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Bahá’í House of Worship of South America

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 Andes Mountains. At nearly 100 ft high, the temple features nine entrances, welcoming worshipers from all...

Services:Building Enclosure Design, Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets: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

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

MBTA Kenmore Square Bus Station Canopy

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: 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. SGH...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Transportation

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

Walt Disney World, Epcot Center, Spaceship Earth

Orlando, FL

Walt Disney sketched the original design concept for Epcot Center, including Spaceship Earth. Disney wanted a unique structure that would be instantly recognizable around the world. The central figure of Disney’s Millennium 2000...

Services:Structural Design, Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Award Winning, Dome, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Foundation, Long-Span Structure, Signature Project, Spaceframe/Shell Structure

Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Gamma Electron Muon (GEM) Detector Support System and Chambers

United States

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

SGH reviewed the modular concept for the muon detection chamber support system by others and developed a monolithic integrated structural support system that meets the aggressive physics performance requirements, including stringent alignment and...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Science & Defense

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Engineering Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Foundation, Mechanical/Electrical System, Plastic/Composite, Spaceframe/Shell Structure