INSPIRATION
Project photos from professionals within the commercial construction and design industry.
In a location originally designated by Wright as a dense grove of citrus trees, the new facility’s form takes inspiration from the natural topography and influence from the immediate architectural context, including several Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures. The project was initially proposed a… Read More
Sited northwest of the historic 112-year old State Capitol Building,
the Minnesota Senate Building was designed to meet the need for an expansion of the Capitol Campus and, as a 100-year building, to serve the citizens for generations. Its design purposefully facilitates greater interaction and co… Read More
The new building allows UCLA Anderson to address changes in the learning technologies and career needs of the 21st century.
Classrooms with the latest technologies for innovative pedagogy and programming, breakout rooms with the flexibility for collaborative learning environments and meeting and… Read More
The new Fort Bend County Mission Bend Branch Library is a ground-up structural steel building with perforated metal panels and rainscreen system.
The exterior material was kept and built up to the back of the building so that the elevation would be maintained and maintain the historical facade.
Kalwall panels were an ideal solution because they provided a striking architecture feature and allowed Ghafari to best utilize daylight harvesting to reduce overhead lighting and lower energy costs. To help minimize the glare from the sun reflecting off the building, which is important since it is … Read More
Mountrail County Justice Center located in Stanley, ND provides the County with a Law Enforcement Center, a 40-bed jail, Courtroom facilities, secure holding areas for the Courts, offices for Clerk of Courts, State’s Attorney, 911 Dispatch and an Emergency Operations Center.
One of the main design challenges was creating tall and light façade units that could sustain high wind loads. The unique geometry of Bendheim’s channel glass allowed it to achieve continuous vertical spans reaching 16 ft. tall. Photo by Matthew Kraft.
At night, Bendheim's light-diffusing channel glass facade glows from within. Photo courtesy of Blaffer Art Museum.
This interior monorail track and trolley system was custom designed to achieve window cleaning and interior glass replacement for a mutli-story interior area of the new Northwestern Mutual building.
