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EDITOR’S CORNER
Ever-Changing Times
We live in a world of constant change. From the menus at our favorite restaurants to the evolving
electronics in our pockets, we are inundated with change. As the world around us changes, so do the
programs designed to help architects create better and more sustainable buildings. Over the years,
LEED has undergone a number of changes to better address the changing circumstances around us.
Similarly, the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is constantly looking for ways to improve the
Living Building Challenge.
In an effort to stay on top of changes in the construction and built environment, the ILFI recently an-
nounced updates to its Living Building Challenge (LBC), as well as a new certiication called Core.
The updated LBC 4.0 focuses on the relationship between impact and effort by creating a stream-
lined approach focused on maximizing positive impacts speciic to a project’s place, culture and com-
munity. The revised version simpliies the program, while illing the gap between the highest levels on
mainstream green building certiication and the entry point to the LBC.
According to the ILFI, LBC 4.0 also raises the bar by requiring that teams address basic issues in
all petals, even if a project is focused primarily on a more limited scope of priorities. A number of new
performance-based compliance paths have also been added to increase lexibility for teams.
The LBC has added ten Core Imperatives to address the fundamental tenets of each Petal. All of the
Core Imperatives are required for Petal Certiication, and together constitute the requirements of the
new Core Green Building Certiication. Known as Core, the ILFI says it's a simple framework that out-
lines the 10 best practice achievements a building must obtain to be considered green or sustainable.
The ten Core imperatives are:
• Ecology of Place
• Human-Scaled Living
• Responsible Water Use
• Energy + Carbon Reduction
• Healthy Interior Environment
• Responsible Materials
• Universal Access
• Inclusion
• Beauty + Biophilia
• Education + Inspiration
It is important for architects and designers to stay on top of the changes in the standards and pro-
grams they use for design guidance and inspiration on a daily basis. To learn more about the updates to
LBC 4.0 and the new Core Green Building Certiication, visit living-future.org/lbc4/ and living-future.org/
core/.
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Embodied Carbon
published by the Carbon Leadership Forum, Larry there, unsustainable forestry practices, durabil-
Strain, FAIA, describes the “time value of car- ity and end-of-life circumstances can skew
bon.” Simply put, he states that carbon emissions that balance, making them less favorable.
avoided today will have a more profound impact in To get past generalizations and make informed
climate change mitigation than avoided emissions decisions, we need reliable data and analysis tools.
in the future. While embodied carbon account for Circular ecology (ICE Database), ecoinvent and GaBi
only 10–20 percent of life cycle emissions over a all offer databases to help identify low carbon mate-
By Alan Scott building’s 75–100-year life, Strain estimates that the rials. Tally is a Revit application that supports whole
embodied carbon in a typical new building exceeds building life cycle assessment, allowing designers
the operational carbon during the irst 15–20 years. to weigh alternatives and select the lowest carbon
At the Living Future unConference in Seattle
So, while we can continue to improve eficiency option. Building Transparency has a new embodied
in May, embodied carbon in building materials
and increase renewables over the life a building, the carbon calculator for construction (EC3), which was
was a hot topic. Increasingly dire warnings from embodied carbon of a new building is a sunk impact created by Skanska & Microsoft, and is managed by
climate scientists are finally getting attention in that cannot be mitigated. the University of Washington’s Carbon Leadership
mainstream media and political circles, while So, what can we do about this? As noted above, Forum. EC3 helps project teams to ind low-carbon
the operational carbon from existing buildings construction material providers and products, using
prompting leaders in the building industry to re-
accounts for most building sector emissions, and a searchable database based on environmental
double their commitment to achieve zero carbon these buildings also represent a massive amount
product declaration (EPD) data. The database cur-
buildings. Up until recently, that effort was largely of embodied carbon. Preserving and repurposing
rently contains over 17,000 materials and will be
focused on reducing the operational carbon emis- these buildings, while implementing energy ef-
expanded in its next iteration.
iciency and energy source decarbonization (replac-
sions, the carbon dioxide emissions over the life Private and public initiatives seek to raise aware-
ing fossil fuels with renewables) is one of the most
of the building from heating, cooling, lighting ness and mainstream embodied carbon consid-
impactful climate actions we can take. Addition-
erations. LEED v4 includes a credit that requires
and equipment. However, we are now seeing the ally, as we replace existing buildings that cannot
whole building life cycle assessment, and another
critical importance of reducing embodied carbon, be feasibly reused, and as we build new to meet
credit that rewards inclusion of materials with EPDs,
the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the growth demands, we must give greater attention to
based on product life cycle assessments, including
designing and building to reduce embodied carbon.
extraction, manufacturing, transport and instal- embodied carbon. The International Living Future
This is, of course, easier said than done. Here are a
lation of building materials. Why is embodied Initiative offers a Net Zero Carbon certiication that
few strategies:
requires a 10 percent embodied carbon reduction,
carbon getting so much attention now? • Select materials with recycled content—Gen-
along with operational carbon reductions. A new or-
erally, recycled materials have lower embodied
ganization, materialsCAN (Carbon Action Network),
First, let’s put things in perspective. The building carbon than virgin materials, but it varies.
sector produces approximately 40 percent of an- is a consortium of architects, contractors and mate-
For example, recycled aluminum has six to
nual global carbon emissions (47.6 percent in U.S.). rial manufacturers (including Gensler, Skanska and
seven time less embodied carbon than virgin
The vast majority of this is operational carbon from Interface Flooring) who are committed to reducing
aluminum, while recycled steel has a carbon
existing buildings, meaning that energy eficiency embodied carbon in buildings.
intensity three to ive times lower than virgin
improvements, and increasing the deployment of The bottom line, building owners, architects, en-
steel.
