As a gateway to the expansive forty-five acre sanctuary, the Trailhead House offers visitors an opportunity to learn about the area’s woodlands and wildlife. Given the sanctuary’s focus on preserving the natural environment, the...
A multi-building campus with a new seven-story hospital replaces the William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss. The new 125-bed hospital features a variety of building enclosure materials, including natural stone, metal panels, terra...
As part of the facilities master plan, Maine Medical Center (MMC) identified the need to expand their surgical program. With a vertical addition to the second level of the L.L. Bean Building, MMC gained space within their existing hospital...
Expanding on Expo Milano 2015’s theme, Feeding the Planet – Energy for Life, China Pavilion focuses on sustainability and coexistence of nature and city. The undulating roof structure appears to float above the “Land...
In this 170,000 sq ft building on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University gives a more prominent location to its life sciences and engineering disciplines. The nine-story research facility offers flexible space to support changing needs and...
The Michael Klahr Center, named in honor of a Maine resident who survived the Holocaust, houses the Holocaust and Human Rights Center (HHRC) at University of Maine at Augusta (UMA). HHRC sponsored an international architectural design...
Led by NADAAA, the renovation of an existing 1930s home transformed the traditional masonry structure into a contemporary residence with a vertical addition. SGH was the structural engineer for the project and consulted on the building...
The seven-story, 230,000 sq ft Eden Medical Center was one of the first new medical centers in Alameda County to comply with the seismic safety requirements of California SB 1953. By applying Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Building...
The 225,000 sq ft Integrated Sciences Complex is the first new academic building built on the Columbia Point campus since it opened in 1974. The complex supports interdisciplinary scientific research, teaching, and collaboration with...
The industry is saturated with articles and news stories touting the value of building information models (BIM) - 3D parametric models that contain "all" building information. Most articles discuss improved coordination, construction...
Development of performance-based seismic design initiated in the 1980s as a tool to solve the problem of existing seismically hazardous buildings. With the publication of national rehabilitation guidelines in the late 1990s, and standardization...