The six-story Health Sciences Education Building at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus houses classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and a below-grade research core. The cladding consists of a 45,000 sq ft rain screen comprised of approximately 2,500...
MIT’s Main Group Buildings, dedicated in 1916, include Building 10 with its prominent limestone- and copper-clad Great Dome. SGH investigated leakage into the Barker Library below the Great Dome and developed a durable repair solution...
The Penn Museum, also known as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, houses a renowned collection of artifacts. The brick masonry structure, which was constructed in multiple campaigns starting in 1895, is one of...
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...
Designed by Gio Ponti, the North Building opened in 1971. The castle-like exterior represents the building’s function of protecting the museum’s artwork. The facade is clad in glass tiles that Ponti chose to reflect the light and sky...
Boston Children’s Hospital wanted a new clinical building that would incorporate the latest healthcare programming and technology. The building, with 150 patient rooms and 16 operating rooms, includes 28,000 sq ft of green space to promote...
With a growing student population, St. Edward’s University needed more on-campus housing and undertook constructing The Pavilions. The multi-building complex includes 133 apartments and can house up to 446 students. SGH provided building...
The New England Conservatory wanted to create a hub for students by providing gathering spaces, dormitories, a library, practice rooms, and performance venues all in one new building. The divided geometry and varying facades discretize the...
To serve its growing community, the University Hospital needed to expand. The University of Virginia (UVA) wanted to renovate the existing hospital and construct a new addition on the site of an adjacent, unused helipad. The project enlarges the...
As part of the facilities master plan, Maine Medical Center (MMC) identified the need to expand their surgical program. With a vertical addition to the second level of the L.L. Bean Building, MMC gained space within their existing hospital...
Commercial building designs have long incorporated exterior soffits, better known outside of the building design and construction industry as the underside of any projecting building feature. Aside from soffits at the eave or rake edges of a...
Designers typically have two concerns about thermal performance when it comes to fenestration: energy performance and condensation potential. Thermal modeling standards provide ways to assess the performance of different assemblies and products...
In addition to satisfying basic performance requirements, curtain walls installed in many health care and laboratory facilities are often required to meet more demanding performance requirements for durability, air and water...
Abstract: The challenges of "modernizing" solid masonry buildings are fairly well understood for typical buildings, but less so for humidified buildings, especially those in cold climates. The conversion of existing, often historically-...
Also published in Condensation in Exterior Building Wall Systems: ASTM STP-1498|Abstract: Condensation problems in general use (i.e., non-humidified) buildings such as offices, schools, and condominiums typically manifest themselves as visible...
Also published in ASTM STP-1498: Condensation in Exterior Building Wall Systems
Many condensation problems at fenestration are related to the adjacent building components the system interacts with. This includes adjacent cladding...
Abstract: The renovation and reuse of existing buildings and materials is a cornerstone of sustainable building practice. Masonry buildings, many of which are over a hundred years old, are good candidates for renovation and reuse because they...
Abstract: Designers of building rehabilitation projects are often called upon to improve the structural, waterproofing, or thermal performance of wall systems in buildings undergoing rehabilitation work. The design of such improvements frequently...
Online content only|Abstract: The five articles that precede this article discussed the unique design parameters associated with high humidity and low temperature buildings such as swimming pools and ice rinks. These buildings are much less...
Online content only|Abstract: Cold storage facilities can be thought of as typical, heated buildings turned inside out. Instead of designing to keep heat in during cold weather, they are designed to keep it out.|This special report is the fifth...