https://www.preservationstudio.com/house-museums daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688681238-6KN43MSTGALBZF8EAKQL/New+Image.JPG 02: House Museums - Fallingwater Mill Run, PA The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio was responsible for the materials conservation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1936 masterpiece, Fallingwater. Over a 15-year period, Preservation Group performed the following: reviewed original construction documents and subsequent repair documents and reports; evaluated conditions and probes; analyzed select materials; designed the re-roofing and re-waterproofing of roofs and terraces, as well as below-grade damp-proofing; specified the restoration for original steel-casement windows and doors; reconstructed failed concrete reconstructions; restored the masonry; analyzed interior paint finishes; specified interior paint-removal methodology and re-painting; designed repair methods for concrete and stucco; and developed a new coating system for the concrete. Preservation Group also produced a graphic conditions assessment, consisting of 178 measured CAD drawings, and a preservation master plan. In order to develop the new concrete-coating system, Preservation Group evaluated three environmentally-contained paint-stripping methods and approximately 120 samples applied by four different paint manufacturers over a one-year paint-testing period. Re-roofing and re-waterproofing involved working closely with three different roofing-membrane manufacturers. Today the building is leak-free for the first time in its 75-plus years of existence. Issues of condensation under the roofing membranes resulting from the lack of a thermal bridge between the exposed rounded-slab edges and the slab-soffit ceilings were resolved through consultation with WASA Studio’s Engineering Group. In addition, Preservation Group produced scaled stone-by-stone drawings for all of the affected terraces and interior spaces where flagstones had to be lifted in order to perform waterproofing and structural repairs to the failing cantilever beams. *designed with WASA Studio Photo Courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688681238-6KN43MSTGALBZF8EAKQL/New+Image.JPG 02: House Museums - Fallingwater Mill Run, PA The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio was responsible for the materials conservation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1936 masterpiece, Fallingwater. Over a 15-year period, Preservation Group performed the following: reviewed original construction documents and subsequent repair documents and reports; evaluated conditions and probes; analyzed select materials; designed the re-roofing and re-waterproofing of roofs and terraces, as well as below-grade damp-proofing; specified the restoration for original steel-casement windows and doors; reconstructed failed concrete reconstructions; restored the masonry; analyzed interior paint finishes; specified interior paint-removal methodology and re-painting; designed repair methods for concrete and stucco; and developed a new coating system for the concrete. Preservation Group also produced a graphic conditions assessment, consisting of 178 measured CAD drawings, and a preservation master plan. In order to develop the new concrete-coating system, Preservation Group evaluated three environmentally-contained paint-stripping methods and approximately 120 samples applied by four different paint manufacturers over a one-year paint-testing period. Re-roofing and re-waterproofing involved working closely with three different roofing-membrane manufacturers. Today the building is leak-free for the first time in its 75-plus years of existence. Issues of condensation under the roofing membranes resulting from the lack of a thermal bridge between the exposed rounded-slab edges and the slab-soffit ceilings were resolved through consultation with WASA Studio’s Engineering Group. In addition, Preservation Group produced scaled stone-by-stone drawings for all of the affected terraces and interior spaces where flagstones had to be lifted in order to perform waterproofing and structural repairs to the failing cantilever beams. *designed with WASA Studio Photo Courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425691624211-3D81TJC5N3CBKE4YNWKF/Fallingwater_P1120920.JPG 02: House Museums - Fallingwater Mill Run, PA The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio was responsible for the materials conservation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1936 masterpiece, Fallingwater. Over a 15-year period, Preservation Group performed the following: reviewed original construction documents and subsequent repair documents and reports; evaluated conditions and probes; analyzed select materials; designed the re-roofing and re-waterproofing of roofs and terraces, as well as below-grade damp-proofing; specified the restoration for original steel-casement windows and doors; reconstructed failed concrete reconstructions; restored the masonry; analyzed interior paint finishes; specified interior paint-removal methodology and re-painting; designed repair methods for concrete and stucco; and developed a new coating system for the concrete. Preservation Group also produced a graphic conditions assessment, consisting of 178 measured CAD drawings, and a preservation master plan. In order to develop the new concrete-coating system, Preservation Group evaluated three environmentally-contained paint-stripping methods and approximately 120 samples applied by four different paint manufacturers over a one-year paint-testing period. Re-roofing and re-waterproofing involved working closely with three different roofing-membrane manufacturers. Today the building is leak-free for the first time in its 75-plus years of existence. Issues of condensation under the roofing membranes resulting from the lack of a thermal bridge between the exposed rounded-slab edges and the slab-soffit ceilings were resolved through consultation with WASA Studio’s Engineering Group. In addition, Preservation Group produced scaled stone-by-stone drawings for all of the affected terraces and interior spaces where flagstones had to be lifted in order to perform waterproofing and structural repairs to the failing cantilever beams. *designed with WASA Studio Photo Courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688679450-127J678IFZXT189D6OUU/BREAKERS+1.jpg 02: House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425691661457-GS075DLBTDNGWXHFF1I6/New+Image_1.JPG 02: House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688671466-5X5IF92J8KX7G09YXV05/p21_3.jpg 02: House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688675161-3RA92BV6TWCTB9TIOQMI/Breakers_003.jpg 02: House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590177231580-2HXGN1L1G8YN3U7L623X/Breakers_005.jpg 02: House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590163588363-CEU5PH7Q58VAH7O29X1O/Marble+House+Front+Elev.jpg 02: House Museums - Marble House Newport, RI Marble House was designed by the architect Richard Morris Hunt for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and was constructed between 1888 to 1893. The house was conceived as a birthday present from Mr. Vanderbilt to Mrs. Vanderbilt. Marble House was the third commission by Mr. Hunt for the William K. Vanderbilts, with the two previous ones being Petit Chateau 1878 (demolished) on Fifth Avenue in New York City and Idle Hour 1878 (destroyed by fire) in Oakdale, Long Island. The design of Marble House was inspired primarily by the Petite Trianon at Versailles. Clad entirely in Tuckahoe marble throughout the exterior and varieties of marble in many of its interior spaces, the house is said to have cost $11,000,000 at the time of its completion in 1893. Now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) and operating as a house museum, Marble House was the first of the over-the-top Newport Cottages built on a grand scale to exhibit the knowledge of classical architecture and to assert the social prominence of its owners. Marble House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 2006. APS was retained by the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to prepare a detailed exterior conditions assessment report for the entire exterior including the roof. Following that report, APS was retained by PSNC to prepare construction documents for the restoration of the flat and copper mansard roofs of Marble House. The roofing project was partially funded by Save America’s Treasures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688680976-FY4D3U7P9EMOXJ8OLYMP/KINGSCOTE.JPG 02: House Museums - Kingscote Newport, RI The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio performed a complete exterior conditions assessment of one of Newport’s first grand mansions. Designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style, Kingscote was completed in 1841 for George Noble Jones, a southern plantation owner. The Jones family left Newport, RI during the Civil War and in 1864, sold the building to William H. King, who made his fortune in the China trade. Upon his death, King left the house to his son David and his wife, who renamed the house Kingscote. In 1876, David hired McKim Mead and White to modify the house. The firm employed a shingle-style vocabulary that neither violated nor overshadowed the original exterior design, while at the same time incorporating modern touches into the existing, established interiors. Kingscote remained in the King family until 1968. The property, a National Historic Landmark which includes the collections of furnishings, artwork and ceramics, was bequeathed to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1972. Preservation Group has completed contract documents for the exterior restoration and is currently administering phased construction. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181850099-I3VMME339YAOT9JOIL0M/IMGP3811.JPG 02: House Museums - Kingscote Newport, RI The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio performed a complete exterior conditions assessment of one of Newport’s first grand mansions. Designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style, Kingscote was completed in 1841 for George Noble Jones, a southern plantation owner. The Jones family left Newport, RI during the Civil War and in 1864, sold the building to William H. King, who made his fortune in the China trade. Upon his death, King left the house to his son David and his wife, who renamed the house Kingscote. In 1876, David hired McKim Mead and White to modify the house. The firm employed a shingle-style vocabulary that neither violated nor overshadowed the original exterior design, while at the same time incorporating modern touches into the existing, established interiors. Kingscote remained in the King family until 1968. The property, a National Historic Landmark which includes the collections of furnishings, artwork and ceramics, was bequeathed to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1972. Preservation Group has completed contract documents for the exterior restoration and is currently administering phased construction. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173480750-9V6I70JTS6UBHAXTO0V2/Lippitt.jpg 02: House Museums - Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum Providence, RI The Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum was built from 1863 to 1865 by Henry Lippitt, who served as Governor of Rhode Island in 1875 and 1876. Governor Lippitt, President of the Lippitt Woolen Company, and his wife, the former Mary Ann Balch, lived in the mansion at 199 Hope Street with their six children. The house was home to three generations of the Lippitt Family before being donated to Preserve Rhode Island in 1979. The house museum is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was included in the Historic American Buildings Survey. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Preserve Rhode Island to perform a comprehensive conditions assessment of the decorative-painted finishes. The primary focus of this study was issues that negatively impacting specific decorative-plaster finish locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672379835-7CGPMDYDVQZG3KNB3WED/P1030139.JPG 02: House Museums - Chateau-Sur-Mer Newport, Rhode Island Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, was retained by the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to restore the exterior of Château-sur-Mer, an 1852 historic mansion in Newport, RI. Now operating as a house museum, Château-sur-Mer is considered to be the first of a new era of “cottages” for the uppermost echelon of wealthy Americans during the Gilded Age. In 1852, Château-sur-Mer was designed and built by Seth Bradford, a Newport contractor, as an Italianate-style villa for China trade merchant William Shepard Wetmore. In 1873-80, his son, George Peabody Wetmore, enlisted Richard Morris Hunt to enlarge the family home. The result transformed an impressive-yet-picturesque seaside estate into the imposing French Second Empire landmark that exists today. From its completion in 1852 until the appearance of the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s, Château-sur-Mer was considered the grandest residence in Newport. The house was further modified in 1915 by the architect, John Russell Pope. The Wetmore family occupied the house until 1969 when the mansion was purchased by the PSNC. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1968 and became a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Château-sur-Mer is significant for its Victorian architecture, furniture, wallpapers and stenciling, as well as its collection of porcelain, portraits, and original furnishings. Château-sur-Mer suffered extensive interior water damage as a result of ongoing leaks through the roofs and masonry. At various locations, the stonework was spalled and cracked, and overall very soiled. Wooden elements, including windows, were in fair-to-poor condition. Original skylights and plexiglass replacements were in poor condition and leaked. The multi-phased six-year $1.8 million project restored the façades of this palatial Victorian mansion. Initially, Architectural Preservation Studio performed a detailed visual inspection and archival research, resulting in a comprehensive illustrated report. There were no measured drawings of the building, so rectified photography was used to develop construction documents. The extensive restoration included masonry, slate and flat-seam copper roofing, skylights, wood windows and doors, veranda woodwork, and metal cornice and decorative pressed-metal ornamentation. Given the importance of the house and its contents to the material culture of the Victorian era, we were guided by the need for long-term service life, as well as discreet changes to the original design to improve water-shedding capabilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672428308-NVMA5KGYWV7GRJVFTG8W/ROUGH+POINT_1.jpg 02: House Museums - Rough Point Newport, Rhode Island The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) to perform an extensive architectural and engineering survey, and develop a comprehensive report for Rough Point in Newport, RI. Designed in English Manorial style by the architectural firm Peabody & Stearns, for Frederick William Vanderbilt, the 1887-92 mansion is also distinguished with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. By the 1920s, architect John Russell Pope had made some exterior alterations to the house. In 1922, the house was purchased by James Buchanan Duke, benefactor of Duke University, who used architect Horace Trumbauer to make further alterations, adding two wings. The mansion was eventually inherited by Doris Duke who used it as a seasonal residence until her death in 1993. The primary goal of the report was to provide NRF with a detailed study of Rough Point that examined the building, its construction, and its infrastructure systems. This resulted in a conditions analysis describing all existing deficiencies, and providing recommendations and schedules for remediation. Architectural Preservation Studio designed bronze storm windows for the building to protect the 250 original bronze- casement windows from further deterioration by the elements, as well as improve the exterior envelope’s performance. A custom mock-up was reviewed, adjustments made, and installation of the storm windows was completed in phases. APS is now reviewing the bronze solarium doors, which will be replicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672458006-D8YTLKQDUUPSLQLXXOON/SNC15315.JPG 02: House Museums - Rough Point Newport, Rhode Island The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) to perform an extensive architectural and engineering survey, and develop a comprehensive report for Rough Point in Newport, RI. Designed in English Manorial style by the architectural firm Peabody & Stearns, for Frederick William Vanderbilt, the 1887-92 mansion is also distinguished with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. By the 1920s, architect John Russell Pope had made some exterior alterations to the house. In 1922, the house was purchased by James Buchanan Duke, benefactor of Duke University, who used architect Horace Trumbauer to make further alterations, adding two wings. The mansion was eventually inherited by Doris Duke who used it as a seasonal residence until her death in 1993. The primary goal of the report was to provide NRF with a detailed study of Rough Point that examined the building, its construction, and its infrastructure systems. This resulted in a conditions analysis describing all existing deficiencies, and providing recommendations and schedules for remediation. Architectural Preservation Studio designed bronze storm windows for the building