As a gateway to the expansive forty-five acre sanctuary, the Trailhead House offers visitors an opportunity to learn about the area’s woodlands and wildlife. Given the sanctuary’s focus on preserving the natural environment, the...
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios project adapts a former wallpaper factory—which had no significant upgrades in twenty-five years—and expands it with a new addition to create studios,...
With an aging Public Works/Highway Department (DPW) building that could no longer accommodate the Town of Millis’s public works storage, maintenance, and administrative needs under one roof, the town was faced with deciding whether to...
The earliest section of the Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House was constructed in the early 1660s by Pierre Billiou at a time when Staten Island was part of part of the Dutch colony known as New Netherland. Thomas Stillwelll added to the home in the...
In 2015, the Staten Island Museum reopened in the renovated Building A at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden and shortly after turned to rehabilitating Building B to accommodate its expansion. Building B, one of five Greek...
Cedarmere was named by William Cullen Bryant, who purchased the forty-acre property in 1843. Bryant constructed the mill in 1862 in the Gothic Revival style. Page Ayres Cowley Architecture was leading a major restoration to the mill and observed...
Bowdoin College undertook a phased project to renovate the historic Whittier Field and Magee-Samuelson Track. In the second phase, the college constructed a new wood-framed, single-story support building housing locker rooms, training areas,...
With a commitment to advancing the building industry, HITT Contracting sought to create an exciting new space to inspire collaborative research, testing, and learning. The two-story Co|Lab features an exposed mass timber frame structure that the...
Designed by Philip Johnson, the house at 9 Ash Street was his Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) thesis project. He studied modularization and used prefabricated wood-framed panels for the home’s floor, walls, roof, and...
Lowell House, a neo-Georgian building constructed in 1930, is Harvard University’s largest undergraduate residence hall. As part of a larger dormitory renewal program, the university undertook a two-year project at Lowell House to renovate...
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) wanted to bring its design programs — Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, and Building and Construction Technology — together in one creatively designed building...
One way historic structures vanish is through the degradation of materials from heat, air and moisture attack. Whether your historic structure is abandoned, currently occupied or in planning stages of adaptive reuse, hygrothermal analysis...
The August 2015 issue of Structure magazine features the article, “Pushing the Boundaries of Timber Design,” by Holger Schulze-Ehring, Filippo Masetti, and Matthew Johnson. The article discusses their work on the China...
SGH's Scott A. Tomlinson, Erik W. Farrington, and Makoto S. Weinstein recently published an article in Civil + Structural Engineer Magazine. The article titled, “Build Strong Guards: Part 2,” is a follow up to...
The Association for Preservation Technology Northeast Chapter (APTNE) held their 2015 Annual Symposium in New York on 6 February 2015. At this symposium, Nathaniel B. Smith and Milan Vatovec gave a presentation titled, “Wood for...
On 14 January, WoodWorks Wood Products Council presented a webinar titled “Durable Design: Lessons from Historic Wood Structures,” featuring SGH's Matthew B. Bronski. The webinar had almost 1,000 attendees, which is one of...
On 9 December 2013, the Université de Mons in Belgium hosted a five day Training School on the assessment and reinforcement of timber elements, in collaboration with the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). On the final...
Use of new and historically untested wood flooring products is on the rise due to efforts to engage in sustainable construction. This is causing some designers, installers and end-users problems and uncertainty related to behavior of wood-based...
This paper discusses the microclimate evaluation, condition assessments, challenges of limited in situ testing, and recommendations for prioritization and planning conservation work specific to the wood elements at a large 1937 historic estate....
SGH Senior Principal Mat Daw shares his love of structural engineering and historic preservation, discusses how he came to join SGH, and looks to the future in Washington, DC.