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Wide aerial view of the Saban Center under construction with Alabama White marble across its curved exterior
Current Material Precedent · Tuscaloosa

Saban Center

Approximately 45,000 square feet of 4-inch-thick Alabama White across a contemporary woven exterior.

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Material Precedent

A dimensional Alabama White facade at civic scale

The Saban Center's March 2026 milestone report describes a 118,000-square-foot marble-clad learning campus in Tuscaloosa's River District, designed by Steinberg Hart with Davis Architects and planned to open in 2027.

Alabama Marble Company team project records identify the exterior stone as approximately 45,000 square feet of 4-inch-thick Alabama White Marble. The construction photographs below document installation progress across the curved woven elevations and central tower.

Source note: The Saban Center milestone report provides the published project, design, construction-status and planned-opening context. Alabama White identification, stone thickness, approximate exterior quantity and construction-progress photography come from Alabama Marble Company team project records.

Presented as an independent material precedent, the project shows how Alabama White can be developed into a contemporary exterior system. No current Alabama Marble Company supply role is claimed on this page.

For a new exterior project, the useful lesson is the coordination behind the expression: source range, module dimensions, finish, anchoring, fabrication tolerances, mock-up approval and release sequence all need to align.

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Construction Progress

Alabama White at building scale

Three construction views show how the woven stone pattern carries across curved pavilions, tall openings and the central tower composition.

Front construction view of the Saban Center's woven Alabama White marble facade flanking the central tower
Front elevation. Nominal 4-inch-thick Alabama White marble units form the woven exterior around the central tower.
Aerial construction view of the Saban Center's curved Alabama White marble exterior in Tuscaloosa
Curved pavilions. The Alabama White pattern continues across the building's flowing exterior geometry.
Aerial construction view of the Saban Center's Alabama White marble facade and central tower structure
Campus scale. Alabama White wraps multiple pavilion elevations during construction.

Construction-progress photography from Alabama Marble Company team project records.

Exterior Stone Planning

Turn design intent into an approvable material system

Exterior cladding requires the source, fabricator, installer and design team to work from the same definition of material range and finished work.

01 · Source

Define the quarry range

Review representative material and agree on the visual range required for the project.

02 · System

Coordinate the module

Relate quarry forms and fabrication assumptions to panel sizes, anchoring, joints and installation tolerances.

03 · Approval

Use a project mock-up

Confirm finish, range, orientation, workmanship and interface conditions before full release.

Alabama White Exterior

Evaluate the current range for your exterior application

Natural stone selection should be based on current source material, project-scale review and application-specific engineering.

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Project Brief

Discuss an exterior Alabama marble project

Share the application, preliminary sizes, quantity, finish, schedule and approval path. We will start with the source and the project facts.

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