StoVentec Rainscreen Systems

As architectural trends continue to evolve, StoVentec remains committed to innovation. Emerging technologies, such as smart glass and interactive #facade elements, are likely to further expand the possibilities for creative expression. StoVentec’s focus on adaptability ensures it will remain at the forefront of facade design, empowering architects to redefine the boundaries of what is possible.

StoVentec Rainscreen® systems offer an extensive range of colors, textures, and materials from fiber cement and thin masonry veneer to stunning back-painted glass #cladding with HD digital printing. Additional benefits include improved acoustic insulation, better internal humidity and moisture control, and low maintenance requirements over time. Combined with recognized compliance under AAMA and NFPA standards, StoVentec provides the proven versatility and performance that architects trust. Mix and match any cladding texture, material, shape, or color to create a true original.

Ventilation and drainage are critical to building performance – a huge advantage with the StoVentro system. Another advantage of StoVentro’s adjustable sub-construction system is that it can improve the thermal and acoustic performance of the #building envelope. By incorporating an adjustable system, you can address any issues quickly and efficiently, minimizing downtime and ensuring consistent, maximum performance. Plus, the combination of the rainscreen and cladding systems used on top of the StoVentro system can help maximize energy efficiency by making space for exterior thermal insulation.

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Modern building envelopes are increasingly complex due to higher performance demands, tighter codes, and layered assemblies. Architects, building engineers, contractors, and owners face a critical choice in rainscreen design: Should they specify a complete, pre-engineered, integrated system from a single manufacturer, or assemble a #rainscreen by sourcing individual components (cladding, sub-construction, insulation, fasteners, and barriers) from multiple manufacturers? While the component method might appear to offer cost savings or material flexibility, it can undermine the principles of durable, high-performance #construction when not properly coordinated. StoVentec Rainscreen systems are complete, with all the system components – including the air and water-resistive barrier, thermal insulation, sub-construction and facade panel – engineered to perform together. And they offer the widest variety of aesthetic options available in an array of colors, shapes, textures, and even glass or fiber cement – in a single source system backed by a 10-year system warranty.

#Architecture, like all art, has its own language, rooted in form, such as textures, colors, shapes, and function, which ensures elements work together for optimal building performance. With StoVentec Rainscreen Systems, we understand this language of form and function. Our systems provide a wide variety of surfaces, including glass, render, masonry veneer, and fiber cement - all designed to enhance building performance and support any design vision.

When Bell Bank selected T. L. Stroh Architects to handle its project, lead architect Terry Stroh acknowledged that #retrofitting an existing concrete structure with a new thermally efficient modern facade would be a challenge. He began by looking for inspiration. As part of that process, he attended an NDAIA (AIA North Dakota) conference to see if there were any new and exciting products that could contribute to this remarkable metamorphosis. As luck would have it, Sto Corp. had a booth at the show and displayed some glass samples from StoVentec Rainscreen System. The glass samples on display matched Bell Bank’s corporate blue perfectly. “I couldn’t believe it!” Stroh said. “Here I am looking for solutions that will help us transform this old building into a modern work of art, and this blue piece of glass, which is the exact shade of Bell Bank blue, lands in my hands. It was incredible!”

Every StoVentec configuration is built on the same fully engineered #rainscreen system. Only the exterior expression changes.

Other manufacturers only offer wall components, e.g., a single element in the system, such as cladding or insulation, leaving it up to architects and contractors to determine how these various bits and pieces should all come together. StoVentec offers a system approach with the following benefits: ✅ Seamlessly connects design and #construction ✅ Fewer products and subcontractors ✅ Improved constructability and project delivery ✅ One warranty – single supplier ✅ Compatibility of components ✅ Fully tested assemblies ✅ Weathertight transitions due to a single AWRB

The purpose of building envelopes is to improve #building performance. As its core, a rainscreen separates the cladding from the structural wall, creating a drainage and ventilation cavity. This gap allows for the passive removal of liquid, facilitating air movement, drying and preventing structural decay, mold growth, and thermal degradation. StoVentec Rainscreen Systems are complete, with all the system components – including the air and water-resistive barrier, thermal insulation, sub-construction and facade panel – engineered to perform together. And they offer the widest variety of aesthetic options available, including colors, shapes, textures, including glass and fiber cement – in a single source system backed by a 10-year system warranty.