The Walls Are Alive

Similar to the way in which the Columbus library embraces nature, Perkins and Will opted to include an indoor living wall at Trent University’s Bata Library in Peter-borough, Ontario.Perkins and Will designed a 7-ft., 278-sq.-ft. LiveWall Indoor Living Wall System, which “unifies two adjacent seating areas to create an inviting open space, softens the center of the library’s interior and complements the tone of the cedar ceilings,” explains James Mallinson, B.Arch., OAA, LEED AP, project architect, Perkins and Will, Toronto.The installation is a modular system which sets up a “vertical garden” mounted onto walls. Vertical furring tracks are attached o

Parvis du parc Frederic-Back, Montreal, Town Hall

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Paving Systems

Permeable Without Compromise

Offering one of the largest selections of permeable pavers in the market, designers can choose from assorted sizes, colors, finishes and textures from Unilock. Pictured here at the Parvis du parc Frederic-Back, Montreal, Town Hall, pavers are modeled after historic clay street pavers with a unique color blending.

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Lighting & Controls

Concentration at the Push of a Button

So, for all the talk of color tuning, does it exist? It does, but sometimes you have to go far afield, say Denmark, and the Herstedlund Primary School. There, after the bell rings, fourth-year students take their seats for the first lesson—not so different than schools around the world. However, when teachers in these classrooms flick the switch, a very different experience follows. Light, more like daylight, floods the classroom, creating a more pleasant atmosphere. Thanks to Zumtobel’s Active Lighting system, teachers have a choice of four pre-programmed lighting “moods,” in line with the precepts of human-centric lighting. In this case, dimmable, and color-tunable

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Interior Finishes

Sealed at the Base

Durable baseboards for commercial buildings provide a modern alternative for healthcare, commercial kitchens and bathrooms, airports and more. Now including a brushed stainless-steel option, with higher heights of 4.375-in. and 6.375-in., the baseboards can cover previous baseboard marks, making replacement projects faster, easier and more attractive. DESIGNBASE-SL is designed to be installed after the floor and is suitable for use over any type of flooring surface.

Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Eastvale, Calif.

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Exterior Panels/Cladding

Wall Panels Vibrantly Cover New STEM Academy

A new 107,000-sq.-ft. academy was built as part of the Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, Calif. Due to the increasing demand of jobs in STEM fields, Corona Norco Unified School District in Eastvale, Calif., decided it was time to start producing more STEM graduates from its district. The new two-building school has 18 classrooms and 13 labs for robotics, 3D printing, manufacturing, health science, medical technology and other areas. It also includes a student resource center, a research lounge, a covered outdoor lunch area and a 600-seat amphitheater. The eSTEM Academy gives approximately 1,000 students the opportunity to specialize in two career paths, including Medical

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Thermal & Moisture Control

Makeover Magic in Minneapolis

Art Deco Complex Revitalized. Located in downtown Minneapolis, which averages 53-in. of snowfall per year— double the snowfall of the rest of the country—–the historic Baker Center offers more than a million sq. ft. of mixed retail and office space. The historic structure is actually a composite of four Art Deco buildings, and the challenge was pulling them all together with a single façade that would not only look sleek, but be thermally efficient against tough northern winters. Three of center’s the original buildings—the Baker Building, the Roanoke building and the Investors Building—were built in the 1920s. The fourth piece of the complex—the 730

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May 12, 2021 by Jim Crockett

Constitutional Crisis?

Walking my dogs, I was hit with a flood of thoughts when I saw the spire of a nearby church wrapped in scaffolding. It reminded me of the destroyed spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which recently passed the second anniversary of the devasting fire that destroyed its roof. In investigating its current state of repair, I came across an image of the inner vaults being supported by engineered wooden braces. Connecting the members were thick black steel braces. It immediately put me into mind of Simpson Strong-Tie’s Outdoor Accents collection, and the fact that the company, appropriately, is sponsoring the ICC’s annual Building Safety Month, this month. But more so, I found the make-shift stone and wood combination to be an interesting look that might be worth experimenting with in older, if less unique spaces. In the interim, here are some roof-related products worth perusing.

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Solar PV Options

Pvilion’s single-pole, 16-ft. × 16-ft. Solar Sail is a lightweight, but durable PVC-coated polyester fabric structure that delivers 800W. The 13-ft. × 15-ft. double-pole option delivers 500W, but provides greater shading.

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Exterior Panels/Cladding

Flagship Store a Smooth Operator

For the flagship store in Denver, the architects wanted an ultra-smooth finish to keep reveals and breaks to a minimum, yet that would not neglect energy performance and resiliency. Room & Board desired a façade with a smooth finish—a challenge in this case, in that walls were planned as single monoliths, meaning no cracks or breaks could be visible in this minimalist vision. The owners, along with Roth & Sheppard Architects, Hyder Construction, and Monarch Stucco got together to plan. To ensure they could achieve the desired smoothness, the team created a mock-up and refinished it several times to get the quality and finish desired. Extra time was spent to QA/QC the substrate

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Site Furnishings

Switchyard Park in Bloomington, Indiana Builds Community

A park with something for everyone, and a landscape design and custom site elements that invite gueststo linger, play, stretch, and relax. Not long after the last train left the station (literally) in 2004, the City of Bloomington, Ind., purchased 18 acres of abandoned railroad right-of-way and created the B Line Trail. The trail’s success made clear to city leaders the potential of the entire switchyard property. With support from the community, the property was purchased in 2009. Before it could be transformed into a focal point for the community, however, landscape architecture firm Rundell Ernstberger Associates (REA) had to remediate a host of environmental challenges at the site.

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