PCI Award Winner: First Baptist Complex
The First Baptist Church, located in the heart of downtown Dallas, Texas is a 2014 PCI Award winner.
The LEED Silver project includes a state-of-the-art worship center,
children’s education building, skybridge, connecting concourse, and
parking garage.
A majority of the 275,000 square foot facility’s exterior facade on the
east, west and south exposures features a pre-insulated, custom-designed
precast concrete wall system. The precaster, Gate Precast worked with Beck Architecture
to develop the precast concrete wall system. The design features a
basket weave pattern in light buff with a medium sandblast finish
created with custom elastomeric formliners by Architectural Polymers.
The thermally-resistive precast concrete material is not only
cost-effective and aesthetically pleasing; it provides an energy
efficient solution that protects the structure from the harsh Texas sun.
Visit Architectural Polymers at the 2014 PCI Convention at Booth #312.