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New and noteworthy innovations in sustainable flooring, surface materials, glass, and more offer architects the tools to help them achieve their most creative visions yet. The world’s largest underwater restaurant, Under, designed by Snøhetta, is a feat of imagination, innovation, and determination settled on the shoreline of Båly, Norway.

Unusual Depth and Scope “This was a rare and special project for us,” says Marlene Fenger Vedal, a Snøhetta team lead interior architect. “It is not very often you get the chance to design all the features in an interior. It is an opportunity we are very grateful for and a project we are proud to have been part of.”

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ON THE COVER:

The Ocean on Display The Under restaurant deftly melds two worlds— those that live above and below the water—unveiling the marine marvels of the Norwegian coastline, while being mindful not to disturb the flora and fauna on display. Page 28 Photography: Courtesy of Snøhetta

Trend Lines // by Jeff Pitts The WELL Health-Safety Rating: 2.8 billion square feet served and counting. Take a look at some of the projects and products helping people feel safer inside.

Form // by Vilma Barr The AIA/ALA award-winning Olathe Indian Creek Library features a striking, structural sunshade that everyone is talking about.

Function // by Vilma Barr The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, at Belmont University, blends traditional European opera house architecture with cutting-edge acoustical solutions.

INNOVATIVE DESIGN

A Submersive Experience Explore the largest underwater restaurant designed enclosure-to-interiors by Snøhetta. The result is an extraordinarily thoughtful, uniquely performing adventure in architecture.

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New and Improved

The latest product, material and system advances by Architectural Products staff

A bow to the big ideas by Jeanette Fitzgerald Pitts, Managing Editor

Resources, Events & Letters

Specifiers’ Solutions

Unique ceilings and skylights at the Denver Art Museum

On Spec Architectural Products Magazine, Volume 20, Number 04

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A Bow to the Big Ideas Architecture can take a person’s breath away. Just look at the cover of our July/August issue of Architectural Products. It shows an incredible architectural feat—a concrete-encased restaurant, submerged in the turbulent waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, offering diners an underwater escape with an unrivaled seabed view of the Norwegian coastline. While incredible architectural works are wildly different, they do have one thing in common—each one started with a big idea. Under is the world’s largest underwater restaurant. It started as a dream of its hoteliers/restaurateurs—a pair of brothers Stig and Gaute Ubostad. Originally, they had planned the restaurant to be situated next to their Lindesnes Havhotell. It was the design team at Snøhetta who imagined that the restaurant could be erected in a wilder ocean spot—and so the project was relocated and an unbelievable creative vision was realized. Check out the story here. (pg. 28)

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Here is another example. A performance center was built in Nashville, Tenn. Its founding idea was to be the best performing center in the United States, constructed on a college campus. The execution of that vision required the incorporation of cuttingedge acoustic products and know-how into the shape of a stunning, traditional, European opera house. The realization of that vision has been a priceless addition to the Nashville music scene on the campus of Belmont University. Tour this project here. (pg. 60) Big visions come in all sizes—sometimes it is not a single project but an entire rating system that can impact many projects. The WELL Health-Safety Rating has been gaining fast traction in the market since its inception, especially in the wake of COVID19. While we see the seal on buildings and commercials everywhere, this article dives in to explain what this relatively new, yet seemingly prolific program actually is. Are you wondering? (pg. 22) And then there is the underlying truth that no big vision is built by itself. There are bits and pieces, products and systems, that help architects to create the brick-and-mortar version of their big idea. This issue profiles new innovative solutions—from LEDs that can take any shape to stunning new wall and flooring materials, to touchless restroom products

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and other items that help make everyday life a little more sanitary. This issue also explores the new ideas grabbing the manufacturers. Architects are starting to see more “climate positive” materials entering the market. This new term refers to the idea that the creation of something could actually contribute (in carbon use) to the planet in a positive way. The big idea is that, often with the manufacturers’ involvement, the production process of a product could exceed netzero goals and have a negative carbon consumption. We at Architectural Products would like to give a big bow to the big idea—that is what this issue is about. So, please, enjoy these stories and dream big!

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High-End Hand Sanitizing Once upon a time, the idea of a wide-spread system of drinking fountains seemed silly. What would be the point? Public water buckets were readily available and equipped with a common drinking cup for anyone to slurp from. Ditto for doctors washing their hands before surgery—a practice that remained optional for most of the 19th-century. Today, we know so much more about the important roll hygiene plays in overall health. For example, “80% of illness-causing germs pass by way of the hands,” explains Tristan Smith, a representative for Vaask, the hand-hygiene company. “People don’t want to get sick,” he explains matter-of-factly. That’s true regardless of the disease’s

“80% of illness-causing germs pass by way of the hands.” name, whether it is COVID or a head cold or some other communicable form of pain and suffering. The current pandemic’s conditions may have acted as the catalyst to speed this innovation along, but this product is a no-brainer even if and when the current contagion subsides for good. Being clean and practicing better hand hygiene will stand the test of time. Vaask made a splash earlier this year when it debuted its high-end, hand-sanitizing unit. “No one has specified it before,” he says. So, when architects and designers at building and trade shows first saw the stylish offering, “They said, ‘Wow! Why has no one thought of this?’” The concept is simple. How many times have you walked up to one of those haphazard, hit-or-miss, temporary hand-sanitizing units, and instead of getting a glob of germ killer, the broken machine is empty and inoperable? Vaask is challenging the less-than-sanitary status quo by combining durability, reliability, and high-design in its all-metal, cast aluminum permanent hand-sanitizing fixtures. The new product’s presence is being felt at award shows. Vaask has been recognized with the Red Dot Design Award, Time’s Best Inventions and Boutique Design New York—BDNY, to name just a few. “Basically, wherever we go, we win an award,” admits Smith. Built to execute one million sanitization efforts during a machine’s lifetime, that is roughly two million hands served, Vaask solutions last roughly 10 times longer than the industry standard. Another point of differentiation—laser range

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In the same way that you wouldn’t expect to find a bright blue porta-potty performing within a Ritz Carlton, you also shouldn’t expect to see rinky-dink, hand-sanitizing dispensers in society’s hotspots. Things designed to be temporary, do not generally work well in a permanent capacity. Inspired by the Norwegian word for “wash,” Vaask—pronounced V-ahh-sk—is like a breath of fresh air and embodies today’s desire for a higher class of clean.

sensors that eliminate waste and drips with better palm detection and more precise dispensing capabilities. “These machines misfire less,” assures Smith, and are “without a peer in the industry.” The price tag for a Vaask machine ranges from $1,200 to $2,200, but they should end up saving the buyer money in the long term. High-traffic areas can recoup the initial cash outlay in a year or so due to the reduction in maintenance and a more efficient use of hand sanitizer. The ADA-compliant fixtures boast “touchless operation,” which seems quite sane in society’s quest to avoid germ-induced sickness, and the machines build directly into the wall. A non-professional installer can achieve installation in a half an hour, while, according to Smith, a professional should only need 20 minutes. Most machines will be livewired to AC, but the units do offer power-overEthernet (POE) capabilities to make installation possible without an electrician. Either way, the fixtures eliminate any reliance on batteries—a frequent headache with temporary machines.

Sales have been encouraging across the board. Fed up with broken, empty canisters-on-a-stick, owners, operators, and on-site managers with an eye for style are saying: “Wall warts, be gone!” according to Smith. They need hand-sanitizing stations, but they are lusting for high quality, made-tolast machines with a desirable look and customizable finishes that will match any space. High-traffic areas with high-touch intersections make perfect candidates for Vaask’s durable machines. The hospitality industry has been hot, including hotels, restaurants, and casinos, who are “chomping at the bit,” according to Smith. Safety-first types also quickly understand Vaask’s value. This includes schools, businesses, and any establishment determined to demonstrate a concern for people’s well-being. Easy access to hand sanitizer makes solid sense but doing so with temporary contraptions that frequently fail … not anymore. “The phone is ringing off of the hook,” admits Smith. For more information, visit www.vaask.com.

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Restrooms

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Hands Off While concerns about germs in the bathroom aren’t quite as high as they were at the height of the pandemic, 78% of those surveyed in Bradley’s 2022 Health Handwashing Survey say they are more conscious about germs. Although this year’s study didn’t cover touchless fixtures, Bradley’s 2021 survey revealed great interest with 79% of office workers identifying no-touch fixtures as an important aspect of workplace restrooms and 84% stating the importance of touchless fixtures in public restrooms. “Interestingly, two-thirds of office workers use a paper towel to avoid touching restroom door handles, flushers, and faucet handles,” said Jon Dommisse, Bradley Corp.’s vice president of marketing and corporate communications in last year’s survey. “This evasive action further demonstrates why touch-free restroom fixtures resonate so much with restroom users.” Providing sanitary, clean bathrooms, particularly in retail and hospitality settings, has been proven to impact the bottom line as well. Whereas 69% of consumers will return to a store, restaurant, or hotel if the establishment offers clean bathrooms, 60% are unlikely to return if they had a negative restroom experience. Here are a few products making it easier for architects to create that touchless restroom experience people are talking about.

FAUCET

Great Curves Available with hands-free sensors, the Curve is a trendy new horizontally arced faucet. Designed by renowned mechanical engineer Prakhar Kumar Jain, the sleek, elegant silhouette is simple and minimalistic. Delivering a waterfalllike flow, the Curve is available in traditional finishes like chrome, brushed nickel and matte black, and 20 ceramic-based color options.

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The Curve offers left or right installation configurations and looks particularly stunning when paired over a double vanity.

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FAUCET, SOAP, AND DRYER

Step Up to the Bar TOUCHLESS+

Touchless All-In-One sink systems offer a touchless handwashing experience that also ends soap and towel waste and eliminates water splashing on users or dripping on the floor.