to protect the 250 original bronze- casement windows from further deterioration by the elements, as well as improve the exterior envelope’s performance. A custom mock-up was reviewed, adjustments made, and installation of the storm windows was completed in phases. APS is now reviewing the bronze solarium doors, which will be replicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1680896462210-510OA2PEPSJIQ2IWOXE5/image-asset.jpeg 02: House Museums - Sylvester Manor Educational Farm Shelter Island, NY The Manor House is a unique Georgian/Colonial-style house initially constructed in 1737, with several later additions dating to the 1840s, 1880s, 1908, 1944, and 1964. The building retains a remarkable level of integrity. The uniqueness of the Manor House is bound to its physical architecture but also its landscape, sub-grade archaeology, as well as to its broader connections to early American history, including burgeoning international commerce, slavery, native peoples, and many other threads of history. Another unique aspect is that the Manor House and parts of the landscape were family-held for ten generations until 11th-generation descendants founded the Sylvester Manor Educational Farm (SMEF). SMEF was created in 2009 to preserve the land and house as a place to conserve, cultivate, and share historic Sylvester Manor; and to ensure that food production and art remain connected to the community and the land. APS was retained by Sylvester Manor Education Farm to prepare a Preservation and Maintenance Plan for Sylvester Manor to serve as the guideline for future restoration and rehabilitation. The project included historical research, existing conditions documentation, MEP evaluation, exterior paint analysis, HAZMAT investigation, and sustainable design considerations. After this initial project, APS laser-scanned the structure to document the existing conditions and create background drawings in AutoCAD. With the engineering firm LFG, we are currently developing an electrical infrastructure master plan for the Manor House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672802874-ICF0TNC0BFLAJK54IMHZ/Kips-2010-1112-084.JPG 02: House Museums - Kip's Castle Verona, NJ Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, undertook a detailed conditions assessment and preservation master plan for Kip’s Castle Park for Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Constructed in the early 1900s and originally known as Kypsburg, the 10.5-acre park, located in Verona, NJ, includes the Castle and Carriage House. Kip’s Castle was listed in 2009 on the NJ State Register of Historic Places and is considered eligible for the National Register. In addition, in 1985, the site was designated a National Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society for Civil Engineers, because of the site’s association in 1816-17 with the US Coastal Survey (precursor to the National Geodetic Survey). The intent of the project was to develop a preservation master plan for the site and buildings to serve as a template for long-term preservation. The project also recommended appropriate uses and programming utilizing a consensus-based process that engaged the key stakeholders and balanced location, legal requirements, community needs, Parks-system priorities and historic significance. Architectural Preservation Studio designed the unexecuted restoration of the interior of Kip’s Castle.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181797647-FICZ7JG5V9EZ3ISH706L/SNC14774.2.JPG 02: House Museums - Hunter House Newport, Rhode Island The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to prepare a detailed conditions-assessment report/historic-structure report and construction documents for repairs to the exterior envelope and interior structure of this important early Newport house. Hunter House is one of the finest examples of Georgian Colonial architecture from Newport’s “golden age” in the mid-18th century. The north half of the Hunter House was constructed between 1748 and 1754 by Jonathon Nichols Jr., a prosperous merchant and colonial deputy. After his death in 1756, the property was sold to Colonel Joseph Wanton Jr., deputy governor of the colony and a merchant. He enlarged the house by adding a south wing and a second chimney, transforming the building into a formal Georgian mansion. During the American Revolution, Colonel Wanton, who was a Loyalist, fled from Newport. His house was then used as the headquarters of the commander of the French fleet, when French forces occupied Newport in 1780. After the war, Colonel Wanton’s house was acquired by William Hunter, a US senator and President Andrew Jackson’s charge d’affaires to Brazil. The Hunters sold the house in the mid-1860s, and it passed through a series of owners until the mid-1940s. A small group of concerned citizens, led by Mrs. George Henry Warren, initiated a preservation effort, purchasing the house in 1945 and thus forming the Preservation Society of Newport County. As the Hunter House is not only a Newport landmark, but also a National Historic Landmark, APS took a values-based approach to our recommendations reflecting an initial assessment of its cultural significance, coupled with information derived from the existing building conditions. Our preservation philosophy is based on the guidelines defined by the Secretary of Interior’s Standards, as well as the international doctrine of the Venice Charter, Burra Charter and the Nara Document on Authenticity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672561294-0HO365RBTW2PDNA763D7/Weeksville+90.jpg 02: House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672492926-VNDC801EUYU16NA5HW84/Weeksville+LR-DR+1698.jpg 02: House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672476923-YNV6L4WGG39YNIR4YEZ7/Weeksville+kitchen.jpg 02: House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672493512-GOJSPDP654FQZCUN7Z5O/Weeksville+porch.jpg 02: House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175642692-47AKTGCNW336X92C5XXN/Schumacher+House.jpg 02: House Museums - Schumacher House North Hempstead, NY The Schumacher House (also known as the Cornell-Van-Nostrand House) consists of an early 19th-century section with two mid-19th-century sections and a early 20th-century addition. The building is located in Clinton G. Martin Park, which is not its original location. The two-story 1,800-SF wood house is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places but is also a designated local landmark. The Town of North Hempstead executed recent improvements that have made the house more watertight. However, the house is still in need of significant exterior and interior restoration work. The Town retained APS for the current phase of the project, which will involve structural and exterior restoration work only, including: • Restoration of the exterior envelope including siding, windows, trim, doors, gutters, leaders, etc. • Restoration of exterior features, such as stoops, porticos, associated hardscaping. A condition assessment was also prepared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181350911-RLT81ERHTXGKX8NC7A2Q/Bush-Lyon.jpg 02: House Museums - Bush-Lyon Homestead Port Chester, NY The Bush-Lyon Homestead encompasses a residential structure, four outbuildings, and a stone water well. Located in John Lyon Park, the Homestead is among the longest surviving structures in Westchester County and pre-dates the Village of Port Chester’s incorporation. The Homestead was inhabited by the descendants of early settlers of New Netherland and was continuously occupied by these families until the site was acquired by the Village of Port Chester in 1925. This site is architecturally and historically significant as it includes a vernacular salt-box structure of colonial New York, contains examples of historic agricultural outbuildings, and was built and occupied by families that were early settlers of this region. As such, the Homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was contracted by the Village of Port Chester to produce a Historic Structures Report of the Homestead to serve as the guideline for future restoration and rehabilitation. The project included historic research, existing conditions documentation, dendrochronology, MEP evaluation, and a Phase 1A archaeological survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124029930-W3WPAHB102JLDITS1HKS/Standish+House.jpg 02: House Museums - Standish House Wethersfield, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Wethersfield to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the Standish House in Wethersfield, CT. The primary focus of this study is to provide the Town with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the exterior of the house and based upon this assessment present both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessary repair of this historic structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1680896409556-ALHENDJPGWVXLX243VUG/Solomon+Welles.jpg 02: House Museums - Solomon Welles House Wethersfield, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Wethersfield to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the Solomon Welles House in Wethersfield, CT. The primary focus of this study is to provide the Town with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the exterior of the house and based upon this assessment present both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessaryrepair of this historic structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124861084-YYL3O4F0832P487JX4X9/Coley+House.jpg 02: House Museums - Coley House Weston, CT The history of the 1841 David Dimon Coley House at the Weston Historical Society is closely entwined with the history of Weston specifically and the early settlements of Fairfield County in general. It appears that all of the families who married into the Coley family through the years were also early settlers and founders of Connecticut and specifically of this area. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by the Weston Historical Society for professional services associated with the preparation of a Condition Assessment & Feasibility Study of the exterior envelope and interior of the Coley House. As no drawings of the house existed we were also tasked with measuring the house and producing floor plans and exterior elevation CAD drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590168754258-QJKAOX4RDMX2TR821A4N/Coley+Barn.jpg 02: House Museums - Coley Barns Weston, CT The Coley Homestead, home of the Weston Historical Society, was established in 1834 by David Dimon Coley and once included more than 100 acres of farmland and meadows. The Homestead includes the Coley farmhouse (circa 1841), large barn and cattle shed (circa 1880), and a carriage house (circa 1840). The history of the 1841 David Dimon Coley House and Barns of the Weston Historical Society are closely entwined with the history of Weston, specifically, and the early settlements of Fairfield County, in general. It appears that all of the families who married into the Coley family through the years were also early settlers and founders of Connecticut in this area. As a series of independent projects, the Weston Historical Society retained Architectural Preservation Studio to provide professional services associated with the preparation of a conditions assessment and feasibility study for the exterior envelope and interior of the Coley House, the main Coley Barn and cattle shed, and the Carriage House. As no drawings of the structures existed, APS was tasked with measuring the house and barns and producing measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations and sections in AutoCAD. We completed construction administration for the interior and exterior restoration of the Coley House and the exterior of the Barns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158576724-O8QGJVD5AV200DB9C05V/Coley+Carriage+Barn.JPG 02: House Museums - Coley Barns Weston, CT The Coley Homestead, home of the Weston Historical Society, was established in 1834 by David Dimon Coley and once included more than 100 acres of farmland and meadows. The Homestead includes the Coley farmhouse (circa 1841), large barn and cattle shed (circa 1880), and a carriage house (circa 1840). The history of the 1841 David Dimon Coley House and Barns of the Weston Historical Society are closely entwined with the history of Weston, specifically, and the early settlements of Fairfield County, in general. It appears that all of the families who married into the Coley family through the years were also early settlers and founders of Connecticut in this area. As a series of independent projects, the Weston Historical Society retained Architectural Preservation Studio to provide professional services associated with the preparation of a conditions assessment and feasibility study for the exterior envelope and interior of the Coley House, the main Coley Barn and cattle shed, and the Carriage House. As no drawings of the structures existed, APS was tasked with measuring the house and barns and producing measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations and sections in AutoCAD. We completed construction administration for the interior and exterior restoration of the Coley House and the exterior of the Barns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490300604573-NE3446X1NGOH0E5Q1D5P/L1010527.1.jpg 02: House Museums - Umpawaug Schoolhouse Redding, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Redding to perform a Conditions Assessment and base drawings of the Umpawaug Schoolhouse in Redding, CT. The primary focus of the study was to provide the Town of Redding with a comprehensive evaluation of the existing conditions of the Umpawaug Schoolhouse. Based on this assessment, we presented both recommendations and cost estimates for necessary stabilization and restoration of this important structure. he Umpawaug Schoolhouse was built during the period of 1789-1810. Umpawaug District (District Number Seven) was one of seven school districts established in the Town of Redding in 1768 (previously there had been three school districts). It was built on the property of Peter Sanford and is included in the inventory of his estate. This is the only surviving one-room schoolhouse in the Town of Redding and is one of very few brick one-room schoolhouses in Connecticut. The Umpawaug Schoolhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This evaluation takes into account the historic nature of the building. 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Guggenheim Museum New York, NY West Elevation After Restoration Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio headed the restoration effort for Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, both a NYC-designated and National Historic Landmark. Like many modernist structures, the building, consisting of poured-in-place concrete, gunite (a.k.a. shotcrete), and plaster on lath, is experimental in nature and exhibited multiple cracks and other signs of deterioration. Less than 50 years old, the Guggenheim had never undergone a holistic conservation treatment. It had also evolved over time, undergoing four major alterations, the most significant of which was the construction of the 1992 addition designed by the New York architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel and Associates. At that time, there was an upgrade in the thermal performance of the building envelope through the installation of concealed rigid insulation, although the museum remained prone to condensation at the single-glazed steel windows and perimeter skylights. The project included extensive on-site documentation and monitoring of existing conditions, as well as detailed structural analysis of the building and testing of suitable repair products to address the deterioration of the exterior shotcrete and poured-in-place concrete. Other aspects of the work involved an MEP upgrade, as well as an analysis of the energy efficiency of all ground floor and Thannhauser Gallery windows and rotunda ramp skylights. The windows and skylights were replicated in the gallery area with an unprecedented double-glazed thermally-broken steel-frame system. Discreet moisture-management interventions also improved the performance of the envelope. The project has won five awards. * designed with WASA Studio Photo by David Heald © SRGF, NY. Courtesy of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687682105-IHC0OPY6GM0KPDTCO2ZX/SRGM-After-2.jpg 01: Museums - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY West Elevation After Restoration Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio headed the restoration effort for Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, both a NYC-designated and National Historic Landmark. Like many modernist structures, the building, consisting of poured-in-place concrete, gunite (a.k.a. shotcrete), and plaster on lath, is experimental in nature and exhibited multiple cracks and other signs of deterioration. Less than 50 years old, the Guggenheim had never undergone a holistic conservation treatment. It had also evolved over time, undergoing four major alterations, the most significant of which was the construction of the 1992 addition designed by the New York architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel and Associates. At that time, there was an upgrade in the thermal performance of the building envelope through the installation of concealed rigid insulation, although the museum remained prone to condensation at the single-glazed steel windows and perimeter skylights. The project included extensive on-site documentation and monitoring of existing conditions, as well as detailed structural analysis of the building and testing of suitable repair products to address the deterioration of the