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Baha'i Temple

Santiago, Chile

Project Contacts: Amy Hackney, James Parker

Designed by Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects, the Chile Baha’i House of Worship sits on a hillside set against the...

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Materials Design, Structural Design

Market:Religious

Keywords:Award Winning, Base Isolation, Glass and Glazing, High-Performance/Advanced Enclosures, International, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Analysis, Materials Testing for Design, Religious, Seismic Isolation, Signature Project, Spaceframe/Shell Structure, Stone, Structural Glass

Union Station Transit Center

Chicago, IL

Led by the Chicago Department of Transportation, the Union Station Transit Center project creates an off-street Chicago Transit...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Transportation

Keywords:Canopy/Ceiling, Construction Consulting, Metal-Steel, Structural Glass

Navy Pier

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Vince Cammalleri, Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian, Matthew Normandeau

As part of a design competition, the James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) Team was selected to redesign the 3,000 ft long Navy Pier...

Service:Structural Design, Building Enclosure Design

Market:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Below-Ground Waterproofing, Finite Element Analysis, Glass and Glazing, Material-Related, Materials Analysis, Pier/Wharf/Boat Ramp, Roofing, Structural Glass, Waterproofing, Wood

2015 Design Biennial Boston, Tectonics of Transparency: The Tower

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Second in Cristina Parreño's Tectonics of Transparency series, The Tower was a temporary installation on the Rose Kennedy Greenway...

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Art Work, Structural Glass, Temporary Structure

The Cooper Gallery

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Susan Knack-Brown

Designed by David Adjaye, The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center repurposes an existing commercial space as a new gallery. The front elevation features a series of vertical wood...

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Award Winning, Building Science, Canopy/Ceiling, Fasteners and Connections, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Testing for Design, Museum, Structural Glass, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Wood

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yin/Yang Pavilion at Simmons Hall

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: James Parker

The Yin/Yang Pavilion, a sculpture designed by Dan Graham, is located on the second floor terrace of Simmons Hall at MIT. The curving sculpture, constructed from 7 ft high panels of laminated two-way mirror glass, rests in a reflecting pool on...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Art Work, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Finite Element Analysis, Glass and Glazing, Structural Glass

Harvard University, Center for Government and International Studies, Plaza Skylight

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: James Parker, Kevin Poulin, John Thomsen

The Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) at Harvard University, designed by Pei Cobb Freed and Partners, incorporates a new landscaped plaza with a pyramidal glass skylight above a below-grade library. SGH performed a detailed...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Finite Element Analysis, Peer Review, Plaza, Skylight, Structural Glass

MBTA Kenmore Square Bus Station Canopy

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Glenn Bell, Paul Kelley

The Kenmore Station Bus Canopy, designed by architect DiMella Shaffer, is part of the Kenmore Square Public Improvements Project. The canopy, whose geometry is derived from the section of a cone, is approximately 26 ft wide by 130 ft long....

Service:Structural Design

Market:Transportation

Keywords:Peer Review, Spaceframe/Shell Structure, Station, Structural Glass