INSPIRATION
Project photos from professionals within the commercial construction and design industry.
The singular color and Fluropon finish unified the 775,000-square-foot building’s distinctive exterior, presenting a consistent appearance involving multiple architectural aluminum product manufacturers and finishing applicators. Photo credit: Tom Harris Photography
“In my 35 years of metal construction, we have never used this amount of colors for one project,” said Bob Baker, plant manager, Baker Metal Products, Inc. “The entire team worked tirelessly to test every color to ensure each was exactly what Mr. Nouvel had conceptualized.”
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Fly, indeed. It’s but one of the sensory adventures Anaha invites all to experience. The very form of Anaha “is reminiscent of the play between the crests and troughs of a calm ocean wave,” observes Mozzati’s SCB colleague, Strachan Forgan, RIBA, LEED AP, principal. Photograp… Read More
To accomplish the dynamic and geometrical appearance, architects enlisted Flynn Canada to assist in the installation. With budget and efficiency in mind, Flynn Canada called upon ALPOLIC to provide metal panels to keep the structure intact.
Photography credits: Marcus Mitanis
“We often call these types of buildings, monumental in our business,” said Jeff Alexander, VP of Sales for Sherwin-Williams Coil and Extrusion Coatings. “In this particular project that is an understatement. Not only is the building monumental, but the effort to meet the architect’s vision while d… Read More
The service and support from Sherwin-Williams helped to provide and perfectly match dozens of colors to accomplish the gradient transformation of each apex. It took 400 semi-truck loads to deliver the thousands of aluminum panels sprayed with Fluropon in varying colors from Texas to New York.
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The striking gray metal exterior has a noticeable difference as it emerges over the surrounding buildings. At the 60th floor, the building splits into three different apexes with gradient finishes. With a total 14 different coats of gold, the shortest apex gradually becomes more and more gold as it … Read More
The exterior’s design, and the materials used to construct it, resulted in a distinction between the two locations. Dark ground and polished concrete are used on the outside of the library, while the housing units on top of the library are clad with a corrugated metal façade, punctuated… Read More
Dressed in Linen White Fluropon® by Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings, King 1101 Apartments’ affordable housing units in Los Angeles present a contemporary appearance with a bright outlook while supporting the residential project’s LEED® Gold certification goals for energy efficiency and sustainability… Read More
LOHA favored the same Linen White Fluropon for King 1101 Apartments’ façade cladding. Complementing the surrounding area’s architectural aesthetic and bringing California contemporary style to life, the building envelope is constructed with proven, economical and environmentally r… Read More
Tasked with this difficult color request, Texas Finishing selected Sherwin-Williams to provide its Fluropon extrusion coating to formulate the broad array of colors. Texas Finishing utilized Sherwin-Williams’ mix-and-match system to develop the gradients that the architect was envisioning. Tex… Read More
The ribbed panels clad the façade, alternating with painted cement board. Vertical metal fins are integrated within the wall cladding and finished in the same Linen White Fluropon. The fins catch the light and cast shadows along the corrugated and flat walls, adding visual interest and texture to th… Read More