exterior shotcrete and poured-in-place concrete. Other aspects of the work involved an MEP upgrade, as well as an analysis of the energy efficiency of all ground floor and Thannhauser Gallery windows and rotunda ramp skylights. The windows and skylights were replicated in the gallery area with an unprecedented double-glazed thermally-broken steel-frame system. Discreet moisture-management interventions also improved the performance of the envelope. The project has won five awards. * designed with WASA Studio Photo by David Heald © SRGF, NY. Courtesy of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687683739-9LRSQW7NOJ7R4CE4QAQE/SRGM-After-4a.jpg 01: Museums - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY Detail of West Elevation After Restoration Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio headed the restoration effort for Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, both a NYC-designated and National Historic Landmark. Like many modernist structures, the building, consisting of poured-in-place concrete, gunite (a.k.a. shotcrete), and plaster on lath, is experimental in nature and exhibited multiple cracks and other signs of deterioration. Less than 50 years old, the Guggenheim had never undergone a holistic conservation treatment. It had also evolved over time, undergoing four major alterations, the most significant of which was the construction of the 1992 addition designed by the New York architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel and Associates. At that time, there was an upgrade in the thermal performance of the building envelope through the installation of concealed rigid insulation, although the museum remained prone to condensation at the single-glazed steel windows and perimeter skylights. The project included extensive on-site documentation and monitoring of existing conditions, as well as detailed structural analysis of the building and testing of suitable repair products to address the deterioration of the exterior shotcrete and poured-in-place concrete. Other aspects of the work involved an MEP upgrade, as well as an analysis of the energy efficiency of all ground floor and Thannhauser Gallery windows and rotunda ramp skylights. The windows and skylights were replicated in the gallery area with an unprecedented double-glazed thermally-broken steel-frame system. Discreet moisture-management interventions also improved the performance of the envelope. The project has won five awards. * designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687588381-APA09GA4073Z21Y8OWZT/PS-1+Fred+Charles+3.1_Cropped%26Cloned.jpg 01: Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY Northeast Elevation After Restoration P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio Photo by F Charles Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688353998-IVHPRDQ21CN8A0JI1XYE/PS1_003.jpg 01: Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY Detail of Terra Cotta After Restoration P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688354137-6MVRG3Z4Q2ZYHWNMW6OO/PS1+Roof+Detail.jpg 01: Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY Construction Detail P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687588317-G3Z4WEQFD5E3RUBAY1DG/PS+1+ariel.jpg 01: Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY East Elevation After Restoration P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1565028792685-WHLJ6RNKNLR9TKHLU349/BMA.jpg 01: Museums - Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Museum of Art is an iconic structure with a 500-ft principal façade located adjacent to Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The original building was designed by McKim, Mead & White and constructed incrementally between 1895 and 1926. Left incomplete, new sections designed by Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen Architects in 1977 and 1980. In 2004, Polshek Partnership redesigned the front entrance and new public plaza. The building became an individually designated NYC landmark in 1966 and was included on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Brooklyn Museum of Art has suffered from deferred maintenance. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform a detailed visual survey of selective areas. Inaccessible areas of the roof level were inspected by industrial rope access. APS also coordinated structural engineering review and probes. A voluminous report was produced, as well as cost estimates for each section of the exterior in need of repairs. APS’s scope also includes the design of repairs and the administration of construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687657670-Z4DHQDCDKUWX4H12H1QT/_MG_8218.jpg 01: Museums - Museum of American Finance New York, NY Interior After Construction Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration/conservation aspects of a new space for the Museum of American Finance located in the former headquarters of the Bank of New York at 48 Wall Street. The Museum occupies 30,000 sf of space and includes a converted interactive exhibition space (formerly the banking hall, a NYS-designated landmark interior). All interventions endeavored to preserve the original character of the interior, as well as the NYC-designated landmark exterior, including insertion of a new exit door to meet place-of-assembly code requirements. *designed with WASA Studio This project was designed in collaboration with C & G Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687657219-XRZUIGEN88DB59JP1V19/Finance_21.jpg 01: Museums - Museum of American Finance New York, NY Interior Before Construction Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration/conservation aspects of a new space for the Museum of American Finance located in the former headquarters of the Bank of New York at 48 Wall Street. The Museum occupies 30,000 sf of space and includes a converted interactive exhibition space (formerly the banking hall, a NYS-designated landmark interior). All interventions endeavored to preserve the original character of the interior, as well as the NYC-designated landmark exterior, including insertion of a new exit door to meet place-of-assembly code requirements. *designed with WASA Studio This project was designed in collaboration with C & G Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688449533-V7OD1DZHIOW0Q666GMRZ/LincolnDepot-1A.jpg 01: Museums - Lincoln Depot Peekskill, NY East Elevation After Restoration The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the adaptive reuse of a historic train depot located in the Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, NY. The 3,000 SF depot, a NYS-designated landmark, will house a learning center and collection dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s service to the nation, featuring the president-elect’s Peekskill stop on his inaugural train journey from Springfield, IL, to Washington, DC, in 1861. Additionally, the new museum will highlight the role of the railroad in the Civil War effort, as well as be a place to explore the role of Peekskill’s citizens during the war. The project includes an interior and exterior restoration, along with integration of all new building systems, designed by WASA Studio’s MEP engineers. *designed with WASA Studio The conceptual exhibits were designed in collaboration with C & G Partners Photography by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688446340-33Y6TVHTJFNRBBF9FH6Y/LD+rendering.jpg 01: Museums - Lincoln Depot Peekskill, NY Proposed Exhibits The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the adaptive reuse of a historic train depot located in the Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, NY. The 3,000 SF depot, a NYS-designated landmark, will house a learning center and collection dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s service to the nation, featuring the president-elect’s Peekskill stop on his inaugural train journey from Springfield, IL, to Washington, DC, in 1861. Additionally, the new museum will highlight the role of the railroad in the Civil War effort, as well as be a place to explore the role of Peekskill’s citizens during the war. The project includes an interior and exterior restoration, along with integration of all new building systems, designed by WASA Studio’s MEP engineers. *designed with WASA Studio The conceptual exhibits were designed in collaboration with C & G Partners Photography by Alexander Severin/RAZUMMEDIA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431088384880-H20T1QMVG11E77L98PVT/image-asset.jpeg 01: Museums - Lincoln Depot Peekskill, NY Interior View South After Restoration Preservation Group designed the adaptive reuse of a historic train depot located in the Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, NY. The 3,000 SF depot, a NYS-designated landmark, will house a learning center and collection dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s service to the nation, featuring the president-elect’s Peekskill stop on his inaugural train journey from Springfield, IL, to Washington, DC, in 1861. Additionally, the new museum will highlight the role of the railroad in the Civil War effort, as well as be a place to explore the role of Peekskill’s citizens during the war. The project includes an interior and exterior restoration, along with integration of all new building systems, designed by WASA Studio’s MEP engineers. *designed with WASA Studio The conceptual exhibits were designed in collaboration with C & G Partners Photography by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1506451427746-7XFOGX0P3DSZTI62Q4D8/SLATER.jpg 01: Museums - Slater Memorial Museum Norwich, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Norwich Free School to prepare Construction Documents for the replacement of the slate roofing at the 1886 historic Slater Memorial Museum. Designed by well-known local architect Stephen C. Earle, the Museum is on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as on the Connecticut State Register. https://www.preservationstudio.com/government daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678823887-6MRIJLVML25Z7WCU0RCH/26Fed-2B.jpg 06: Government - Jacob K. Javits Federal Building New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio’s professional staff, under WASA, collaborated with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, landscape architects, on the redesign the plaza facing Foley Square at the east side of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Framed to the north by the Court of International Trade, this civic space had leaked into the underground parking garage for decades. APS was responsible for the waterproofing, designed to be installed as a multi-ply system at each of two levels. The slab over the garage, located in some cases 4’-0” below the finished grade of the plaza, received the first system, a hot fluid-applied rubberized system by HydroTech. The topping slab was waterproofed with a 3-ply SBS modified-bitumen system by Siplast. All base flashing details were accomplished with fleece-reinforced liquid-applied membrane. For the redesign of the plaza, gestural, sweeping landforms fold over the plinth of the Federal Building and link the project to its urban context. A grand, granite stair emerges from the rolling landforms to create an amenity that invites the public into the plan. The material selection and pavement pattern, in concert with a range of landscape spaces, facilitate the transition from the enormity of the Federal Building to the intimate scale of the plan’s internal gardens. The plan spaces are enlivened through the interplay of four seating options: wide marble benches, in both rectangles and circles, reference the scale of the surrounding architecture and provide generous and flexible seating; crescent marble benches follow the edge of planted areas to create intimate spaces; and black granite benches, nestled between the columns of the Federal Building negate the need for temporary barriers. A close study of the microclimatic conditions and user comfort informed decisions of layout, material and planting. The landforms and trees on the northern portion of the site block winter winds along Worth Street; shade provided by vegetation is a valued amenity during the summer months when the plaza is in full sun for many hours of the day. To compensate for the shade of winter, a targeted Heliostat directs sunlight to six different locations on the plaza over the course of the day. Additionally, reflectors play a role at night when “moonlight” floods the site. In addition, APS’s professional staff worked on a variety of projects for theGSA at 26 Federal Plaza over a number of years. These include the replacement of the sidewalk along the Foley Square plaza, the design for the replacement of the sidewalk along Broadway, and the design of roof davits to meet OSHA compliance for two-point suspended scaffolding tie backs. We performed the FISP critical examination and report for the Sixth Cycle. We also designed and administered the re-roofing of the adjacent Court of International Trade. Photo by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678823887-6MRIJLVML25Z7WCU0RCH/26Fed-2B.jpg 06: Government - Jacob K. Javits Federal Building New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio’s professional staff, under WASA, collaborated with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, landscape architects, on the redesign the plaza facing Foley Square at the east side of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Framed to the north by the Court of International Trade, this civic space had leaked into the underground parking garage for decades. APS was responsible for the waterproofing, designed to be installed as a multi-ply system at each of two levels. The slab over the garage, located in some cases 4’-0” below the finished grade of the plaza, received the first system, a hot fluid-applied rubberized system by HydroTech. The topping slab was waterproofed with a 3-ply SBS modified-bitumen system by Siplast. All base flashing details were accomplished with fleece-reinforced liquid-applied membrane. For the redesign of the plaza, gestural, sweeping landforms fold over the plinth of the Federal Building and link the project to its urban context. A grand, granite stair emerges from the rolling landforms to create an amenity that invites the public into the plan. The material selection and pavement pattern, in concert with a range of landscape spaces, facilitate the transition from the enormity of the Federal Building to the intimate scale of the plan’s internal gardens. The plan spaces are enlivened through the interplay of four seating options: wide marble benches, in both rectangles and circles, reference the scale of the surrounding architecture and provide generous and flexible seating; crescent marble benches follow the edge of planted areas to create intimate spaces; and black granite benches, nestled between the columns of the Federal Building negate the need for temporary barriers. A close study of the microclimatic conditions and user comfort informed decisions of layout, material and planting. The landforms and trees on the northern portion of the site block winter winds along Worth Street; shade provided by vegetation is a valued amenity during the summer months when the plaza is in full sun for many hours of the day. To compensate for the shade of winter, a targeted Heliostat directs sunlight to six different locations on the plaza over the course of the day. Additionally, reflectors play a role at night when “moonlight” floods the site. In addition, APS’s professional staff worked on a variety of projects for theGSA at 26 Federal Plaza over a number of years. These include the replacement of the sidewalk along the Foley Square plaza, the design for the replacement of the sidewalk along Broadway, and the design of roof davits to meet OSHA compliance for two-point suspended scaffolding tie backs. We performed the FISP critical examination and report for the Sixth Cycle. We also designed and administered the re-roofing of the adjacent Court of International Trade. Photo by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678832229-E42NG1J1J285FRGNTWAE/26Fed-5B.jpg 06: Government - Jacob K. Javits Federal Building New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio’s professional staff, under WASA, collaborated with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, landscape architects, on the redesign the plaza facing Foley Square at the east side of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Framed to the north by the Court of International Trade, this civic space had leaked into the underground parking garage for decades. APS was responsible for the waterproofing, designed to be installed as a multi-ply system at each of two levels. The slab over the garage, located in some cases 4’-0” below the finished grade of the plaza, received the first system, a hot fluid-applied rubberized system by HydroTech. The topping slab was waterproofed with a 3-ply SBS modified-bitumen system by Siplast. All base flashing details were accomplished with fleece-reinforced liquid-applied membrane. For the redesign of the plaza, gestural, sweeping landforms fold over the plinth of the Federal Building and link the project to its urban context. A grand, granite stair emerges from the rolling landforms to create an amenity that invites the public into the plan. The material selection and pavement pattern, in concert with a range of landscape spaces, facilitate the transition from the enormity of the Federal Building to the intimate scale of the plan’s internal gardens. The plan spaces are enlivened through the interplay of four seating options: wide marble benches, in both rectangles and circles, reference the scale of the surrounding architecture and provide generous and flexible