renewable energy (on- and off-site), remain a critical • Select materials from local sources—Transpor- gineers and contractors who are serious about car-
focus for building sector CO2 emissions reductions. tation emissions contribute to embodied emis- bon emission reductions, need to give signiicantly
However, embodied carbon accounts for 11 percent sions and generally, the shorter distance a more attention to reducing embodied carbon in
of total annual global CO2 emissions (5.9 percent material travels, the lower its embodied emis- the design and construction of buildings. Likewise,
in U.S.) and 28 percent of building sector emis- sions will be. However, transport accounts building material manufacturers would be wise to
sions. As the eficiency of buildings increase and for only 5–15 percent of embodied emissions, proactively address transparency about the carbon
the carbon intensity of energy sources decrease, and not all transport is equal. A shorter trip in footprints of their products, and take steps toward
these percentages will grow. Also, with annual new a truck can be more carbon intensive than a reducing them. Embodied carbon cannot be ignored
construction in the U.S. topping 5.7 million square longer trip by ship or rail. in the race to achieve zero carbon.
feet and generating over 300 metric tons of embod- • Select lower carbon (or carbon negative) alter-
ied carbon (and much more globally), this source of natives—Steel generally has a lower carbon Alan Scott, FAIA, LEED Fellow, LEED AP BD+C,
emissions cannot be ignored if we are going to get footprint compared to concrete, and wood is O+M, WELL AP, CEM, is an architect with over 30
under the target set in the Paris Climate Accord, to generally lower than steel. Plant-based materi- years of experience in sustainable building design.
hold global warming below 1.5C and avoid cata- als (wood and agricultural products) can even He is a senior associate with WSP in Portland, Ore.
strophic, irreversible climate change. be carbon negative by drawing CO2 from the To learn more, visit www.wsp.com/en-US/services/
Secondly, when the emissions occur is as atmosphere and sequestering it in the ibers built-ecology and follow him on Twitter
important as the quantity emitted. In a white paper of the plant and in the soil where it grew. Even @alanscott_faia.
Allentown, Pa.-based ATAS International Inc. offers an AIA continuing educa- ATAS’ product representatives and channel managers.
Jim Bush, vice president of sales and marketing, said, “We are pleased to
tion course, Basic Room Acoustics and Sound Control Using Metal Panels. It is
expand our AIA approved course offering. A portion of ATAS’ quality policy is
approved for 1 LU/HSW and is offered in person upon request. This course ex-
focused on education; not only for our own employees, but also for the industry
plains the history and science of acoustics, and how sound travels and reacts in general. Helping to educate architects, speciiers, engineers, contractors, dis-
in certain environments. Measurement of noise and sound control options are tributors, facility managers and building owners will increase awareness of poten-
also explored. Learning objectives include: tial product application and performance, resulting in a higher quality building.”
Dodge Data index decreases in April Boral Rooing establishes Boral Steel brand,
The Dodge Momentum Index fell 0.5 percent opens design center
in April to 144.3 (2000=100) from the revised Irvine, Calif.-based Boral Rooing LLC introduced Boral Steel, its rebranded
March reading of 145.1. The Momentum stone-coated steel product line. “The introduction of Boral Steel is signii-
Index, issued by Dodge Data and Analytics, is cant as it expands Boral Rooing’s product line with a suite of stone-coat-
a monthly measure of the irst (or initial) report ed steel offerings that are lightweight and ideal for both retroit and new
for nonresidential building projects in planning,
construction,” said Pete Croft, brand manager, steel with Boral Rooing.
which have been shown to lead construction
“Boral Rooing is now well-suited to serve the remodel marketplace in ad-
spending for nonresidential buildings by a full
dition to the ground-up development sector.”
year. The retreat in April was the result of the
The launch of Boral Steel is one culmination of acquiring South Jordan,
commercial component falling 1.0 percent
Utah-based Headwaters Rooing Group, Brea, Calif.-based Gerard Rooing
while the institutional component rose a scant
Technologies and Oceanside, Calif.-based Metro Roof Products Inc.
0.2 percent.
Boral Rooing offers stone-coated steel rooing systems in ive proiles:
The Momentum Index has clearly lost some impetus over the last 12 months.
Barrel-Vault Tile, Cottage Shingle Granite-Ridge Shingle, Paciic Tile and
The overall Momentum Index is down 8.5 percent since April 2018, with the com-
Pine-Crest Shake. “With these proile options, customers are able to
mercial component 4.7 percent lower and the institutional component 13.9 percent
lower. However, over the past several months the Momentum Index has not moved complement numerous architectural styles while ensuring maximum curb
with strong gains or losses. appeal, durability and weather resiliency,” Croft said. “All of Boral Steel’s
In April, 18 projects, each with a value of $100 million or more, entered planning. products are Class 4 rated for Hail Impact Resistance, offer a Class A ire
The leading commercial projects were a $418 million Microsoft data center in Des rating (when using designated accompanying underlay materials), and are
Moines, Iowa, and a $300 million warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y. The leading in- Hurricane Performance rated with Miami-Dade County HVHZ Approval.”
stitutional projects were a $300 million hospital in New York City and a $200 million Additionally, Boral Rooing opened a design center in Winter Park, Fla.
hospital in Beachwood, Ohio. It will serve builders, contractors, architects, and remodelers and owners.
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Trends in architectural natural metals
ALUMINUM
When it comes to aluminum, building and construction is the third
largest single market in North America, behind transportation and
containers/packaging. “Shipments to the market totaled around 3.4
billion pounds in 2017, around 12 percent of total shipments,” says
Matt Meenan, senior director of public affairs with The Aluminum
Association, Arlington, Va. “This was a 4 percent increase from
2016, continuing a trend of year-over-year growth dating back to
2011.”
