Tanger Outlet Center, Washington, D.C.
Retrofit Team
Architect: Adams + Associates Architecture, Mooresville, N.C.
Materials
For the open-air shopping center to maintain steady year-round retail traffic, project architects needed to provide shoppers with protection from the East Coast elements. After looking at multiple options, they specified six open-air ridge skylights, enclosing the shopping space with more than 63,000 square feet of Pentaglas glazing.
“We selected CPI because of its single-source system and warranty; large panel sizes, which eliminated the need for transverse connections; panel strength; UV protection; and unobtrusive connection using their fastening system,” explains Lynn Carney, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, project manager/architect with Adams + Associates Architecture.
The 100 percent recyclable panels feature Nano-Cell technology, Tanger Outlet Center | Washington, D.C. which promotes long-term resistance to impact and wind loading. They also are made with internal flexibility to absorb thermal expansion in all directions.
Glazing Manufacturer: CPI Daylighting
The Retrofit
More than one year since the Tanger Outlet Center installation, Carney and her team say the “quality, durability and aesthetics” of the long-spanning Pentaglas panels have helped achieved their design objectives. “The CPI galleries have held up very nicely; the shoppers love it and the owners are quite pleased,” she says. “In fact, the owners have contacted me for production information from this project to use on other centers, as well.”
Photo: CPI Daylighting