Fiber Cement

This new single-story, three-bay fire station replaces the existing station that had deteriorated due to age and was no longer large enough to support the department’s needs.

ECO Cladding provided a Hci.11 subframing system for the installation of the fiber cement and metal panels. The 15,250-square-foot facility provides spaces for training, living spaces, community meeting spaces, and dedicated areas to support the county-wide fire and EMS response system and volunteer station needs.

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Designed by Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture, the new Northglenn Recreational Center is located on a civic campus, nestled between Highway 25 and EB Rains Jr Memorial Park and Webster Lake. The design of the center plays with pace throughout its architecture - highlighting two speeds - fast and slow. Built upon a memorial parkway, the project was conceptualized as a 'new boulevard' approach, creating a modern, engaging aesthetic while keeping the small-town feel that the committee so strongly expressed as important.

For the fiber cement rainscreen panels, the design team utilized a visible rivet Hci.11 System from ECO Cladding for ease of installation using the horizontally oriented, variable-depth wall brackets.

An ECO Cladding Vci.10 subframing system was utilized in this single-story fire station that staffs an engine, ambulance, tanker, and brush unit as well as the county’s swift water rescue team, which consists of rescue boats and a support vehicle. The design blended the station with the local architectural native to the surrounding farming community and as a result, achieved a balance of form and function to serve the community for years to come. The facility, built by Moseley Architecture earned LEED  Silver certification.

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Using ECO Cladding’s Alpha Wall Brackets, the uniquely inset and fabricated fiber cement feature was installed at angles that could only be accomplished using a variable-depth bracket assembly. Designed by Perkins&Will, the new 220,000 square feet Behavioral Sciences Center will bring behavioral health close to home for the Greater Houston area. From an exterior facade perspective, the project incorporates large-format, through-colored architectural fiber cement panels by Swisspearl, fabricated like puzzle pieces to create visual detailing to offset the brick expanses along the elevations. Both Alpha V and Alpha H wall brackets were incorporated into the design, forming the building blocks for the Vci.10 and Hci.11 systems.

Prellwitz Chilinski Associates reinterpreted Boston’s typical brick and bay townhouses with a striking new approach for this apartment and retail space designed for working professionals. 

Swisspearl fiber cement panels were incorporated in three custom colors with our Alpha VZ.10 subframing system providing the subframing backbone for the building’s contemporary facade. The sidewalk level of the building is highlighted with an attractive retail front and the residential stories are angle creating a striking pattern and movement across the main elevation of the facade.

Flynn Battaglia Architects has delivered an award-winning renovation of the SUNY Cortland Park Center. The project is a model of the rainscreen academy, featuring Swisspearl fiber cement, terracotta and ACM rainscreen systems. The Swisspearl fiber cement section of the building incorporated a variety of panel colors and featured both a wave-fabricated design and grooved panels.

The unique wave pattern is a clever design for a recreation center with an indoor pool. The Swisspearl panels were installed on an adjustable and thermally broken Hci.10 subframing system.

The re-design of the Alice Tully Hall by FX FOWLE Architects in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro aimed to transform the Juilliard School’s premier performance venue at Lincoln Center into a beautiful and approachable music venue with a recognizable building identity. Hidden underneath the Juilliard School, the design involved revealing the Hall’s unique outer shell of natural stone and large format fiber cement rainscreen panels. The sloped underside of Juilliard’s expansion serves as an eye-catching canopy framing the hall, its expanded lobby, and box office.

The design team utilized an engineered Alpha Vci.40 concealed anchor subframing system for the large format fiber cement panels for this dramatic soffit detail. ECO Cladding’s concealed anchor system was able to meet all of the critical design requirements for the project including dead loads and wind loads, providing a high-performance subframing solution for the long-term.​

Hudson Valley Community College’s Gene F. Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills (CAMS) – is a new $14.5 million, 37,000 square foot building designed by Mosaic Associates, a Troy-based architecture firm. The center will allow the college to double enrollment in the Advanced Manufacturing Technology (A.O.S.) degree program and meet an urgent workforce demand for skilled employees in the region.

Mosaic’s design team selected Swisspearl’s fiber cement panels and a VZ.10 adjustable rainscreen subframing to clad the exterior of the building. This is the second building on the Hudson Valley CC campus to incorporate Swisspearl panels.

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