For 18 months, CST worked with the First Presbyterian Church to create a much needed multi-use facility between two existing buildings. A white fabric clad tapered arch now forms an “angel-wing” canopy that spans between two of the church’s existing buildings. The design challenge was that the buildings were not exactly parallel to one another. […]
Three separate spaceframes are used to cover over 3,700 square feet for the three entryway canopies on this exciting new West Orange Hospital. The architect, Heyward K. Smith, who is known for hospitals, has followed the spirit of Orlando and made this new facility in a very exciting form with high accent colors, neon lighting, […]
This is one of our largest Omni*Hub spaceframe canopies ever built by CST. The spaceframe is on the fourth floor of the parking garage. This large 72′ x 700′ mill finished spaceframe canopy system consists of 1849 hubs and 7032 struts. The spaceframe covers an area of approximately 50,000 square feet. The spaceframe is clad […]
The bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia was a time for expedient delivery and the client required a very quick reaction to meet the required delivery dates or the 200th anniversary of this historical event could not have occurred. The solution was to provide a sun and rain enclosure for the many celebrations at […]
CST has designed and built many sports facilities throughout the world. The Inter-American University project covers a basketball enclosure on the Bayamon Campus in Puerto Rico. The spaceframe consists of a 10′ X 10′ module size resulting in the flat roof design. The CST package includes the corrugated metal deck and the vents along the […]
The Caribbean theme is very critical to the branding of the Isle of Capri Casino in Lula, Mississippi is a very successful demonstration of its popularity. The CST team design/built an expansion of the recently acquired Lady Luck Casino with Roy Anderson Construction. This expansion features a 108′ x 280′ ridged Omni*Hub spaceframe for its […]
The Royal Terminal at King Fahd International Airport in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia features eight CST Omni*Hub spaceframes. Each is 1,653 square feet in area covering a total of 13,228 square feet. The all-aluminum spaceframe system was selected over many steel spaceframe systems because of its inherent rust resistance. The client wanted a spaceframe system with […]
The layout of the surrounding buildings of Le Rivage Condominium create a wind tunnel effect. CST worked with the project engineer and architect to design a structure using our Omni*Hub spaceframe system to diffuse the wind. The final design developed was a spaceframe with triangular panels in the diagonal faces of the spaceframe. The spaceframe […]
CST was asked to design an overhead entrance canopy that would function as a security check point at this defense contractor’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The footprint of the canopy is a trapezoid that narrows from one side to the other. This allowed the client to maximize the space below for incoming vehicles while […]
Officially known as the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (CERTA), Lynx has relocated their offices to the new site right off of Interstate 4 in downtown Orlando. The construction included a six-story office building and a very large spaceframe canopy to cover the bus loading zones. The client and HHCP Architects were convinced that aluminum […]