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Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, MD

Project Contacts: Niklas Vigener

The Walters Art Museum offers visitors views of art from around the world with a collection that spans many centuries. SGH investigated below-grade leakage at the Cathedral Street addition after museum staff observed leakage following renovations...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Below-Grade, Museum, Water Leakage

Old Academy and Village Hall

Framingham, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski

Old Academy and Village Hall are located in the Framingham Centre Common Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Old Academy is a stone masonry building originally constructed circa 1837 as a school house. Village...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Asphalt, Condition Assessment, Historic, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Stone-Slate

Edgell Memorial Library

Framingham, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Bronski

Edgell Memorial Library was constructed circa 1872 and consists of load-bearing masonry walls, double-hung and fixed wood windows, and slate roofs. Built to commemorate veterans of the Civil War, the building originally functioned as a library...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Chimney/Stack, Glass and Glazing, Historic, Library, Masonry, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Roofing, Stone-Slate, Windows

Ennis House

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Mayan Revival style, the Ennis House was constructed in 1924 and remains as one of his iconic "textile block" houses. The handmade, patterned concrete blocks were constructed from decomposed granite extracted...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Concrete, Condition Assessment, Deterioration, Historic, Masonry-CMU, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology

Natural History Museum

Los Angeles, CA

Project Contacts: Carolyn Searls

The original structure, constructed in 1913, was designed by local architects Frank Hudson and William A.D. Munsell in the Beaux-Arts tradition with Spanish Renaissance and Romanesque features. The 1913 Building with its iconic rotunda, along...

Services:Building Enclosure Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Award Winning, Cladding / Recladding, Dome, Historic, Masonry, Masonry-Brick, Masonry-Terra Cotta, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Preservation Technology , Walls

Natural History Museum of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Project Contacts: Sean OBrien

Set amongst the foothills of the Wasatch Range, the Rio Tinto Center serves as the new home for the Natural History Museum of Utah. The dramatic building facade is clad with 42,000 sq ft of standing-seam copper installed in horizontal bands...

Services:Building Enclosure Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Air Barrier, Award Winning, Building Science, Construction Administration, Metal, Metal-Copper, Museum, Signature Project, Thermal and Moisture Drive

New Museum Art and Sculpture Exhibitions

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin

The New Museum of Contemporary Art, a leading destination for new art and new ideas, is Manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum and is the first major museum constructed from the ground up in Lower Manhattan. SGH was the...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Museum, Temporary Structure

Athol Public Library

Athol, MA

Project Contacts: Joshua Kivela, Michael Louis

By 1919, Andrew Carnegie’s donations of more than $40 million paid for 1,679 library buildings throughout the United States. The town of Athol sought to renovate its 1918 Carnegie library, which provides meeting space and houses the...

Services:Building Enclosure Investigation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Building Enclosure Commissioning, Building Science, Historic, LEED Projects, Library, Peer Review, Preservation Technology

Boston Society of Architects, Let’s Talk About Bikes Exhibit

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The exhibition, Let's Talk about Bikes at the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Space, celebrated the rollout of a comprehensive bike-sharing program in Boston and recognized the recent growth in bike infrastructure and ridership. The exhibit,...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure

Black History Museum

Richmond, VA

Project Contacts: Gary Strand

Built circa 1895 and listed on state and national registers, the First Virginia Volunteers Battalion Armory, also known as the Leigh Street Armory, remains as one of the only existing armories built for an African-American military battalion....

Services:Structural Design, Structural Rehabilitation

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Adaptive Reuse, Addition, Award Winning, Masonry-Brick, Museum, Wood

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Walters Art Museum

Old Academy and Village Hall

Edgell Memorial Library

Ennis House

Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum of Utah

New Museum Art and Sculpture Exhibitions

Athol Public Library

Boston Society of Architects, Let’s Talk About Bikes Exhibit

Black History Museum

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