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.

photography ©Jared Korb via Keith Panel Systems

Aquilini Centre South by FRANCL Architecture adds much needed contemporary residential space in Vancouver, BC. On the redeveloped site of the Rogers Arena, the tower boasts a sustainable design that offers a variety of enhancements for the city. The building not only boosts the area’s sports and entertainment district but also helps mitigate neighborhood traffic.

Situated between the Mini-Europe Park and the royal city of Laeken sits the contemporary access to the King Baudouin metro station. The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, known in English as STIB-MIVB, commissioned the architects of GS3 Associés for the design.

Photography ©Kris Dimitriadis

BDO (Namur-Charleroi) moved into their new office space in December 2017. The building was created as a need for expansion, given the company’s extensive growth over recent years. Located at the entrance of Créalys Science Park, the building stands out amongst its surroundings with an impressive copper clad exterior.

Photograph© Peter Schäublin

In Switzerland’s largest timber housing estate, the sue&til development features 300 residential apartments on an area of over 570,000 square feet. The massive development was the collaborative effort of Weberbrunner Architekten and Soppelsa Architects, both firms are out of Zürich. Sitting in Winterthur, a city just Northeast of the country’s capital of Zürich, the development was built within the stringent guidelines of the 2000-watt society.

The Leltex House in Manchester is home to Hartbrights Sign Solutions/Architectural Cladding Systems in the UK. The team specializes in a variety of signage and printing capacities but has recently branched into the architectural cladding market. To showcase their rainscreen cladding system they chose a modern redesign of their own office complex that serves a duel purpose of providing the company an updated facility and also showcases to potential clients their cladding capabilities.