Capital improvement/Creative use of metal is part of a school's new addition

摘要

The original buildings were built with concrete block and stucco, and convincing the building committee that a pre-engineered metal building was the best option to meet its needs was quite an undertaking. "We did a lot of renderings, and we showed them 3-D sketches," said Joel Miroglio, AIA, design principal with Miroglio Architecture + Design, Oakland. "When first proposed, the concern was that they didn't want it to look like a shed. They wanted it to blend in and not look cheap."