Arte KC is a new-construction mixed-use development in downtown Kansas City. The parking garage for Arte KC is highly visible throughout the downtown area and for traffic coming to downtown from the south. The developer needed a visually appealing approach to the parking garage facade that also met the project’s budget demands. Beginning in the […]
Summa Health wanted the existing parking garage on their Akron campus to be more attractive to visitors, but it also had functional requirements. For the benefit of other campus buildings across the street, views into and light out of the parking garage needed to be screened. It was also important to limit visibility out of […]
9th + Colorado was designed as a creative neighborhood center that integrates with the existing downtown Denver urban environment. Redeveloped on the former site of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 9th + Colorado consists of 12 blocks that include several luxury apartment and condo buildings, restaurants, retail shops, commercial office space, and four […]
The new Building for Academic and Student Services on the campus of Texas A&M University – Texarkana was designed by the architect as a “gateway” to the campus. FlexFacades was retained by the architecture firm to design a visual element for the building facade that would maintain views while lowering heat gain. The Type 2A […]
Part of the St. Luke’s Hospital campus in Kansas City, Missouri, the Broadway Medical Building includes a four-story parking garage that provides necessary parking for St. Luke’s patients, families, and staff. It also provided a source of visual noise during the day and bright lights at night for the patient rooms in the adjacent building […]
Studio Park is an entertainment complex in Grand Rapids, Michigan, featuring a movie theater, music venue, hotel, restaurants, shops, and a parking garage. The 933-car parking garage presented a unique engineering challenge. The owners sought a facade solution that would provide protection from the sun and seasonal inclement weather, but the garage structure is completely […]
The Goppert Learning Center at St. Teresa’s Academy was designed to create a state-of-the-art library learning commons on the school’s 20-acre campus. It was important to both the building’s aesthetic and to the safety of the students that adequate lighting be incorporated into the new design. FlexFacades worked with the architecture firm to develop cladding […]
As part of John Glenn Airport’s One International Gateway Project, Structurflex designed, engineered, fabricated and installed a FlexFacade surface-mounted screening system for the facility’s existing parking garage. Composed of Type 1A ventilated PES mesh, the opacity of this parking garage screening allows natural ventilation screening views of cars and artificial light pollution. Tensile fabric was […]
An existing office building was transformed into a medical office building that provides comprehensive health care. As part of the adaptive reuse, Structurflex designed, engineered, fabricated, and installed a custom FlexFacade parking garage screening. The contractor chose a FlexFacade for its surface-mounted system, which uses significantly less steel than traditional facade systems. The opacity of […]
