom River Zinc Metallic |
| Architect: | Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership (MCMP) |
| Fabricator: | Keith Panel Systems Co. Ltd. |
| General Contractor: | PCL Constructors Westcoast, Inc. |
| Photography: | Ema Peter and Keith Panel Systems Co. Ltd. |
The Vancouver Aquarium’s $45-million renovation and expansion was unveiled in June 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia’s Stanley Park as the most significant expansion in the 58-year history of Canada’s largest marine science center. Designed to evoke the flow of water and the wonder of aquatic life, the new two-story 55,000 square-foot aquarium building features a curvilinear architectural design that is clad in sophisticated color-changing aluminum composite material (ACM) mimicking fish scales in hues ranging from green to pink.