Meenan adds that aluminum remains a primary material of choice
for sustainable building. Scott Condreay, architectural engineer-
ing manager for Hydro Extrusions North America, Coraopolis, Pa.,
agrees, saying, “With energy eficiency and sustainable design top
of mind for architects and developers, aluminum has grown as an
alternative material solution as its overall life cycle promotes a much
greener footprint, given the ability to easily recycle and reuse the
metal.”
“Aluminum’s exceptionally high strength-to-weight ratio makes
it especially useful as a structural material in building—reducing the
need for other materials like steel, cement and plastics,” Meenan ex- Trade Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
COPPER
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With sustainability and wellness emerging as two
of the biggest trends in the architectural communi-
ty, Stephen Knapp, director of sheet, strip and plate
for the Copper Development Association, McLean,
Va., says copper’s applicability to a variety of instal-
lations, including cladding, façades, solar screens
and more, has led to these being tied to a project’s
sustainability goals.
Copper installation trends are dramatically
different from the way things used to be. “A few
decades ago, the metal was most often used as a
rooing material for religious, government and insti-
tutional buildings,” Knapp says. “Now we’re seeing
the metal extend down from the roof onto the walls
as a durable façade option, especially for commer-
cial and residential structures.”
Ginny Bruce, senior inside sales representative Cupolas for a residence in Austin, Texas. St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Dillwyn, Va.
at CopperCraft Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, notes that
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the company has been seeing more quotes for
custom items such as domes and cornices. “We’ve
had a spike in our decorative dormers, and a lot of
that is in residential projects,” she says.
“The economy has helped,” Bruce says, “and
in our business, we are more of a want business
instead of a need. When people have more money
to spend, they tend to buy higher valued items to
add to their homes.”
The same applies to cities and governments.
“When they have larger budgets to work with, to achieve WELL Building Standard certiications,
instead of going with wood dormers, they are able which is awarded to structures that provide their oc-
to upgrade in the materials,” she adds. “And those cupants advanced comfort, enhanced performance
are materials that will last longer than your typical and overall wellness, copper’s use throughout build-
wood frame.” ing interiors will also increase.
Additionally, Knapp says today’s designers are Traditional copper comes in salmon-colored alloy
seeing copper as a viable option for sustainable C11000, but Knapp says they’re seeing a variety of
building demands. As an environmentally friendly alloys (different bronzes and brasses) being used.
material, copper often requires no maintenance to
“These can take the form of panel or shingle sys-
keep its natural inish and appearance once in-
tems and often can be different shades of yellows,
stalled. “As sustainability becomes a construction
browns, and even silver appearances. The other
centerpiece, we expect the speciication and cre-
notable point about these alloys is that they don’t
ative installation of copper to increase,” Knapp adds.
tend to patinate to a mature green as quickly as alloy
Copper’s recyclability makes it one of the
C11000—or at all—in many parts of North America.
greenest building materials available. At the end of
Instead, these alloys often darken and develop a
its service life, copper panels or shingles can be
weathered appearance.”
recycled with no subsequent loss to performance or
material characteristics. “[Copper] boasts the high- Prepatinated or treated copper is available from
est recycling rate of any engineered metal and when various mills. “Architects and designers can obtain
considering only the copper used for the architec- copper from some suppliers that is already a mature
tural sector, 72 percent is sourced from recycling,” green or a variety of other natural colors, such as
Knapp says. reds, browns, golds, silvers and more,” explains
And, architectural copper can help achieve build- Knapp. “Regardless of the patina color, all carry
ing certiications such as LEED, ASHRAE or WELL. the same life span and performance of traditional
For example, Knapp says, as more designers aim copper.”
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Contemporary Addition
for a Historic Campus
A building addition creates new university front door
By Mark Robins, Senior Editor student center faces directly onto Forbes Avenue, PHOTO COURTESY OF GABE DEWITT
a public city street, and was designed to open the
campus to the adjacent cityscape and create a new
The campus of Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon
front door to the University Center and campus.
University (CMU) was founded by the merger
“When the University Center was conceived and
of steel and aluminum. In 1967, Andrew Carn- built in the late 1980s, Forbes was considered the
egie’s (U.S. Steel’s founder) Carnegie Institute of back of the campus,” Reed says. “Today, with the
Technology merged with Paul Mellon’s (Alcoa new Tepper School of Business and quadrangle
opening down Forbes to the west, it’s become the
founder) Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to
front of the campus. Because of this, we opted to
create a new learning institution. create a visually transparent façade to express the
campus’ openness to the surrounding neighbor-
The addition to CMU’s Jared L. Cohon Univer- hood.”
sity Center is a 62,000-square-foot expansion that The new addition its in with the campus’
meets the school’s growing demand for physical existing buildings, which were largely designed by
itness, recreation and education, while enhanc- two architects: Henry Hornbostel working in the
ing campus life for students, faculty and staff. This early 1900s and Michael Dennis in the late 1980s.
addition to the existing multiuse facility (student Hornbostel’s design combines the Beaux Arts style
union, campus recreational center, academic hub) and the gritty industrial aesthetic that was once
strengthens circulation and connectivity across cam- prominent along Pittsburgh’s waterfront. Dennis’
pus. John P. Reed, AIA, design principal at Cannon- postmodern buildings grow organically out of the
Design, New York City, says the building’s interior Hornbostel style. The new addition takes design
is carefully organized to create visual connections cues (materials, proportions, placemaking) from the
between public circulation and program spaces that existing campus architecture and reinterprets them
promote transparency and open dialogue between in a more contemporary and open way. Reed says
students, faculty and staff. the addition “respects CMU heritage and points the
Cohon Center Director Marcia Gerwig says the way to future campus expansion.”
