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Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The Boston Harbor Island Alliance and the National Park Service wanted the first permanent structure on the Rose Kennedy Greenway to act as a beacon, attracting people to Boston’s Harbor Islands. In collaboration with Utile, SGH designed...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Construction Consulting, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Metal, Metal-Steel, Mockup, Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics

House of the Future

Anaheim, CA

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

In 1954, the Monsanto Chemical Company provided funding to Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Plastics Research Laboratory to develop a futuristic house made of plastics. One goal was to demonstrate that a modular, cost-effective, and...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Analysis, Plastic/Composite, Research/Development, Signature Project, Thermal

Site Double, 2012 Venice Biennale

Venice, Italy

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Site Double, designed by Milligram-Office and commissioned for the 2012 Venice Biennale, translates the idea of a single-family house in Detroit (near the Architect's studio) to a Venetian gallery. Site Double, which invokes the Venice...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Fasteners and Connections, International, Residential, Wood

Horizon House, Third LIXIL International University Architectural Competition

Hokkaido, Japan

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Designed by students from Harvard's Graduate School of Design with contributions from Hanif Kara, Horizon House was the winning competition entry for the Third LIXIL International University Architectural Competition. The competition was held...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Residential - Single Family

Keywords:Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Green / Sustainable Design, International, Residential, Wood

2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Lakeshore Kiosk Competition

Chicago, IL

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Terrence McDonnell

As part of a broader initiative to enhance the lakefront, the Chicago Architecture Biennial solicited design submissions for four new kiosks. These new kiosks complement more than forty existing kiosks, offering recreational, social, retail, and...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Retail

Keywords:Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Preengineered/Prefabricated/Modular, Retail, Sport/Entertainment, Wood

Hoover Mason Trestle

Bethlehem, PA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

The 1906 Hoover Mason Trestle at the historic Bethlehem Steel plant transported raw materials on an elevated rail from the ore yard to the plant’s large furnaces. Abandoned for decades, the reinvented trestle is now the backbone of a new,...

Services:Structural Design, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Bridge

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Award Winning, Bridge, Pedestrian, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Historic, Metal-Steel, Revit/BIM, Stair

National Park Service, IDIQ Contract

Mid-Atlantic, United States

Project Contacts: Charles Russo, Niklas Vigener

Working with GWWO Inc., SGH provided structural and building enclosure engineering services for several sites as part of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the National Park Service (NPS). Our work included...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Government

Keywords:Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Historic, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Structural Strengthening, Term Contracts and IDIQs, Wood Frame

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

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...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

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

Annenberg Community Beach House

Santa Monica, CA

Project Contacts: Judson Taylor

The Annenberg Community Beach House is a public beach house located on an oceanfront site that was originally developed in the 1920s by William Randolph Hearst for actress Marion Davies. The property was sold to the State of California and was...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Hospitality

Keywords:Construction Administration, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Peer Review, Roofing, Waterproofing

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Exhibitions/Park Pavilions

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Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion

House of the Future

Site Double, 2012 Venice Biennale

Horizon House, Third LIXIL International University Architectural Competition

2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Lakeshore Kiosk Competition

Hoover Mason Trestle

National Park Service, IDIQ Contract

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

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

Annenberg Community Beach House

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