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    Memorial Hall

    Location | Bemidji, Minnesota

    Architects | LHB

    Installers | Progressive Building Systems

    Finish | Terracotta

    Scope | Exterior Scale™ Walls

    Gauge | 1.5mm

    Industry | Education

    Photographer | Joe Brennan Photo & Video

    All natural materials offer their own beauty, but sometimes size, profile, and cost limit their use. For Memorial Hall at Bemidji State University, the design required the expression and tactile feel of terracotta, but in a panel that added additional texture and captured the reflection of light. Starting with a matte ochre resin, we added a layer of silver pearl, copper pearl, and a custom terracotta and finished the surface with our patent pending exterior texture. This additional coat produces increased hardness and perceptible coarseness, and our finish is still elastic enough for tight bends and fabrication. The ability to re-coat on site was a huge bonus for a higher education project.

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