JL Tower – Anchorage, Alaska
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STONE PANELS PROJECT PROFILE: JL TOWER - ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Standing as a beacon in Anchorage, Alaska is JL Tower, a marvel of design that literally elevates architecture and lights the way for Class A real estate in the northern-most U.S. state. The 14-story building, with 280,000 square feet of office space, rises high in the Anchorage skyline, and features Completed in 2008, the building’s occupants include the Alaska Native regional corporation, Chugach Alaska. The organization, using roughly one-third of the office space, is also an owner of the facility, along with JL Properties and Reef Alaska Tower, an affiliate of Washington Capital Management. a natural stone façade topped by a nearly four-story LED lighting feature that brightens the city’s midtown nights. As the first privately held LEED-certified building in Alaska, JL Tower is leading the way in environmental standards through the use of recycled materials, an energy-efficient heating and cooling system, and the use of natural lig

The aesthetics of the structure were also an “The high quality appearance and technical performance of the product is an excellent solution design and construction. With an exterior curtain for this application in Alaska,” Reid said. “Our experience with the product has been excellent.” aluminum and natural stone panels, JL Tower creates a unique impression among the structures in Anchorage. “We wanted the cachet of the stone finish,” said Rolland Reid, a principal of RIM Architects, which has collaborated with developers JL Properties, Inc. and Davis Constructors and Engineers, Inc. on the...

STONE PANELS PROJECT PROFILE: JL TOWER - ANCHORAGE, ALASKA can be flexed, making them ideal for seismic locations. StoneLite® panels provide the beauty of natural stone and yet eliminate its fragile, brittle properties. “StoneLite® absorbs stresses without cracking,” Reid said. “Plus, this product deals well with the wide temperature swings we have in this sub-arctic climate in Alaska.” unique manufacturing process that bonds and reinforces a natural stone veneer with an aluminum honeycomb substrate. The result is a superior natural stone cladding – available in granite, limestone,...

“We are extremely pleased to have produced our around the globe. Manufactured by Stone Panels, unique system for another multi-story office building Inc. in Coppell, TX, StoneLite® is available utilizing in Alaska,” said Lance virtually any natural stone superior cladding product ® “It is always gratifying when percent less than dimensional stone. through an architectural firm that has previously specified StoneLite® has also been tested to resist up to 60 times more impact than The speed with which solid 3 cm thick granite, installed was also a consideration, according to “Our testing to...