the People

Owner
Congregation B'nai israel

Architect
Dent & Nordhaus
Architects, 700 Fitzgerald Rd. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Phone/Fax (505) 345 8183

Stephen Dent, AIA
Richard Nordhaus, AIA

Interior designer
Brenda Ver Ploeg

Consultant(s)
Architectural metal (Copper):
Kason Group- Mark Knutson

Lighting:
Stephen Dent

General Contractor
Gear and Condon Construction, LLC

Photographer(s)
Dent & Nordhaus, Architects

Kirk Gittings, Photography
(505) 344 5436

Renderer
Richard Nordhaus

CAD system, project management, or other software used
formZ www.formz.com, Renderzone

the Products

Structural System
Existing structure glulelam bents with arched purlins and T&G decking.

Exterior Cladding
Uninsulted brick walls were insulated and finished with drywall, skim coat and painted.

Interior Finishes
Walls:
Drywall with skim coat and paint.

Stone Veneer Walls:
Texas shellstone and Colorado red, sandstone, with inlaid copper strips.

Carpet:
Atlas Carpet Mills, Papiri # M559, custom color.

Furnishings
Fixed seating:
Seating reconditioned by L.L Sams, Inc. Cameron Texas.

Upholstery:
Fabric Designed by Dent & Nordhaus, Architects; fabricated by Maharam

Bimah table and chairs:
Designed and crafted by Fryer Wood Works

Lighting
Indirect perimeter lighting:
T8, electronic ballast, warm toned

Light Beams:
Custom design by Architects, fabricated by kason Group, Inc. Copper clad beams are suspended from the ceiling, with T8, electronic, warm tone lamps, switched to control lighting levels.

Adjustable spot lighting:
The interior beam incorporates dimmable, adjustable par38 lamps to light the bimah, arc and table.

Other
Ark Doors:
Designed by Dent & Nordhaus, Architects, fabricated by Hershel Weiss Sculptural Arc lettering by Harvey Buchalter