AN ARCHITECTURAL PARABLE
Designers conceived the addition’s façade as an
architectural parable. Likening the addition to the
F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, “The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button,” it can be read as a parable of
reverse architectural aging. “This transformation
can be seen moving clockwise around the building,
from the punched window vocabulary and brick-
work where the new building adjoins the Dennis-
designed gym volume across the service court, to
the more transparent Forbes Avenue façade before
inally resolving with the pulling apart of the metallic
north court and sculptural entrance canopy,” Reed
says.
Designers thoroughly analyzed the building’s
internal circulation, program distribution, and its rela- components used are: tion process during the fastening of the zinc shingle
tionship to campus spaces and movement patterns. • Zinc Plate-1.5-mm. This is located on the col- rainscreen. Due to the large amount of fastening
They also spent considerable time examining the umns forming the loggia, the perforated ins points required for the metal shingles, a rainscreen
proportioning system that governed the develop- and the second-story framed window. They layout using a traditional wood decking with weath-
ment of the existing University Center’s façades. are clad in a 1.5-mm zinc plate for durability. er barrier would have been cost prohibitive. “Instead
“When it came time to design the new addition Zinc Onyx Black color was used. the shingles were mounted onto the 1-mm, double-
and tie the two buildings together, we replicated • Zinc Faced-ACM-4-mm panel thickness, lock, metal galvanized Jarden roof decking system,
the columnar spacing from the University Center’s 2-inch system depth (includes panel and frame oriented on a 45-degree angle, which improved
elevation within the new north elevation,” Reed that stiffens the panel). This composite panel drainage and simpliied fastening,” Simatos says.
says. “Additionally, we designed several special is comprised of Jarden’s zinc face sheet on “The lute of the deck is longer on the 45-degree
large-scale windows to complement the collection a ire core center with an aluminum backing angle allowing for more surface area to fasten to.
of bay windows, which strategically punctuate the sheet of Reynobond by Arconic Architectural This approach was implemented for cost, ease and
repetitious façades of the original building. These Products USA Inc., Eastman, Ga. This was speed of construction, and to expedite the shop
are just a few examples of somewhat subtle design the predominate façade material. East Coast drawing approval process.”
decisions made by the design team, which link Metal Systems Inc., Triadelphia, W.Va., fab-
the buildings together into a uniied architectural ricated 584 panels, 4,323 square feet of the SUSTAINABLE ADDITION
ensemble.” EC-200 rainscreen system with Reynobond CMU was founded in the pursuit of technology and
FR core in zinc composite material (ZCM). Zinc the Cohon University Center uses technology in
ZINC EXTERIOR Onyx Black color was used. many sustainable ways. “Pittsburgh has new ordi-
The majority of the project’s metal (speciically zinc) • Zinc Shingle Panel-Composed of a 1-mm, lat nances about stormwater and it forced us to retain
was used as façade components, in addition to lock, oscillating interlocking seam type, this water on-site and slowly release it,” Reed says.
brick, polycarbonate and glass from Guardian Glass, rainscreen clads the north courtyard, lobby “The rain gardens on Forbes Avenue ilter and clean
Auburn Hills, Mich. The zinc, all supplied by Green- and entry canopy. Glacier Gray color was water before returning it to the city system. The roof
eville, Tenn.-based Jarden Zinc Products, was split used. drains into these gardens. Reclaimed local paver
between plate, composite metal panels and shin- • Lemmon says the zinc provides a sleek, mod- limestone comprise the stepped gablon, water re-
gles based on visual and performance requirements. ern look with long-lasting functionality. Hyde tention pond walls. The gardens’ local plant species
This was all fabricated and installed by Wheeling, says the ZCM is extremely environmentally can grow and thrive in low-water conditions.” The
W.Va.-based Kalkreuth Rooing and Sheet Metal Inc. friendly. “The natural inish of the zinc will landscape designer was Andropogon Associates,
Kalkreuth’s project manager Chris Lemmon says the patina over years of exposure prohibiting cor- Philadelphia.
company also supplied the built-up rooing, zinc lat rosion and will ensure a consistent weathering Gerwig says common areas of the building are
lock panels, plate and aluminum composite material of the metals,” Hyde adds. suffused with natural light, from the curtainwall to
(ACM) column covers and perforated plate screen “On the north court façade, we used steel tube the skylights. Motorized sunshades from Mecho-
columns. mullions in homage to Pittsburgh and the Steelers,” Shade Systems, Long Island City, N.Y., on windows
“We speciically used steel for the addition’s Simatos says. “It was designed with an add-on that get extreme glare are networked to react to
structure because it enabled quick erection and the clip curtainwall system from [Kawneer Co. Inc., the time of the day and how much sun is coming
positioning of slim proile columns in close adja- Norcross, Ga.].” The curtainwall was fabricated in. Within the façade, window openings are opti-
cency with the existing building’s perimeter,” says and installed by Canonsburg, Pa.-based Speciied mized according to exposure with larger apertures
Demosthenis Simatos, senior project architect at Systems Inc. The steel framing was supplied and on the north and smaller, more-speciically focused
CannonDesign. “The zinc was speciied as three fabricated by New Brighton, Pa.-based Littell Steel openings on the west and east. Inside the building,
different rainscreen claddings: zinc plate, zinc faced- Co. The construction manager was Mosites Con- strategically placed skylights from Wasco Products,
ACM, and zinc shingle panels. “We also speciied struction Co., Pittsburgh. part of Velux Commercial, Wells, Maine, lower the
two different colors of natural zinc inish.” The zinc An interesting detail arose during the construc- need for lighting during the daytime.
ZINC
Zinc was used on the exterior in the form of
plate, composite metal panels and shingles
based on visual and performance requirements. SKYLIGHTS
Strategically placed skylights
lower the need for lighting
during the daytime.
