41 WEST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK – ARCHITECT: SKIDMORE, OWNINGS & MERRILL LLP, GORDON BUNSHAFT

GRACE BUILDING

SKYSCRAPPER - 630 Ft.

YEAR BUILT – 1971 to 1974

50 STORY BUILDING

CONSISTS OF OFFICE – 1,557 & RETAIL – 20

DISTINCTIVE FEAUTURE:

CURVED TOWER WALLTHAT ARE SET BACK TO PROVIDE AN ATTRACTIVE AND ACCESIBLE SPACE

THE WALL IS MADE OFTINTED GLASS WINDOW AND WHITE TRAVERTINE LIMESTONE – STONE PANELCLADDING CONNECTION

SIBLING OF SOLOW BUILDING

FAÇADE - DESIGNED BY GORDON BUNSHAF

W.R. GRACE BUILDING

TRAVERTINE, A FORM OF LIMESTONE, IS USED FOR THE GRID PATTERN THAT COVERS THE SPACE BETWEEN WINDOWS IN THE GRACE BUILDING

TRAVERTINE IS A TERRESTIAL SEDIMENTARY ROCK. COMMONLY USED FOR FAÇADE, WALL CLADDING, BACKSPLASH AND FLOORING.

THE USE OF TRAVERTINE MAKES THE GRACE BUILDING APPEAR MORE BRIGHTER THAN ITS SURROUNDING AND THE WHITE COLOR CONTRAST THE DARK WINDOWS

TRAVERTINE MARBLE TRAVERTINE STONE

STONE LITE PANELS

OFFERS STRUCTURAL SUPERIORITY, IT’S NATURAL, TEXTURES, COLORS, FLEXIBLE SIZES SHAPE & DESIGN, ELEGANT FINISH ANDARE GOOD FOR INCORPORATING IN CURTAINWALL RAIN SCREENS, CORNICE, BALCONIES, CANTALIEVER STRUCTURES, LARGE FREE –SPAN CEILINGS, CURVE STRUCTURE AND MORE.

STONE WALL PANEL – CONNECTION DETAIL

EXTERIOR WALL

STONE PANEL CLADDING – INTERLOCKING JOINT CHANNEL DETAIL

CONNECTION IN BETWEEN TWO PANELS

STONE PANEL CLADDING – DETAIL AT BASE

STONE VENEER INSTALLATION WALL

DETAIL

AIR BARRIER SEALANTS, RAIN PENETRATION AND MOISTURE CONTROL

STONE VENEER/PANELS ARE STRONG AND DURABLE BUT THEIR WEAK POINT ARE THE JOINTS – IT NEEDS TO BE SEALED SO THAT WHEN WATER WONT SIP THROUGH OR THE WATER CANNOT DAMAGE IT

Use appropriate sealant for the environment in which it is expected to perform. Consider the environment that it will perform. Failure to consider these factors may result in adhesive failure, cohesive failure, craze cracking, hardening, disintegration, color changes, or other types of permanent failure.

Each project requires its own careful sealant consideration and application.

Work cited - http://stonepanels.com

WORK CITED

STONEPANELS.COM

SKYSCRAPERPAGE.COM

TRAVERTINE.COM