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Avondale Toyota

Project Name: Avondale Toyota/Scion
Project Location: Avondale, Arizona
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 13,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Custom Toyota Silver II, Custom Toyota Red, & Custom Toyota US Black
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: John Mahoney Architect, Tempe, Arizona
Program Designer: Gensler, San Francisco, California
Fabricator: Sobotec Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Avondale Toyota / Scion of Avondale, Arizona is one of the first dealerships constructed under the guidelines of the new Toyota Image USA II program. The facility initiative was designed by Toyota in conjunction with Gensler, San Francisco. At the present time, Toyota has over 500 dealers enrolled in the Image USA II program.

The Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia

Project Name:  The Lutheran Theological Seminary
Project Location: Philadelphia, PA
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 17,910 Sq.Ft. of 4mm Custom Lutheran Pewter
Attachment Method: Rout and Return
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: GYA Architects
Fabricator: Eastern Exterior Wall Systems Inc.
General Contractor: Alvin H. Batz, Inc.

Contemporary Alucobond® Blends With Historic Stone in Seminary Learning Center

The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, situated on 14 park-like tree-shaded acres, has been a community presence in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia since the 1880s. Classes at the 500-student campus – originally founded in 1864 and a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America – have been held in a hodgepodge of historic spaces, including the dining rooms of professors who reside in campus housing. 

Georgia Aquarium

Project Name: Georgia Aquarium
Project Location: Atlanta, Georgia
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 50,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Platinum Mica, Silver Metallic, and Custom 3-coat Blue Metallic
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: Thompson, Ventulett,Stainback, Atlanta, GA
Fabricator: The Miller Clapperton Partnership, Austell, Georgia
Attachment Method: MCP 100 attachment system

Georgia Aquarium’s Design Includes Alucobond Material Cladding

“Architecture meant to reflect the relationship between mankind and the world’s oceans,” is a highlight statement by Atlanta-based Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS) in commentary about the firm’s design contributions to the new Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta. Alucobond® Material and Alucobond® Plus Material were used as exterior cladding panels to help suggest a ship’s hull as part of the architectural design of the Georgia Aquarium. As aluminum composite materials (ACM), the Alucobond panels consist of two sheets of .02” aluminum thermobonded to a plastic core.

Alaska Psychiatric Institute

Project Name: Alaska Psychiatric Institute
Project Location: Anchorage, Alaska
ALUCOBOND PLUS
Materials:
9,917 sq. ft. of 4mm Silver Metallic
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: Koonce Pfeffer Bettis, Inc., Anchorage
Fabricator: KPS, Vancouver, Canada
Installer: Bucher Glass, Fairbanks
Attachment Method: KPS rain-screen systems A and C
Images: Ken Graham Photography

Alucobond® Material Crowns New Psychiatric Hospital

The new Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) in Anchorage, which opened for patients in July of 2005, is a visually engaging symbol of sophisticated psychiatric treatment and architectural success.

Mamaroneck, NY, High School Addition

Project Name: Mamaroneck, NY, High School Addition
Project Location: Mamaroneck, New York
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 10,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Custom Hartford Green
Attachment Method: C-500 Wall System
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: Brian Snyder, AIA, The Geddis Partnership, Southport, CT
Fabricator/Installer: BAMCO, Inc., Middlesex, NJ
General Contractor: M.A. Angeliades Long Island City, NY

Mamaroneck, NY, High School Addition Fulfills Master Planning Solution

As the population of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District in Mamaroneck, N.Y., has grown through the years to its current 4,800-plus students, so have its building space requirements. Mamaroneck High School, which is educational home to 1,335 students, includes a number of additions that stretch from its original 1926 Post Road location to a former junior high school located approximately one-quarter mile away. 

Valdez Ferry Terminal

Project Name: Valdez Ferry Terminal
Project Location: Valdez, Alaska
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 5,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Champagne Metallic
Year of Installation: 2004
Architect: Jensen Yorba Lott, Inc., Juneau, Alaska
Fabricator: KPS, North Vancouver, Canada
Installer: North Pacific Erectors, Douglas, Alaska
Attachment Method: KPS rain screen dry joint “A” System
Images: Ken Graham Photography

Award-Winning Marine Terminal Features Alucobond® Material

The Alaska Marine Highway System had a history of using wooden buildings, which related to the traditional style of ferry terminals. Yet, in keeping with the System’s move to high technology in equipment, facilities and computerized reservation systems, Alucobond Material was chosen for the cladding of its new Valdez ferry terminal building, completed in late 2004. Smaller dockside structures were also clad with the material.