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Regal Cinema

Project Name: Regal Cinema
Project Location: Crocker Park, Ohio
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 3,000 sq. ft. of  4mm Silver Metallic
Year of Installation: 2005
Architect: Bialosky + Partners, Cleveland, OH
Fabricator: Royalton Architectural Fabrication Inc., North Royalton, OH
Installer: Carroll Glass & Maintenance Co., Cleveland, OH
Attachment Method: Royaltech 3000 dry joint rain screen system

Cinema Marquee Shines and Relates

The cinema marquee at the Regal Cinema in Crocker Park, OH, (reference Westlake, OH) shines with its neon and lighted signage reflecting off its tasteful, sophisticated terraced tower of Alucobond® composite metal panels. The marquee was designed to be “reminiscent of the Art Deco style of the 1920s and ’30s,” according to Paul Deutsch, AIA, Principal of Bialosky + Partners Architects of Cleveland, Ohio. The marquee draws attention, and movie fans, to the cinema as a diverse mix of other materials — including stucco, GRC (glass fiber reinforced cement), brick, and glass – add to the building’s visual interest. Retail storefronts in Crocker Park are designed to the needs of each tenant, while the overall design aesthetic results in “an exciting urban street level experience.”

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.

Norm Dicks Government Center

Project Name: Norm Dicks Government Center
Project Location: Bremerton, Washington
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 20,000 sq. ft. of Custom Aged Penny, Custom Bremerton Silver, & Custom Grey Velvet
Year of Installation: 2004
Architect: LMN Architects, Seattle
Fabricator: Keith Panel Systems, N. Vancouver, British Columbia
General Contractor: Skanska USA, Seattle
Attachment Method: KPS pressure equalized rainscreen A system

New Government Center Symbolizes Positive Change

A shining vertical rectangle of Alucobond® Plus Material calls attention to the exterior of the new government center in Bremerton, Washington – a building that is in many ways symbolic of positive change for the city and Kitsap County.

Grossmont Hospital

Project Name: Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Project Location: La Mesa, California
ALUCOBOND Materials: 25,000 sq. ft. of Champagne Metallic
Year of Installation: 2004
Architect: The Design Partnership, San Francisco, CA
Fabricator/Installer: Center Glass Co., La Mesa, CA
Attachment Method: System CGD-2000 dry joint system

New Sharp Grossmont Hospital Center is High-Tech

Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, CA opened phase one of its new Emergency and Critical Care Center in fall 2004 – “one of the most technologically advanced emergency and intensive care facilities in the nation,” according to hospital officials. The new Center is high-tech in appearance, too, with its gleaming exterior cladding of Alucobond® and Alucobond® Plus materials in Champagne Metallic finish. The five-story addition utilized more than 25,000 sq. ft. of the aluminum composite materials (ACM) manufactured by the Benton, KY plant of 3A Composites USA Inc. The materials were distributed, fabricated and installed by Center Glass Co. of La Mesa, CA, which also handled the glass work at the hospital. The Alucobond materials were attached using the System CGD-2000 dry joint system by Center Glass Co.

ABC Nissan, Phoenix

Project Name: ABC Nissan
Project Location: Phoenix, Arizona
ALUCOBOND PLUS Materials: 8,000 sq. ft. of 4mm Sunrise Silver Metallic II & Custom Nissan Red
Year of Installation: 2003
Fabricator: Sobotec, Ltd., Elward Construction Co.
Attachment Method: Sobotec SL2000 rainscreen system

Dealerships Reflect Brand Vision With Alucobond® Material

As part of the new brand vision making Nissan a global force in the automotive marketplace, Nissan dealerships throughout North America are being updated.

Alucobond Material is an upfront presence in that change. Two sheets of .020″ aluminum bonded to a thermoplastic core, Alucobond Material is an aluminum composite material (ACM) found increasingly in automotive dealerships – due to the combination of properties that make it a high-performance material with an image that relates well to the dealership environment.