seating; crescent marble benches follow the edge of planted areas to create intimate spaces; and black granite benches, nestled between the columns of the Federal Building negate the need for temporary barriers. A close study of the microclimatic conditions and user comfort informed decisions of layout, material and planting. The landforms and trees on the northern portion of the site block winter winds along Worth Street; shade provided by vegetation is a valued amenity during the summer months when the plaza is in full sun for many hours of the day. To compensate for the shade of winter, a targeted Heliostat directs sunlight to six different locations on the plaza over the course of the day. Additionally, reflectors play a role at night when “moonlight” floods the site. In addition, APS’s professional staff worked on a variety of projects for theGSA at 26 Federal Plaza over a number of years. These include the replacement of the sidewalk along the Foley Square plaza, the design for the replacement of the sidewalk along Broadway, and the design of roof davits to meet OSHA compliance for two-point suspended scaffolding tie backs. We performed the FISP critical examination and report for the Sixth Cycle. We also designed and administered the re-roofing of the adjacent Court of International Trade. Photo by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678891971-SWS25BU86RFO2CUCZSR5/RM_WASA-NP_1_C.jpg 06: Government - Peter W. Rodino Federal Building Newark, NJ Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, designed and administered the 25,000-sf plaza restoration project, including the complete replacement of the existing waterproofing system at the plaza, monumental stone stairs and 10,000 sf of perimeter sidewalks. The cast-in-place surfacing material was replicated using pavers which matched the original two-color design pattern, permitting easy access to the waterproofing membrane. All built-in planters were re-waterproofed. The project also involved the upgrading of the perimeter plaza retaining and planter walls with granite to replace deteriorating pre-cast exposed-aggregate concrete. In addition, concrete repairs of beam and column enclosures, damaged from years of ongoing water infiltration, were performed at the existing basement and sub-basement. In collaboration with Ammann & Whitney, structural engineers, we also designed the slab repair and new parking layout in the garage occupying the basement level. The project entailed full-depth replacement and large-scale patching of the concrete slabs, which were affected by substantial deterioration from deicing salts penetrating the failed waterproofing membrane. In addition to the slab repairs, we coordinated the relocatation mechanical piping and conduits that were hung from the underside of the slabs at the ceiling of the sub-basement. New traffic-bearing waterproofing and coatings were installed along with the new parking layout. We also resolved water infiltration at the sub-basement main switch-gear room, where the slab had undergone severe deterioration due to frequent flooding, by using a fiber-optic camera to investigate the condition of the footing drains and, ultimately, designing a sump-pump system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678966712-GAGFG3WN651DK60OVV5Q/WorkStages.jpg 06: Government - Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse New York, NY Designed by Cass Gilbert and constructed in 1932, the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40 Foley Square is a New York City- and New York State-designated landmark. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio worked with the US General Services Administration (GSA) to resolve ongoing leaks in the occupied space below the monumental entrance stairs. The design-build project was executed with Trio General Contracting Associates. The first phase of the project consisted of the removal, restoration, waterproofing and reinstallation of the existing granite stairs, as well as the replacement of the supporting structure with a new reinforced concrete structure. The second phase involved the replacement of the existing distinctive sidewalk in kind to provide proper slope for drainage. The sidewalk project was designed as a component of the master plan for the redevelopment of Foley Square. The sidewalk consists of granite and bluestone bands and a special concrete-scoring pattern. In addition to the GSA, this project required approvals from the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transit Authority and NYC Parks Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679135658-QSFY4LEKO7AUAVRXPH2S/Alfred+E+Smith+Building+%288%29.jpg 06: Government - Alfred E. Smith State Office Building Albany, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679145609-3KBUO9KCK38R94ZUX3M3/Alfred+E+Smith+Building+%2824%29.jpg 06: Government - Alfred E. Smith State Office Building Albany, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679149961-MYZEGMR6SRLH67KMLP7D/Alfred+E+Smith+Building.jpg 06: Government - Alfred E. Smith State Office Building Albany, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679276720-JIDU8RG87846TG4FZITO/ManhattanMunicipal_001.jpg 06: Government - Manhattan Municipal Building New York, NY The Manhattan Municipal Building, designed by McKim, Mead & White, is a stunning example of the “City Beautiful” movement. Since its opening in 1914, it has played a role in the government of the nation’s largest city. The building is forty-stories tall, with a height of 585 feet and a floor area of 926,000 square feet. Its façade is made of granite accented by terra-cotta details, as well as recessed cast-ironpanels at the 21st through 24th floors. Its tower is capped by a 25- foot gilt-copper statue, “Civic Fame,” by Adolph A. Weinman. The building is a NYC- and NYS-designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In a series of different contracts, Architectural Preservation Studio restored the façade, the gilt-copper statue, and the historic entrance lobbies. Leaks in the building over a 75-year period had allowed water to infiltrate behind the granite exterior, resulting in corrosion of the structural steel framing as well as extensive interior damage to finishes. Rust build-up against the tightly packed back-up masonry had transferred to the granite-clad exterior causing continuous vertical cracks several stories high and severe displacement in some cases. When pieces of granite fell from the 25th floor cornice to the ground, the City decided to take action. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio directed the restoration of the elaborate granite and terra-cotta façade of this landmark. The work began with a study of the cladding for compliance with Local Law 10/80, a NYC façade ordinance. Architectural Preservation Studio documented substantial deterioration by performing a hands-on stone-by-stone review, and subsequently, developed the conservation program to restore the façade. The granite and terra-cotta cornice was also found to be in unsafe condition. Corrosion of the steel outrigger supports had caused cracks and spalls in the ornamental granite modillions and frieze, and some of the terra-cotta anthemions were shattered. Safety netting was placed around the cornice to stabilize the structure and plans were prepared for an extensive restoration of the entire exterior. 39 miles of pipe scaffolding, which made the Guinness Book of Records, shrouded the building for four years. Similar to the Statue of Liberty, the 25-foot Civic Fame statue was suffering from deterioration by galvanic action between dissimilar metals and settlement of the internal armature. The gilt-copper skin was causing the steel armature to corrode preferentially. The entire statue was dismantled and removed from the top of the building. Limited copper-panel replacement was executed and the gilding restored in an atelier off-site. The steel armature was redesigned and erected in stainless steel. In a dramatic conclusion, the statue was air-lifted by helicopter to its original position at the top of the building. The originaldecorative scheme of the entrance lobbies included marble floors and walls, ornate bronze elevator enclosures, and faux-marble groin-vaulted plaster ceilings. The marble exhibited years of soiling and wax build-up, the statuary bronze-work was painted gold, and the faux marble was long gone due to periodic leaks from mechanical systems through the ceilings. Bronze light fixtures, known only from period photographs, were also missing. Subsequent to archival research and materials testing, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the cleaning of the marble, the repatination of the decorative bronze work, and the recreation of the faux-marble finish on the vaults. New bronze light fixtures were cast and installed to the original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679335050-GHPY1LYRFQ9BAI4R5Q4N/ManhattanMunicipal_010.jpg 06: Government - Manhattan Municipal Building New York, NY The Manhattan Municipal Building, designed by McKim, Mead & White, is a stunning example of the “City Beautiful” movement. Since its opening in 1914, it has played a role in the government of the nation’s largest city. The building is forty-stories tall, with a height of 585 feet and a floor area of 926,000 square feet. Its façade is made of granite accented by terra-cotta details, as well as recessed cast-ironpanels at the 21st through 24th floors. Its tower is capped by a 25- foot gilt-copper statue, “Civic Fame,” by Adolph A. Weinman. The building is a NYC- and NYS-designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In a series of different contracts, Architectural Preservation Studio restored the façade, the gilt-copper statue, and the historic entrance lobbies. Leaks in the building over a 75-year period had allowed water to infiltrate behind the granite exterior, resulting in corrosion of the structural steel framing as well as extensive interior damage to finishes. Rust build-up against the tightly packed back-up masonry had transferred to the granite-clad exterior causing continuous vertical cracks several stories high and severe displacement in some cases. When pieces of granite fell from the 25th floor cornice to the ground, the City decided to take action. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio directed the restoration of the elaborate granite and terra-cotta façade of this landmark. The work began with a study of the cladding for compliance with Local Law 10/80, a NYC façade ordinance. Architectural Preservation Studio documented substantial deterioration by performing a hands-on stone-by-stone review, and subsequently, developed the conservation program to restore the façade. The granite and terra-cotta cornice was also found to be in unsafe condition. Corrosion of the steel outrigger supports had caused cracks and spalls in the ornamental granite modillions and frieze, and some of the terra-cotta anthemions were shattered. Safety netting was placed around the cornice to stabilize the structure and plans were prepared for an extensive restoration of the entire exterior. 39 miles of pipe scaffolding, which made the Guinness Book of Records, shrouded the building for four years. Similar to the Statue of Liberty, the 25-foot Civic Fame statue was suffering from deterioration by galvanic action between dissimilar metals and settlement of the internal armature. The gilt-copper skin was causing the steel armature to corrode preferentially. The entire statue was dismantled and removed from the top of the building. Limited copper-panel replacement was executed and the gilding restored in an atelier off-site. The steel armature was redesigned and erected in stainless steel. In a dramatic conclusion, the statue was air-lifted by helicopter to its original position at the top of the building. The originaldecorative scheme of the entrance lobbies included marble floors and walls, ornate bronze elevator enclosures, and faux-marble groin-vaulted plaster ceilings. The marble exhibited years of soiling and wax build-up, the statuary bronze-work was painted gold, and the faux marble was long gone due to periodic leaks from mechanical systems through the ceilings. Bronze light fixtures, known only from period photographs, were also missing. Subsequent to archival research and materials testing, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the cleaning of the marble, the repatination of the decorative bronze work, and the recreation of the faux-marble finish on the vaults. New bronze light fixtures were cast and installed to the original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679338065-QESVDS36IF22RQPWUHY8/ManhattanMunicipal_007.jpg 06: Government - Manhattan Municipal Building New York, NY The Manhattan Municipal Building, designed by McKim, Mead & White, is a stunning example of the “City Beautiful” movement. Since its opening in 1914, it has played a role in the government of the nation’s largest city. The building is forty-stories tall, with a height of 585 feet and a floor area of 926,000 square feet. Its façade is made of granite accented by terra-cotta details, as well as recessed cast-ironpanels at the 21st through 24th floors. Its tower is capped by a 25- foot gilt-copper statue, “Civic Fame,” by Adolph A. Weinman. The building is a NYC- and NYS-designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In a series of different contracts, Architectural Preservation Studio restored the façade, the gilt-copper statue, and the historic entrance lobbies. Leaks in the building over a 75-year period had allowed water to infiltrate behind the granite exterior, resulting in corrosion of the structural steel framing as well as extensive interior damage to finishes. Rust build-up against the tightly packed back-up masonry had transferred to the granite-clad exterior causing continuous vertical cracks several stories high and severe displacement in some cases. When pieces of granite fell from the 25th floor cornice to the ground, the City decided to take action. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio directed the restoration of the elaborate granite and terra-cotta façade of this landmark. The work began with a study of the cladding for compliance with Local Law 10/80, a NYC façade ordinance. Architectural Preservation Studio documented substantial deterioration by performing a hands-on stone-by-stone review, and subsequently, developed the conservation program to restore the façade. The granite and terra-cotta cornice was also found to be in unsafe condition. Corrosion of the steel outrigger supports had caused cracks and spalls in the ornamental granite modillions and frieze, and some of the terra-cotta anthemions were shattered. Safety netting was placed around the cornice to stabilize the structure and plans were prepared for an extensive restoration of the entire exterior. 39 miles of pipe scaffolding, which made the Guinness Book of Records, shrouded the building for four years. Similar to the Statue of Liberty, the 25-foot Civic Fame statue was suffering from deterioration by galvanic action between dissimilar metals and settlement of the internal armature. The gilt-copper skin was causing the steel armature to corrode preferentially. The entire statue was dismantled and removed from the top of the building. Limited copper-panel replacement was executed and the gilding restored in an atelier off-site. The steel armature was redesigned and erected in stainless steel. In a dramatic conclusion, the statue was air-lifted by helicopter to its original position at the top of the building. The originaldecorative scheme of the entrance lobbies included marble floors and walls, ornate bronze elevator enclosures, and faux-marble groin-vaulted plaster ceilings. The marble exhibited years of soiling and wax build-up, the statuary bronze-work was painted gold, and the faux marble was long gone due to periodic leaks from mechanical systems through the ceilings. Bronze light fixtures, known only from period photographs, were also missing. Subsequent to archival research and materials testing, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the cleaning of the marble, the repatination of the decorative bronze work, and the recreation of the faux-marble finish on the vaults. New bronze light fixtures were cast and installed to the original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679427535-4HTRFPGG93QM2OOZDNR0/GPO_002.jpg 06: Government - US Post Office and Courthouse Brooklyn, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679523872-2XHJXIUOMO8WZBY3ODG2/NYCourthouse_003.jpg 06: Government - New York County Courthouse New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679559079-FJMPGJ3DZW3LP25XLOTJ/NY+County+Courthouse+-+Rotunda.jpg 06: Government - New York County Courthouse New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679528070-N3YLZ4IHGQMVL8JRYBR9/NYCourthouse_005.jpg 06: Government - New York County Courthouse New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679714983-9F0KIZLVHE669G0CR6JY/Queens+Supreme_1.jpg 06: Government - Queens Supreme Courthouse Jamaica, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679593122-IXS8NM3F28P6H5WO8878/Queens+Supreme_4.jpg 06: Government - Queens Supreme Courthouse Jamaica, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679742911-KVO4NMNCZ92H3THW0HFZ/Queens+Supreme+Court+%2830%29.jpg 06: Government - Queens Supreme Courthouse Jamaica, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679811653-G5SGXJWQUPQ881C0V37F/GSA+Custom+House+Local+Law+11.jpg 06: Government - Alexander Hamilton US Custom House New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679829356-ORK1RRJONUP71K9MVOFN/City+Council+Chambers.JPG 06: Government - City Hall Council Chambers - City of New York New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679903560-X9XTY2BSPNOXJMSX7Q0N/PANYNJ+bronze+doors.JPG 06: Government - Holland Tunnel Ventilation Building New York, NY The Holland Tunnel, completed in 1927, provides vehicular access between New York and New Jersey through a series of tunnels under the Hudson River. It was the first mechanically-ventilated underwater tunnel in the world and remains the model for similar structures internationally. Designated a National Historic Civil and Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil and Mechanical Engineers in 1984, and a National Historic Landmark in 1993, it is regarded as one of the US’s most renown engineering marvels. