BUILDING PHOTOGRAPHS

NEW CONSTRUCTION

This is recently completed addition to the existing Americana Mall in Manhasset, NY for Brooks Brothers, an upscale national retail clothing chain. The lightweight TS100 cladding was installed on the steel stud framework in record time. The finish veneer is a veined beige limestone. The shop-mitered corners and window returns of the thin reinforced stone give the appearance of massive stone detailing used in traditional stone projects of the past which is now exhorbitantly expensive. See the section entitled CASE STUDY  for a progress study of this project from start to finish.

BEFORE

OVERCLADDING AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING

This suburban office building built in the 1960's for IBM, has been rejuvenated with a new thin limestone overcladding. The original exterior skin consisted of large aggregate precast concrete panels with window openings covered with protruding precast screens. These precast window screens were removed and the TS Wall System runner tracks were attached directly to the concrete panels.

AFTER

NEW CONSTRUCTION

A small branch bank combines panels of a red sandstone from India with Dakota Mahogany granite at its base course. Photo at left shows stone return at windows giving the impression of a more massive panel of stone.

BEFORE

OVERCLADDING EXISTING DORMITORIES

Six dormitory buildings (left) received a face-lift including a new hip roof and new beige limestone accent entrance towers and corners plus ground level overcladding around all buildings, all applied over the existing brick facade. The light weight of the TS100 Wall Panels was critical due to the limitations of the existing structure. With the variety and complexity of the many different shapes and profiles, as shown below, the adaptability of the TS Wall System and the ability to pre-assemble some of the shapes and returns greatly simplified the installation process.

AFTER

BEFORE

OVERCLADDING AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING

The original building (left) was built in 1950's. The building was fully occupied but the Owner recognized that to stay competitive in today's market an extensive renovation was needed. Working with a strict weight limitation, the architect and engineer devised an overcladding technique which leaves the existing wall in place while an aluminum gridwork was applied to the existing brick spandrel walls and the new glass and thin granite panels were attached to the aluminum frame. The entire recladding was accomplished with minimal disturbance to the existing tenants.

AFTER

NEW CONSTRUCTION

Use of the TS Wall System on this expansion to corporate headquarters proved to be an economical solution when compared to traditional stone alternatives. In order to match the 2" thick stone of the existing building, blocks of Dakota Mahogany from the same quarry which supplied the original stone were sent to Italy for transformation into the 3/8" thin reinforced stone product which was then utilized in the wall system.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

Black granite pointed arches frame the entrances to three Sports Club buildings constructed in 1993 and 1994. The 4-sided box shaped columns and the pointed arch with its parallelogram shaped facing panels and large 5' x 5' sloping soffit panels were simple challenges to the TS Wall System. The wall panels were installed by carpentry tradesmen.