Georgian-style oceanfront resort
Posted
07/6/2011
Once the site of a campground, the North Beach Towers in Myrtle
Beach, S.C., is unprecedented and unparalleled in the area as the
newest and largest oceanfront condominium resort. Designed in
Georgian architectural style with "bridged" arches, the twin
18-story North Beach Towers is the centerpiece of a 60-acre,
planned community located at the southernmost end of North Myrtle
beach.
Situated on a 7 1/2-acre "island" between the Atlantic Ocean and
White Point Swash, the project features an oceanfront water park,
and an 18,000-square-foot, world-class spa and fitness center. A
nearly 3-acre Caribbean-themed pool includes the area's only
swim-up bar, as well as personal cabanas and three separate dining
facilities.
To meet wind uplift and seismic
conditions of the area, the bridged arches are connected to the two
towers via large neoprene layers and steel pads. A standing-seam
metal roof was chosen to replicate materials that would have been
used in the Georgian period, notes architect Jim Hubbard of Myrtle
Beach-based Pegram & Associates.
"Lead or copper would have been used in that time frame," says
Hubbard, "we were looking for a modern aluminum product that could
simulate that look and stand up to salt water conditions of the
location."
Hubbard says he looked at standing-seam colors from a number of
sources but none could replicate the tone of burnished copper he
was looking for. "I literally took an old penny out of my pocket
and told the contractor and the roof installer that was the color I
wanted."
Spann Roofing & Sheet Metal of Conway, S.C., tasked Perth
Amboy, N.J.-based Englert Inc. to provide the burnished copper
penny color which the architect tagged "Buckeye Brown."
According to Ben Griffin, Spann's project manager, his company
installed a total of 20,000 square feet of 16-inch-wide Englert
Series 2000 panels for the roof, arched bridges and pool bar. Spann
manufactured the panels onsite and used cranes and motorized
scaffolding to lift them to the tops of the 18-story-high buildings
for installation.
Hubbard also specified the color for window treatments, flashing
and ornamentation to enhance the dynamics of the total building,
working in congruence with the colors of the façade. It is also
used on a tapered standing-seam metal roof that serves as the cover
for the swim-up bar.
Englert Inc., www.englertinc.com, Circle #64
www.englertinc.com