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to assess and report on the condition of three sets of monumental bronze-clad doors at the Holland Tunnel New York Ventilation Building. Per Architectural Preservation Studio ’s analysis and recommendations, the monumental doors were temporarily removed to allow repair and replacement of the concealed steel reinforcement at the doors and frames, as well as repair and refinishing of the historic bronze cladding. Temporary insulated enclosures and exit doors were installed to retain the existing exit egress. The refurbished door assemblies, once reinstalled, will also comply with ADA-accessibility requirements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679990802-C53G7HZYEPGO2X58PL82/P5270054.JPG 06: Government - Federico Degetau FederaL Building & Clemente Ruiz Nazario US Courthouse Hato Ray, PR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181509912-YO8PIFAATYRN5YDLCKMC/Path+Harrison+Station.jpg 06: Government - Harrison Station, SW Headhouse - PANYNJ Harrison, NJ The southwest headhouse of the Harrison Station is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and provides east-bound service on the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) Newark-World Trade Center line. The structure dates to 1937 and was constructed through a joint effort by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad to connect to Newark Pennsylvania Station, constructed in 1935 in Newark, NJ. The interior tracks running through Harrison Station also served the Pennsylvania Railroad New York and Long Branch Railroad line, now used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. In 2015 the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office listed Harrison Station as a contributing building to the Pennsylvania Railroad New York to Philadelphia Historic District. Hurricane Sandy caused extensive flooding in the southwest headhouse and damaged critical electrical equipment. As part of a larger effort to repair infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy and implement resiliency efforts across its stations, PATH is seeking funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to replace the southwest headhouse and provide permanent flood-protection measures. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was contracted by Jacobs Civil Consultants, Inc. to provide Section 106 consultation in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The project included historic and archival research, existing conditions documentation, HABS photography, and design consultation of salvaged materials and interpretive displays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590176203008-IVQSBEV8124HVE9TSRGC/Richmond+County+Ballpark.jpg 06: Government - Richmond County Ballpark Staten Island, NY The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio (while with WASA) was responsible for the investigation, design, and administration of the plaza waterproofing at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark located in the St. George section of Staten Island directly adjacent to New York harbor. The project was undertaken for the Hunter Roberts Construction Group for the NYC Economic Development Corporation. There were persistent leaks at the Main Concourse since the stadium was constructed. The water infiltration into the building’s interior was especially severe at the batting tunnel and hallway located at the Service Level. We designed a comprehensive repair campaign that included a new fluid-applied traffic-bearing waterproofing system with integral expansion joints and new counter-flashing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171080461-8VAP6OW9LXFX4GPE9869/BPCA.jpg 06: Government - 200-300 North End Avenue New York, NY Battery Park City Authority retained APS to investigate leak remediation for a relatively new 14,000-SF two-level plaza with several planters. The original waterproofing was a monolithic liquid-applied fleece-reinforced system, which was also installed as damp-proofing beneath granite ashlar parapets and planter walls. Over the course of a year, APS reviewed original drawings and probes, water-testing to understand the causes of the leaks and the condition of the waterproofing membrane. During this process, it was proven that some of the leaks were coming from the glazed curtain wall of the buildings. In addition, it was found that sidewall scuppers had no clamping rings and the plaza drains were actually floor drains, also without clamping rings. BPCA elected to re-waterproof the plaza with an entirely new system that APS designed. The new waterproofing is a 3-ply modified-bitumen system with all new drain and scupper bodies and a new trench drain. All planters are also being re-waterproofed. Stone site walls are being re-damp-proofed and overlap liquid-applied fleece-reinforced base flashing. Granite coping stones are being reset over lead-coated copper through-wall flashing. Monumental granite stairs, two side secondary granite staircases, and three asphalt-paver ramps, all of which access the upper plaza level, are being removed and reinstalled over the new waterproofing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175137805-HQ8POBY50YTAZ8KBUQNX/RIOC.jpg 06: Government - Roosevelt Island Tramway Stations - RIOC New York, NY The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) under a term contract to prepare construction documents for repairs to the exterior envelope of both the Manhattan and Roosevelt Island Tramway stations. The projects were performed in phases. The initial phase involved the re-roofing of the Manhattan station of the Roosevelt Island Tramway. In addition, we designed and administered the installation of a canopy over the previously exposed stairway to the tramway platform. Once this was completed, we moved on to design and administer the Manhattan station’s platform repairs, including re-waterproofing with a pedestrian-bearing system. Under APS, we continue to work with RIOC on the repair and re-waterproofing of the Roosevelt Island station platform. In addition, we designed the reconstruction of the concrete ramp to be ADA-compliant. https://www.preservationstudio.com/residential daily 0.75 2023-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603893154357-FFGV6SQW8PMCJWIZ8S0W/image-asset.jpeg 07: Residential - French Ambassador's Residence Washington, DC Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform a detailed visual and hands inspection with two aerial boom lifts at the French Ambassador's Residence in Washington, DC. The residence was built in 1910 to the designs of the French-born American architect Jules Henri de Sibour for businessman William Watson Lawrence. The mansion was purchased by the French government in 1936, and served as the French Chancery (embassy building) until 1985, when the current chancery in northwest Washington was completed. The Ambassador's Residence is the largest single-family home in the Kalorama neighborhood; a 1980 guidebook published by Smithsonian Institution Press describes the home's setting as "a dramatic and beautiful site high above Rock Creek." The residence includes three floors, an attic and a basement with a total area of approximately 23 000 square feet. Constructed of brick and limestone, the structure is described in the National Register of Historic Places as an "imposing structure" with irregular massing, with its most prominent feature being a "dominant entry bay with large gables anchored by two flanking square towers, each capped by a stone balustrade." Its architectural style has been variously described as Tudor Revival, Jacobean Revival, and French Eclectic. Each year, this residence welcomes over 10,000 visitors for receptions, lunches or dinners and up to 500 guests for overnight stays. It is both the private home of the Ambassador of France to the United States and two agencies where about 15 people work every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603893154357-FFGV6SQW8PMCJWIZ8S0W/image-asset.jpeg 07: Residential - French Ambassador's Residence Washington, DC Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform a detailed visual and hands inspection with two aerial boom lifts at the French Ambassador's Residence in Washington, DC. The residence was built in 1910 to the designs of the French-born American architect Jules Henri de Sibour for businessman William Watson Lawrence. The mansion was purchased by the French government in 1936, and served as the French Chancery (embassy building) until 1985, when the current chancery in northwest Washington was completed. The Ambassador's Residence is the largest single-family home in the Kalorama neighborhood; a 1980 guidebook published by Smithsonian Institution Press describes the home's setting as "a dramatic and beautiful site high above Rock Creek." The residence includes three floors, an attic and a basement with a total area of approximately 23 000 square feet. Constructed of brick and limestone, the structure is described in the National Register of Historic Places as an "imposing structure" with irregular massing, with its most prominent feature being a "dominant entry bay with large gables anchored by two flanking square towers, each capped by a stone balustrade." Its architectural style has been variously described as Tudor Revival, Jacobean Revival, and French Eclectic. Each year, this residence welcomes over 10,000 visitors for receptions, lunches or dinners and up to 500 guests for overnight stays. It is both the private home of the Ambassador of France to the United States and two agencies where about 15 people work every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428670859184-4B8DLGKYE1IHJ7OKB235/P1050942.JPG 07: Residential - Elms Carriage House Scholars Center Newport, RI The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio worked with the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to prepare a conceptual design for the adaptive reuse of the Elms Carriage House to a residence for the proposed PSNC Research Fellow’s Center. The scope of services included field measuring of the building and all interior spaces, creating scaled CAD base drawings of the entire building, and preparing conceptual design drawings based on the above indicating new design and layout of the interior, including bedrooms, public spaces, bathrooms, kitchen and required circulation systems. Architectural Preservation Studio prepared construction documents for the exterior restoration, and interior reuse. The project was phased as funding became available. The adaptive reuse of the interior and the exterior restoration, including installation of a new slate and flat-seam copper roof, were recently completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428670938640-D3Y7U9RWA7F9C7K20RL8/SNC14551.1.JPG 07: Residential - 810 Fifth Avenue New York, NY APS under WASA/Studio A has worked on many phases of roofing and façade projects over the years at this historic New York City structure within a landmark district. The duplex penthouse in the building provided the primary residence to Nelson Rockefeller for many years. The 14-story steel-framed structure is composed primarily of limestone with an ornamental terra- cotta cornice. During a recent restoration of the two street façades, APS prepared documents and administered construction for the project, which included extensive installation of dutchmen at previously inappropriately patched locations; replacement of deteriorated ornamental limestone elements with new limestone to match the original; dismantling and replacing the support structure; repairing and reinstalling the terra-cotta cornice; repointing of open mortar joints and installing lead weathercaps at all horizontal surfaces; repairing, repainting and recaulking of all the wood windows; and complete building cleaning using a combination of water washing and the JOS low-pressure water micro- abrasives system. During previous phases, we designed and administered the replacement of all roofing systems, including the large penthouse deck, as well as repairing and re-stuccoing the penthouse structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671020786-6AGNJVTSVHAZ448RFMFQ/IMG_1776.jpg 07: Residential - 1180 Raymond Blvd. Newark, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671632504-3QSC0V9DRQAMC92PRJOX/P1090345.2.JPG 07: Residential - One East 66th Street New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671496594-CIDCEX4Z9T721PQTVMMZ/P1090752.JPG 07: Residential - Priory Condominium New Haven, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, performed a detailed exterior conditions survey of the Priory Condominium located on historic Wooster Square in New Haven, prior to the preparation of construction documents. The five buildings range in age for an 1879 Queen Anne-style house, a circa 1870 stucco-clad, Italianate house, to a complex of townhouses built in 1990. The project included an investigation of the current condition of the asphalt shingle and EPDM-roofing systems and substrates, ornamental metalwork, flashings, roof-drainage systems, skylights, exterior wood siding and trim, exterior brickwork, stone trim and all chimneys, windows, and porch woodwork and roofing systems. The investigation helped to better understand existing conditions and clarify the scope of work, while providing a detailed cost estimate for the work necessary. Based on the conditions assessment report, construction documents were developed and construction administered for the first phase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680530477-IB8FX28D1J74JEOWTUES/P1090741_SHOP.jpg 07: Residential - Priory Condominium New Haven, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, performed a detailed exterior conditions survey of the Priory Condominium located on historic Wooster Square in New Haven, prior to the preparation of construction documents. The five buildings range in age for an 1879 Queen Anne-style house, a circa 1870 stucco-clad, Italianate house, to a complex of townhouses built in 1990. The project included an investigation of the current condition of the asphalt shingle and EPDM-roofing systems and substrates, ornamental metalwork, flashings, roof-drainage systems, skylights, exterior wood siding and trim, exterior brickwork, stone trim and all chimneys, windows, and porch woodwork and roofing systems. The investigation helped to better understand existing conditions and clarify the scope of work, while providing a detailed cost estimate for the work necessary. Based on the conditions assessment report, construction documents were developed and construction administered for the first phase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170240065-9UO4DVIXI4A2GC2S5A63/125+Eastern.jpg 07: Residential - 125 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 125 Eastern Parkway, also known as The Theodore Roosevelt, is a six-story building with an H-shaped plan located between Washington Avenue and Underhill Avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, NY. The building was constructed circa 1923 and utilizes red brick, with a Flemish-bond construction pattern at the street elevation. The rear and courtyard elevations are of beige brick in a running-bond construction pattern. The building is of neo-classical design with a limestone base at the first level. A two-story limestone entry surround is punctured with windows and decorated with columns, capitals, and a pediment above the entry door. Window openings on the sixth floor have a limestone surround. Four stained-glass windows grace the base of the building at the lobby. Arched-masonry window openings on the second and third stories incorporate a decorated limestone reveal. Limestone band courses exist at the base of the building and the sixth floor, which is surmounted by a limestone cornice. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC (APS) was retained by Goldin Management to undertake an exterior conditions assessment of the building. Brick parapets and bulkheads were in poor condition from an earlier removal of bituminous coatings. Perimeter sealant was missing from aluminum panning at replacement windows. Cracks in brickwork and limestone were dispersed throughout the façades and some of the lintels were distressed. Following the submission of a report with a prioritized cost estimate, APS developed construction documents and is currently overseeing repairs that include the rebuilding of impacted parapets, single-wythe brickwork rebuilding at bulkheads, re-roofing of the stair bulkhead, crack repairs and repainting of fire escapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170115286-2OJO4U5V1YFNM4QRF6KP/Morningside.jpg 07: Residential - One Morningside Drive New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by AvalonBay Communities, Inc. to perform a FISP critical examination for report filing and undertake the exterior façade repairs at 1 Morningside Drive, New York (Avalon Morningside Park). 