Stone

ECO Cladding is pleased to have partnered with the designers at Ithaca-based Chiang O'Brien Architects for a full renovation of an existing health services building with a complementary addition designed to alleviate growth challenges at Cornell University. The renovated Cornell Health building is anchored with a heavy bluestone base and transitions into a curtain wall of transparent glass with natural stone rainscreen panels that imitate the coloration of the native bluestone foundation but expand the scale and scope.

ECO Cladding’s Alpha Vci.41 System was ideal for the installation complexities of this renovation project, including the need to overcome the variable stone thicknesses inherent to 2” thick natural stone. The Vci.41 System provided a subframing solution that could address c.i. requirements and also support the weight of 2” thick natural stone panels.  

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The State Historical Society of Missouri has a new home in the newly completed Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia, Missouri, designed by Multistudio. 

The center incorporates materials from different areas in Missouri including a dimensional limestone facade which is attached with ECO Cladding's Alpha Vci.41 concealed subframing system. The design reflects Missouri’s geological characteristics. Installation of the limestone cladding was performed by Heitkamp Masonry of St. Louis.

Integrating local and recyclable products, the Historical Society wanted a structure that would last for a hundred years. Many efficiencies have been built into the design as they look to achieve LEED Gold status from the USGBC. ECO Cladding's Continuous Insulation (c.i.) compliant Alpha Wall Brackets contribute to both the energy efficiency and sustainability of the building's envelope.

The scalabillity of ECO Cladding's Alpha bracket systems enable an engineered solution that can accomodate the unique properties of limestone as well as any other type of cladding panels.

The Temple University Science Education and Research Center, designed by USA Architects, utilized a Stone Rainscreen with an ECO Cladding subframing attachment system. This remarkable building serves as to model the growing trend in using natural stone for modern rainscreen applications and ECO Cladding's variety of concealed or exposed subframing systems provide the engineered peace-of-mind necessary for natural stone rainscreen assemblies.

The SUNY Maritime College building flaunts one of the most advanced natural stone rainscreen projects in the USA, designed by EYP Architecture & Engineering. Sitting at the end of the Bronx, the 24,000 square feet stone façade and precast is located in both the exterior and interior of the building and was installed using ECO Cladding's attachment systems.

Maynard High School showcases an impressive stone Rainscreen façade using an ECO Cladding rainscreen clip system designed in conjunction with Tappe Associates of Boston. The clips were custom designed for this project and coated to match other trim sections of the building. This building represents a fantastic model for a collaborative combination of materials.