Robbins, Bell & Kreher required an open-frame sphere for the Port Authority’s entry lobby that would surround numerous building features including an elevator shaft, a staircase, walkways and columns. A clean line and crisp finish were of paramount importance given the sphere’s proximity to the public.

Spitz developed a design employing 2x6in aluminum tubes that gave the structure depth and strength. Hidden fasteners and reinforcing material ensured the pure aesthetic line was never compromised. The project was awarded the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks “Judges Choice Award”.

The Lucent Visitors Center needed a unique, dramatic exhibit space. Their vision was a one-of-a-kind spherical enclosure with inset video monitors. The project’s minimal design required seamless walls of spherical and toroidal panels with a flawless, smooth finish.

Spitz provided design services to optimize the framing system for the Visitor Center exhibit enclosure. Our facility manufactured custom tooling to stretch and cut complex panel shapes to fit the frame perfectly. Spitz also managed the painting of the panels to insure the finish met the client’s expectations.

Hollywood Casino envisioned a huge backdrop for the “Hollywood on the Roof” lounge. The half-dome structure needed to work as a combination dome projection screen, backdrop for the musicians on stage, and overhead shell above the lounge seating area. They required unique dimensions – a section of a toroid we named the “lemon spheroid”, because of its unusual width in relation to the dome’s height.

Spitz delivered and constructed the frame and paneling for a one-of-a-kind, partial-dome structure that formed a 3-dimensional ellipse from its apex to the floor. The complex shape was uniformly surfaced with perforated, powder-coated aluminum panels to make a world-class projection screen – a signature feature of Hollywood Casino’s main lounge.

HHPA’s planning called for four huge perforated aluminum rings in the West Atrium of the renovated museum. The soaring rings needed to link the Museum’s nature and science exhibits, and provide a compelling setting for the dramatic views to the city and mountains beyond.

Spitz designed meshing rings from 31 to 60 feet in diameter that cut through the multi-floor atrium. With low-profile framing and clean fasteners and supports, the cylinders carve through the space creating balanced motion and crisp curves.