By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist I recently visited Albany, New York, for the first time. As I walked around the central part of the city, I noticed beautiful copper and copper alloy buildings at nearly every turn — many...
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By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist While in Albany, it’s really worth the time to see the impressive New York State Capitol Building. I think it’s really different from every other State Capitol I’ve seen. For one thing, it’s one...
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By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist Sometimes a nice copper roof just pops up in an area of the country where you really do not expect it. Just off Westbound I-20, in Alabama, at the border with Georgia, the Alabama...
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By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist Hoboken, New Jersey — a one-time, rough-around-the-edges, blue collar community on the Hudson River — is booming again. The once boarded-up shops are now filled with cafes and specialty boutiques serving professionals who now...
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By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist Visiting Washington, D.C. is like walking through the pages of a history textbook. There are impressive landmarks at every turn — many of which include copper. Recently, two of my colleagues came across the...
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By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist There’s a lot of inspiring copper work on Manhattan. Perhaps eclipsing it all are two new residential towers rising just south of the United Nations along the East River at 626 1st Avenue. What’s...
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By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist I came across Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after leaving Primanti Bros. for lunch. I noticed it due to the series of half-round, standing seam copper canopies that cover the 6th...
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By Larry Peters, Copper Development Association Project Manager & Architectural Applications Specialist I took a little vacation last month and ran across some wonderful copper alloy work over in Spain. Madrid, to be specific. Beautiful city, and mid-September proved an excellent time to visit, neither too...
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Copper’s natural properties make it not only a beautiful building material, but one that is extremely durable and long-lasting. This makes it an ideal roofing material that protects and enhances a wide array of buildings. From homes and religious centers to schools and municipal buildings, copper...
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This month, CDA North America had the pleasure of hosting its first-ever North American Copper in Architecture Awards ceremony in Atlanta. For the first time in the program’s 8-year history, architects and contractors who worked on the year’s winning projects gathered to be recognized for...
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