Often times when you visit a museum, you are looking at the objects of historical, scientific, artistic or cultural significance on the inside of the building, but the BUILDING ITSELF is often very eye-catching, interesting and artistic as well! The same can hold true for your local amphitheater. Yes, you are there to focus on the band or production occurring under the amphitheater’s structure, but take a moment to also appreciate the structure itself.
Today’s Highlight: Museums & Amphitheaters
Dale Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum Curved Roof Structure Seattle, WA.Sun Valley Music Pavilion Curved Roof Structure Sun Valley, ID.Peterson Auto Museum Curved Steel Supports for the metal "Skin" of the Building Los Angeles, CA. (Photo Courtey A. Zahner)UC Davis Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Curved Steel Canopies Davis, CA.Centennial Park Amphitheater Curved Steel Roof Structures Centennial, CO.Experience Music Project Curved Steel Supports for the metal "Skin" of the Building Seattle, WA.
We spent this last weekend in Seattle as we took our son and some friends up to a Mariners game. We had Saturday morning to spend in the city, and everywhere we looked, we stumbled upon projects containing curved steel that we have been a part of! The Jimmy Hendrix Museum, The Spheres and Spiral Staircase at The Spheres, the New Spiral Staircase in the Space Needle, the Canopy at the Seattle Great Wheel, the Dale Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum, the pedestrian bridge at the Museum of Flight, and art projects outside of corporate offices. The list goes on! What a true experience to see Brian showing the kids all of the curved steel projects Albina has done over the years! It was a great teaching moment to explain how the entire process works from the beginning of a project to the end and how all the different players work together to accomplish one final product. We were extremely proud to be the steel bender of choice for these amazing projects in the Pacific Northwest. And stay tuned, there are great things happening in the PNW and many more high profile projects coming up!
Albina Pipe Bending provided 90,000#'s of W18 x 106# Wide Flange Beam all bent the hard way to 453.27" and 799.27" Inside Radii, as well as 4" Sch40, 4" XXH, and 4" XH pipe all bent to various configurations for this project. To read more about the Grand Opening and to see some great pictures of the installed beams, go to the following article in the Seattle Post Intelligence.
