Terracotta

ECO Cladding provided the engineered subframing system for the terracotta panel façade of the Hopper Science Center at Williams College. Designed by Payette, this dynamic addition to the Morley Science Center fosters the college’s strong culture of student-faculty interaction and collaborative learning. The building integrates advanced biology, chemistry, and physics labs with a variety of communal spaces—study areas, project alcoves, and meeting rooms—linked by a cascading central stair. ECO’s support system ensured seamless integration of the terracotta rainscreen, delivering both aesthetic warmth and long-term performance for this interdisciplinary hub of science and mentorship.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center at Bowie State University, designed by Perkins&Will, is a powerful new landmark on Maryland’s oldest HBCU campus. As a hub for arts and humanities, the building delivers 21st-century learning environments that champion student expression, creativity, and collaboration. ECO Cladding provided the engineered subframing system to support the project’s terracotta façade, helping to accommodate the increased weight of the material while ensuring long-term performance. Drawing inspiration from Dr. King’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, the façade becomes a visual expression of voice and purpose—an architectural embodiment of identity, justice, and the courage to shape the future.

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 wereinstalled on an adjustable and thermally
broken Hci.10 subframing system.

SFPUC, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission will replace its existing, outdated solids treatment facilities with new biosolids digester facilities. MWA Architects - SF was engaged to renovate the aging facilities, some of which are structurally unsound and date back to the 1950’s. The design team selected Terra5 TC18 rainscreen panels for a maintenance-free exterior facade. ECO Cladding’s Vci.45 thermally-broken subframing system was selected for the terracotta installation. The 1.5” adjustability of the Alpha Vci bracketed system allowed for a fast and worry-free installation for the complexities of the substrate on this renovation.

For the new Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences building at the University of Iowa, BNIM Architects incorporated an engineered Terra5 rainscreen and sunscreen assembly supplied by Cladding Corp.  For this project, a grey color pallet was selected in order to coordinate with the overall campus master plan. In addition to the exterior rainscreen facade, this installation also included a unique and defining sunshade detail at the top portion of the windows, providing both thermal and aesthetic elements to the building's design. A Hci.22 subframing system was utilized.

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