Everyone is very pleased with the end results.” “It is always great when we are able to work with the construction team to help carry out their design concept precisely, especially with challenging projects. “We are very proud of the way our custom panels outfit the school,” says Jeff Hoopes, Regional Vice President – West Region for Metal Sales. The project team utilized 10,240 square feet of the same Metal Sales product for the external stair enclosure, but chose not to curve the material in order to create a distinctly different aesthetic while maintaining a marked consistency throughout the building. This construction serves to offset the building’s other materials – primarily plaster and brick – in both color and texture. The panels accomplish a visually engaging vertical column made up of curved horizontal lines. The building’s façade features 1,260 square feet of T16-L, 20 gauge in PVDF Champagne Metallic. The panels announce the stairs boldly and provide a very unique contour for the façade.” “It has a ribbed but shallow look that nicely contrasts with the rest of the facility. “We chose this product for its striking profile,” explains Gregory Serrao, AIA Public Division Director with Nadel Inc., architect of the project. The linear design of Metal Sales’ panels helped to facilitate this vision on the facility’s façade as well as its external stair enclosure. In order to create both an aesthetically pleasing and hazard-free learning and play environment, the campus was designed vertically, ranging from two to four stories throughout. Anton Elementary replaces the nearby 92-year-old Hammel Street Elementary School, which now serves as the site for a new area high school.īuilt on 3.2 acres of uneven land, the site’s severely sloped topography presented many challenges for the project team. As one of many LAUSD construction projects in recent years, William R. This voter-approved program intends to prevent overcrowding and promote sustainable educational facilities. The school was built as part of a $20 billion New School Construction and Modernization Program initiated by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in 1997. The new 98,000 square foot elementary school houses 1,176 students in kindergarten through fifth grade and features 51 classrooms, an outdoor play field and an underground parking structure. Anton Elementary School in Los Angeles, CA. Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation, the premier nationwide provider of metal panels for the building and construction industry, provides 11,500 square feet of sleek custom T16-L horizontal and curved horizontal siding panels to William R.