1 Morningside Drive is an 18-story building with cellar located along the west side of Morningside Drive, north of West 110th Street and south of St. John the Divine. The building was originally constructed in 2008. The exterior façade of the building consists of brick-masonry veneer, granite stone and glazed curtainwall on a steel-frame structure. The building has exposed horizontal concrete eyebrows. The scope of work includes concrete-eyebrow repairs, brick-masonry repairs, sealant replacement and metal-panel reinforcement, in order to file the building as “Safe” for FISP Cycle 8A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680582785-BIAE09S7X3MDHERV8PNT/Aerial.jpg 07: Residential - RiverBay at Co-op City Bronx, NY Designed by architect Herman Jessor, Co-Op City was constructed from 1965 to 1973 under the New York State Mitchell-Lama Housing Program to build affordable housing for middle-income residents. Today, Co-Op City is the nation’s largest cooperative housing project accommodating nearly 60,000 people in 15,372 residential units. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA Studio, designed the roof replacement for the complex’s 35 residential high-rise buildings. In addition, we completed the façade rehabilitation and roof replacement at the 33 townhouses, as well as the re-roofing the two community centers. The roof replacement totaled 23 acres or the size of more than 20 football fields. During the investigation phase, we performed an infrared roof-moisture survey to determine where the existing membranes had failed, leading to the ongoing leaks. Since a majority of the existing roofs were more than 20 years old, the project required full demolition of the existing roofing systems down to the concrete decks and replacement using modified-bitumen roof membranes over tapered-insulation board. Associated masonry repairs were also accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680609306-R4FEQRKAQ5HT3XBEXYM1/Townhouses+03.JPG 07: Residential - RiverBay at Co-op City Bronx, NY Designed by architect Herman Jessor, Co-Op City was constructed from 1965 to 1973 under the New York State Mitchell-Lama Housing Program to build affordable housing for middle-income residents. Today, Co-Op City is the nation’s largest cooperative housing project accommodating nearly 60,000 people in 15,372 residential units.The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA Studio, designed the roof replacement for the complex’s 35 residential high-rise buildings. In addition, we completed the façade rehabilitation and roof replacement at the 33 townhouses, as well as the re-roofing the two community centers. The roof replacement totaled 23 acres or the size of more than 20 football fields. During the investigation phase, we performed an infrared roof-moisture survey to determine where the existing membranes had failed, leading to the ongoing leaks. Since a majority of the existing roofs were more than 20 years old, the project required full demolition of the existing roofing systems down to the concrete decks and replacement using modified-bitumen roof membranes over tapered-insulation board. Associated masonry repairs were also accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171971565-01TZUSJRIODNLYPAJCMQ/Fanwood.jpg 07: Residential - Fanwood Estates Rego Park, NY Architectural Preservation Studio collaborated with Fanwood Estates LLC to repair the brick-masonry façades at eight of their nine structures in the Rego Park area of Queens. The structures, a large garage and eight residential buildings, occupy a city block and are clustered in groups of three amidst landscaping and pedestrian walkways. The buildings date back to 1930 and had never undergone a professional evaluation and repair program. Five of the residential buildings were deemed by the NYC Department of Buildings as falling under the Façade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP), a mandatory periodic inspection of building façades and their appurtenances for buildings greater than six stories in height. The residential buildings are six stories, plus cellar and mechanical bulkhead. The buildings’ exterior walls were found to be in various states of deterioration. Some areas required immediate attention as they were considered “Unsafe” within the parameters of FISP critical examination. The remaining three residential buildings were also repaired. APS promptly prepared construction documents to correct the “Unsafe” conditions and to arrest the rate of deterioration of the buildings’ façades by replacing lintels and damaged brick masonry, parapet walls, and deteriorated sealant at window perimeters. Upon substantial completion, APS amended the FISP filing with the DOB to certify the buildings as “Safe” for the next five years. The three non-FISP structures will be completed late summer of 2019. https://www.preservationstudio.com/09-healthcare daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490640868866-T970I8VXPMY92KMJ513O/IMG_2377.JPG 09: Healthcare - 1300 York Avenue - Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio has performed the critical examination of the Feil Research Building and 1300 York Avenue for Weill Cornell Medicine. Dating to 1932, 1300 York Avenue is a large Art Deco structure that is 11 stories with limestone and brick façades punctuated by horizontal strips of windows. The Feil Research Building is a recent 7-story structure with brick façades. At the request of the client, APS performed cleaning tests on the limestone and brickwork of 1300 York, providing a report detailing the appropriate methodology to be followed. Inspections on both buildings were performed from a bucket truck. Construction documents were developed and are about to go out bid. Following completion, the FISP reports will be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490640868866-T970I8VXPMY92KMJ513O/IMG_2377.JPG 09: Healthcare - 1300 York Avenue - Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio has performed the critical examination of the Feil Research Building and 1300 York Avenue for Weill Cornell Medicine. Dating to 1932, 1300 York Avenue is a large Art Deco structure that is 11 stories with limestone and brick façades punctuated by horizontal strips of windows. The Feil Research Building is a recent 7-story structure with brick façades. At the request of the client, APS performed cleaning tests on the limestone and brickwork of 1300 York, providing a report detailing the appropriate methodology to be followed. Inspections on both buildings were performed from a bucket truck. Construction documents were developed and are about to go out bid. Following completion, the FISP reports will be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604543744036-UMSG6TWH7P4N7X5GC1V6/IMG_20200716_211626.jpg 09: Healthcare - 1300 York Avenue - Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio has performed the critical examination of the Feil Research Building and 1300 York Avenue for Weill Cornell Medicine. Dating to 1932, 1300 York Avenue is a large Art Deco structure that is 11 stories with limestone and brick façades punctuated by horizontal strips of windows. The Feil Research Building is a recent 7-story structure with brick façades. At the request of the client, APS performed cleaning tests on the limestone and brickwork of 1300 York, providing a report detailing the appropriate methodology to be followed. Inspections on both buildings were performed from a bucket truck. Construction documents were developed and are about to go out bid. Following completion, the FISP reports will be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1680897793414-2QWA5T69UKIAA4XND1Y7/image-asset.jpeg 09: Healthcare - Weill Cornell Medicine Griffis Club Roof New Yor, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604547752240-BR47NSW04PKLY9DL7D27/Building+S.jpg 09: Healthcare - Hamad Bin Khalifa Biomedical Research Building New York, NY The Hamad Bin Khalifa Biomedical Research Building is a 11-story structure designed in 1958 by SOM and is articulated with a glass curtain wall on the south façade. For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio performed the critical examination for Weill Cornell Medicine. The inspection of the façade was performed from an aerial platform. Façade repairs were completed to allow the building to be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604544597128-SJHGIGAK1PXUG7L9ZF0Z/fw-olin-hall.jpg 09: Healthcare - Olin Hall - Weill Cornell Medicine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490640275046-2OQ3ORTE6XAIRLEFUNKD/IMG_1193.JPG 09: Healthcare - Feil Research Building - Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY The Feil Research Building is a recent 7-story structure with brick façades. For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio has performed the critical examination of the Feil Research Building for Weill Cornell Medicine. The inspection of the façade was performed from an aerial platform. Façade repairs were completed to allow the building to be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431089321483-4GOVUZ1OQNYK6RMVXDQI/NYHQ.jpg 09: Healthcare - NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens Queens, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio completed the Fourth through Seventh Cycles critical examination and report filing for the Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP, formerly Local Law 11/98) for New York Presbyterian Hospital Queens. Additionally, our staff was responsible for phased façade repairs at the Main and North Buildings, the roof replacement at the Main Building, and selective window replacement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604547258041-FCMWI5STONMV29SSWI68/Picture+020.jpg 09: Healthcare - Payson House - New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY Payson House, located at 435 East 70th Street, is a 1965 35-story precast-concrete building that houses administrative medical offices and apartments. By 2007, the 1,500 windows were aging and utilized outdated technology. Having outlived their service life, the windows needed replacement with new custom windows in order to provide a level of performance appropriate for this type of institutional building. Existing sash were removed and the windows replaced with double-sealed insulated glass with glazing that utilized high-performance coatings (low-e) and argon-filled glass cavities to offset high energy costs. After completion of the window replacement work, the hospital decided to clean the exterior prefab-concrete façade to reinforce the renewed look afforded by the window work. An onsite evaluation of the existing conditions of the window units was performed by the staff of Architectural preservation Studio under WASA Studio and then presented to the hospital in a conditions-assessment report. Original building documentation, provided by the Owner, was reviewed and original design details were reconciled with field conditions. The report also proposed upgrade options, product datasheets, samples, recommendations and a cost estimate. Drawings and specifications were subsequently prepared and bid competitively. During construction, samples were reviewed and laboratory tests were performed on representative specimens to evaluate the replacement system’s performance and appearance. Project details included the design and installation of a thermally-broken aluminum-frame high-performance system installed over the existing frames, which were left in place and modified in the field, thereby saving on removal and disposal costs, construction waste and installation time. A new snap-on interior aluminum-trim system was designed to cover the scars on the finishes adjacent to the existing units, which also contributed to control installation and finish costs. This approach allowed performance of the work on this occupied residential high-rise on a unit-by-unit basis, in which the contractor’s crews were able to remove the existing windows, install the replacement system and seal the perimeter joints around all windows in the same apartment during the course of a given work day. With the new windows in place, the client chose to have the building cleaned to upgrade its overall appearance. Existing elevation drawings showing the layout of the different precast-concrete panels of the building’s façades were prepared, along with performance specifications detailing the materials and methods outlined for the cleaning work. During construction, cleaning tests following the specifications were conducted in the field under our staff’s supervision. The testing program was aimed at determining the most suitable combination of cleaning products, dwell time, and rinsing and runoff-collection requirements that would afford the best cleaning results. Testing indicated that, given the size and type of the exposed marble-aggregate texture of the rough surface of the precast wall panels, and to some extent that of the precast window surrounds, a general-purpose masonry cleaner was more suitable than a concrete cleaner. The process to determine the most appropriate material and cleaning methods permitted both a non-injurious approach to treatment of the precast-concrete finishes, as well as expeditious implementation of most of the wet-cleaning work before the cold season. Work started in the fall and was completed the following spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490636395160-7NWC7JMSTA0USI42NORF/helmsley.jpg 09: Healthcare - Helmsley Medical Tower - New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY The Helmsley Medical Tower at New York Presbyterian Hospital was designed by Schuman Lichenstein Claman Efron Architects in 1985. The building stands 36-stories tall, and incorporates several setbacks. The structure consists of a reinforced-concrete frame supporting vertical strips of masonry cavity wall separated by aluminum-and-glass curtain wall. When relatively new, the building suffered from chronic leaks through the entire exterior assembly. From the beginning of its occupation, repairs to the curtain wall, masonry and roofs virtually never ceased. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio under WASA was retained to perform a comprehensive conditions assessment of the exterior building systems. An extensive review was made of original documentation, including construction drawings, specifications, correspondence, shop drawings and product literature, as well as reports of previous consultants. Documented leaks were plotted by year on elevations to establish trends and patterns. Exploratory probes were inspected to review concealed conditions. Laboratory analyses were performed on mortar samples. We prepared a comprehensive report detailing the pathology of the various exterior components and their synergistic effect on each other, along with recommended procedures for repairs and prioritized cost estimates. Over a seven-year period, working within the client’s budgetary constraints, we designed and supervised the systematic implementation of $8 million in repairs in a multi-phased exterior rehabilitation program. All of our interventions to the roofing, masonry and curtain wall produced successful results. A unique repair solution we devised for the glazed curtain wall costing approximately $200,000 saved the client over $5 million in what would have otherwise resulted in the complete replacement of the curtain wall. All roofs (main, penthouse, bulkheads and setbacks) were re-roofed. Horizontal cracking at bulkheads was resolved. Shelf angles at every floor level received new flashing and end dams were introduced for the first time. In addition to the work executed on the exterior, early in the multi-phased project, we designed the waterproofing of all penetrations in the two-story garage. A decade later, the client retained us to oversee the application of a new traffic-bearing waterproof coating. The building remains leak-free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590176964381-CCH9RBQK7JMC7YNSDY47/50+East+98th+Street.jpg 09: Healthcare - Aron Hall - Mt Sinai New York, NY The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, completed a comprehensive facility conditions assessment of 25 residential buildings located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Recently, APS completed an updated exterior conditions assessment of 50 East 98th Street. APS is in the process of developing façade repairs scheduled to be bid out in the spring of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604547340863-UOIIUONVPLY35I75244A/515+West+59th.jpg 09: Healthcare - 515 West 59th Street New York, NY Mt. Sinai Hospital’s 515 West 59th Street is a 33-story concrete-frame building dating to 1973 that serves as a residential and commercial building for the hospital. The building was filed as Unsafe during Cycle 7B of FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program). Mt. Sinai hired Architectural Preservation Studio to re-assess the existing construction documents and administer repairs. With large expanses of exposed concrete, the building suffered typical deterioration issues. Reinforcing bars installed too close to the surface corroded had caused extensive spalling. APS devised a repair methodology for sounding and preparation of voids for patching. Although estimated quantities were provided in the Base Bid, APS inspected every scaffold drop to finalize the exact scope of work. These were punch-listed as drops were completed. Initially, we also reviewed preparation, until we were comfortable with the contractor’s performance. Once completed, the Cycle 8 FISP report, which had been filed as Unsafe, was amended to Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590177034504-H4O77AP3KLPX3QXTY1ZD/Winston.jpg 09: Healthcare - Winston & West - Mt. Sinai New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Mount Sinai Health System to repair the façades of two of their hospital facilities in the Mount Sinai West Campus. These two buildings occupy three-fourths