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University of Chicago, Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Vince Cammalleri

Balancing the need for more space with a commitment to keeping the growing collection on campus, the University of Chicago undertook constructing a new library building that connects to the existing Regenstein Library. The design takes advantage...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Building Science, Dome, Glass and Glazing, Library, Peer Review, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Waterproofing

Salt Processing Dome

Savage, MN

Project Contacts: Neal Anderson, Dominic Kelly

The salt processing dome, with an inside diameter of 173 ft and a dome peak of 65 ft, houses equipment for processing and packaging bulk rock salt for commercial sale. The shell structure was constructed in 1985 by placing a nominal 3-1/2 in. of...

Services:Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Manufacturing & Industrial

Keywords:Award Winning, Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Concrete, Concrete Rehabilitation, Concrete-Post-tensioned, Condition Assessment, Dome

New Hampshire State House

Concord, NH

Project Contacts: Jeffry Ceruti

The monumental dome on the New Hampshire State House is gilded in gold leaf. After regilding in the early 1990s, the gold leaf started discoloring. The state wanted to understand the cause of discoloration and identify any inherent problems prior...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation, Materials Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Award Winning, Deterioration, Dome, Materials Analysis, Metal-Copper, Roofing

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Gala Exhibition

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

On display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) from May to September, the Costume Institute’s 2016 exhibit examined the balance of creating fashion both by hand and with new technology. To support the Manus x Machina exhibit, the...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Design-Build, Digital Fabrication, Dome, Revit/BIM, Temporary Structure

Kansas State Capitol

Topeka, KS

Project Contacts: Nick Floyd, Niklas Vigener

Officially completed in 1903, the Kansas State Capitol is the impressive home to the state’s government offices. The building is topped with a striking copper dome over a central rotunda that joins four wings. As part of a major...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Dome, Historic, Metal-Copper, National Register of Historic Places, Peer Review, Preservation Technology , Roofing

U.S. Pavilion, Expo '67 World's Fair and Exposition

Montreal, QC

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

With a theme of Creative America, the U.S. Pavilion at Expo ‘67 required a structure that would showcase the country’s innovation and design accomplishments. Conceived by R. Buckminster Fuller, the 250 ft dia. transparent...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Award Winning, Dome, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Metal-Steel, Signature Project

Smithsonian Institution, Multiple Mirror Telescope

Mount Hopkins, AZ

Project Contacts: Frank Kan

With the advent of economical large spun cast mirrors, the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Arizona wished to convert the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) to a telescope with a single 6.5 m dia. mirror to retain its position as one of...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Construction Administration, Dome, Foundation, Mechanical/Electrical System, Spaceframe/Shell Structure, Telescope

California State Capitol Security Improvements

Sacramento, CA

Project Contacts: Ronald Hamburger, Stephen Harris

Modeled after our nation’s capitol, the California state capitol building was built between 1860 and 1874. The building features a dome rising 210 ft above the street and a stately granite facade. As home to the executive and...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Government

Keywords:Blast Analysis & Resistance, Dome, National Register of Historic Places, Office, Security

Bowdoin College, Museum of Art

Brunswick, ME

Project Contacts: Jason Der Ananian, Sean OBrien

The Neo-Classical Walker Art Building, designed by McKim, Mead and White in 1894, now houses the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Throughout its life, the building experienced several problems, including chronic leakage at roofing transitions and...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Air Barrier, Building Science, Construction Administration, Dome, Historic, Mechanical/Electrical System, Metal, Metal-Copper, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Skylight

Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Built in 1899 for the Oliver P. Posey family, the Doheny family occupied the home for nearly sixty years. The three-story mansion was designed by architects Theodore A. Eisen and Sumner P. Hunt with elements from the Gothic, Chateauesque,...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Adhesion Testing, Balcony, Cultural, Dome, Field Testing, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Leaded and Stained Glass, National Register of Historic Places, Plaster, Preservation Technology , Water Leakage, Waterproofing, Wood

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Dome

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University of Chicago, Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

Salt Processing Dome

New Hampshire State House

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Gala Exhibition

Kansas State Capitol

U.S. Pavilion, Expo '67 World's Fair and Exposition

Smithsonian Institution, Multiple Mirror Telescope

California State Capitol Security Improvements

Bowdoin College, Museum of Art

Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion

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