Winner of a 2020 GOOD DESIGN award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the Next Generation WashBar features Bradley Corp.’s advanced touchless clean+rinse+dry technology. A thin, L-shaped design makes the fixture feel as if it is floating above the sink. The touch-free soap, water and dryer bar incorporates LED-illuminated icons to navigate the user through the handwashing process. Bradley Corp

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DOOR SENSORS

The sensors activate upon a user’s approach. In the event of a power failure, the system automatically disengages to allow manual opening.

Two-thirds of office workers use a paper towel to avoid touching restroom door handles, flushers, and faucet handles.

TOILET

Touchless Toilet Cubicle A best of NeoCon Silver Award for Architectural Products in the Interior Products and Solutions Category, Bobrick’s Thrislington Touchless Toilet Cubicle is a fully integrated access system with door control from both the exterior and interior via hand proximity sensors. Located on the fascia/pilaster between cubicle doors, the sensors activate upon a user’s approach with an electromagnetic locking system. In the event of a power failure, the system automatically disengages to allow for manual door opening. Bobrick Washroom Equipment www.thrislingtoncubicles.com CIRCLE 266

FAUCET

DRYER

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Featuring Insight technology, Kohler’s Sculpted Touchless faucet’s infrared sensor gathers and analyzes the surrounding area upon installation. The intelligence is then calibrated to filter false triggers and optimize sensor operation. Available at a low 0.5 gallons per minute flow rate, the faucet incorporates a vandal-resistant aerator.

With the ability to dry one’s hands without leaving the sink, the XLERATORsync from Excel Dryer delivers a 14-second dry time with adjustable speed, heat, and sound control. With 95% cost savings vs. paper towels, and using 80% less energy than conventional hand dryers, the touchless hygienic hand drying solution is more sustainable too.

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Furnishings

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OFFICE

The Ultimate Desking Solution

The HELM office table from HALCON earned itself a Best of Competition 2022 award and a Gold distinction in both the Tables: Height-Adjustable and Tables: Conference categories at NEOCON. “This groundbreaking table has a professional and high-end feel while also meeting current user demands and expectations for wellness. It is seamless and well-executed in all ways,” stated the NEOCON awards jury. In creating this award-winning desk, German designers Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub worked to strip down the height-adjustable mechanism to deliver a sleek solution. “The mission of HELM was to design heightadjustable meeting tables that appear weightless,” they explained. “The technical conditions

“The mission of HELM was to design height-adjustable meeting tables that appear weightless.” are extremely difficult, and with most solutions the work is carried out with lifting columns that reach down to the ground. We wanted exactly the opposite: an elegant, light, and filigree structure that carries the column.” It seems that they succeeded as Joe Lozowski, CEO of the Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based Tangram Interiors wrote in a recent blog, “this is the most elegant height-adjustable executive desk that I’ve ever seen. I love the classic design aesthetic.” Although it may have classic lines, the functionality is cutting edge. The desk surface, which can be rectangular or oval-shaped, doubles as a wireless charging station and offers USB-C connectivity. To match the office décor, specifiers can choose from a variety of light, medium, and dark wood species including maple, cherry, walnut, oak, sycamore, ash, and hickory. Metal options include chrome, black, and bronze, and the glass selection can be back painted in white, gray, silver, or black. The table surface is also available in a proprietary material made from acrylic resins. To visualize the different options, architects can tap into HALCON’S online configurator tool. In selecting the shape, size, surface finish, subtop finish, base finish, and accessory options, designers can mix and match options to create the best solution for the space they are designing. Halcon

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Lighting & Controls

product developments

AWARD WINNERS

LightFair Innovation Awards Round-Up New forms and functionalities address several market needs and offer designers new creative possibilities. This year’s LightFair Innovation Awards did not disappoint. Selecting from the vast away of products on display at the Las Vegas Convention Center, an independent panel of judges from the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Lighting Designers selected the most innovative products in 14 categories. “Our 2022 LIA winners continue to pave the path for lighting innovation,” said Dan Darby, LightFair show director. “This year’s winners took innovation to the next level and created products that not only

serve an important purpose in lighting, but also demonstrate exceptional design capabilities and outside-of-the-box thinking.” Joining this year’s independent panel of lighting professionals was Lane Swainston, Swainston Consulting Group and Javid Butler, senior engineer, HDR Consulting on behalf of IES and Ellen Kuklinski, director of architectural design, Coherent Design and George Huang, senior lighting designer, Steelman Partners for IALD.

Imaginative Illumination Earning both a Design Excellence and Commercial Indoor: Troffers, Suspended & Surface Mounted award, this modular linear lighting system incorporates a quick connector for an easy install in any configuration. Easy-Link’s linear sections can be assembled with T, X, and U connectors, and a rotating socket allows the luminaire to be set at any angle. The system can be suspended, mounted on walls or ceilings, or attached to a table or floor, and honeycomb or louvered baffles can be added to reduce glare. Edison Price Lighting Easy-Link www.epl.com CIRCLE 263

In Case of Emergency…

Combining an RGB strip with a tunable white strip, the TruCirque is an illuminated circle that recesses into 5/8-in. drywall. Earning a LightFair Innovation Award in the Dynamic Color, Theatrical, Cove, Strips & Tape category, the product seamlessly blends into the drywall with no joist modification required. Building occupants can set the glowing circle to display as white, red, green or blue for a modern, dynamic appearance.

Picking up the award in this year’s Ballasts, Transformers, Drivers, Systems & Kits category is Keystone’s Constant Wattage LED Emergency Backup Driver. With an operating temperature as low as -4°F, the robust driver runs LED loads at 5 watts and 12 watts for a minimum of 90 minutes and comes in a variety of form factors. With options designed to fit almost all commercial fixture types—including linear, high bay, recessed and integrated fixtures— the driver also incorporates short circuit overload and open load protections.

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Finally, sleek design without the shine. Introducing the Evero Matte Mason Series quartz material — a new matte finish in a variety of refined colors and basin shapes — to complement any restroom space. Perfectly. Commercial washrooms brought to life. bradleycorp.com/evero

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LIGHTFAIR INNOVATION AWARDS CONTINUED

Design Your Own Fixture Taking top honors as this year’s most innovative LightFair product in addition to an Indoor Decorative award, the MIFOR-70 is a highly flexible luminaire capable of replicating just about any shape a designer creates. Named a Top 10 Must See LightFair 2022 product in the EdisonReport, the system can create polygonal, bent and undulating light designs to display a luminous line, plane or circles. The modules can be connected into strings and multiplying shapes and suspended on wires connected to the ceiling. Klus

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Top Post Honors

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Featuring an innovative clamping mechanism, multiple luminaires can be mounted at any height or point within a full radius on a single pole, with no visible hardware. Available as top post luminaires, wall mounts or a bollard, the outdoor lighting product delivers an elegant, minimalist appearance. Available with performance optics or low-glare, edge-lit comfort LED panels, the luminaires integrate seamlessly with occupancy and photo controls.

As the only commercially available temporal light artifacts (TLA) flicker generator in the industry, the Labarazzi is designed with 26 preset flicker signals or users can design their own by navigating through settings for waveform, frequency, flicker percent, duty cycle, modulation depth, PstLM and SVM. Winning the Non-Luminous: Research, Publications, Lighting Software & Specialty Hardware Lightfair category award, the flickering light can be used for testing, demonstration and educational purposes.

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The Empire State Building is part of the Empire State Realty Trust, which was one of the very first portfolios that achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating.

Better Buildings. Healthier People. The WELL Health-Safety Rating has 2.8 billion square feet served and counting.

By Jeff Pitts, contributing writer

“The WELL Health-Safety Rating is serving as a roadmap for organizations globally to improve human health through enhanced operational policies, maintenance protocols and emergency plans. As part of this commitment to creating people-first places, architects and designers are also being called upon to help their clients create a culture of health,” said Jessica Cooper, Chief Commercial Officer at the International WELL Building Institute. “As agents of public health, architects can utilize their expertise to create impacts beyond design and inform how spaces are maintained in the long-term.”

Billed as “the world’s first building standard to focus on enhancing people’s health and wellbeing through the built environment,” the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) launched its signature program back in 2014. After four short years, this program, known as the WELL Building Standard (WELL)—a performance-based certification system that marries best practices in design and construction with evidence-based medical and scientific research—was flourishing. It had been utilized in 250 million sq. ft. of built space, including offices, schools, corporate buildings, hotels and residences, and it picked up even more steam the following

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year, when its usership doubled to top the 500-million-sq.-ft. mark. But then along came COVID-19. “Prior to COVID, we had about half a billion square feet that had engaged with WELL,” explains Jessica Cooper, who serves as Chief Commercial Officer at the institute. “We are now at 3.5 billion square feet of WELL projects around the globe. We had 465 projects in 2017, now we’re at 35,000 projects.” The steep uptick in demand for the institute’s services certainly extended beyond COVID, notes Cooper. “We already saw strong growth in full-certification enrollment before

the pandemic, but COVID clearly contributed to the institute’s exponential growth.” The pandemic instilled a sense of urgency in companies to prioritize health, and IWBI responded. Pivoting away from having its sole focus be on its comprehensive WELL Certification, the institute began offering more flexible pathways that break down the WELL Building Standard into moremanageable, bite-size chunks. One such incremental approach was the WELL HealthSafety Rating for Facility Operations and Management—a set of features focusing on maintenance protocols, stakeholder engagement and emergency

plans to address health and safety needs and to help businesses thrive. The WELL HealthSafety Seal has now been adhered to the front doors of Yankee Stadium, Miami’s City Hall, more than 600 senior living communities, thousands of Planet Fitness clubs and a vast array of other built spaces. Most industry insiders have long been aware of the WELL Building Standard and its comprehensive certification, but the almost-overnight spread of the new WELL Health-Safety Seal—it’s now in more than 100 countries at nearly 24,000 locations across 2.8 billion square feet of space—has people asking: “What exactly is that?”