WATER RETENTION
Reclaimed local paver limestone comprise the
stepped gabion, water retention pond walls
containing local plant species.
BUILDING ORIENTATION
Directly facing a public city street, it opens
the campus to the adjacent cityscape with a
new front door. Its north-facing orientation
STEEL TUBE MULLIONS
takes advantage of sunlight.
Steel tube structural mullions pay
homage to Pittsburgh and the Steelers.
FAÇADE
Visually transparent façade relects
the campus’ openness to the
surrounding neighborhood. ARCHITECTURAL CONSISTENCY
The new addition takes design cues
from existing campus architecture and
reinterprets them in a contemporary way.
Renovation Renewal
New York City’s Javits Center revitalized with PPG’s Duranar coatings
PHOTO COURTESY OF JAVITS CENTER
By Scott Moffatt
AN ENHANCED EXTERIOR
Architecture irms Eley | Barkley in Cleveland, Miss., and Dale Part-
ners Architects PA, based in Jackson, Miss., and Biloxi, Miss., jointly
designed GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Together, the architects
crafted a building that captured both the internationally recognized
GRAMMY brand and the culture of the Mississippi Delta—blending
the two into one contemporary structure, which relects the musical
heritage found in Mississippi.
Jason Agostinelli, AIA, partner at Dale Partners, explained that mitered corners instead of trim lashing for air canopy that uses 3,700 square feet of
most aspects of the building are unique to its environment. Both the the corrugated metal panels. Agostinelli 24-gauge Tite-Loc Plus panels with the
Cleveland Music Foundation and GRAMMY Museum were adamant describes how they wanted to detail the Fluropon Bone White coating. Sofit and
in having the building as a stand-alone structure on Delta State’s corrugated metal panels to have a sleek interior applications employed 900 square
campus. and contemporary look, rather than the feet of 24-gauge steel lush panels, also in
Metal was the designated material for the museum from the initial industrial look you get from trim pieces at Bone White.
planning stages. Metal manufacturer, Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based all of the corners. The remaining metal panels accent an
Petersen Aluminum Corp. (PAC) supplied four different types of metal Architectural fabricator and installer, upper portion of the building, surrounding
proiles from its PAC-CLAD product line for the project. Arlington, Tenn.-based Ralph Jones Sheet a photo collage of award-winning artists.
PAC representative, Richard Werne, was instrumental in specifying Metal custom-made approximately 160
This section applied 2,700 square footage
and getting samples to the architects, who chose exposed-fastener panels with mitered corners to it the
of 0.032-inch aluminum perforated ribbed
corrugated metal for the majority of the exterior. “It was a nod to the building, and also installed all of the PAC-
panels coated with a two-coat Fluropon
numerous farm buildings that can be found throughout the Mississippi CLAD proiles for the museum.
inish in the custom color Olive. “The
Delta,” says Agostinelli.
color and perforations allow light into the
To choose the colors for the building, a design committee consist- A MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACE
building, while decreasing the mass and
ing of several board members, staff from GRAMMY Museum L.A. Visitors of the 28,000-square-foot muse-
providing some screening from the west-
LIVE, and design professionals was established. “Color selection be- um are welcomed by an expansive build-
ern sun,” says Agostinelli.
gan with a collaborative session during which the participants began ing, adorned with an image of well-known
Altogether, more than 37,000 square
to narrow the concepts,” says Emily Havens, executive director at the musicians and a wraparound porch. The
concept of a large front porch was one feet of installed Petersen Aluminum metal
museum. “Color palettes were presented by the design professionals,
of the initial considerations early into the panels exemplify the essence of the sur-
and through an iterative process, the inal colors were selected.”
project, as it would provide valuable space rounding Delta region, condensed into one
The chosen colors for the PAC-CLAD metal panels include Weath-
ered Zinc, Bone White, and a custom olive color. Petersen Aluminum for public events. “This design feature, impressive structure.
and Minneapolis-based Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings worked coupled with the soaring lobby, allows a
together for all of the Fluropon 70 percent PVDF coatings used on the great deal of lexibility for special events Jeff Alexander is the vice president of
metal panels, which have high-ilm integrity, excellent overall adhe- and provides a stunning appearance for sales at Sherwin-Williams Coil Coating,
sion, and resistance to UV rays. irst-time visitors,” says Havens. Minneapolis. To learn more, visit coil.
Most of the external cladding of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi Above the expansive porch is an open- sherwin.com.
utilizes over 30,000 square feet of 24-gauge corrugated metal panels
coated with Fluropon Classic II in Weathered Zinc, a metallic gray GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, Cleveland, Miss.
shade. This two-coat system delivers directional appearance with Architects: Dale Partners Architects PA, Jackson, Miss., and Biloxi, Miss.,
added dimension due to its mica-based pigmentation. “The Weath- www.dalepartners.com, and Eley | Barkley, Cleveland, www.eleybarkley.com
ered Zinc color was a perfect it for giving the panel the contemporary Installer: Ralph Jones Sheet Metal, Arlington, Tenn., www.rjsm-inc.com
look we wanted,” says Agostinelli. Metal wall panels: Petersen Aluminum Corp., Elk Grove Village, Ill., www.pac-clad.com
The architecture irms on the project also speciied the use of Coatings: Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings, Minneapolis, coil.sherwin.com
A KALEIDOSCOPIC EFFECT
The school’s most prominent building compo-
nent is its faceted façade. The façade creates
a kaleidoscopic effect, as light and shadows
constantly change during the day and night
as light strikes its sharp, urban-sized texture
and volumes. A green wall and rooftop garden
transform into a living mural blended onto the
project. “Every time you walk by the school, you
perceive it differently; the project is ever chang-
ing,” says Ruben Escobar-Urrutia, LEED AP,
BD+C, principal architect, GRUPO ARKHOS.
