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Libraries, Museums & Cultural Centers
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library and community
center
The Wilton Library and Community Center in Wilton, Iowa, is a
23,046-square-foot mixed-use facility split almost equally between library
and community center. Architect Greg Larrison of Larrison & Associates
Architects, Davenport, Iowa, specified a pre-engineered metal building
because of a tight budget and because construction could be done during
Varco Pruden Buildings,
challenging winter conditions, allowing the project to be completed on time.
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Davenport-based Point Builders LLC, an authorized Varco Pruden Builder,
used Rigid Frame from Memphis, Tenn.-based Varco Pruden Buildings as
the primary framing system for the project. Additionally, the roof featured
Varco Pruden’s SSR and SLR roof systems. To meet USGBC requirements for cool roof performance,
Varco Pruden’s Cool Regal White paint finish was selected.
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The Red River National Wildlife Refuge
Headquarters and Visitor Center in Bossier
City, La., includes a standing seam roof made up
of 16-inch-wide, 24-gauge Maxima 1.5 panels in
Ash Gray from McElroy Metal, Bossier City. The
10,000-square-foot building is owned by the U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Services in Atlanta. RSI Building Products,
Shreveport, La., supplied the roof panels, which
were installed by Corporate Roofing, Shreveport. The
panels were run on-site with a portable rollformer.
Stuck Associates, Jonesboro, Ark., was the project
architect, and Hand Construction, Shreveport, was
the general contractor.
The library is home to approximately 25,000 books and 12 public-use computers, as well as being
a facility for events such as wedding receptions, proms and graduations. In designing and constructing
the facility, the project used daylighting and passive solar heating to qualify for LEED Silver certification,
which is required by Iowa in order to maintain state-supported funding.
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The LEED Gold Museum of Broadcast Commu-
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nications in Chicago features a 4,500-square-foot
stainless steel wire mesh screen clad exterior from
Lancaster, Pa.-based Wire By Design Co. that faces
West Kinzie Street and reflects uplighting at night.
The museum, expecting more than 250,000 visitors per year, will inform and entertain patrons about
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the rich history of the television and radio industries
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through its archives, public programs, screenings,
exhibits, publications and online resources. Eckenhoff
Saunders Architects, Chicago, designed the stainless
steel screen feature.
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Canopy shades library
The Hanover Park Library in Hanover Park, Ill., features a Super Lumideck canopy in a custom
Kynar aged copper finish from Mapes Canopies LLC, Lincoln, Neb. The 232-square-foot canopy has
a 4- by 7-inch beam and is 8 by 16 inches wide with 2 3/4-inch extruded decking and 8-inch style “J”
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fascia. Naperville, Ill.-based PSA Dewberry served as the project architect, and Schaaf Glass and Mirror, Bridgeview, Ill., was the general contractor.
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