This spaceframe was designed by the architect to highlight the entranceway and atrium/reception area of the Festo Corporate Headquarter’s building. The glazing was PPG Solar Gray glass to allow light into the reception area, but to minimize any summer solar gain. The mullions are black anodized to contrast with the white spaceframe. Features and Benefits: […]
This sports enclosure provides versatile protected areas to be used on rainy summer days and during the winter months. The wide open span allows the facility to change as the sports seasons change. Due to the simplicity of the construction, the students, under a site supervisor, supervision, were able to assemble the dome. Client: Fiedel […]
The architect, Bob Probst of Design Collaborative in Columbia, SC, recognized the visual superiority of our system as soon as he saw the Geo*Hub with it’s award winning clean lines. The square aluminum tube made the interface with perimeter gutter guide easy. We saved the client money by suggesting we slope the spaceframe rather than […]
The First Presbyterian Church was expanding, and the Omni*Hub system became the system to meet their unique, multi-functional needs. The Conservatek team worked closely with the Architect to develop a 56′ X 96′ spaceframe to provide the clear span for a facility that would have the lightness above for a religious service, with clean lines […]
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. […]
The Flamingo Courtyard shopping mall features the spaceframe system as a mauve ribbon that joins all the gray concrete buildings together. The architect complemented the mauve spaceframe with a mauve reveal line in the concrete. This is a good example of using the spaceframe network as an exciting example of structural art. Client: Sierra NV […]
CST’s Omni*Hub spaceframe launched the expanding Fort Fischer Aquarium in Wilmington, North Carolina. This Omni*Hub spaceframe is a multi-ridged design in an “L” shaped plan view covering 17,776 square feet (1652 square meters). The surface area is 20,117 square feet (1869 square meters). This spaceframe has 570 hubs, 2,132 struts, and 72 anchors. Client: The […]
Exterior amphitheaters are a perfect use for non-corrosive aluminum as they are general exposed to the elements and the fact that aluminum will not rust, spall or corrode eliminates any life cycle costs or maintenance. CST worked with the DDA (Downtown Development Authority) and Rhett Roy Landscape Architects to develop this amphitheater in the center […]
The dome roof system includes a multi-faceted insulated ceiling consisting of white vinyl-faced fiberglass panels. The pyramid-shaped panels provide a U-value of .035 and create an aesthetically unique ceiling designed to minimize sound focusing and provide optical interior acoustics. The dome is supported off of 45-foot high concrete wall and is engineered for a snow […]
The Golden Moon Casino is the second casino developed by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; the first is the Silver Star Casino, in northeast Mississippi. This project is a major expansion of the existing casino across the highway in this very rural location in Mississippi. The globe covers three floors of a restaurant, a […]