Low maintenance, excellent color and gloss
retention, and durability were characteristics
needed for the building's façade. Because of
this, Escobar-Urrutia says Reynobond aluminum
composite material (ACM) by Arconic Archi-
tectural Products LLC, Eastman, Ga., was the
natural choice. “We used 55,000 square feet
of Reynobond Colorweld 500 in Konig Blue,
Copper Penny, Silversmith and Pewter. Paint in-
ishes feature 70 percent Kynar 500/Hylar 5000
polyvinylidene luoride (PVDF) resins. The panel
used was 4-mm thick. We wanted a tasellated
geometry. The ACM allowed us to fabricate a
3-D texture with crisp edges and bright surfac-
es; the walls from the building were covered as
a rainscreen creating a ventilated façade.”
The school was modulated with the di-
mension of the 3-D panels, so the 3-D screen
could be fabricated using one standard sized SCREEN SHAPE That’s where being the architect and builder comes in
ACM sheet, cut in four pieces, to create the For the 3-D metal screen, GRUPO ARKOS explored handy. The distance between columns on the library
pyramids when folded. “Being in control of the materials with different textures, experimented with was spaced to 7 feet, 9 1/2 inches apart, instead of
process from conception through construction origami shapes and patterns, and came out with a a more logical 8 feet on axis. This small difference,
documents, and later during the construction particular shape: a rectangular-shaped pyramid, which 2 1/2 inches, allowed us to fabricate four whole
process as the general contractor and ACM does not have its apex on the center, but is shifted pyramids out of a standard size ACM sheet instead of
installer, gave us the advantage to make deci- toward one side. The base is a trapezoid. This pyra- two, cutting considerably the cost, and the amount of
sions regarding design and dimensioning of mid, when it is aligned alternately horizontally (one to material needed to create the 3-D texture. The dou-
the aluminum panels, so there was little or no the right and one to the left) creates the complex 3-D ble-pane, low-E glazing under the auditorium volume,
leftover or waste,” Escobar-Urrutia says. “The texture with different sized triangles. covered with the 3-D pyramids, was fabricated to
ACM pieces were fabricated with a recessed To build the 3-D texture, the cut-and-router drill size anyway, and the [Pearl River, N.Y.-based] Hunter
joint and an overlap among them, so the bolts trace of the pyramids on the ACM sheets had to it Douglas Architectural sunshade louvers were ordered
are concealed from the inside out; neither bolts on one quarter of a standard size ACM sheet from to a speciic length. So there were no disadvantages
nor silicone seals are visible.” Reynobond. “We designed the cutting pattern, and of not following a more traditional structural spacing.”
The pyramids are fastened to the structure later scaled it so that it it on a quarter of the ACM On the façade, a DMX controller programs the
6 inches from the wall. This cavity plus the air sheet, so there was zero waste, because the small different color-changing schemes used throughout
volume at the back of the pyramid create an triangle cutout needed to create the pyramid when the year. Color changes slowly but constantly dur-
extra layer of insulation. The sun never hits the joining the four sides of it was used on the back ing regular days, and as a special theme on certain
inner wall, which is waterproofed and insulated. of the pyramid,” Escobar-Urrutia says. “[Once] we months, like pink during breast cancer awareness
On the bottom of the 3-D texture there is a had a pyramid-shaped, 3-D texture, all we needed month, red and green during the holidays, and green,
metal grille, which allows fresh air to enter, and next was a structure to fasten the individual pieces. white and red on Independence Day.
on the top of the wall, concealed by the vegeta-
tion of the roof garden, there are operable grilles
that ventilate the inner cavity of the wall during
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Architect, general contractor, installer, lighting consultant: GRUPO ARKHOS, Juarez, www.grupoarkhos.com
the summer. This allows natural ventilation by Metal panels: Reynobond by Arconic Architectural Products LLC, Eastman, Ga., www.reynobond.com, Circle #46
convection of the hot air that is generated on Sunshade louvers: Hunter Douglas Architectural, Pearl River, N.Y., www.hunterdouglasarchitectural.com, Circle #47
the inner face of the ACM pyramids.
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fabric wraps
museum
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
designed Kunsthalle Mannheim museum
of art in Mannheim, Germany, with a
bronze-colored, stainless steel fabric that
wraps around the exterior. During daytime,
the metal fabric relects the surrounding
environment. At night, it is lit by artiicial
lighting. The metal fabric also provides
views inside and outside the museum,
creating connections between the two
spaces. The bronze color coordinates with
sandstone in nearby buildings.
To build the metal fabric façades,
Schneider facades GmbH and Co. KG
installed GKD Metal Fabrics’ custom stain-
less steel fabric. In total, 72 wire and tubing
panels, approximately 65.6 feet long by
10.7 feet wide, were used to cover 49,514
square feet of façades.
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Modern barn
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design
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The metal panels also contrast by their proiles
and orientations. The corrugated white panels are
vertical, and the lush, smooth, gray panels are
horizontal.
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture speciied
metal for the exterior façade for its aesthetic quali-
ties, durability and minimal maintenance. Metal
distinguishes the library’s architecture from neigh-
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toral views. On the south side of the building, metal
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Panels protrude
on library
Additional daylighting was needed to convert
Langsdale Library at the University of Baltimore, a
traditional library, to Robert L. Bogomolny Library,
a modern learning center with more spaces for
studying and ofices, Behnisch Architekten LLP
designed added windows.
Robert Matthew Noblett, partner at Behnisch
Architekten, says, “The library presented a robust
structure and was quite lovely inside, but there
were few windows. It needed to become more of a
learning center, something more lexible, in keep-
ing with modern needs. Subsequently, we wanted
to keep the building and repurpose it in some way
because it was interesting with a unique character.”
