To highlight the contemporary architecture of the new Burkholder Middle School in Henderson, Nev., more than 40,000 square feet of Citadel Architectural Products’ Envelope 2000 metal composite material panels were used. The panels were installed using the Reveal (RV) System, a field-assembled attachment method utilizing perimeter moldings. To preserve the historical reference of the community facility, the panels were finished in Arabian Blue.
The 114,000-square-foot adaptive retrofit project retained portions of an existing 20,000-square-foot gymnasium, but converted it into classrooms and a cafeteria.
“With the history of the school in the area and the fact that the new gym extends 55 feet in the
air, the building is definitely a prominent landmark,” according to Mark McGinty, principal at SHARCHITECTURE, the architect. The bold Arabian Blue 35-foot canopies clearly identify individual entrances for each of the various middle school grades.
Citadel’s Envelope 2000 system provided a major design element. “I’ve got a ton of it on the project,” McGinty said, “but it’s easy to detail and installs quickly which really helped keep us on schedule. The biggest challenge was how to integrate the smooth, clean, highly polished Citadel panels with the heavily textured split face block façade.”
According to McGinty, the overall design relied heavily on large shed roofs. “The gym is every bit of 8,000 square feet and has a single shed roof off the back. We used a Citadel-provided drip edge and integral gutters hidden behind the Envelope 2000 system. The roof is installed right up to the top of the panels. We’re very confident with the system’s water repellant capabilities.”
Noorda Sheet Metal, Las Vegas, was the installer, and Elite Architectural Products, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Las Vegas, was the Citadel sales representative.
Photos courtesy: SHARCHITECTURE/Peter Malinowski-InSite Photography
