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Pre-engineered Solution for Maryland Aquatic Center
The Prince Frederick, Maryland, aquatic center includes three massive, translucent, ridge-style enclosures. The largest of these pre-engineered structural aluminum composite systems is a 103-foot by 203-foot enclosure, with offset ridge, housing a 10-lane, 50-meter lap pool. The other two enclosures join the lap pool at 90-degree angles and are each 77 feet wide by 83 feet long. David Almy, Architect, of Smolen Emr Ilkovitch and Associates, "wanted a system that could deliver daylight and still insulate against heat and cold."  Learn more


4,000 sq. ft. Skylight Daylights Cruise Ship Terminal
Installation of a 4,000-square-foot Structures Unlimited, Inc. skylight in the Port Everglades' Terminal 18 facility is now completed, and the entire 240,000-square-foot structure remains on schedule for the November arrival of Oasis of the Seas. Port Everglades' Terminal 18 is the largest terminal ever constructed to handle only a single ship at a time. View the skylight installation


Kalwall and Structures Unlimited Take Daylighting to the Big Leagues
The New York Yankees began their 2009 season in a new 51,000-seat, $1.3 billion stadium recognized for its elegant design, innovative approaches and fast-track execution — and a 500-foot-long, 70-foot high Great Hall topped with a Structures Unlimited/Kalwall translucent Clearspan^™ Skylight. The season ended with yet another World Series Championship for the team and the New York Construction honor for overall Project of the Year.

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World's Largest Architectural Kalwall+ Nanogel^® Project!
For the Media Center at the Roosevelt K-2 Primary School in Elkhart, Indiana, Structures Unlimited created a dramatic pyramid skylight – the largest in the world incorporating Kalwall+ Nanogel – measuring 64 feet. Museum-quality Daylighting^™ showers the student dining area from a single, 18-foot by 40-foot, Kalwall+ Nanogel center ridge skylight. A 36-foot by 32-foot canopy, using one-third Kalwall+ Nanogel on the inside and two-thirds standard insulation on the outside, covers the school's main entrance. Several pyramid and center ridge skylights, with standard insulation, daylight other areas. Learn more

Monumental Daylighting Enclosure System Contributes to AIA Award
For the replacement of an outdated, outdoor community swimming pool and bathhouse with a new indoor community swimming pool at the existing Joseph G. Caputo Community Center in Ossining, New York, Lothrop Associates of Valhalla, New York, received the 2007 Public Interior Architecture award from the Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter of AIA. The Structures Unlimited structural aluminum enclosure system, topped with translucent Kalwall^® panels, provides natural brightness without glare or hot spots in the new six-lane competitive swimming pool and children's aquatic play area. A retractable roof system opens the pool to the sky for an outdoor feeling. With superior winter insulating value, low summer heat gain and resistance to condensation, this award-winning pool will serve the community for many years.

Even Greater Energy Performance
A new 4-inch thick, thermally broken sandwich panel is available that utilizes specialized translucent fiberglass insulation to deliver thermal performance of .08, .15 or .55 U-values, while transmitting glare-free, evenly balanced useable natural light. Learn more

Pre-Engineered Canopies and Walkways
New solutions for shadow-free and glare-free daylighting of walkways and canopies which incorporate lightweight, low-maintenance aluminum structures. Learn more

Structures Unlimited, Inc. Introduces...
A New Dimension in Daylighting and Thermal Performance... R-4 to R-46
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Translucent Skylight Makes Workout More Comfortable
According to Kyle Ryan's article, "Listen and Lighten Up", in the September 2003 issue of Recreation Management, "…lighting affects people … Poor lighting and sound insulation can make people uncomfortable quite easily … that discomfort can translate into lost revenue." Life Time Fitness is profiled as a health-club chain that has hit upon the formula for success. According to William Doerr, director of architecture for Life Time Fitness, "The real challenge is getting light to the middle of the space. That's partly accomplished by the massive, two-plus story atrium in every club, which expands to the center of the building. During the day, light passes through the translucent skylight of the atrium and provides a diffused glow." Their atrium skylights are supplied by Structures Unlimited, Inc.; for more information, read our Life Time Fitness Centers Project Report. Doerr continues, "The challenge has been keeping the intimacy of it. What we've done is brought that skylight in further and made it a much more predominant piece. You can grow it without getting lost in it. It really gives customers a reference point to where they entered; they're always aware of the atrium."