To frame the windows and give the exterior a
distinct appearance, the architecture irm designed
protruding, triangular metal panels that repeat
across the walls and create a pattern. The metal
panels also cover the spandrel units between the
windows. Flat metal panels were used to conceal
door openings at street level.
“After we determined the window strategy, we
wanted something more three-dimensional for the
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all-day use. Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope supplied the The Five Forks Branch library is set back from
curtainwalls and metal sunshades. a primary arterial road, in the midst of a natural
Pickens Rooing and Sheet Metal Inc. installed
6,800 square feet of MBCI’s 24-gauge, exposed
green meadow foreground, creating a strong civic
CO M E S E E U S
presence. It is centrally located to six elementary
fastener 7.2 Panels in Bone White and 9,500 square
schools within a 3-mile radius. In addition to the
feet of MBCI’s Designer Series Flat Panels in Slate BOOTH # 7 1 2 5
children and adult spaces, the 28,000-square-foot
Gray. For sofits, Pickens Rooing and Sheet Metal
installed 2,000 square feet of MBCI’s lush sofit library houses a living room space, teen area, large
panels in custom Sunshine Yellow and custom Dusk meeting room, collaboration room, story room and
Pink. reading room.
exterior, more opaque areas,” Noblett says. “We came up with the idea of a folded, metal ribbon of sorts
from the underside of level two to the top of the building. We achieved this with Metalwërks’ panels, which
brought an animated character to the building façade, and transformed it into something more dynamic.”
For the protruding panels, A.C. Dellovade Inc. installed 18,000 square feet of Metalwërks’ Sculpted 3-D
dry-set rainscreen system. The panels were produced with 0.125-inch-thick, 3003 H14 aluminum. A total
208 wall unit assemblies were used. For the lat wall panels, A.C. Dellovade installed Metalwërks’ Ameri-
plate Spline wall system.
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says. “As a result, the deep mullions that would have been on
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2 seal rigidity.
Richard Green, PE, principal at Front Inc., glazing consultant
and designer for the project, says, “The only thermal separation
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we have is in the small thermal spacer [between the lective coatings to maximize views. The IGUs have On glass edges, Pulp Studio fabricated the IGUs
mullion and the glass] and in the IGU seals, making Vitro Architectural Glass’ low-E coating and Glas with Technoform's 5/8-inch-wide, rigid bar, TGI-
Technoform's spacer super important in both ther- Trösch’s antirelection coatings.
Spacer M with wire. On the job site, Herzog Glass
mal performance and condensation resistance.” Additionally, the IGUs have two glass interlay-
Inc. installed the IGUs.
Warm-edge spacers are typically needed only in ers, which add energy eficiency to the frameless
cold weather to keep interior temperatures warmer The Space Needle is 605 feet above ground
glazing application. Kuraray America Inc. supplied its
compared to outside, Sanders says. “However, in SentryGlas interlayer, and Vanceva, a subsidiary of level. It was built in 1962 for the Century 21 Exposi-
this case, the reduction in solar heat gain is a key Eastman Chemical Co., supplied its glass interlayer. tion, Seattle’s World's Fair.
driver for the use of warm-edge spacer. [On the
Space Needle], the exterior mullion absorbs the
solar radiation, and then this heat would conduct
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across the glass edge to the room side, if not for
the warm-edge spacer. This thermal break perfor-
mance helped reduce the cooling load on the chiller,
which normally wouldn't be associated with warm-
edge spacer.”
In addition to the warm-edge spacers, the IGUs
provided energy eficiency. “The project utilized a
196 percent increase in glazed area and also needed
to consider the relatively poor thermal performance
of the opaque areas, where the existing structure
passed from exterior to interior at many points Make their job easier while
without thermal separation,” Sanders says. “Be- increasing your numbers.
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were limited, the onus was on the glazing to provide
excellent energy performance.”
Pulp Studio Inc. fabricated 8-foot-long by 7-foot-
wide, double-laminated IGUs with a neutral, triple
silver, low-E coating for solar control, and anti-re-
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MARKET FEATURE MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL CENTERS
PHOTOS COURTESY OF KINGSPAN
Library features
IMPs
In its design for a new building for Laurel Branch
Library in Laurel, Md., Grimm and Parker
Architects used insulated metal panels (IMPs) for
four applications: two exterior canopies, framed
windows at the lower level, entrances and a
screenwall at the back of the library. The framed
windows have seating inside the library, and they
are called reading pods. Custom details allowed
the reading pods and entrances to be built without
exposed fasteners or exterior trims.
For the canopies, reading pods and entrances,
Summit Construction Inc. installed 11,735 square
feet of Kingspan Insulated Panels Inc.’s 2-inch-thick
BENCHMARK Designwall 2000 IMPs in Cham-
pagne Gold. For the screenwall on the backside
of the building, Summit Construction installed
1,818 square feet of Kingspan’s 2 1/2-inch-thick
BENCHMARK Designwall 2000R ribbed IMPs in
Champagne Gold. The IMPs were produced with
end-caps, trim-less ends, beveled ends, full-wrap
ends, tapered edges, modiied edges and longitudi-
nal bends.
To frame the reading pods and entrances with-
out exposed fasteners or exterior trims, they were
produced with modiied edge details that included
full-wrap panel edges with concealed 20-gauge
mounting angles. The edges of the IMPs that are
typically conigured for tongue-in-groove interlocks
were produced with squared-off conditions so they
wrapped around the foam insulation and back to the
liner side of the panels. trim-less corners that Summit Construction stitched
Attachment angles were riveted integral to the together with small #10 screws. Color-coordinated
metal panels, so fastening langes were hidden be-
silicone sealant ills the fastening cavities. The
hind the next panels. Each adjacent panel has a dif-
ferent, partially wrapped edge with a small lange to 31,000-square-foot library project was recognized
connect to the previous panel. This detailing created with a 2018 AIA/ALA Library Building Award.