“Transmission of COVID-19 has been found to largely occur in indoor and enclosed environments, where people spend approximately 90% of their time.” —International WELL Building Institute

WELL HEALTH-SAFETY RATING

The WELL Health-Safety Rating is an evidencebased, third-party verified rating focused on operational policies, maintenance protocols, emergency plans, and stakeholder education and engagement to address a post-COVID-19 environment now and broader health and safetyrelated issues into the future.

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OPERATIONAL POLICIES

Adoption of polices and procedures to facilitate a healthy and safe workplace or facility. MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS

Implementation of facilities management and maintenance protocols designed to reduce the risk of infectious disease transmission. EMERGENCY PLANS

Development of emergency plans and protocols, that, when applied, help to safeguard building users. STAKEHOLDER EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT

Regular communications, educations, and signage that capture important updates, activities, and information.

What Exactly is the WELL Health-Safety Rating? The WELL Health-Safety Rating “addresses a range of acute health threats through facilities’ operations and management strategies, in order to help organizations meet immediate COVID-19 needs and to prioritize long-term health and safety of staff, visitors and stakeholders.” Its strategies were informed by existing features within the WELL Building Standard—as well as IWBI’s Task Force on COVID-19 and guidance by WHO, CDC, global disease control and prevention centers, emergency management agencies, and an array of other experts and institutions—but the rating differs from the WELL Building Standard in some important ways. For one, the WELL Health-Safety Rating primarily targets relevant acute health threats, including infectious diseases and COVID-19. The rating is designed to be deployed quickly and without major expenditures. In contrast, the WELL Building Standard addresses a larger, more comprehensive set of strategies. Further, the WELL Health-Safety Rating is entirely documentation-based and does not require on-site performance testing, whereas the WELL Building Standard does require on-site performance tests. While some WELL Health-Safety Rating features call for the submission of air and water monitoring, there are no specific performance outcomes. So while performance testing remains a critical differentiator in regard to the WELL Certification, it is not required to achieve the

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WELL Health-Safety Rating. To earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating, projects must achieve some combination of 15 of the rating’s 23 evidence-based features. These are customizable and adaptable to a specific facility and organizational needs and no single feature is mandatory. Each project is encouraged to improve on areas of need. The features fall within the following categories: 1. Cleaning and Sanitization Procedures 2. Emergency Preparedness Programs 3. Health Service Resources 4. Air and Water Quality Management 5. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Upon completion of the necessary requirements, the building officially earns the distinction: “WELL Health-Safety Rated” and the seal is awarded. Valid for one year, the rating needs to be renewed annually to confirm that the project’s policies, protocols and plans continue in place. Finally, the WELL Health-Safety Rating and the corresponding seal indicates the space puts the health of people first, while communicating that evidence-based measures and best practices for safety have been adopted and third-party verified. In other words, as the institute says on its website, “the WELL seal outside means you can feel safer inside.” For more information about WELL Health-Safety Rating, visit www.wellcertified.com/health-safety.

WELL HEALTH-SAFETY RATING PROJECT: AIMBRIDGE HOSPITALITY-SHERATON SUITES COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA, KANSAS CITY

Approximately 200 of Aimbridge Hospitality’s North American properties have achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating. Sheraton Suites Country Club Plaza in Kansas City is one such hotel. Marriott’s “Commitment to Clean” touts an array of measures to combat germs, including the treatment of surfaces with hospital-grade disinfectants, enhanced cleaning technologies such as electrostatic sprayers, and the use of air-purifying systems that fight against viruses in the air and on surfaces. In addition, Marriott Bonvoy members have access to an array of services through the Marriott Bonvoy App, including contactless options for mobile check-in/check-out, mobile keys to forgo the front desk and mobile dining options. www.aimbridgehospitality.com; www.marriott.com

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WELL Health-Safety Rating Projects Brightline Transit

All aboard! Brightline is billed as America’s only provider of modern, eco-friendly, higher speed rail. The service launched in 2018 in South Florida with the aim of removing cars from the road by offering a better option—Brightline. Current fullservice offerings include travel between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Fla. Brightline became the first train company in the world to earn the WELL Heath-Safety Rating this past April—announced on Earth Day—and it was an easy decision, according to Denaye Hinds, Brightline’s Sustainability Director, since this is “essentially a hotel room on wheels.”

Cleaning and sanitation protocols include the consideration of employees’ health and efforts to reduce the risk of respiratory and dermal symptoms. Brightline trainsets boast a well-thought out design with two locomotives, one on each end, so that the trains don’t need to “turn around.” Also, the modular locomotives allow for the easy replacement of every major component. Even though the business was built pre-COVID, some of its inputs were already in alignment with achieving the WELL Health-Safety Rating. Implementing air quality measures as well as different cleaning and sanitization procedures were two big themes in Brightline’s achievement of the WELL Health-Safety Rating. Air quality was aided by continuous virus, pathogen, and air quality treatment supported by Siemens Technology. Cleaning and sanitation modifications included the utilization of cleaning products with less hazardous ingredients in an effort to reduce the risk of respiratory and dermal symptoms of teammates and guests. Brightline also features touchless hygiene, including a touchless flush toilet and a Dyson faucet.

The first sports and entertainment venue to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating is Yankee Stadium.

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Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees, became the first sports and entertainment venue to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating. The famous ballpark did so in part by way of its commitment to air and water quality management, cleaning and sanitization procedures, emergency preparedness programs, and health service resources, among other things.

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Health-Safety-Supporting Products The International WELL Building Institute does not endorse products. The following products are examples of the types of tools and materials that could potentially be utilized within the quest to achieve the HealthSafety recognition by the International WELL Building Institute.

Air-Quality Products

Bathroom Innovations

Clean and Sanitized Hands

Air-filtration devices, air-cleaning apparatuses, airquality monitors and other such options give facility managers and occupants the tools and data that are needed to optimize indoor air spaces.

When talking about stemming the spread of germs inside a building, the bathroom is, of course, an important area to consider and touchless is a key criteria.

According to some estimates, 80% of illness-causing germs are passed through people’s hands. Keeping them clean can make a difference.

BREATHING EASIER Indoor air quality protection is a key consideration to any space that aims to protect occupants from airborne illness. Siemens needlepoint bipolar ionization uses both positive and negative ions that are forced through the HVAC system or portable units and are capable of attacking and deactivating certain bacteria, pathogens, airborne particles and VOC.

TOUCHLESS AND NO MESS The Dyson Airblade allows people to wash and dry their hands in 14 seconds all at one station—without moving to a separate hand-drying station, which eliminates waste water on the floor.

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FIRST-RATE MOBILE HAND FACILITY Ketchup-stained hands? Upon completion of your hot dog, Sloan’s “first of its kind, hands-free, sensor-operated, stand-alone, mobile handwashing station” will return your meathooks to a sanitized state. In this post-COVID world, the importance of hand hygiene cannot be understated, and it isn’t reserved just for the restroom anymore. These convenient cleanliness options arm facilities with a mobile, touch-free innovation that’s able to be placed anywhere in the building—it rolls on lockable caster wheels. Stations offer a sensor-operated faucet, Touchless enMotion Paper Towel Dispenser, Purell CS-8 Wall-mounted Foam Soap Dispenser, and include an AC or DC powered unit plus a 16-gallon graywater tank. Select models offer a hot water heater and holder for two 5-gallon water jugs. Sloan

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Stop Paying with Germs Cash has frequently been found to be laden with germs. As such, a trend toward avoiding the use of physical money has emerged. REVERSE ATM TECHNOLOGY Handling cash is expensive, time-consuming, inefficient and aids the spread of germs and contagions. As such, a completely cashless experience came to Yankee Stadium— the first sports and entertainment venue to earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating—and many other arenas around the globe as they reopened after COVID shutdowns. Thanks to technology such as ReverseATM self-service kiosks, venues can opt to only accept credit/debit cards and other touchless types of payments. For attendees with cash burning a hole in their pockets, there are on-site cashconversion ReadySTATION kiosks. These cash-to-card devices issue no-fee, prepaid debit cards; you can load as little as $1 and as much as $500 to be used within the stadium or anywhere Mastercard is accepted in the U.S. Ready Credit Corp.

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Cleaning and Sanitizing Tools If airborne illness is the enemy, the following products help you say, “Hasta la vista, viral pathogen.” GERMICIDE This powerful tool attacks microbes and decontaminates surfaces by utilizing an electrostatic charge—perfect for gyms, such as Planet Fitness. Droplets attract to the surface—instead of floating in the air where they do little good—as the spray “wraps around” objects to achieve better coverage than traditional sprayers. Evaclean System

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Jutting from the wind-swept waves of the North Sea onto the rocky coastline of Norway’s southernmost point, the Under restaurant is a dramatic visual feat of engineering that provides a one-of-a-kind underwater dining experience. by Katy Tomasulo, contributing writer

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When the restaurateurs approached Snøhetta with the idea of Europe’s first underwater restaurant, the architects’ approach centered around how to bring guests from 3.5-meters above sea level to 5-meters below sea level. The solution: a 0.5-meter-thick concrete pipe that could withstand water pressure and forces from large waves, partially submerged and extending at angle from sea to surface.

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“Concrete has a long shelf life, and expertise and experience from the oil industry in the North Sea gave us useful insight and guidance in the process,” says Snøhetta Senior Architect Rune Grasda. The team used 3D simulations during the design process to determine the ideal shape of the building to withstand the large waves typical of the area. A membrane—the same type used inside rock tunnels—on the inside of the concrete structure prevents small leaks.

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The building was constructed on a barge at sea and then towed to the property. They lowered the structure into the ocean, filling it with water, anchored it to the seabed with pre-assembled bolts, and then pumped the water out.

