Although cost was a major reason behind the decision to use a metal building system for the new fitness center, the facility’s appearance is enhanced through the treatment of the framing system as an architectural element. The 26,500-square-foot structure’s reverse haunch CB-4 framing system was manufactured by Varco Pruden Buildings. The building is 195 feet long by 138 feet wide with 30-foot eaves. Varco Pruden also supplied the horizontally oriented ribbed panels, vertically installed flush panels and the SSR standing-seam metal roof panels.
Metal building, roof and wall panels: Varco Pruden Buildings, Memphis, Tenn., www.vp.com
Originally published: August 2001
Architect: Architeckton, Tempe, Ariz.
General contractor: TelStar Construction,
Albuquerque, N.M.
Erector: Arizona Building Systems, Phoenix
