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Renovated historic site gets structural and mechanical overhaul

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This historic landmark offers 74 mixed-income housing units, retail, and commercial space. Renovation work included significant reinforcement of the original structure, restoration of historic interior trim, and upgrading modern mechanical and fire safety systems through original masonry walls.

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How anchors stabilized Puerto Rico’s capitol facade

Construction Specifier

The system was key to reinforcing El Capitolio’s historic terracotta facade. Photo courtesy Cintec An internationally recognized anchoring system played a crucial role in the stabilization and preservation of the Capitol Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Europe’s Largest Salvage Marketplace: Liberty of London Woodwork

CCR Magazine

Truly Reclaimed Label “The staircases will carry the Truly Reclaimed label, which Salvo uses to signpost materials recovered through responsible sourcing and to highlight the positive carbon consequences of choosing authentic reclaimed materials. We believe reclaimed is a brand worth protecting,” adds Ms.

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2023 BALA Winners: The Best of the Best

The Pro Builder

The glazing also admits abundant natural light to the open-tread wood staircase that connects the street level with a lower walk-out level. A gently curved staircase links the main and upper levels and is complemented by a curving wicker chandelier.

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TAT Revitalizes Derelict Office Building in Springfield, Mass.

CCR Magazine

Once a premier office building and later serving as a major regional hotel and theater, the historic structure sat vacant and derelict for three decades at a prominent location in downtown Springfield. s Court Square neighborhood and setting the stage for the city’s long-term economic growth.

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The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings

BDC Network

The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings 0 qpurcell Thu, 07/06/2023 - 10:44 Adaptive Reuse Shepley Bulfinch's David Whitehill, AIA, believes the adaptive reuse of historic university buildings is not a matter of sentimentality but of practicality, progress, and preservation.

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Protecting lives and our most important heritage

Specification Product Update

Advances in fire resistant glazing have enabled modern performance expectations to be applied to architecturally sensitive and listed buildings as a variety of Promat SYSTEMGLAS® projects demonstrate. It was used to meet demanding passive fire protection objectives as part of a major project to upgrade the historic Victorian Market hall.