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panoramic views Designed as a sunken periscope, a 36 ft. × 13-ft. panoramic acrylic window offers diners breathtaking views of the marine ecosystem in the North Atlantic Ocean. “Acrylic is heat insulating and has very good properties for light transmission and clarity,” Grasda says. “The sealant is the same material that’s being used in large aquariums. The pressure of the water itself helps to seal the glass against the concrete structure.”

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“Reynolds Polymer Technology was able to take a uniquely complex project and engineer an acrylic masterpiece that could not only withstand the rugged undersea conditions and incredible water pressure but provide a once in a lifetime perspective and experience for our diners,” said Stig Ubostad, cofounder of Under. 36-ft. wide × 13-ft. tall × almost 10-in. thick window. Reynolds Polymer Technology www.reynoldspolymer.com CIRCLE 253

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“By adding light to the area around the submerged restaurant, we can attract fish and observe the marine life at night,” explains Morten Jensen, Light Bureau's Country Manager in Norway.

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warm oak paneling The interior aesthetic was designed to be a calming contrast to the often intense conditions outside, while offering a heightened level of fire protection. The warm oak cladding, created in collaboration with local carpenter Hamran from local Norwegian oak, is 11-in. thick. The team crafted the paneling to create the illusion that one solid piece of oak ran from the entrance to the stairs and to the kitchen.

liquid lighting Nearly 400 one-cell, recessed LED luminaires were integrated into the ceiling in a matrix pattern. The light sources are small with good glare control, which makes them almost invisible, appearing as if they are off, when seen from different perspectives. Each luminaire was precisely angled to accommodate the curvature of the ceiling, deliver light to the table surface, and avoid any reflection in the large panoramic window.

“Our main challenges were to maintain a natural light and to create a safe atmosphere at the bottom of the ocean for the visitors. Due to the minimal amounts of daylight below the sea, we envisioned that the lighting ‘floats’ into the room where it is needed. It is finely tuned to the surroundings inside the restaurant and designed in harmony with the nature around with an aim of creating a visual ecosystem,” says Martin Jensen.

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The wood interior was created in collaboration with local carpenter Hamran from local Norwegian oak.

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137 Soft Cells acoustic panels by Kvadrat Acoustics were upholstered in the custom, multicolored textile Under—named after the restaurant for which it was developed; 126 Soft Cells Broadline planar panels, 11 Soft Cells Free-Form concave panels. Each multicolored panel has a unique geometry and look.

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stunning acoustical ceiling Snøhetta and manufacturer Kvadrat collaborated to develop the look of the acoustic textiles to mimic the sunset. “It was a challenge finding a material that would meet the safety requirements and at the same time be more than 20-meters long with a color gradient going from pink, red, and green—to a deep blue tone at the end when you are under sea level,” says Marlene Fenger Vedal, a Snøhetta team lead and interior architect.

As diners ‘go under’ into the dining area, the acoustic environment steadily becomes crisper and stiller, while the colors melt from light reds at the restaurant’s entrance to dark greens and blues. The pattern across the ceiling ebbs and flows throughout the space. The acoustic ceiling solution meets the stringent functional and regulatory requirements of the project. It provides Class A sound absorption, top-tier fire-retardancy, optimal acoustic conditioning, and seamless integration with lighting fittings.

Just as the wood paneling was designed to appear as one solid piece, the chairs and tables have a continuous and uninterrupted form. WOOD FURNISHINGS

Hamran also created the furniture for the project. The Under collection, made from the same Norwegian oak as the paneling, includes a chair, a bench, a round table, and an oblong table. The continuous shape of each piece mimics the way the branches of a tree grow from the stem.

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Engineering Exposed The design of Fitts-Woolard Hall, at NC State, sought to educate by example—bringing the often-hidden elements—structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, etc.—into plain sight. by Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, contributing writer

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educational epicenter for advanced manufacturing, bioengineering, ergonomics, environmental engineering, robotics, and sensor technologies, the architecture and design team of this new building, led by Clark Nexsen, was challenged to

display the nature of the work and disciplines taking place inside, while also blending the new structure with neighboring buildings. Unfortunately, the neighboring buildings were quite dissimilar. On the north side of Fitts-Woolard, the

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A mix of glass, masonry, metal and aluminum shading fins enable Fitts-Woolard Hall to blend in with the existing traditional red brick engineering buildings and the James B. Hunt Jr. Library with its glass and aluminum curtainwall and vertical solar shading fins pictured here on the south side.

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“Fitts-Woolard was conceived of as an ‘architectural bridge’ that could weave these disparate buildings together into a cohesive group,” explains Shann Rushing, aia, leed ap, principal, Clark Nexsen, Raleigh. “It draws from the existing engineering buildings by using masonry and punched openings while manipulating these characteristics similar to Hunt Library’s dynamic machined façade. It also draws from Hunt Library through the use of expansive

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glazing, aluminum metal panels and vertical solar fins.” In terms of educational insights, two pairs of expressive gestural V-shaped columns illustrate the idea of structural support. One pair supports the cantilevered block form that contains the third and fourth floors, which appear enclosed in a floating volume. “These columns also mark the two main entrances and highlight exterior views into prominent lab spaces including a structural testing

lab, senior student project space and large-scale driving simulator,” explains Rushing. On the south entrance, the columns are 18-degrees and 9-degrees out-of-plumb, and at the east entrance, the slants are more severe at 24-degrees and 52-degrees outof-plumb. To achieve the latter, four hollow structural steel HSS10 × 10 × 5/8 members were stitch-welded together to make one 20-in. square column which met the high axial

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load demand. The engineers carefully coordinated with the contractor to make sure enough of the finished structure was in place before removing the temporary shoring. Comprising the unique façade are Kawneer 1600 curtainwall, Guardian SNX 51/23 and Silver 20 glazing, Metal Composite Alucobond Plus wall panels, aluminum shading fins and custom aluminum reveals from Kawneer Extrusions.

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The new Fitts-Woolard Hall facade at North Carolina State University in Raleigh features cantilevered up floors supported by structural V columns.

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Stormwater Management Outside, a stormwater management system showcases the hydraulic characteristics of a natural stream. The display provides a comparison between the time it takes for the water to travel down from the roof and adjacent plazas through step pool conveyance versus channeled conveyance, explains Robert Pratt, leed ap, principal, landscape architect, Surface678, Durham, N.C.

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“The strategic integration of stormwater management into the site design carries out the engineering on display theme and specifically relates to the expertise of the civil engineering department now housed in FittsWoolard,” he says.

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Surface 678’s landscape design showcases the hydraulic characteristics of a natural stream for engineering students and passersby.

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Award-Winning Structural Staircase Another impressive feature of the project is the exposed, steel-plated structural staircase that runs through the four-story structure. “Acting as a teaching lab, the stairs are something professors can use to teach their classes about the load that these structural members are carrying,” explains Doug Morton, the University’s associate vice chancellor for facilities.

In order to showcase the structural truss engineering, each stair is made up of two hollow structural section (HSS) bridge trusses which function as a handrail and stringer and act as the support structure that runs vertically underneath the stairs. These trusses are connected by either HSS cross beams or a series of horizontal and vertical plates to control deflection and resist buckling.

Beyond serving as an educational tool, these stairs were designed to be an architectural element. The steel was fabricated to achieve a high Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS) Level 4 standard, which means that special care was taken to ensure that the structural system is also aesthetically pleasing. Welds were contoured and blended, for example, and the HSS seams are not apparent.

The engineers specified blackened steel, a semi-transparent oxide coating which allows the steel’s natural finish to show through. The design team performed a number of tests and mock-ups before selecting Permalac’s Original Blackener for metal surfaces to achieve the desired finish. The landings are cast-in-place terrazzo and the stair treads are precast terrazzo, which made it possible

“The wood walls also play an important role in controlling noise, as they are an acoustic treatment panel.” — Shann Rushing, Principal, Clark Nexsen

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Blackened steel, a semi-transparent oxide coating allows the steel’s natural finish to show through was selected.

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RAILING SYSTEM

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“Acting as a teaching lab, the stairs are something professors can use to teach their classes about the load that these structural members are carrying.” —Doug Morton, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities

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“Since every lab and office can’t be on the perimeter, we decided to put a central core of light down the middle.” — Ryan Johnson, Computational Designer, Clark Nexsen

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to install the stairs with a minimal gap and no impact to the stair finish. While many of the staircase components are exposed or on display, certain elements maintain a degree of mystery. The hand railings incorporate Wagner LumenLinear LED lights. “We worked hard to coordinate how the wiring runs through the structural tubes so that there is no visible conduit or cabling or notable change in the handrail to get the wiring into the handrails,” explains Ryan Johnson,

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aia, leed ap, computational designer, Clark Nexsen, Raleigh. “This included having holes predrilled before the truss was created to allow for the wiring to pass through.” The complex and varying forms of each stair made the process of modeling and analyzing the structure more challenging. Further, the traditional process of manually inputting the parameters of the geometry was time-consuming and prone to error. To address this, the structural team

developed a new workflow that used computational tools to not only design the stair but create the geometry in the structural design software for analysis. “The rigor with which the stairs needed to be modeled identified several dimensional issues that would have resulted in conditions where the guardrail or handrail would not have vertically aligned,” explains Johnson. “Since the architect modeled this parametrically, it was quickly and easily fixed and visualized to confirm

that the design intent was being met.” This process saved the team the man-hours and effort of modeling the individual components in RISA, enabling more time to be spent on the complex finite-element analysis. The steel-plated monumental stairs, along with distinctive V-columns, earned the project an Excellence in Structural Engineering Award from the Structural Engineers Association of North Carolina.

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CORRIDOR PANELS

Interlocking Rock dimensional Zelle panels deliver a unique feature wall. Multiple layers of gypsum with glass reinforced cast rock and a class A foam core combine to create lightweight, textured panels. Steel-reinforced joints interlock to support accurate panelto-panel alignment and joint stability.

