…installed by Alexander Metals, designed by ESa

Tall Hall

Photo by Sam Simpkins courtesy of Belmont University

Across Belmont University’s Tennessee campus, Tubelite curtainwall, storefront and entrance systems help convey a campus-wide aesthetic that complements the functionality and personality of each space.

Through a decades-long partnership, glazing contractor Alexander Metals has installed Tubelite products on more than 10 buildings since 2011. These projects range from academic facilities to athletic centers and from performing arts spaces to student residences on a 93-acre setting located just two miles from downtown Nashville.

Ensuring every project’s architectural vision, performance and sustainability requirements are upheld, Alexander Metals and Tubelite worked closely with the University, the owner’s representative ChaseCo, and the team of architects and contractors. Many of the campus’ new and renovated structures featuring Tubelite aluminum framing systems were designed by architectural firm Earl Swensson Associates (ESa) and constructed by R.C. Mathews Contractor.

“It is an absolutely beautiful campus and with a lot of Tubelite framing systems,” said Tim Fookes, during a recent tour of the campus with Alexander Metals and Tubelite representative Gary Bowie of G. Bowie & Associates. Fookes serves as vice president of product engineering for Apogee Enterprises’ Architectural Framing Systems segment and Tubelite products.

The Fisher Center for Performing Arts

Photo by Sam Simpkins courtesy of Belmont University

Bowie added, “Our long relationship with ESA’s architectural team, as well as our commitment to Alexander Metals as a stellar working partner, continues to make the many projects at Belmont University successful.”

Jack C. Massey Center

Photo by Sam Simpkins courtesy of Belmont University

Thousands of Belmont University’s students, faculty, staff and visitors have passed through Tubelite doors and gazed at the views framed by its curtainwall and storefront systems. Each facility showcasing Tubelite architectural aluminum products also highlights the durable anodized and painted finishes provided by Linetec.

In the coming weeks, this blog series will visit these must-stops on Belmont University campus:

  • Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine
  • Jack C. Massey Center
  • The Fisher Center for Performing Arts
  • The Curb Event Center’s Vince Gill Room
  • Crocket Center for Athletic Excellence, tennis facility and south parking garage
  • Gordan E. Inman Center, College of Health Sciences and Nursing
  • Caldwell Hall
  • Tall Hall