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...
Designed by Cass Gilbert and constructed in the 1920s, the Chamber of Commerce is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The street-facing elevations feature a story-high, granite-clad water table with three stories of limestone...
The Providence Public Library includes the original 1900 renaissance masonry building and the 1953 neoclassical Empire Street Addition. SGH investigated the condition of the building enclosures, prioritized repair recommendations, and identified...
The oldest portion of Magill Library at Haverford College was constructed in 1864 and with a 1898 addition is known as the Heritage Building. Subsequent additions were added to the stone masonry building in 1912 (the Quaker Special Collections...
Completed in 1929, the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building is part of the Capitol Extension Group listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a California Historical Landmark. The building suffered from aging building systems,...
Autodesk University brings the design industry together each year for an exciting conference focusing on new ways to create. As the host, Autodesk is inspired to feature innovative design and construction in their own pavilion. Their 2016...
On 4 July 1795, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and William Scollay led the procession from the old Massachusetts State House to the site of the new State House to lay the granite cornerstone. In the excavated soil below the cornerstone, they...
Housing approximately 800 students, Craven and Crowell Quadrangles (Quads) make up a significant portion of Duke University’s West Campus Quads. The university determined the 1920s structures, each comprising multiple houses, required...
Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Gensler designed both the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) and the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion as part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Transformation...
The Northeast bridge on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus services North Drive from Rockville Pike. During a routine inspection of the bridge, NIH identified structural damage and closed the bridge to traffic. As the structural...
Design of dimensional stone veneer is a straightforward process when the stone sizes are similar, utilize the same material and are connected to an appropriately framed structural backup. However, if stone panels of different sizes and shapes are...
During a recent northern California earthquake of magnitude 4.4, a newly-built hilltop home experienced no structural damage, but some unexpected nonstructural damage. The golden sandstone veneer covering the top portion of an exterior wall...
Abstract: During a minor earthquake of magnitude 4.4, part of a newly constructed stone veneer wall at a home in Northern California collapsed. Based on records of nearby instruments, shaking at the site of the house was at most approximately 0....
Abstract: Investigation determined whether it was earthquakes, vibrations from nearby construction, or stone deterioration that led to claims of damage to this historic mausoleum.