Railings allow
transparency in
exhibits
A railing system provides safety and transparency at the Susan Naylor Center
at the Witte Museum in San Antonio. Its installation was part of a large
expansion and renovation project of the museum’s main building.
The glass, aluminum and wood railing is on stair and balcony overlooks in the
lobby area, which is called Valero Great Hall. The railing is designed to provide
sightlines between spaces; it does not have attached handrails.
The railing gets rigidity from a low-proile, solid wood top rail. It is 2 1/2 inches
wide by 1/2 inch high, White Oak with a satin clear coating. Wilson Steel Ser-
vices installed 120 feet of Trex Commercial Products’ Track Rail system with 1/2-
inch, clear-tempered glass panels. The panels are mounted lush with the loor in
an aluminum shoe. The shoe is afixed to the loor with hex bolts and lock nuts,
and the shoe and cladding are inished in Black.
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Mesh is two-sided
Banker Wire’s XDFZ-1 decorative woven
wire mesh pattern has two looks, front and
back. The front view has a hexagonal pat-
tern, and the backside shows a more dense
arrangement of bars and round bends. The
stainless steel, opaque, rectangular weave
has no open space. It is 1/4-inch thick. In
addition to powder coating, inishes include
Champagne, Chocolate, Cobalt Blue, Gun- IMPs have seams, ribs
metal and Rose Gold.
Kingspan Insulated Panels Inc. offers three new insulated metal
panels (IMPs): KingSeam, KingRib 3 and KingRib 5. KingSeam
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are standing seam IMPs with trapezoidal ribs and standard,
smooth, 26-gauge G-90 galvanized steel with PVDF and SMP
exterior coatings. KingRib 3 IMPs have a three-rib proile,
KingRib 5 IMPs have a ive-rib proile, and both come 1 1/2-
inch to 6 inches thick. All three IMPs have CFC-free, foamed-
in-place, polyisocyanurate foam that provides an R-value of
R-12 with a 1 1/2-inch-thick panel, to an R-value of R-49 with a
Canopies provide long spans 6-inch-thick panel.
Exterior Technologies Inc. (EXTECH) SKYSHADE 2500 Series glass canopies can be used
for long spans with lengths to 12 feet. Slopes can be as low as 1:12, and rafters have inter- www.kingspanpanels.com | Circle #70
nal gutters. Glass panels are 9/16-inch or thicker, and can be individually replaced. Alumi-
num framing comes in a variety of anodize inishes and factory-applied coatings. Optional
glass coatings and silk-screen patterns are also available.
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Mixed-Medium Masterpiece
Mixture of materials reflects local culture in unique aesthetic cues
By Marcy Marro, Editor Situated on 152 acres, the ap-
proximately 40,000-square-foot
casino includes more than 2,500 slot
A combination of insulated metal
machines and 75 tables throughout
panels (IMPs), glass, wood and stone 100,000 square feet of dedicated
all cover the ilani Casino Resort in gaming space. The casino also has
Ridgefield, Wash. Chosen by archi- entertainment and retail areas, as
well a variety of restaurants, including
tects at Friedmutter Group, Las Ve-
Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse, Line &
gas, this mixed medium of materials
Lure, Rose & Thorn, Longhouse, and a
was designed to reflect the culture of food court. The project also includes a
the Northwest with unique aesthetic 2,500-seat meeting and entertainment
venue that hosts nationally recognized
cues that pay tribute to the heritage
performances.
of the local Cowlitz Indian Tribe. through whitewater rapids. “And the iridescent metal panels were inspired by
Chuck Jones, senior vice president
ish scales. The majority of the other elements are featured within the casino
with Friedmutter Group, says the
The ilani Casino is a joint develop- interior.”
project showcases a number of design
ment between the Cowlitz Indian Tribe Other features include light ixtures inspired by woven basket headwear,
elements inspired by the Cowlitz
and the Mohegan Tribe, which is based and images of violet camas lowers are shown throughout the casino loor
Indian Tribe. “The entrance area—the
in Uncasville, Conn. Construction on carpet.
porch—takes its design cue from a
the project began in early 2016 and For the exterior, the building features more than 75,000 square feet of
blunt-nose canoe,” he says, which is
includes a $32 million upgrade to a Lewisville, Texas-based Metl-Span’s 2 1/2-inch CF Architectural IMPs in
the Cowlitz Tribe’s historical means of
nearby freeway interchange. transportation, carved to move luidly Champagne and Medium Gray. Jones says the color recommendations came
from the design team. “The Champagne worked well in tandem with the
ilani Casino Resort, Ridgefield, Wash. stone, wood and other metal cladding elements.”
Focused on meeting energy codes, Friedmutter Group placed a high
Award: NAIOP Washington 2018 Community Impact Development of the Year
emphasis on the building envelope’s overall thermal performance. Jones says
Developers: Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Salishan-Mohegan
the decision to specify IMPs was based on a recommendation from the build-
Architect: Friedmutter Group, Las Vegas, friedmuttergroup.com
ing owners, which proved to be an ideal it to handle the region’s notoriously
General contractor: Swinerton Builders, Seattle, www.swinerton.com
unpredictable weather. “Insulated metal panels are a fairly cost-effective way
Installer: Bassett Architectural LP, Vancouver, Wash., www.bassettusa.com
to skin a building, especially in that climate,” Jones says. “It ended up being
Insulated metal panels: Metl-Span, Lewisville, Texas, www.metlspan.com, Circle #79
more suitable than using an EIFS system.”
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