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Southern Methodist University, George W. Bush Presidential Center

Dallas, TX

Project Contacts: Vince Cammalleri, Sean OBrien

The George W. Bush Presidential Center houses the Presidential Library and Museum along with the George W. Bush Institute and Foundation. The Presidential Library and Museum serve to preserve the records documenting the life and career of...

Service:Building Enclosure Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Below-Ground Waterproofing, Curtain Wall, LEED Projects, Library, Masonry-Brick, Museum, Plaza, Stone-Limestone, Thermal and Moisture Drive, Waterproofing

Wadsworth Atheneum

Hartford, CT

The Wadsworth Atheneum is a multi-building art museum complex built between 1842 and 1950. The atheneum suffered from water leakage that was damaging decorative plaster, threatening art storage areas, and causing extensive degradation of...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Condition Assessment-Multi-Building, Historic, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Skylight, Walls

Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, Gulf Stream Tank Formwork

Miami, FL

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

The new three-story Museum of Science is a living laboratory that invites visitors to learn about science and technology with an emphasis on South Florida’s culture and ecosystem. The 250,000 sq ft building features a Gulf Stream Tank...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Computational Design, Concrete, Concrete-Cast-in-Place, Construction Consulting, Digital Fabrication, Museum, Tank

Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Built in 1899 for the Oliver P. Posey family, the Doheny family occupied the home for nearly sixty years. The three-story mansion was designed by architects Theodore A. Eisen and Sumner P. Hunt with elements from the Gothic, Chateauesque,...

Service:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Balcony, Cultural, Dome, Field Testing, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Leaded and Stained Glass, National Register of Historic Places, Plaster, Preservation Technology , Water Leakage, Waterproofing, Wood

Griffith Observatory

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Griffith Observatory, which sits on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood, is a Designated Historic-Cultural Monument for the City of Los Angeles. The Art Deco observatory, constructed in 1935, was envisioned and funded by Col. Griffith J....

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Building Enclosure Rehabilitation, Materials Rehabilitation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Cultural, Dome, Field Testing, Historic, Metal-Copper, Preservation Technology , Waterproofing

California Department of Parks and Recreation, Columbia State Park

Columbia, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

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...

Service:Building Enclosure Investigation

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Condition Assessment-Multi-Building, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Masonry-Brick, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Walls, Windows, Wood, Wood Frame

New Museum of Contemporary Art

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Sean OBrien, James Parker, Kevin Poulin

The New Museum of Contemporary Art is the first major art museum constructed from the ground up in Lower Manhattan. The building can accommodate larger and more numerous exhibitions than the museum’s former space. The column-free interior...

Service:Building Enclosure Design, Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Air Barrier, Award Winning, Metal, Metal-Aluminum, Metal-Steel, Museum, Skylight

Suisun City Harbor Lighthouse

Suisun City, CA

Project Contacts: John Sumnicht

As part of Suisun City's downtown redevelopment, the city wanted to build a landmark that would serve as an icon and transition to Main Street West. City planners, residents, and local business members conceived of a lighthouse as an...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Braced Frame, Cladding / Recladding, Foundation, Marine Engineering, Masonry, Pile, Stone-Granite, Walls

Museum of Fine Arts Expansion

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Jeffry Ceruti

The new Art of the Americas wing opens to the existing building through a glass-enclosed, 63 ft high central courtyard, which serves as a gathering and reception area. The project involved demolishing portions of the east wing, constructing new...

Service:Building Enclosure Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Below-Grade, Below-Ground Waterproofing, Building Science, Curtain Wall, Glass and Glazing, Mockup, Museum, Plaza, Thermal and Moisture Drive

Sports Museum of America

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin, Milan Vatovec

The Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway was designed by Thomas Hastings and originally built for the Rockefeller Family in eight phases between 1885 and 1928. SGH was the structural design consultant to the architect, Beyer Blinder Belle, for...

Service:Structural Design

Market:Cultural

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Construction Administration, Masonry, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Museum

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