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Cotner Associates Inc. designed a metal roof for Jekyll Island Ocean Suites, a boutique oceanfront hotel associated with Jekyll Island Club, which was founded in 1886. Jekyll Island Ocean Suites has 41 suites with ocean-facing balconies.
John Cotner, principal at Cotner Associates, says, “We were tasked with creating a design commensurate with the aesthetics of the historic club yet incorporating a modernistic context. The design was a blending of the old and new.”
Regarding the use of metal, Cotner adds, “Metal has good wind resistance, which we were obviously very cognizant of. Plus, it offers good energy performance and aesthetics; all three points led to metal. And, it had to be aluminum, given the location right on the beach. If you don’t do aluminum in that environment, it won’t be there in 20 years.”
Commercial Sheet Metal Systems installed 20,000 square feet of Petersen Aluminum Corp.’s 0.04-inch-thick Snap-Clad aluminum roof panels in Silver.
