Designed to meet the increasing demand for apartment-style housing in Boston, The Peninsula at Columbia Point is a 333-unit waterfront apartment community that enlivens the Columbia Point area of Dorchester. Located on the Boston Harbor Walk, a 32-mile
(51-km) landscaped bike and jog path that runs along Boston’s waterfront, The Peninsula embodies integrated urban living with two residential buildings featuring studio, one-, two and three-bedroom condominium apartments, as well as a fitness center and swimming pool.
The distinctively designed building is clad in a variety of metal panels from Moon Township, Pa.- based CENTRIA. The project includes 31,633 squarefeet (2,938 m2) of 22/26-gauge Formawall Dimension Series 3-inch (76-mm) horizontal metal panels in Surrey Beige with an embossed Duracast coating; 6,430 square feet (597 m2) of 22/26-gauge Formawall Dimension Series 3-inch horizontal metal panels in Regal White with an embossed Duragard Plus coating; 5,531 square feet (514 m2) of 22/26-gauge Formawall Dimension Series 3-inch horizontal metal panels in Dove Gray with an embossed Duracast coating; and 3,835 square feet (356 m2) of 22/26-gauge Formawall Dimension Series 2-inch (51-mm) horizontal metal panels in Regal White with an embossed Duragard Plus coating. Additionally, 1,082 square feet (101 m2) of 20-gauge Super-Rib in Regal White with a smooth Duragard Plus coating was utilized.
To give the building an upscale look, alternating neutral beige, white and gray tones were achieved with the horizontal panels. The Duracast textured finish gives the look and feel of authentic precast with a lighter, cleaner and more energy-efficient panel. The Formawall Dimension Series panels are Cradle to Cradle certified. The Super-Rib exposed fastener profiles are extremely versatile and can be insulated to meet many levels of thermal properties.
Boston-based Corcoran Jennison owns the luxury condominiums. DiMella Shaffer Associates, Boston, was the architect; CorJen Construction, Boston, was the general contractor; and LYMO Construction, Merrimack, N.H., was the dealer and installer.
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