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The larger collaboration space running along the corridor is called the Hearth.

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COLORED PIPES

Below: Exposed color-coded pipes act as a teaching tool by highlighting the electrical, security, plumbing, HVAC and fire safety pipes and components running through the building’s ceiling.

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Another interesting teaching feature is exposed color-coded pipes that identify the electrical, security, plumbing, HVAC and fire-safety pipes and components running through the ceiling. As a lab-intensive facility, the mechanical systems on display are also larger and incorporate equipment not typically found in a conventional building, such as compressed air and vacuum systems, making the exhibited systems even more

interesting to the students. “Students can look up and see the pipes in this area and then refer to the exhibit signage to understand what each system is,” explains Johnson. “This can be student-led and driven by curiosity about the engineering systems in the building, or it can be intentionally used by faculty.” The same colors are also displayed in the mechanical room where students can identify the systems associated with the different pipes and ducts.

Interactive Displays Interactive display panels allow occupants to view building system energy usage in real time. Shown as a set of data science style charts, students can view current temperature, airflow volume, water use, and power use. Students can also see the various ways that integrated sensors optimize the use of mechanical and electrical systems throughout the building.

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Playful Design Elements

But the Fitts-Woolard building isn’t all work. There are some playful design elements incorporated into the interior as well. Along the primary circulation corridors is a large, tessellated wood wall. “Located along the main circulation paths, the wood creates an inviting experience and encourages users to move up and down using the open stairs rather than elevators,” explains Rushing. In addition to creating a beautiful aesthetic, “the wood walls also play an important role in controlling noise, as they are an acoustic treatment panel that helps mitigate unwanted sound in the open spaces which contain hard finish materials including terrazzo, glass, metal deck, and drywall,” he adds.

The design also incorporates a large skylight bringing daylight deep into the core. “Since every lab and office can’t be on the perimeter, we decided to put a central core of light down the middle,” explains Johnson. “It creates this sense of wonder when you come and look up 60 ft., you see the stairs and wood [wall] diffusing that light and drawing your eye upwards.” Purple, red, and orange furnishings were strategically placed in landings and corridors to create informal small group gatherings and encourage chance encounters between students, faculty, staff, and departments. “It was also our goal to use the shapes and colors of the furniture to soften and enliven the open spaces.

Students and passersby can witness experiments and lab work taking place inside Fitts-Woolard Hall.

The base building materials are intentionally hard and durable as well as neutral in color; the furniture was used to contrast that with softer colorful materials and playful shapes,” says Rushing. A larger collaborative space running along the corridor is called the Hearth. It is located outside a series of classrooms and serves as a convenient pre-class waiting area and gathering space between classes. “Given its size and adjacency to circulation, the wall and ceiling material is an acoustic felt material to help with acoustics in the space, in addition to the carpet,” he adds. Opposite the Hearth and lining the hallway is a unique textured wall panel made from glass reinforced

cast rock with a class A foamcore. The interlocking system was selected for its resemblance to the cellular structures found in engineered systems, according to Bob Riggs, a principal with the exhibit design firm Riggs Ward in Richmond, Va. The unique design really struck a chord with students and faculty. As Julie Swann, Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department Head commented, “I love the feature wall. The texture makes me think of cellular activities, water, and membranes—things that are embedded in lots of different engineering components. I really like that there are different kinds of visuals around the labs that represent some of the many different things that we do here.”

AWARDS

• AIA Triangle Merit Award, 2022 • Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Landscape Architecture (Surface 678), 2022 • Building North Carolina Award for Best Public Project, 2021 • AIA South Atlantic Region Merit Award, Interior Architecture, 2021 • Structural Engineers Association of North Carolina Excellence in Structural Engineering Award, 2021

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Biofit’s ArmorSeat lab chairs are made from durable, non-porous polypropylene with antimicrobial properties in the seat and backrest. With full ergonomic functionality, pneumatics are available to provide low, medium and high seat height ranges.

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Sustainable Flooring The expectations of products and solutions that tout their sustainability are shifting.

Sustainability is evolving. One indicator of that evolution is the emergence of new terms and performance metrics being used to describe and identify sustainable products. Where energy efficiency and low-VOCs used to be focal points, today manufacturers are launching products with “low embodied carbon” that can contribute toward a “climate positive” outcome.

Climate positive refers to efforts that deliver an environmental benefit that exceeds a net-zero carbon emission and removes additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The understanding of what is necessary to truly reduce environmental impact has also broadened the sphere of consideration beyond the product to include the energy use and environmental consciousness of the manufacturer. These new sustainable flooring solutions are excellent examples of the ways that the definition of sustainability has shifted—and the ways that manufacturers are participating to offer architectural products that can help protect the planet.

COLOR WITH CARBON OFFSETS Brighten up any interior space with Color Anchor LVT. This collection of bold, vivid and versatile shades come in two patterns as well as multiple plank and tile sizes for mix and match options. To help reduce any negative environmental impact, this collection was intended to offset its embodied carbon by 105%.

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SMALLER CARBON FOOTPRINT + RECYCLED CONTENT Armstrong Flooring has taken bold action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with its luxury vinyl tile and flooring collections. Already, Armstrong has reduced its carbon footprint by 31% through six featured LVT collections, including Biome, Coalesce, Terra, Theorem, Exchange and Duo. These collections contain 29% recycled content and are designed to be recycled through the On&On Recycling Program. The collections themselves draw on nature for inspiration. Coalesce channeled earthly materials, artisanal textiles and mosaics, while Biome reflects organic aesthetics with earthy brown tones and wood grain. Terra draws on the strength and raw beauty of natural gemstones for its unique designs and timeless patterns. Armstrong Flooring

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This collection boasts an additional 5% carbon offset, leading Mohawk’s goal of Net Zero carbon emissions by 2040.

CLIMATE-POSITIVE CARPET Inspired by lichens that thrive on bark and rock formations, the multi-hued Lichen Community modular carpet collection is the lowest embodied carbon product to date. It was designed to “connect us to a more restorative, climate positive future” in collaboration with McLennan Design. Lichen features a new bark texture, in addition to its popular stone facade. This collection boasts an additional 5% carbon offset, leading Mohawk to its goal of Net Zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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CARBON NEUTRAL VINYL iQ Granit is homogeneous vinyl flooring made from 25% pre-consumer recycled content. It is a carbon neutral product that is well-suited for healthcare, education and retail environments. iQ Granite is certified asthma and allergy friendly, and features a small and subtle chip pattern that coordinates with the broader Granit line. This vinyl is extremely durable and known for retaining its original beauty over time with a simple dry buff. CIRCLE 235

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Acoustical Doors with a Built-In Bullet Rating

Krieger sound control doors enhance building acoustics by exceeding the ANSI Standard S12.60-2002. Plus, now they provide an added layer of safety during an active shooter event with a built-in bullet resistance rating of UL 752.

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Added Safety & Security All acoustical assemblies come with Krieger’s new Cam Lift Hinge that has an ASTM F476 Grade 40 rating—the highest available. You can also add a security pin, which delays the door opening in the event of an attempted forced entry. All doors are 100% ADA compliant.

ACCENT GOLD African Gold is an elegant base from Azuvi Ceramics that is full of nuance. In this floor covering, leaden and smoky tones intersect with ochre accents. The resulting design is consistent with Azuvi’s guiding philosophy of “seeking perfection in spaces,” while also delivering quality. They are committed to adding value while respecting the environment with its ceramic floor coverings.

RUSTIC FAÇADE Austen Natura is a highly durable, vitrified elevation tile. Replicating the appearance of rustic, natural stone, it creates texture for most any exterior wall or façade. The random brown detailing in the stone resembles nature’s color palette and warms the pattern. CIRCLE 233

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 TOP-NOTCH FACADE A unique ceramic façade cladding system, GlenGery’s new Terracade tiles deliver on aesthetics and performance. Offered in an array of color-retaining hues and sizes, the natural clay material is durable, impact and fire resistant, with little maintenance required. Available accessories and system components support an efficient, easy installation. CIRCLE 232

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SPATTERCOAT SPECTACULAR Introducing a whole new layer of façade aesthetics, multi-colored spattercoat finishes from Linetec produce an array of painted patterns for metal wall panel cladding, window frames, doors, coping, soffits and decorative interior elements. The paint spatters can be many or few, large or small, thick or thin, speckled or swirled to create a three-dimensional depth or textured effect, or to reproduce materials like marble or slate. The spattercoat paint process combines precise color matching, hands-on artistry, and quality-controlled factory application.

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SLIP-RESISTANT TILE Solstice captures the timeless looks of both marble and slate in a signature grayscale color palette. Suitable as a countertop, wall, or floor, it is infused with StepWise Technology, which makes it 50% more slipresistant than regular tile. Due to its extra durability, it is also suitable for outdoor walkways and patios. CIRCLE 230

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STRUCTURAL TRANSPARENT SKIN This new STFE technology offers a new solution for tensile architecture. This structural and transparent composite membrane, developed for the building envelope, is 10 times lighter than glass. The material offers 50% light transmission, allowing daylight into the interior, while preventing glare. The lightweight polyarylate mesh provides structural strength for large free span designs. CIRCLE 228

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AWARD-WINNING GLASS FRAME SYSTEM Holoform’s Realm frame system is an awardwinning, demountable wall solution. Recognized for its range of glass, frame and hardware options, Realm is highly customizable and boasts industryleading STC ratings. Realm creates a modern aesthetic by blending the desire for abundant natural light in a slim European profile. These demountable walls were awarded both the international Red Dot Award and Good Design Award.

