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Emerson College, Little Building

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Michael Louis

Completed in 1917, the Little Building is a twelve-story structure at 80 Boylston Street, facing historic Boston Common. The building housed a variety of businesses over the years, until Emerson College bought it in 1995. The existing cast stone...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Keywords:Cast Stone, Cladding / Recladding, Concrete-Precast, Curtain Wall, Dormitory, Preservation Technology

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Boston, MA

Designed by Strickland and Blodgett in 1927, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel consists of a steel-framed structure clad with brick masonry and accented with decorative cast stone and limestone features. A contributing structure to Boston's Back Bay...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Cast Stone, Corrosion, Cracking, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Masonry-Transitional, Metal-Steel, Water Leakage

St. Dominic's Church

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Built in 1926, St. Dominic’s Church was designed by Arnold S. Constable and the Beezer Bros. of Seattle with a blend of collegiate and English Gothic-Revival styles. The church sought to arrest heavy leaks and address deteriorating and...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Rehabilitation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Cast Stone, Condition Assessment, Cracking, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Leaded and Stained Glass, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Monumental Buildings, Preservation Technology , Religious, Spire/Bell Tower, Water Leakage, Windows

Omni Hotel

San Francisco, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

The owner planned to rehabilitate the 1927 office building and adapt it for use as a luxury hotel. The brick walls of the fifteen-story building had large vertical cracks at the corners and suffered from water leakage. SGH...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Cast Stone, Condition Assessment, Construction Administration, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Preservation Technology , Seismic Engineering and Retrofit

Latchis Building

Brattleboro, VT

Project Contacts: Susan Knack-Brown

The Latchis Building, located in a National Register Historic District, is a four-story art-deco building completed in 1938. The first floor has a granite facade and the facade above is cast stone that suffered from heavy deterioration at the...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Cast Stone, Field Testing, Freeze-Thaw, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Masonry, Monumental Buildings

Wilshire Boulevard Temple

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Christopher Norton, Carolyn Searls

Dedicated in 1929, the Wilshire Boulevard Temple is the oldest synagogue in the Los Angeles area. The temple is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The structure suffered from water...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Religious

Keywords:Award Winning, Cast Stone, Concrete-Cast-in-Place, Condition Assessment, Cracking, Dome, Historic, Leaded and Stained Glass, Masonry, Metal, Metal-Copper, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Signature Project, Stucco, Water Leakage