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MORIN products set New Balance headquarters in motion BRISTOL, Conn. During the planning stages of the company’s new office headquarters, Jim and Anne Davis, owners of New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc., insisted on a building that reflected what their company was all about: speed, motion and high performance. A variety of panel products from Morin, A Kingspan Group Company, aided the design team in achieving those goals. “It was a fun project, a great project,” says Mark Sardegna, AIA, LEED AP, vice president of Elkus Manfredi Architects in Boston. “We were approached by Jim Davis and his wife Anne to help design their fourth headquarters building since the 70s, all in this neighborhood. They are very committed to the Brighton Landing neighborhood and have transformed their company into a huge success. They’re not Nike, they’re not Reebok, but they’re one of the best and they have the only American-made products among those companies. That’s a big deal for them.” Sardegna said th...

Virginia library designed to mirror region’s traditional aesthetics Morin roofing, wall panels featured on new 43,000 square foot facility BRISTOL, Conn., May 9, 2017 – Choosing building materials reminiscent of the agricultural structures common to the region, the design of the Varina Area Library in Henrico, Va., blended wood and stone, as well as metal roofing and wall panels from Morin, A Kingspan Group Company. “It was an attempt to reflect the buildings of the area,” says Kylan Shirley, AIA, of BCWH Architects of Richmond, Va. “It’s an area with a lot of barns, once dependent on agriculture, but it’s changing fast.” The Varina Area Library is a new 43,000-square-foot facility on 22 acres of land in the rural, eastern section of Henrico County. It replaces a 6,000-square-foot building that served the area for more than 40 years. The library was one of eight in the United States and Europe recently honored for its exemplary architecture and design. The annual Library Bu...