MEGA MAX SHADE The Ocean Master MAX parasol is the perfect partner for luxurious beachfront properties. The Ocean Master is constructed with timeless and classic European tailoring, and features Tucci’s patented stainless steel hub system. These components are corrosion proof and selflubricating to last against the harshest marine elements. The V-MAX Strut Design guarantees profound strength and beauty for years to come. CIRCLE 229

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FLUTED TILE MAKES WAVES Inspired by the Amalfi coast, “Onda” is making waves. The Onda tile is concave with straight edges, which creates a half-piped result. While fluted décor is a traditional architectural embellishment, Ranieri proudly reinterprets it here with lava stone. Onda is praised as an “iconic bar tile” that comes in countless color glazes, such as Powder Blue, Exotic Orange, Old Rose, and Candy Floss. Its versatile and elegant design is perfect for any residential living space or hospitality project.

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CAPTURING SOUTHWESTERN BEAUTY In a small, but complex job, TAB Quartz recreated the essence of the American desert for the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art. Teakwood Sandstone proved to be the material of choice, as it effortlessly evoked the natural striations found in Southwestern canyons and ravines. Discovering this material was arduous for TAB Quartz designers, but the hard work paid off. Teakwood Sandstone was used to complete the exterior “Mesa” facade and the interior “Arroyo” gallery and event space of the museum. Tab Quartz is the leading company of cutto-stone projects from India. The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art is located in St. Petersburg, Fla. and was built in 2018. CIRCLE 225

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STAND-OUT SPACES Hailing from the Carrara region of Italy, Macchia Vecchia Gold marble is meant to stand-out. The ivory white background is cut with intense gray veins and saturated orange-gold highlights. The result is an “unquestionably aggressive design with a strong personality,” according to Ascale. Macchia Vecchia Gold is available in polished or soft matte finishes and three thicknesses.

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ARCHITECTURAL LINEAR SERIES BRICK

Make an impression with our unique architectural brick Unlike clay brick, our calcium silicate brick products feature a natural, fine-grained appearance that we can finish in unique ways. Our long format Architectural Linear Series Brick features a distinct weathered finish, including tumbled edges. Incredibly stylish, our ALSB comes in a selection of designer colors with custom options available.

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A PERFECT-FITTING PARTITION SYSTEM The Spazio glass partition wall system incorporates linear, corner, and terminal components to create walls that perfectly fit into any domestic, public, or professional environment. Easily pairing with sliding doors and Moon, Sail, and Zen swing doors, the versatile system offers an endless number of solutions that combine glass and aluminum with structural elements.

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STONE-LIKE, SUSTAINABLE SINKS The new Evero Matte material is a fresh new quartz option with a stone-like appearance for handwashing fixtures in commercial restrooms. Made from a sustainable blend of bio-based resin and extra fine grade quartz, this cast, one-piece construction is resistant to stains and cracks, with a suede-like feel that won’t show fingerprints. CIRCLE 222

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NAVAL KNOBS With its old-world design, the new Argonaut Bath Collection from Waterstone Faucets features knobs and valves reminiscent of a submarine. The unique naval-inspired designs are described as showcasing “textured diamond knurling, mono-spoke forms and steampunk-inspired detailing.” A vast departure from the classic lavatory faucet, the distinctive levers provide a memorable handwashing experience. Waterstone Faucets

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PICTURE PERFECT VINYL TILE Vintage Luxury Vinyl Tile has a wood finish with ashen undertones. The secret to this tile’s accurate resemblance of raw material is high-resolution photo quality printing. The life-like image is protected by transfer-guard technology, to prevent scrape marks and floor curling. It is also guarded by a stone shield anti-scratch surface. CIRCLE 220

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SCULPTED SEATING Cempa Alfresco is a simple seat inspired by the shape and contour of a flower petal. Cempa offers flexible and attractive seating solutions for different looks and functions. These outdoor patio chairs come in a variety of fresh colors, such as Marigold, Terra Cotta, Slate Blue and Natural Silk. The chairs are UV treated to prevent fading and are made with rust-free aluminum legs. Cempa Alfresco won the silver award at NeoCon this year.

WOOD-EFFECT STONEWARE FLOORING Contemporary style meets worn-wood charm with Elisir Royal stoneware coverings. This ceramic collection recreates the majestic range and natural traits of wood in all its aspects. Graphic patterns include rich knots, veining, and true-timber color. Elisir Royal’s porcelain stoneware has a softtouch finish and brings warm, reflective light to any interior space.

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AN ELEGANT FINISH Art and design intersect in Lithos, a hexagonal porcelain tile that draws inspiration from classical marble sculptures. Lithos is available in four colors with 50 design variations, all of which have a soft matte finish. Described as a “timeless jewel,” Lithos is an ode to the purity and quality of marble. The collection seeks to bring elegance and realism to any interior project.

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Uncovering the Potential of a Prime DC Rooftop An adaptive outdoor structure system was an agent of major change on the rooftop of the AARP’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

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CHALLENGE: Beginning in 2017, DC-based design consultancy OPX embarked

SOLUTION: Designed with adaptability at its core, Landscape Forms’ Upfit

on a monumental project for long-time client AARP—a complete restack of the organization’s headquarters in Washington DC’s Penn Quarter neighborhood. After completing the ground-up renovation of each of the 500,000-square-foot building’s ten floors, attention shifted to the building’s aging roof.

structure system became the facilitator of flexible use on the rooftop terrace. “Upfit checked all the boxes for the type of adaptable structure we needed,” describes Wyche. “The weather sensors that allow the roof louvers to open and close depending on the conditions were a huge selling point for us— the ability to maintain the open air feeling and still make the space usable on days that were too sunny or too rainy was an important criterion.” Upfit’s integrated power enabled OPX to incorporate both fans and heaters into the structure to further extend the seasonal usability of the outdoor space.

Erik Wyche, who served as a project architect and project manager on the AARP headquarters transformation, saw this full roof replacement as a key opportunity to activate some of the building’s most valuable yet underutilized space. “We saw so much unrealized potential in this rooftop,” describes Wyche. “With DC’s height limitation, a ten-story building is rather unique—it feels like a skyscraper. And in this particular building’s location with prime views of the Capitol and the Washington Monument, we thought it was so important to completely rethink this occupiable rooftop space and make it a real destination for people.” INFLUENCE: One of OPX’s five overarching objectives for the new headquar-

ters as a whole, creating “flexibility to change” also became a guiding principle in the rooftop’s design. “We wanted it to be a multifunctional space. We wanted the rooftop to be a destination not only for employees to relax, eat lunch and enjoy the views, but also a space that could do more,” says Wyche. “We wanted it to be big enough and have the flexible amenities needed to comfortably host events ranging from a large internal meeting to a casual evening cocktail hour.”

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Eric Wyche also points to Upfit’s flexibility in scale as another of the structure’s differentiating factors. “The scalability and flexible allotment of space was another key consideration in our choice of Upfit. We ended up using three adjoining Upfit units to create 48’ by 16’ of total covered outdoor space,” describes Wyche. These abutting structures can serve a one large continuous space, or with Upfit’s infill panels, can become three distinct areas to serve different purposes. “Above all, the process of designing and spec’ing our Upfit solution was refreshingly easy,” says Wyche. “I hope I get the chance to work with Upfit again—we mainly focus on interiors, but fingers crossed we get to work on another rooftop.”

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Metal Panels

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To create the sunshade, Standard Sheet Metal fabricated and installed 627 custom 2-ft. tall and 4-ft. tall shade panels that were machined from 1/8-in. thick aluminum plate. Some of the plates had a mill finish, while others were clear anodized, champagne bronze anodized, and stainlesssteel with a No. 4 polish. “All of the panels were broke-shaped to the same angle. It’s the variation in fin size, placement, color and orientation that creates the visual interest on the façade,” said Roger Reed, Standard Sheet Metal.

“Miniature LED luminaires are integrated into some of the reflectors to further animate the facade during dark hours,” explained lighting designer Derek Porter, Derek Porter Studio. He specified the Acclaim Flex Tube SC series for the project. This flexible, direct view LED strip delivers a single color output, Porter selected 3000K, and arrives in a 10m spool that can be cut to length to suit project needs. It features a durable PVC body that is outdoor rated and impact resistant.

The gleaming façade of metal and light becomes an icon in Olathe, Kansas. The structural art creates a sunshade for the library.

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Olathe Indian Creek Public Library Olathe, Kansas The façade of the Olathe Indian Creek Library is a stunning example of how architectural elements so often straddle the divide of form and functionality. Here, the renovation of a vacant 48,000-sq.-ft. grocery store opened the existing enclosure with an expansive west-facing glass curtainwall that demanded shade from the unyielding Kansas sun. The architectural team at Gould Evans, now known as Multistudio, envisioned a shading solution that would mimic the magic of the dappled light effect created by the local trees. According to Sean Zaudke, associate principal of Gould Evans architects, the sunshade was inspired by the adjacent Indian Creek Trail. “Construction of the hundreds of folded aluminum and stainless steel panels resulted in an effect that interprets the reflection of light on the leaves of the surrounding cottonwood trees.” Gould Evans developed a sculptural composition of “leaf” reflectors—custom-folded aluminum and stainless-steel panels—some of which were illuminated. The resulting façade delivers both shade to the interior library space and awe to passersby, as the shading elements obstruct and reflect sunlight, creating a spectacular luminous show throughout the day, especially during sunset, and then add illuminated intrigue to the streetscape at night.

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Project: Olathe Indian Creek Library Location: Olathe, Kansas Owner: Olathe Public Library Architect: Multistudio, formerly Gould Evans MEP Engineer: Smith and Boucher Lighting Designer: Derek Porter Studio Library Planner: Group 4 Architecture Civil Engineer: SK Design Group Structural Engineer: Bob D. Campbell & Co. Project Cost: $14.8 million Awards: • 2022 AIA/ALA Library Building Award • Chicago Athenaeum: American Architecture Award • IIDA Mid-America Chapter: Silver Award for Interior Design • Kansas City Business Journal: Capstone Award for Adaptive Reuse • AIA Central States Region: Honor Award for Architecture Photography: Michael Robinson

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The customized metal leaves were also applied indoors to create a stunning pattern on the ceiling. The decorative elements continued the fluttering light play enjoyed on the exterior and offered some visual shielding for the otherwise exposed elements.

