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Prefinished hardboard doors

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MEC Headquarters

After experiencing rapid growth, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) needed to construct a new corporate headquarters in East Vancouver. Because the company has long been an advocate for active and environmentally sustainable lifestyles, the vision was to engineer an eco-friendly building that reflected its core philosophies.Energy conservation was a primary goal, and so a key element of the building’s design was to maximize the amount of incoming natural light to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. To accomplish this, Proscenium Architecture + Interiors designed MEC’s new headquarters with high ceilings, supported by extensive exterior glazing. CRL-U.S. Aluminum was brought on board to help complement these settings... More