Paul Drier is a registered consultant specializing in the management, design, and construction of architectural aluminum building enclosures and exterior walls, for monumental and high-rise projects, including commercial, residential, mixed-use, government, and health care, both domestic and overseas. Here are just a few of the monumental projects that Paul Drier has been involved with in some capacity over his 35 years of international construction experience. STATE OF ILLINOIS BUILDING James R. Thompson Center Chicago, Illinois Architect: Murphy Jahn Architects 17-story, all-glass exterior, with curved glass panels, immense skylight atrium, bright red exposed steel frame plays, bright turquoise cladding and back painted curtain wall glazing on both the interior of the atrium as well as the exterior of the building.
Two Timjes Squate, New York, New York Three Times Square, New York, New York
Four Times Square, New York, New York Five Times Square, New York, New York Transco Tower, Houston Texas
Columbia Center, Seattle, Washington Minsk International Train Station, Minsk, Belarus
Republic Plaza, Singapore Citicorp Center 1601 K Street United Airlines Terminal Long Island City, New York Washington D.C. Chicago, Illinois
NATIONAL BANK OF DUBAI United Arab Emirates Architect: Carlos Ott & Partners Contractor: Lainge Construction 40-story building with unitized system, structural glazing, and cladding. The tower is supported at the sides by two massive granite columns, and faced with glass curtain walls; on one side the curtain wall curves gracefully from top to bottom, like a billowing sail, and on the other side the curtain wall curves from right to left, like the stern of a ship.
TIME WARNER CENTER 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by The Related Companies. The building surrounds half of Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan. Its design consists of two 750 ft towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops. The total floor area is divided between offices, residential condominiums, and a hotel. The Shops at Columbus Circle is an upscale shopping mall located in a curving arcade at the base of the building. Twin 57-story buildings with unitized system, structural glazing, and stone cladding
Commerce Place, Cleveoland, OH World Finacial Center, New Yourk, NY Porta Europa, Madrid, Spain 1585, Broadway, New York, New York
World Bank 1585 Avenue of the Americas Chinese Consulate Washington, D.C. New York, New York New York, New York
Over his 35 years in the Fenestration Business, Paul Drier has also designed standard products and systems for major manufacturers. These products have been used on multiple projects around the world. Company Name and Location: Cupples Products, St. Louis, MO: Fentron Building Products, Seattle, WA: Ampat Group, Glen Bernie, MD: Flour City Architectural Metals, NY Harmon Contract Glazing, Minneapolis, MN: Glassalum, Miami, FL: Alumicor, Toronto, Canada: Allan Windows, Toronto, CN: Toro Aluminum, Toronto,CN: Pioneer Windows, Johnstown, NY: Architecuteal Skylights, Main: Affinity Aluminum, Maple, ON: Drier Wall Works, Toronto, ON Product Name and Description 5000 Series, stick system World Wall, Unitized system 3000 sereies window system Ribbon Wall, window wall system Planar System 2, insulated glass spider fitting system Commerse wall Stone supporting Curtainwall Quick Set Anchor System, curtain wall anchoring sysstem LS Seismic Anchor System, for Earthquake buildings UMSys 1, unit mullion system, curtain wall Metrion, Mullion-less Curtainwall, Ribbon Window system Invisible Vent, SSG operable vent system Clicker Wall, Retrofit curtainwall system GB-2000, SSG unitized Curtain wall BF-2000 Unitized Curtain wall Alumivent 1400 operable window system Invisi-Vent 5000 Series, SSG operable vent Arcadia skylite, high performance Sloped glazing system Zero sight line Inswing vent, SSG operable vent New York Trim System, window wall system The Seismic Head Can, used for siesmic window walls Pioneer Wall, unitized, SSG curtainwall Fusion Wall, high performance unitized Curtainwall 7500 Series, unitized, sloped curtainwall system All Wall, unitized, SSG window wall and curtainwall New York hand rail, high performance glass hand rail Canada rail, glass hand rail system Dual Wall, High performance, unitized Window Wall Flapper Vent, high performance, integrated ventilator