Francis Xavier Nava Elementary
Santa Fe Vistas - New Mexico

The Francis Xavier Nava Elementary School was built in the late 1960’s and has been educating children in Santa Fe Vistas, New Mexico ever since. However, as the school has aged, one of the most dated and least functional features of the building was the old slide vent windows. The architectural team and the school itself wanted to upgrade to new, energy efficient windows that wouldn’t change the look of the existing building. Western designed a 700 Series Casement window that utilized t-bar and true divided lite to replicate the horizontal lines of the venting windows. The end result was a near perfect match to the original design with the additional features of casement cranking windows and the energy efficiency of dual pane glass.

Coronado Hall - University of Arizona
Tuscon - Arizona

When the University of Arizona determined they needed to replace the old, single pane windows of Coronado Hall, they wanted to do so without sacrificing the historical look of the building. Working with the design team, Western came up with a 700 Series Casement detail that utilized t-bar and true divided lite that emulate the steel windows they replaced. The custom color was matched, the new codes were kept, and the end product came out perfect.