3A Composites USA is pleased to announce that Alucobond® Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) 3-D Building Information Modeling (BIM) files – as well as two-dimensional Alucobond drawings and product specifications – now are available on Autodesk Seek.
Alucobond 3-D BIM files will be previewed at the Alucobond Booth No. 2913 at the 2015 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo Nov. 18-19 in Washington, D.C.
| 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: | The Connor Group Headquarters |
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| Project Location: | Miamisburg, Ohio |
| Alucobond Materials: | Alucobond NaturAL Brushed Finish |
| Architect: | Moody Nolan |
| Fabricator: | Royalton Architectural Fabrication, Inc. |
| Installer: | Celina Glass Co., Inc. |
| General Contractor: | Messer Construction Co. |
| Photography: | Brad Feinknopf Photography & Daniel Lunghi (see copyright under photo) |
Executives at The Connor Group set high expectations for design of the national real-estate investment firm’s new Central Support Office building, which opened in Miamisburg, Ohio, in August 2014.
| 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.
| Project Name: | Clark Knapp Honda Automotive Dealership |
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| Project Location: | Pharr, Texas |
| Alucobond Materials: | Custom Honda Motor Co. Blue, Sunrise Silver, Bone White |
| Year of Completion: | 2014 |
| Architect: | Boultinghouse Simpson Gates Architects, Inc. |
| Design Company: | Interbrand Design Forum |
| Fabricator: | Bowman Distributing Co. |
| Images: | Bob Simpson courtesy of Boultinghouse Simpson Gates Architects |
The new Clark Knapp Honda auto dealership in Pharr, Texas, celebrated its grand opening June 18 in a facility that incorporates the American Honda Motor Co.’s Generation 3 prototype dealership architectural design, including an expansive two-story showroom.
