Located at the famous intersection of Hollywood and Vine, the W Hotel and Residences make a modern statement while blending with the vibrant pop culture of Hollywood. The mixed-use development includes a 305-room hotel tower, residential tower...
Designed by Claud Beelman, the thirteen-story Eastern Columbia Building with its turquoise terra-cotta and gold leaf exterior exemplifies the Art Deco Zigzag Moderne movement. SGH investigated cracked and spalled cladding and developed a...
Constructed in 1922 with a major addition in 1950, the twenty-two story building 225 Bush Street is a twenty-two story building located in the central downtown business district. The building is the former home of Standard Oil Corporation...
Knowing that many of their arts programs were outgrowing the existing spaces, Hamilton College sought to develop new facilities to serve their growing needs and integrate the programs through closer proximity of the arts buildings. In...
The National Historic Landmark District of Columbia State Historic Park is a mid-nineteenth-century gold rush town that has been in varying degrees of continuous use since the town’s inception. It retains a high level of integrity and...
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is part of a twelve-acre development conceived to create a new cultural district in Newark and revitalize the city's downtown area and waterfront district. The performing arts center includes...
Wood Hall at the University of Connecticut (UConn), constructed in 1938, is a load-bearing brick masonry building with a gable roof and slate roofing. The masonry facade features decorative stone trim and accents. SGH completed a...
The brick-clad Gant Science Complex features three wings for the math, physics, and materials sciences departments, including dozens of classrooms and labs. The building suffered from water intrusion and distress of the masonry walls,...
Ten Post Office Square is a thirteen-story, steel-framed structure with a transitional masonry facade. The building, constructed in phases during the 1920s and 1930s, occupies most of a city block. The facade featured a limestone cornice that...
The Polk County Justice Center comprises a ten-story tower with three-story wings on either side. The exterior walls are clad with brick veneer and have casement windows, and the roofs were covered with clay tiles. Shortly after...
Contemporary building enclosures generally consist of layers of light-weight construction materials designed to prevent water penetration and control condensation, heat flow, and vapor flow. These layers are material assemblies that serve as four...
Abstract: Many wall systems in North America incorporate a drained and vented air cavity behind the cladding. The purpose of this air cavity is to help control the flow of moisture through the wall system. Providing ventilation airflow through...
Abstract: Thousands of years ago, a primitive mortar helped transform a pile of stones into an enclosure of habitable space. Since then, a complex interweaving of technical and social change has continually redefined the way we build, culminating...
Abstract: Following the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, engineers recognized the superior performance of buildings with complete vertical load-carrying steel frames and infill masonry walls. These buildings were noteworthy in their...
Abstract: Self-adhering flashings provide a flexible and durable material that conforms to various wall planes, particularly those occurring in recessed wall openings. New flashing methods for the window-wall interface are available for this...
Abstract: As architectural products become more advanced, making comparisons between them becomes more difficult for designers. This is especially true in the case of fenestration products (e.g., windows, skylights, and curtain walls). The...
Abstract: Despite well-intended laboratory testing of individual materials and components, unanticipated and severe durability failures of building wall systems can occur when the system design does not adequately integrate the various materials...
Abstract: Heat and moisture flow dynamics through masonry walls can vary greatly depending on wall construction and local climate. Recent concerns over mold and moisture damage to building envelopes have created a renewed need for designers to...
Abstract: The objectives of this study were: (1) to evaluate the effect of reference displacement on wall behavior under fully reversed cyclic loading using the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE) test...