Centria METALWRAP® · ECOSCREEN® on Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club, Chicago, Illinois, a G&L Associates Centria panel project
Recreation & Civic

Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club

Chicago, Illinois

A community center facade in Chicago, IL, clad in Centria METALWRAP®.

Centria METALWRAP® · ECOSCREEN®Chicago, IL
Project overview

The Rusu-McCartin Club is the newest home of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, a three-story youth center on the West Side of Chicago designed by Latent Design. Its blue metal envelope combines Centria METALWRAP® insulated panels with ECOSCREEN® perforated metal screening, supplied and detailed by G&L Associates as the project's facade contractor and Centria dealer.

G&L Associates carried the Centria package on the facade, from panel selection and detailing through procurement and coordination. Manufactured by Centria, delivered by G&L.

Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club facade, Chicago, IL, metal panels by G&L Associates
Project details

2

Centria systems specified

METALWRAP®

Primary panel system

System
Centria METALWRAP® · ECOSCREEN®
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Sector
Recreation & Civic
Role
Centria dealer: selection, detailing, procurement, coordination
  • 2 Centria systems combined on one envelope
  • Recreation & Civic project in Chicago, IL
  • Panel selection, detailing, procurement, and coordination by G&L Associates
The Centria panels used

Every G&L project is built on genuine Centria architectural metal systems. Here is what went on Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club, and how each panel performs.

METALWRAP Series on Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club, Chicago, IL
Insulated rainscreen backup panel

METALWRAP® Series

Centria METALWRAP® Series is an insulated backup panel that carries a continuous air, water, vapor, and thermal barrier behind masonry, rainscreen, or mixed-material claddings. It replaces a multi-part backup wall with a single sealed, factory-built panel.

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ECOSCREEN on Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club, Chicago, IL
Equipment screening

ECOSCREEN®

Centria ECOSCREEN® is a metal screening system that conceals rooftop equipment and mechanical areas behind a clean, durable metal face while allowing airflow, matched to the building architectural metal palette.

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Recognition

An award-winning building.

Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club has been recognized by leading industry organizations. G&L Associates supplied and detailed the Centria METALWRAP® facade.

  • 2024AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award
  • 2024Chicago Building Congress Merit Award, Commercial Construction Under $50 Million
  • 2024Federation of Women Contractors Community Development & Partnership Award
  • 2023CISCO Pride Award, New Construction Chicago/Suburbs Under $20 Million
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