This article first appeared in the May 2012
issue of BD+C.
When the design team DLR Group, Minneapolis, was ready to recommend wall panels for an Edison charter school in chilly Duluth, Minn., it wanted something that could be easily applied to a steel frame and that mimicked the colors and textures found in the natural Minnesota environment. DLR specified Metl-Span panels. Specialty Systems, Burnsville, Minn., installed 30,000 sf of Metl-Span 3” CF24 and CF36 Architectural Flat insulated wall panels finished in Tahoe Blue, Dove Gray, Regal Gray, and Cool Zinc Gray. The multifaceted hues make the building fit quietly in its surroundings.
