Creating a Visual Voyage

Aptly named Florida’s “powerhouse port,” Port Everglades represents one of the most diverse seaports in the United States. The design vision included a more visually dynamic façade. Update the façade of Celebrity Cruises Port Everglades terminal. The port is one of the top three cruise ports in the world and among the most active containerized cargo ports in the U.S. In 2018, Celebrity Cruises unveiled a renovated Terminal 25 (T25), its first brand-designed cruise terminal located within the port. A combined 2300 sq. ft. of GKD Media-mesh and 800 sq. ft. of Tigris metal fabric were specified to fulfill this vision. When being introduced to the project, GKD was selected

Advances

Solar Control/Sun Shading

Heat Gain No More

The cassette-style FlexShade ZIP XL is delivered as a complete, enclosed unit, making installation easier. And its small profile incorporates an integrated cradle support system that minimizes the deflection that can cause wrinkles to develop in fabric shades over time. This exterior system prevents glare and heat gain from entering interior spaces.Judge’s Comment: “Excellent application for glazing that doesn’t have overhangs or louvers.”

Mercy Health Muskegon Medical Center, Muskegon, Mich.

Case Study

Exterior Panels/Cladding

Medical Center Becomes Signature Building on Hospital Campus

Architects chose several building envelope solutions during the planning phase so that owners could achieve several key objectives: creating a signature building for the entire campus and contributing to LEED certification for green buildings. Mercy Health Muskegon Medical Center in Muskegon, Mich., a $271-million, 10-story health care facility, doubles the amount of floor space for medical staff to treat patients. The facility boasts nearly 300 private patient rooms, serves as the new home for the emergency department, and houses state-of-the-art surgical units. For the building’s exterior, designers sought to create visual interest while also delivering versatility and optimal perfor

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Ceiling Systems

Switching-It-Up-Blades

TURF has launched a new ceiling system—the Switch-blade—to address the aesthetics and acoustics of spaces with an existing tee grid. Made of individual baffles that attach to a tee grid with magnets, leaving existing ACT tiles untouched, it is easy to install and mix and match. Available in 17 colors and made of recycled PET felt, it comes in three design styles: classic, organic and geometric. Compatible with steel tee grids with flat 9/16-in. and 15/16-in. cross sections.

Case Study

Flooring

Senior Living Community Helps Residents Feel Closer to Home

The Mooring on Foreside trades the bland, institutional décor of traditional senior living facilities for a calming New England cape aesthetic. The Mooring on Foreside prides itself in providing responsive, specialized care for individuals living with progressive memory loss. In order to offer residents suffering from these conditions effective care in a familiar environment, The Mooring’s owner enlisted Gawron Turgeon Architects of Scarborough, Maine to design the ideal facility.“The overall challenge for The Mooring project was to create a functional, residential scale, small house community with a New England cottage style aesthetic. We also had to offer the safety and durabil

Case Study

Restrooms

Audi Field Scores a Goal with its Washrooms

Designed to enhance the fan experience, all 40 restrooms at this new state-of the-art soccer stadium kick the ball out of the park. In July 2018, Audi Field became the official new home of Major League Soccer's most decorated club, D.C. United, located in the heart of Washington, DC. This impressive 20,000 seat capacity stadium houses 40 restrooms that are used by fans, players, officials and staff. The general contractor, Regional Contracting Services in Washington, DC, worked with the design team at Populous to create restrooms that accommodate high traffic and large crowds while elevating aesthetics, simplifying maintenance and reinforcing a positive fan

AP ProductWire

January 13, 2021 by Jim Crockett

A Federal Case

Later this year marks the 30th anniversary of ADA—landmark Federal legislation. Starting in the coming issue, we’ll begin a series on the subject. The inaugural installment focuses on efforts being made at historic facilities, including within San Francisco’s City hall, the site of a somewhat controversial curved ramp that split from the historic décor. That said, recent events, of course, have me thinking about access to governmental facilities, including one of the most historic, the Capitol Building—site to last week’s infamous breach of security and sanctity. As I watched invaders literally scale walls to gain entry, it shattered many illusions of safety. But given the ADA context, the building’s mighty staircase, so prominent in the news coverage, also sent home for me a realization that this nation not only has a long way to go in repairing the fabric of its citizenry, but also in truly realizing the legacy of ADA. Following are a handful of security and access products—some that were Product Innovation Award winners, and some that point to lighting as a means of wayfinding—the latter idea, perhaps, even more critical in this dark, national, time.

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Plumbing Fixtures

High-Tech Hygiene

The next generation of the Philippe Starck-designed Duravit SensoWash is a shower-toilet that features a luxury combination of comfort and personalized controls. The water temperature, warm air dryer, water spray intensity and spray wand position is easily adjusted, a night LED light function illuminates the inner basin and a motion sensor controls the lid. The unit features a unique and subtle flat seat, a modern bidet and Duravit’s antibacterial HygieneGlaze 2.0 coating.

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Exterior Panels/Cladding

Articulation Curbs NYC "Dirt Factor"

433 Broadway walks a fine line between historic form and modern function, visually blending in to Manhattan’s historic SOHO district. Owned by Cubico, it is the first building entirely devoted to shared workspace constructed from the ground up. With this came a host of design challenges to allow varied companies to coexist—and thrive—within the same workspace. “Because it is being used by any number of different people, we wanted it to be as general and anonymous as possible,” says Nelson Vega, Associate Principal, AIA, RKTB Architects. RKTB also set out to avoid enclosed spaces that would block daylight from getting deep into each floor, with a lot of interior

Case Study

Restrooms

"X" Marks the Spot for Elegant European Style

Deep washroom partitions, surrounded by towering doors, grant “ultimate” privacy. Convey the architect’s design inspiration within the hotel’s washrooms for Toronto’s high-end Hotel X. “We envisioned an elegant European look that ensured as much privacy as it did design impact,” said Stephen B. Jacobs, FAIA, president and founder of Stephen B. Jacobs Group. Hotel X Toronto was designed by Stephen B. Jacobs Group to embrace all the wonderful flavors of the globe. Every detail was carefully selected to offer guests a modern, luxurious experience that encapsulates authentic hospitality and embraces the hotel’s historic and iconic location on

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Nov/Dec ’20

Heat Gain No More

Medical Center Becomes Signature Building on Hospital Campus

Switching-It-Up-Blades

Senior Living Community Helps Residents Feel Closer to Home

Audi Field Scores a Goal with its Washrooms

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A Federal Case

High-Tech Hygiene

Articulation Curbs NYC "Dirt Factor"

"X" Marks the Spot for Elegant European Style