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Honolulu Design Center

Project Name: Honolulu Design Center
Project Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
ALUCOBOND Materials: 25,000 sq. ft. of ALUCOBOND PE Silver Metallic and Custom Honolulu Red
Year of Installation: 2006
Attachment Method: Elward Systems Corp. Secondary Guttered Rain-screen
Architect: RIM Architects, Hawaii
Fabricator: Elward Systems Corporation, Lakewood, Colorado
Installer: Architectural Glass& Aluminum
Oakland, California

The Honolulu Design Center selected Alucobond Material composite panels as exterior curtainwall for its combination of bold color and sleek finish to accentuate its dramatic ultra-contemporary design. The result is a breathtaking artistic statement that reinterprets several of Hawaii’s iconic natural forms and unique island experiences.

U.S. Xpress, Chattanooga

Project Name: U.S. Xpress
Project Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 70,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Custom Charcoal Gray
Year of Installation: 2006
Architect: SSOE, Inc.
Fabricator: John W. McDougall Co., Nashville
Attachment Method: Rout and Return Wet Seal

Design Vision Continues at U.S. Xpress

In the mid-90’s, U.S. Xpress of Chattanooga, Tennessee and SSOE, Inc., architects and engineers, spent three days developing a vision for a new U.S. Xpress headquarters building, which was completed before the end of the decade. That vision allowed for expansion, now realized with the spring 2006 completion of an adjacent corporate campus and the first of four “companion” buildings.

Fair Lawn Community Center

Project Name: Fair Lawn Community Center
Project Location: Fair Lawn, New Jersey
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 24,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Bone White
Year of Installation: 2006
Architect: Allen Weitzman
Studio 5 Partnership Architects, Glen Rock, NJ
Fabricator: BAMCO, Inc., Middlesex, NJ
Attachment Method: D500 Dry Joint Wall System

Community Center’s Contemporary Design Captures Officials’ Vision of Town’s Future

When officials in the Borough of Fair Lawn, N.J., decided to build a new community center to replace the town’s indoor recreational facilities that were split between two inadequately spaced buildings located at opposite ends of town, there was one overriding goal for the building’s design.

1600 Broadway Tower

Project Name: 1600 Broadway Tower
Project Location: New York City, NY
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 68,000 Ft² of 4mm Custom Whale Gray
Attachment Method: Rout & Return
Year of Installation: 2006
Architect: SLCE Architects, LLP
Fabricator/Installer: Kenneth J. Herman, Inc., Amityville, NY
Construction: Turner Construction Co.

Alucobond® ACM Clads Broadway Tower

Tradition holds that there’s nothing quite like celebrating New Year’s Eve as the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square. For any number of residents of 1600 Broadway on the Square, a new 25-story residential condominium and retail tower located on the northern end of the bustling Times Square district, savoring the celebration is as easy as walking out onto their own private balconies. 

Rusnak Mercedes

Project Name: Rusnak Mercedes
Project Location: Arcadia, California
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 6,160 sq. ft. of 4mm Champagne Metallic
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: FMG Architects, Oakland, CA
Fabricator: GES Sheet Metal, Pomona, CA
Attachment Method: 1-1/4” deep hat sub-section and contrasting,
darker silicone sealant

High-Performance Identity at Rusnak Mercedes

Rusnak Auto Group wanted a “high-tech,” high-performance identity for its new Arcadia, CA dealership – an identity compatible with the fine Mercedes automobiles available there. To help project the desired image, Alucobond® Material by 3A Composites USA Inc. was chosen for architectural signage as well as exterior cladding of the auto dealership itself.

RiverView II, Chicago

Project Name: RiverView II
Project Location: Chicago, Illinois
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 48,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Custom Duranar Green
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: DeStefano and Partners, Ltd., Chicago
Fabricator: Sobotec Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Installer: Arcadia Products Inc., Northbrook, Illinois
Attachment Method: Sobotec SL-1000 caulked system

Alucobond Plus Material accents RiverView II, a luxury condominium tower on the north bank of the Chicago River overlooking Lake Michigan. With a final completion date of April 2005, RiverView II connects to a previously constructed, and smaller, first phase tower.