In an attempt to limit any distraction from or interference with the leaf reflectors, Derek Porter did not select linear fixtures for the interior lighting. Instead, he designed a custom smallscale pendant to offer general downlighting. “The fixture body is only 1.65-in. in diameter and is engineered as a contiguous heat-sink to maximize lumen output while minimizing physical scale,” he explained.

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“[The late mayor of Olathe, Michael Copeland] was very involved in the design process. Michael was a big supporter of the public library system. This allowed us to be bolder in our collaborative design solution than we might otherwise have been.” —Brian Daniels, Smith and Boucher, MEP Engineer

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Exterior Panels The completed sunshade is 216-ft. long and 26-ft. tall. Installed at a height just over 11 ft., the structure tops out at a height just over 37 ft., which extends above the original building’s roofline. The placement of the solar-blocking element on the westfacing curtainwall was critical in managing the intense sunlight that strikes the building every afternoon. The primary canopy support structure is made up of 8-in. square x 0.5-in. thick steel tubes. It supports the secondary framework, which is comprised of 6-in. square steel tubes of the same thickness and features eight points of attachment.

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The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Belmont University Music City’s Newest Performance Gem: Architecture and acoustics combine to create the Fisher Center in Nashville, Tenn.

by Vilma Barr, contributing writer

“Our goal was to create an instrument worthy of those who will perform on its stage,” says architect David Minnigan who led his ESa designers and team of theatrical, acoustical, and other technical specialists to the completion of The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Belmont University in Nashville. It was a tall order, but the top-tier musical talent attracted to the Nashville area—be it opera, country, classical, pop, rock, acoustic, or dubstep—now has a place to perform that offers audiences an unparalleled acoustical experience. “It is an amazing facility,” says Chaz Corzine, executive director of the Fisher Center. “We can put

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on any style of music here by actually tuning the theater. It can be adjusted from a 3.9 millisecond delay down to a 1.2 millisecond delay. It can accommodate everything from a violin soloist to a rock band.” The ability to fine-tune the theater to match the needs of the musical genre on the stage, or in a recital room, is the result of the cutting-edge acoustic elements incorporated throughout the performance center. As every material, every surface interacts with sound, acoustics was a central consideration in the selection of those materials, surfaces, and sound-management systems.

With expert input from Akustiks and Theatre Projects, this facility features a sound-transparent dome with fully adjustable acoustic capabilities in the auditorium, a versatile and high-performance shell, and sound-absorbing plaster and wall panels throughout the common spaces. The building, fashioned after a traditional European opera house, includes a 1,700-seat auditorium, two contiguous recital rooms that flank an 8,000-sq.-ft. grand lobby, and a rehearsal space. Named for Dr. Bob Fisher, the recently retired former president of Belmont University, this multi-use center opened in September 2021.

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Main Lobby The 8,000-sq.-ft. main lobby features an intricate stone floor comprised of Alaska White, Lemurian Blue, Dakota Mahogany and Blue Eyes granite, which doesn’t manage sound well. Its stunning 50-ft. ceiling is constructed from a 40-mm BASWA Phon plaster system with a post-consumer marble finish that manages sound expertly.

ACOUSTIC PLASTER

BASWA Phon is a seamless acoustic plaster system that absorbs sound in its microscopic pores and reduces reverberation time and noise levels. Applied to a stable substrate, this product creates a continuous and acoustically monolithic finish for ceilings, walls, domes, complex curves, and flat surfaces.

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Project: Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Belmont University Location: Nashville, Tenn. Opened: Sept. 2021 Architecture: ESa Structural: Ross Bryan Associates MEP: I.C. Thomasson Associates

This building was fashioned after a traditional European opera house and designed to be the best performing arts center on a university campus, so acoustics were an important consideration in every interior space.

Civil: Catalyst Design Group Acoustical: Akustiks Theater: Theatre Projects Consultant Lighting: Randy Burkett Lighting Design Landscape: Hodgson Douglas Code: Jensen Hughes General Contractor: R.C. Mathews Photography: Nick Merrick © Merrick & Hill

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MULTIFACETED BUILDING

ESa’s architects and interior designers collaborated with Theatre Projects and Akustiks to form the core design team. Their respective expertise contributed to the visual and acoustical operation and smooth transitions of the main lobby, the recital rooms, and the main auditorium. All entrances into the auditorium are through sound and light locks, vestibules with sound absorptive wall panels, and doors at each end that limit the amount of light or sound that enters the room during a performance due to late arrivals or early exiting.

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Auditorium “A concert hall’s acoustics contribute to establishing the facility’s identity as well as its purpose,” states C. Russell Todd, Akustiks’ lead acoustical designer for the Fisher Center project. To give it the acoustical personality to fit classical performances as well as popular music shows, the team made the dome itself a tool to manage the scope of the energy of the sound being produced. Instead of the typical plaster ceiling, the designers created a dome fabricated from

“The sinuous balconies also provide acoustical diffusion at the rear of the house.” fine, laser-cut metal mesh providing quality sonic transparency. Acoustical energy passes through the grille work to a resonant chamber that enhances the natural acoustics of the room. Auditorium design is a delicate balance between sound and sight lines. In this “horseshoe” opera house form, three balconies undulate in unison from front to back, with the rear of the horseshoe higher than the sides. “Akustiks wanted as much space between the balcony levels as he could get; the theatrical planner wanted them as tight as possible for the sightlines,” says architect Minnigan. “The sinuous

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SPEAKERS

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Yamaha PM3 console system, Rivage Series. For live sound mixing, includes control surface, DSP processors, and RPio stage racks.

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“The audience sees a traditional classical music dome. What they hear is a space that can manage the energy of any type of acoustical or amplified performance.”

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Lighting the Shell A major challenge was integrating theatrical lighting with the architectural lighting designed by Randy Burkett. He collaborated with Wenger Corp., the concert shell builders. “The orchestra shell has architectural lighting details incorporated into it, so the design had to accommodate theatrical lighting to meet the musicians’ requirements below where they are seated,” Burkett says. To create a seamless appearance, there are two different types of fixtures in the reflectors and the shell ceiling. Selected were Wenger’s Lieto fixtures, customized for the acoustical shells. One per panel, they are shallow and lightweight, with three dimmable beam options.

balconies also provide acoustical diffusion at the rear of the house.” The shell is made up of thirteen 40-ft.-tall, 11-ft.-wide architectural wall panels—five for the rear, four for each side, plus four wider ceiling panels that tip and fly across the top from their flyspace stage-house storage. These ride on a series of pulleys around and above the stage to create various orchestral or theatrical environments.

Draperies above the dome can be deployed to tailor the acoustics to the music performance without changing the aesthetics. Motorized Acoustics Motorized acoustic curtains, draperies, and banner systems, made by Texas Scenic, were installed throughout the auditorium to give the performance space the versatility to match the sound management needs of the musical act on the stage.

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Lieto RGBW CREE LED was specifically designed for the acoustical shells.

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MOBILE ACOUSTICS

Eighteen acoustical curtains stored in pockets within the resonant chamber can be deployed to deaden the sound in the upper chamber for amplified performances.

ACOUSTIC FABRIC AND DRAPES

Motorized acoustic draperies are used on a chain track at the Orchestra Level; Box Tier; and Balcony. Texas Scenic acoustic curtains and draperies were used. Straight motorized acoustic drapes at the front and back of the Tech level are on 400 series tracks. Four curved motorized acoustic drapes at the Tech level surround the dome; tracks utilize 500 series tracks. Acouroll RW20 acoustic banners are at Balcony 2.

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AcouRoll banner systems were installed on the walls across Balcony 2. Designed with two layers of 100% wool fabric and a bottom tube weight to introduce tension to the fabric surface for optimum acoustic control, these acoustic banners deploy to full length, or a preset position, then retract and store neatly in the machine frame.

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Recital Rooms There are two recital rooms in Fisher Center, located to the north and south of the main lobby. While the recital rooms resemble each other, each clad in the luxurious palette of two shades of blue and a hint of gold, they are equipped with different levels of acoustic control in the walls and ceiling. This makes one room better suited for acoustic performances and the other for amplified events. The decorative wall panels within the recital room for amplified performances are a FabriTRAK upholstered wall system. The 2-in.thick fiberglass core panels are wrapped with sound transparent fabric by Knoll Textiles. The only wallcovering in the acoustic recital room is a gypsum board. The decorative ceiling in both recital halls is an acoustically transparent metal panel ceiling with a concrete deck. In the amplified room, the concrete deck is faced with a dark, soundabsorbent insulation material. In the acoustic recital room, the concrete deck is painted black.

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WALL PANELS

The FabriTRAK system is a fire-retardant, rigid vinyl framework that provides a method for using textiles such as fabric, felt, leather, silk, and vinyl as an interior finish for walls and ceilings.

“Fisher Center audiences will benefit in years to come from the integration of architecture, AV, and light fixtures that took place from the project’s inception. Belmont University is justifiably proud of its latest contribution to Nashville’s musical community.” —David Minnigan, ESa

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A VIEW FROM THE STREET

A corner glass-box rehearsal space makes opera accessible to pedestrians at the street level.

