ARCHITECTURE PROJECT PROFILE

Kirkland Town Hall, Kirkland, New York

C.T. Male Associates, P.C. provided the architectural and building systems design for a new 4, 800-square-foot town hall in Kirkland, New York.  The building’s site is located along route 12B, between the highway and an existing town garage.  The new town hall includes a one-story slab on grade, pre-engineered wood truss frame structure.  This type of building system was ideally suited to meet the life-cycle performance requirements of the project.  The customized structure provides space for administrative offices, a conference room, vault, kitchen and a large meeting room for the public, which can be divided by a sound-deadening folding partition.

The construction consists of wood truss frame assemblies, with 8 ½” thick column walls supporting wood trusses, spaced at approximately 7’6” on center, with full uncompressed blanket insulation in the walls and fully ventilated attics to provide an energy efficient envelope.  Concerned about the ever-increasing costs of energy, the Town wanted to solve the problem without cutting back on their requirements for heat and air conditioning.  The improved insulation package included in the design by C.T. Male made it possible to enjoy low energy costs without compromising comfort.

The exterior façade is composed of a mortarless brick wainscot, to provide a durable, quality finish that requires no maintenance and provides weather and impact resistance around the entire perimeter of the structure. The 26-gallon ribbed steel siding is coated with an advanced paint system, that includes a 25-year warranty, for improved color retention and fade resistance.  The roofing consists of 40-year laminated shingles to provide distinct shadow lines and complex color blending that creates a rich dimensional appearance, similar to the adjacent town garage.  Column surrounds were also included at each of the building’s entrances, utilizing a fiber-cement siding product, all of which were designed to provide a maintenance-free exterior facade.

In addition to the architectural and building systems engineering design, C.T. Male Associates, P.C. provided the site development design. This included the connection to municipal and sewer systems, natural gas and electrical services and an emergency generator, as well as the grading, storm drainage and layout of the parking areas and handicap accessible walkways.