Seattle Opera’s Façade Really Performs New Seattle Opera at the Center provides drama inside and out. CHALLENGE

The Seattle Opera had big goals for its new rehearsal space along Fourth Avenue North and Mercer Street in the Seattle Center: invite the public in, remove hesitancies that prevent people from experiencing opera, and create an accessible community resource. This all needed to be achieved while blending the new facility with the existing Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, the opera’s performance venue. SOLUTION

The new $60 million, four-story 105,000-sq.-ft. building offers an exterior full of theatrics. A corner glass-box performance and rehearsal space at street level gives people strolling by a glimpse at the innerworkings of the opera. Pedestrians who may have once found opera too intimidating can now peek in on lectures and productions in the 318-seat performance space and workers in the costume shop. “The Seattle Opera at the Center turns the traditional program inside-out for the delight of the community, revealing the beautiful behind-the-

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scenes efforts that must coalesce to create a performance and breaking down barriers between audience and art,” Seattle-based Architect NBBJ explains. The remainder of the building’s multi-leveled façade is as high-performing as it is beautiful. “The Seattle Opera at the Center formally links its new home for opera production to the traditional performance space next door with an intricate façade that was created using design computation to complement the existing McCaw Hall,” says NBBJ. More than 44,000 sq. ft. of Kingspan KarrierPanels, an exterior cladding system, provide the primary weather barrier and exterior insulation. Layered over the KarrierPanels, are Morin Corp.’s Concealed Fastener N-12 metal panels. Installed in a staggered pattern, dimension and drama is created. Kingspan KarrierRail attachments support the perforated Morin panels, suspending them one foot out from the KarrierPanels beneath. This cavity of space carefully disguises exterior façade lighting.

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EXTERIOR PANELS

Kingspan’s KarrierPanel provides efficient constructability by comparison to other multi-component wall systems; it also offers superior R-values with low thermal bridging and airtightness.

COATINGS

The blue and silver Fluropon coatings from Sherwin-Williams help create continuity with the existing McCaw Hall performance venue. Fluropon 70% PVDF coatings meet or exceed the most rigorous ASTM performance standards, while maintaining their color and durability long-term.

The metal panels on Seattle Opera at the Center use two different colors of Sherwin-Williams Fluropon metal coatings (Fluropon Concord Blue Metallic and Classic II Silversmith Metallic) to add even greater visual depth. Design continuity with the adjacent McCaw Hall is formed through the use of this blueover-silver color scheme, and the Fluropon 70% PVDF resin-based metal coating promises excellent color retention and durability. Concorde blue panels on both buildings create instant harmony, as do the custom roll-formed Morin panels at the Mercer Street elevation. As one of Washington state’s largest nonprofits, this project is ushering in a new era for the cultural icon. It’s not just winning over hearts in Seattle, it is also taking prizes like LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and an Associated General Contractors of Washington Construction Award. It seems there is no audience that has not been won over.

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UNFOLDED FACADE PATTERN DIAGRAM

Using design computation, the façade layers perforated metal scrim panels by Morin Corp. over insulated metal panels by Kingspan. Both are finished with SherwinWilliams’ Fluropon coatings in different colors to add even more dimensionality.

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TQL STADIUM

A variety of Trex railing, fencing and gate systems provide protection, durability and aesthetics at Cincinatti’s TQL Stadium.

Custom fabricated railings, fencing and gates combine safety and style at a Cincinnati stadium.

While Major League Soccer team FC Cincinnati is settling into its new home at the 26,000 seat TQL Stadium in downtown Cincinnati, custom engineered railings, fencing and gates from Trex Commercial Products are lending a high level of safety, security and aesthetics. Challenged with selecting high quality systems for optimized patron protection, while maintaining sightlines and blending into the overall design, Populous Architects opted to partner with Trex.

CABLE GUARDRAIL

Aluminum Griprail and Tensiline cable guardrail offer safety and sightlines throughout the seating bowl.

“In a heavy-use and high visibility project like TQL, high quality and durable materials and assemblies that are visually pleasing are essential for long-term maintenance of the facility,” says Ayesha Husain, principal, Populous, New York.

Husain’s team specified 20,000 linear feet of custom engineered railing systems. Railing and pipe handrail with anodized aluminum finishes were installed throughout the stadium bowl and grand staircase entrances. Powder-coated aluminum guardrail with perforated infill panels were selected for the balcony and bar. In addition, anodized aluminum cable guardrail provides protection at the stadium’s vomitory openings and walkways, in ADA seating areas, amongst seating and suite dividers in the bowl area, and by the grand staircase entrances. Glass guardrail offers unobstructed views in the stadium’s suite and premium level spaces.

CABLE RAILINGS

Tensiline cable railings in this ADA accessibility zone enable patrons to safely get close to the action.

Other Trex products—fencing, gates, and canopies— were designed, fabricated and installed at three of the stadium entrances. “Perimeter fencing and gates provide a secure perimeter. They are highly visible and make a major impact on the overall pedestrian level street presence of the stadium,” says Husain. In addition to meeting their design objectives, the project team also benefitted from working with one vendor for all these different systems. “A knowledgeable and full-service systems fabricator can be an invaluable resource when it comes to streamlining communication, assuring code compliance and overseeing quality control,” states Peter Lindenfelser, a senior project manager with Trex. With this single point of contact through the design, fabrication and construction project phases, the team gained from the consistency and a relatively seamless delivery.

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GATES

Custom fabricated metal mesh gates welcome fans to TQL Stadium.

In customizing the glass railing system, Trex also brought a high level of quality assurance with its high-definition surveying (HDS) process. This highaccuracy mapping technology uses lasers to digitally capture the contoured surfaces and complex geometries of the design. After creating an accurate 3D model, Trex was able to obtain precise dimensions of large areas of the field prior to designing the railing, fencing, gates and canopies for fabrication and installation. “The system helped us capture dimensions we normally would not have been able to access or reach using standard field measuring or surveying systems,” explains Lindenfelser. The HDS process also produced a faster turnaround, improved safety and reduced rework.

TQL Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio Design Team: Populous Architects General Contractor: Turner Construction Company PRODUCT SPECS:

Track Rail glass railing Griprail pipe/tube railing Tensiline Cable Railing Gridguard Mesh Railing Customized drink rail, metal mesh gates and fencing

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Things are Looking Up Unique ceilings and skylights are inspired by Gio Ponti’s architecture at the Denver Art Museum. CHALLENGE

When the Denver Art Museum embarked on its latest $175 million building renovation and expansion, they turned to Boston-based Machado Silvetti (Design Architect) and Denver-based Fentress Architects (Architect-of-Record), to make a new welcome center unite the existing structures designed by Daniel Libeskind and Italian modernist Gio Ponti.

CUSTOM CEILINGS

In collaboration with CertainTeed Architectural and lighting designer Buro Happold, Machado Silvetti designed six ceiling tiles with varying densities of perforations that were arranged and backlit to create visual interest and wayfinding in the Main Hall.

The renovation needed to update the technology and mechanical systems, and respect the architectural history of the museum, particularly Ponti’s sevenstory gallery completed in 1971, now called the Martin Building. The addition of the Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center, with its Sturm Grand Pavilion shifted the focus of the museum campus and created a new main entrance. NEW VIEWS

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The view from a Duncan Hall skylight provides visitors with a previously unviewable angle of the Gio Pontidesigned Martin Building.

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A smart suggestion from the museum’s major donor Lanny Martin enabled the new hall to integrate with the existing campus in an innovative way. Overhead skylights let in natural light and give visitors a stunning view up the exterior of Ponti’s Martin Building which is punctuated with slender rectangular and hexagonal diamond-shaped windows. “It’s a very powerful image to see the tower through the skylights,” says Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer, Principal Project Director, Machado Silvetti, Boston. The Main Hall, an extension of an existing ground floor corridor in the Martin Building, is over 200-ft. long and fairly narrow, off of which visitors access the café, restaurant, info desk, restrooms, education hub, and ground floor galleries. The ceiling is a gradually sloping plane that’s lower at the center and higher at the ends. All of the building systems in the ceiling plenum cross through that low point. A collaboration with CertainTeed Architectural and lighting designer Buro Happold, resulted in a way to break up the long corridor, add lighting and visual interest, as well as disguise all the mechanical systems in the ceiling plenum. “LED lights run in rows in a gridded system above the ceiling panel, which is essentially a painted perforated fiberboard,” explains Randazzo Dwyer. Six full-size ceiling tile patterns with a varying number of perforations were designed and manufactured out of painted fireretardant fiberboard. The perforations are throughout the Main Hall ceiling but are denser at important areas. “The patterning of the density allows brighter light—like a wayfinding cue—to highlight certain spaces,” Randazzo Dwyer adds.

The Sturm Grand Pavilion on the second floor of the new Sie Welcome Center is encased in an ellipse-shaped fluted glass facade that offers a stark contrast to the solid, linear facade of the Martin Building. ANOTHER STUNNING CEILING

The Sturm Grand Pavilion on the second floor of the Sie Welcome Center features Decoustics Claro, a highly customizable ceiling solution from CertainTeed Architectural.

While museum goers are looking everywhere but up, there’s one more ceiling that begs patrons to do just that. The multi-functional second story Sturm Grand Pavilion is an effortlessly practical space designed for a variety of purposes. The large elliptical room is encased in 25-ft. curved glass. At its center, the ceiling has a shallow elliptical dome. The Decoustics Claro plaster-like ceiling from CertainTeed provided the ideal complement to the space. It meets the technical needs of air handling, rigging, lighting, audio, and visual systems for all the ways the room will function, and also displays its own unique geometries. Taking cues from Ponti’s use of curves and angled shapes in the Martin Building, Machado Silvetti designed a pattern of trapezoidal ceiling tiles that fill the curve in the ceiling. Holes in the tiles house the various ceiling systems (i.e., sprinkler heads, strong points, bus points, speakers, and security cameras). The project artfully connects with and respects the museum’s architectural past, with unexpected light, angles, and shapes.

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Denver Art Museum Denver, Colo. Design Team: Machado Silvetti, Fentress Architects, Buro Happold (Lighting Designer) PRODUCT SPECS:

CertainTeed Custom Perforated and Decoustics Claro ceilings

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