of a city block in the Midtown West Section of Manhattan and are better known as West and Winston respectively. West is a 1993 Post-Modernist-style building designed by Skidmore, Owing & Merrill. It is 14-story steel structure with brick masonry and curtain-wall exterior. Its plan is H-shaped with the long axis oriented east-west along West 58th and West 59th Streets. The main entrance is located on 10th Avenue under a monumental archway. The cornerstone for the 12-story Garrard Winston Memorial Building was laid in 1961. The building is steel frame with brick masonry and curtain-wall panel façades. Typical façade repairs at both buildings involve replacement of damaged lintels, shelf angles, and cracked brick masonry, along with replacement of dried sealant at expansion joints and at the curtain-wall perimeters. The work was performed to bring the buildings in compliance with FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Programs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178699683-ZC2U9VY46US52X57Q5LS/Baird_1420.JPG 09: Healthcare - Barid Hall - Mt. Sinai Beth Israel New York, NY Baird Hall was designed and constructed in the 1960s, as a residential building, but was later converted by Beth Israel Medical Center into doctor offices. It is a 20-story building with brick façades, concrete balconies and slate detailing. The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio reviewed problems relating to Local Law 10/80 and subsequently, Local Law 11/98. Railings inset too close to balcony edges had caused spalling of the edges. Aluminum balcony-edge covers had exacerbated the condition by trapping moisture. In addition, insufficient reinforcing had caused the balconies to sag making the sidewall scuppers, designed to evacuate rainwater, ineffective. Other issues included delamination of slate sills, lintels and string courses; cracks in brickwork as a result of corroding steel; and displacement of parapets due to infrequent expansion joints and lack of vertical reinforcing. After reviewing probes, we designed repairs to the building as follows. Balcony edges were recast and new aluminum railings were manufactured and installed. Existing balcony waterproofing was removed, additional reinforcing added, and a new lightweight sloped topping provided the proper pitch to the sidewall scuppers, which were replaced. New pedestrian traffic-bearing waterproofing was installed to complete the terraces. Defective slate sills, lintels and string courses were replaced. Selective rebuilding of brickwork and parapets occurred where necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431089503558-P7AIOORSAARRO0RYLA7T/Gilman_1.jpg 09: Healthcare - Gilman Hall - Mt. Sinai Beth Israel New York, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio reviewed façade deficiencies relating Local Law 11/98. Placement of reinforcing bars too close to the surface had caused the exposed concrete slab “eyebrows” and balcony edges to spall. We designed repairs that included the recasting of balcony edges and spandrel patching with a new built-out profile providing adequate coverage. Balconies received new pedestrian traffic-bearing waterproofing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590177108069-6NDT7PB0E4HCC6B105SC/IMAG3142.jpg 09: Healthcare - SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Dormitory Brooklyn, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio designed and provided construction administration services for the replacement of 300 windows and storefronts in two fully-occupied dormitories at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate. The project included abatement of hazardous materials. The new units are double-glazed aluminum, replacing windows original to the 1980s construction of the dormitories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431090809301-SKX6P1R8OSF5TKJN50ON/Stich.jpg 09: Healthcare - Stich Medical Building - NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431090051511-DILA25MSELMBAZDJ106M/Robert+Yeager+Health+Center.jpg 09: Healthcare - Robert Yeager Health Center - Rockland County Pomoma, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio under WASA Studio performed a large-scale conditions assessment of a 206-acre campus consisting of 17 buildings. The project was a component of a Public Benefit Corporation feasibility analysis. The campus includes a variety of county government departments, Summit Park Hospital, and Summit Park Nursing Care Center housed in 572,000 SF. https://www.preservationstudio.com/culture daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428673227023-KY1M0MD1HPNQBROKH1BS/FCS.jpg 03: Culture - French Cultural Services in New York New York, NY The Embassy of France retained Architectural Preservation Studio to inspect and develop construction documents and provide construction administration services for the French Cultural Center building located in the former Payne Whitney mansion. Designed and executed in 1906 by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, this beautiful building was purchased by the Government of France in 1954. It currently serves as a center for French Culture in New York City. In 2020 APS was retained to design and oversee facades repairs. This is building on an earlier previous report from 2014 for the conservation of the five public spaces on the first and second floors. The resulting work involved sensitively inserting new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. The conservation program of public spaces on the first floor included the reattachment and paint restoration of the pastigla ceiling and the poulticing of the marble walls and floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428673227023-KY1M0MD1HPNQBROKH1BS/FCS.jpg 03: Culture - French Cultural Services in New York New York, NY The Embassy of France retained Architectural Preservation Studio to inspect and develop construction documents and provide construction administration services for the French Cultural Center building located in the former Payne Whitney mansion. Designed and executed in 1906 by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, this beautiful building was purchased by the Government of France in 1954. It currently serves as a center for French Culture in New York City. In 2020 APS was retained to design and oversee facades repairs. This is building on an earlier previous report from 2014 for the conservation of the five public spaces on the first and second floors. The resulting work involved sensitively inserting new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. The conservation program of public spaces on the first floor included the reattachment and paint restoration of the pastigla ceiling and the poulticing of the marble walls and floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1675861179652-HQNXIDV5OHRFLPDXN3BG/FCS.jpg 03: Culture - French Cultural Services in New York New York, NY The Embassy of France retained Architectural Preservation Studio to inspect and develop construction documents and provide construction administration services for the French Cultural Center building located in the former Payne Whitney mansion. Designed and executed in 1906 by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, this beautiful building was purchased by the Government of France in 1954. It currently serves as a center for French Culture in New York City. In 2020 APS was retained to design and oversee facades repairs. This is building on an earlier previous report from 2014 for the conservation of the five public spaces on the first and second floors. The resulting work involved sensitively inserting new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. The conservation program of public spaces on the first floor included the reattachment and paint restoration of the pastigla ceiling and the poulticing of the marble walls and floors. Photo by Walter Dufresne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672661699-O0AMP1OQEG0FP7AVY2XZ/Schermerhorn+Overall.jpg 03: Culture - South Street Seaport - Schermerhorm Row Block New York, NY rchitectural Preservation Studio’s Preservation Group was responsible for the design and supervision of two phases of work at the South Street Seaport Museum and the Schermerhorn Row blocks for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) through Turner Construction. The NYC-designated individual landmarks date to 1811-49. The first phase involved roof repairs and the installation of a snow-fence system for the slate roofs. The second phase included the restoration and rehabilitation of over 800 wood windows and doors. Typical repairs to the windows and doors included epoxy consolidation and dutchmen repairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490300258948-TAK0E4VM65L4Q6F8RH27/L1050908.jpg 03: Culture - Old Saybrook Lighthouse Old Saybrook, CT Architectural Preservation Studio, PC (APS) was retained by Mr. Frank Sciame to perform historic research and a detailed up-close visual review and conditions assessment of the existing exterior envelope of the Old Saybrook Lighthouse in Old Saybrook, CT which he purchased from the US Coast Guard. ased on our site visit and an up close review of the existing conditions at the lighthouse we recommend a scope of work to be performed at the exterior of the lighthouse to restore the lighthouse to its original historic and water-tight, weather-resistant condition. Although we also reviewed the existing conditions at the interior of the lighthouse we did not included them in the report as that will be part of the interior fit-out project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672794360-FKWZ1KSVJ8YJXMXBU2G7/IMG_8825.jpg 03: Culture - Rutherford World War One Monument Rutherford, NJ Designed and implemented by one of Rutherford’s prominent citizens, architect Edgar Irving Williams, the 30-foot Neo-Classical column is located at the intersection of Park, Chestnut, and Passaic Avenues in Rutherford, NJ. Dedicated on May 31, 1920, the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument is a tribute to the men of Rutherford who sacrificed their lives during World War I. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained as a sub-consultant to the Borough Engineer to prepare a comprehensive evaluation followed by a restoration/conservation plan for this World War I monument. Through on-site observations, historical research and laboratory testing, we verified existing conditions and pathology of deterioration within the historic monument. Our goal was to provide a strategy for a holistic intervention that complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, as well as in-keeping with the artist’s original intent. Architectural Preservation Studio also prepared the successful National Register nomination for the property. The cast-stone memorial column is adorned with statuary bronze, including two tablets at the monument’s base. Atop the base are six eagles with interlinking garlands. Crowning the shaft is a bronze tripod completed with a glass light fixture resembling a torch flame. Additional lighting fixtures were once installed behind each eagle; however, none of these fixtures remain today. Architectural Preservation Studio refurbished the existing lighting fixtures, including the torch flame and the recessed fixtures in the base at the eagles. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the street-side lighting. The cast stone is friable, displaying delaminations and vertical cracking, with some areas having complete loss of material. There is atmospheric staining, copper staining, biological growth, and calcium-carbonate deposits. Laser cleaning is being used to clean the bronze and cast stone. In addition, the light fixtures are being repaired and re-lamped. Restoration of paving and drainage system is also occurring. Architectural Preservation Studio assisted with the preservation of items in the time capsule stored in the base of the monument as well. Partial funding for the restoration work was provided by the Bergen County Historic Preservation Trust Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428675167463-HYG7NOFRW5K5W9GKKAGA/Fountain+of+Time%2C+Chicago_P1060538.JPG.JPG 03: Culture - Fountain of Time Chicago, IL The Fountain of Time was designed by J. J. Earley in 1922. Earley was a pioneer in the design of modern exposed aggregate concrete mixes. His water extraction technique demonstrated Duff Abrams’ 1918 water/cement-ratio law, unveiling “an exciting new artistic material.” Architectural Preservation Studio provided a peer review of work recommended by other engineers. An analysis was completed of the original construction system, aging process, deterioration pathology, and repair methods utilized to date. All conservation, studies and contract documents for The Fountain were also reviewed. Concrete surfaces have eroded, exposing the aggregate and making it vulnerable far beyond the approximately 10% surface exposure envisioned by Early. A a twelve-point program was recommended, leading to crack stabilization, rigid and non-rigid repair of voids and mismatched patches, cement-paste surface renewal and water-repellent coatings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590163955495-BV2TGYQL6WOVKVWJ8CGK/Gores+Pavilion.JPG 03: Culture - Gores Pavilion New Canaan, CT APS is providing design services for New Canaan’s Department of Public Works for the replacement of the slate roofing and gutter systems and façade repairs to this historic structure. Located in Irwin Park in New Canaan, midcentury Modernist architect Landis Gores designed the Pavilion in 1959 as a pool house for John Irwin and Jane Watson, the daughter of IBM’s founder. Landis Gores was one of the Harvard Five, a group of architects (John M. Johansen, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson, and Eliot Noyes) that settled in New Canaan, CT in the 1940s and designed numerous modern structures. Gores worked with Philip Johnson on the design of his Glass House. The building is now owned by the Town of New Canaan and is operated by the New Canaan Historical Society as an exhibit space for modern architecture and design. The Gores Pavilion is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. This project is funded in part by a Historic Restoration Fund Grant from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428673254183-1ZLNP0BF8BYT1GLBM975/Building+%2312+with+View+of+City.jpg 03: Culture - Governors Island New York, NY Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Turner Construction and the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIEPAC) to undertake repairs at seven of the historic structures located in the Federal- and New York City-designated historic district. The scope included repairs to the existing slate and sheet-metal roofs, as well as the wood windows and cornices. After a detailed hands-on inspection of Buildings 12, 108, 111, 112, 114, 125, and 409 by an articulating man-lift, it was determined that only selective repairs were required, which we designed and administered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678001046-YKMJGMHPNRASZIRKQ6AC/Hincliffe.jpg 03: Culture - Hinchliffe Stadium Paterson, NJ Working for the City of Paterson, NJ, Architectural Preservation Studio is undertaking the rehabilitation and renovation of the historic Hinchliffe Stadium and Athletic Field. Opened in 1932, the stadium is listed on the national, state and municipal Register of Historic Places, and in 2013, became recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Hinchliffe served as the home of the New York Black Yankees from 1933 to 1936, and is one of the few surviving Negro League baseball stadiums in the United States. Due to sinking and destabilization of the field and an advanced state of disrepair of the stadium itself, the facility has been unused since 1997. Services at Hinchliffe Stadium included rigorous data collection leading to a report regarding the conditions of the concrete superstructure, bearing soils, environmental contaminants and archaeological sensitivity. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration and rehabilitation of the stadium and athletic field. Site conditions were stabilized and secured through the removal of debris and vegetation, as well as the installation and/or repair of fencing in order to inhibit future vulnerability to human and environmental threats. Laser-scanning was used to produce highly-accurate documentation of the structure, as well as measured drawings. Construction documents were developed for the restoration of the building’s exterior walls and one segment of the stadium’s northwest corner, consisting of a portion of the grandstand, public sidewalk, and four ticket booths with terra-cotta and wrought-iron details. Phase II involves the complete restoration of the remainder of the property, including the support spaces below the bleachers. The requirements for installing a regulation-sized track necessitated the design of a cantilevered portion to extend the field in order to accommodate this. A new building consisting of a Hall of Fame and high-end restaurant is also being designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678021476-TSOT3RACERL38NMWOMGN/Hincliffe+tile3.jpg 03: Culture - Hinchliffe Stadium Paterson, NJ Working for the City of Paterson, NJ, Architectural Preservation Studio is undertaking the rehabilitation and renovation of the historic Hinchliffe Stadium and Athletic Field. Opened in 1932, the stadium is listed on the national, state and municipal Register of Historic Places, and in 2013, became recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Hinchliffe served as the home of the New York Black Yankees from 1933 to 1936, and is one of the few surviving Negro League baseball stadiums in the United States. Due to sinking and destabilization of the field and an advanced state of disrepair of the stadium itself, the facility has been unused since 1997. Services at Hinchliffe Stadium included rigorous data collection leading to a report regarding the conditions of the concrete superstructure, bearing soils, environmental contaminants and archaeological sensitivity. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration and rehabilitation of the stadium and athletic field. Site conditions were stabilized and secured through the removal of debris and vegetation, as well as the installation and/or repair of fencing in order to inhibit future vulnerability to human and environmental threats. Laser-scanning was used to produce highly-accurate documentation of the structure, as well as measured drawings. Construction documents were developed for the restoration of the building’s exterior walls and one segment of the stadium’s northwest corner, consisting of a portion of the grandstand, public sidewalk, and four ticket booths with terra-cotta and wrought-iron details. Phase II involves the complete restoration of the remainder of the property, including the support spaces below the bleachers. The requirements for installing a regulation-sized track necessitated the design of a cantilevered portion to extend the field in order to accommodate this. A new building consisting of a Hall of Fame and high-end restaurant is also being designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428673347743-KMXFANI77TLCMFBMB1RA/7+-+Overall.jpg 03: Culture - Hinchliffe Stadium Paterson, NJ Working for the City of Paterson, NJ, Architectural Preservation Studio is undertaking the rehabilitation and renovation of the historic Hinchliffe Stadium and Athletic Field. Opened in 1932, the stadium is listed on the national, state and municipal Register of Historic Places, and in 2013, became recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Hinchliffe served as the home of the New York Black Yankees from 1933 to 1936, and is one of the few surviving Negro League baseball stadiums in the United States. Due to sinking and destabilization of the field and an advanced state of disrepair of the stadium itself, the facility has been unused since 1997. Services at Hinchliffe Stadium included rigorous data collection leading to a report regarding the conditions of the concrete superstructure, bearing soils, environmental contaminants and archaeological sensitivity. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration and rehabilitation of the stadium and athletic field. Site conditions were stabilized and secured through the removal of debris and vegetation, as well as the installation and/or repair of fencing in order to inhibit future vulnerability to human and environmental threats. Laser-scanning was used to produce highly-accurate documentation of the structure, as well as measured drawings. Construction documents were developed for the restoration of the building’s exterior walls and one segment of the stadium’s northwest corner, consisting of a portion of the grandstand, public sidewalk, and four ticket booths with terra-cotta and wrought-iron details. Phase II involves the complete restoration of the remainder of the property, including the support spaces below the bleachers. The requirements for installing a regulation-sized track necessitated the design of a cantilevered portion to extend the field in order to accommodate this. A new building consisting of a Hall of Fame and high-end restaurant is also being designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173847043-YU8AWOROIJN9QGE3VNOG/Lapham+Community+Center.jpg 03: Culture - Lapham Community Center New Canaan, CT Lapham Community Center at Waveny Park in New Canaan, CT currently serves as a community and senior center hosting a variety of activities for citizens of New Canaan. It was originally built in 1915 as a summer home for the family of Jack Lapham, son of Lewis H. Lapham, builder of Waveny Estate. The "Bungalow" was acquired as part of the Town's purchase of the Estate in 1967. The building was renovated and developed into the Lapham Community Center in 1996. In 2004, the building was enlarged, adding a sizable addition to the east that included a large lecture hall/exercise room, and a smaller addition to the west that expanded the dining facilities. The original one-story-plus-basement building is a Tudor-style structure constructed primarily of granite fieldstone with several half-timber extensions and a steeply sloped 13,400 square foot random-width-and-thickness Vermont slate roof. Slates vary in thickness being thinner at the top section (as thin as 1/4") and thicker towards the lower section (up to 1"). Additions from 2004 were executed in the original style in appearance and materials. The rear of the south elevation of the addition takes advantage of the slope of the property extending down to reveal the basement level, creating a two-story elevation from the rear. The professional staff of APS, performed a conditions assessment for the Department of Public Works, and developed and administered construction documents for the replacement of the original building’s slate roofs to perfectly match the original system in color, size and pattern,, installing new copper-flashing systems and a new half-round heavy-duty copper gutter and downspout system sized to accommodate runoff, and a new copper 3 pipe rail snow guard system and the replacement of the deteriorated faux-stucco facades at Lapham Center with new stucco and half-timber system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490297853762-ECCL1AE4BLKRI600TU4S/Exterior.jpg 03: Culture - Ansonia Nature Center Ansonia, CT The Ansonia Nature Center was designed by architect Jonathan L. Foote in 1976. From its inception, the structure was designed to embrace its location on a sloping hill within a varied landscape. Constructed with locally gathered fieldstone and wood-framed end walls, each of its eight segments were themed to reflect its surrounding environment, as well as prevailing concerns of naturalists at the time. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by the City of Ansonia, Connecticut for professional services associated with the preparation of an Architectural/Engineering Building Condition Assessment and Capital Improvement Plan for the 1970’s main building at the Ansonia Nature Center. The scope of work included: accessibility, interior finishes, exterior envelope (roof, windows and siding), electrical, mechanical, fire protection, security, technology, and plumbing systems, etc., the accessible route to the parking area and conditions within twenty-five feet of the building. APS was recently retained again by the City of Ansonia for the preparation of construction documents and construction administration services for the design of a code compliant supplemental hand railing system to be added to the existing wood hand rails at the interior of the Ansonia Nature Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490303091088-V7MIB4BDRJ9U2Z1PH79W/New+canaan+Nature+Center+1.JPG 03: Culture - New Canaan Nature Center New Canaan, CT Architectural Preservation Studio, PC (APS) was retained by The Town of New Canaan to prepare a comprehensive assessment of the current federal Title III Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility compliance issues for buildings designed for pre-school children at both the Education and Annex Buildings at the New Canaan Nature Center (NCNC). Both buildings were built in the early 1900’s and were renovated in the 1960’s and 1990’s for pre-school functions. The primary focus of this study was to provide the Town of New Canaan with a comprehensive illustrated assessment of the existing conditions at the Education and Annex Buildings. Based upon the assessment we presented both recommendations and cost estimates for necessary modifications to make both buildings ADA compliant by performing “reasonable modifications” as defined by the ADA act. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302342506-P00253ZIFUXDG912YC32/Wire+Mill_3.jpg 03: Culture - Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill Redding, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation to perform an architectural feasibility and concept-design study to adapt six existing historic industrial buildings/structures at the former Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill in Redding, CT to a new program of uses. These buildings are the historic core of a 55-acre property listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and are contributing elements in the Georgetown Historic District. The purpose of the study is to advance the 2012 community-visioning initiative, an alternative program led by Re-Wire, to a feasible concept design in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties that will attract local investment. The study evaluated the potential capacity of the existing historic structures to be adaptively reused for various uses, based on their size, layout, and condition. The study provided order-of-magnitude costs associated with historic rehabilitation of buildings to meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Rehabilitation. It identified critical issues that would need to be addressed as part of rehabilitation, or would be considered in decisions to remove or partially remove existing structures, or provide for reuse that would not attain the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. https://www.preservationstudio.com/home daily 1.0 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425506839827-ZRCUKFSSZ5E4N40LC2OT/FISP.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428610070366-NPQ9MZ9LE53SUREH8G46/Fallingwater-Intro.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428609620724-5WXKXM76GP7WDB5TWQ2M/Documentation-Intro.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428609826679-9BWN8T2AK9FSVM5TKV6O/Harlem-Stage-Intro.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428609974961-7269PL5VMCWGSGXVSN5M/Breakers-Intro.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1429905074610-0VX2873DFTBFML0M2A61/image-asset.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1717441796309-LVKK5KH2QQD3R4C4AMVH/FISP-Intro-10th+Cycle-1.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1707868276407-RETO3ZEUWLNA79RSEGO0/WBE-Intro-2.jpg Home https://www.preservationstudio.com/commercial daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671680087-PZPGIV4CYFI713YOCPMJ/finalA.jpg 08: Commercial - Bayard-Condict Building New York, NY This designated landmark, 12-story building was designed by Louis Sullivan in 1897 and is the only Sullivan building ever built in New York City. The goal of the restoration project was to preserve as much of Sullivan’s original terra-cotta façade as possible. This required disassembling all cracked terra-cotta units on the building—some 1,300 of the 7,000 pieces—repairing them and then reinstalling the restored material. Pieces damaged beyond repair were replicated, carefully mimicking the original work; however, only 30 new pieces were required. Column capitals at the ground-floor level had long disappeared due to unsympathetic renovations to the storefronts executed in the 1960s. Fortunately, one original capital had survived in the basement of the Brooklyn Museum, and this was replicated. In addition, replicas were reviewed at the upstate New York manufacturing plant for quality control. All work was performed while the building was fully occupied, with minimal disruption to the occupants’ activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671680087-PZPGIV4CYFI713YOCPMJ/finalA.jpg 08: Commercial - Bayard-Condict Building New York, NY This designated landmark, 12-story building was designed by Louis Sullivan in 1897 and is the only Sullivan building ever built in New York City. The goal of the restoration project was to preserve as much of Sullivan’s original terra-cotta façade as possible. This required disassembling all cracked terra-cotta units on the building—some 1,300 of the 7,000 pieces—repairing them and then reinstalling the restored material. Pieces damaged beyond repair were replicated, carefully mimicking the original work; however, only 30 new pieces were required. Column capitals at the ground-floor level had long disappeared due to unsympathetic renovations to the storefronts executed in the 1960s. Fortunately, one original capital had survived in the basement of the Brooklyn Museum, and this was replicated. In addition, replicas were reviewed at the upstate New York manufacturing plant for quality control. All work was performed while the building was fully occupied, with minimal disruption to the occupants’ activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671754111-CX4PLE6ER7SVEDMLE2D4/P1030534.JPG 08: Commercial - 100 Broadway New York, NY The American Surety Company Building at 100 Broadway is an individual New York City designated landmark located in the heart of the financial district. Designed by Bruce Price and completed in 1896, with a 1922 addition by Herman Lee Meader, it was an influential early skyscraper, amongst the first New York City buildings to a have steel-framed curtain wall construction. The two Renaissance-style street façades on Broadway and Pine Street are designed as a column with a tripartite division of base, shaft and capital, a model that was widely replicated by subsequent commercial buildings. The granite-clad structure has striking ornamental detailing throughout, including a two-story colonnade at street level with Ionic columns on Broadway and Doric columns on Pine Street; eight one-story high, raised-relief statues at the third floor; two additional pairs at the 14th–15th floor levels on the Broadway façade; and a projecting cornice at the 20th floor. WASA/Studio A has been working at 100 Broadway since 1998, performing Local Laws 10/80 and 11/98 and FISP façade inspections and filing critical examination reports. We have designed façade repairs and cleaning, re-roofing and sidewalk/waterproofing projects. In addition, APS under WASA/Studio A designed the replacement of all of the building’s windows with New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission-approved double-glazed units. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178214209-ANGNKAA3ERQ8CT0501NK/1410+Broadway.jpg 08: Commercial - 1410 Broadway New York, NY 1410 Broadway is an Art Deco skyscraper originally known as the Bricken Casino Building and dating to 1931. It is located in the Garment Center Historic District listed in 2009 on the National Register for Historic Places. The structure was designed by Ely Jacques Kahn, who was responsible for several skyscrapers in the Garment District. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform the 8th Cycle FISP critical examination report and to develop and administer construction documents for any façade repairs identified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170735030-YEL090KXG0X5KDGA419D/1441+Broadway.jpg 08: Commercial - 1441 Broadway New York, NY 1441 Broadway is an Art Deco skyscraper originally known as the Bricken Textile Building and dating to 1929. It is located in the Garment Center Historic District listed in 2009 on the National Register for Historic Places. The structure was designed by Ely Jacques Kahn, who was responsible for several skyscrapers in the Garment District. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform the 8th Cycle FISP critical examination report and to develop and administer construction documents for any façade repairs identified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170491544-9Q922Q7X41XZYUM969DL/285+Madison.jpg 08: Commercial - 285 Madison Avenue New York, NY 285 Madison Avenue is an eclectic 25-story office building erected in 1925. The steel-framed building is clad in limestone at the lower stories and brick above, with terra-cotta ornamentation, including decorative lintels and sills, balustrades, cornices, and sculptural elements. The building is articulated by six setbacks culminating in a tower at the corner of East 40th Street and Madison Avenue. Architectural Preservation Studio’s initial involvement with 285 Madison Avenue began with a review of the exterior for a Local Law 10/80 Fourth Cycle report filing. This led to probes of deteriorated areas and a conditions assessment. A major repair program executed in 1996-97 replaced one third of the cracked terra-cotta lintels with cast-stone replicas. Balustrades were disassembled and reconstructed where necessary to stabilize them and to replace fatigued metal flashing with through-wall cap flashing. Continuous vertical cracks required extensive rebuilding of corners, and occasionally, reinforcing of the steel frame. Corroding outriggers which supported the cornices were stabilized by installation of discrete external steel straps on the coping stones. We continued to service the client for the Fifth Cycle of Local Law 11/98, which was filed as Safe. The exterior repair program undertaken from 2005-06 to comply with Local Law 11/98 Sixth Cycle, required work to be performed to new areas of deterioration only, as all of the ten-year old repairs had remained intact. Architectural Preservation Studio continued to design and implement repairs to the exterior of the building in a systematic manner. The courtyard fire-stair platforms were completely rebuilt. All of the setbacks, originally quarry tile, have been abated and replaced with modified-bitumen waterproofing. The main roof and its bulkheads were also re-roofed. At the 12th floor, the original steel section, double-hung windows were restored. The courtyard façades underwent repair including replacement of steel lintels and concrete sills, and some parapet rebuilding. The 25-story chimney was demolished and the brickwork revealed coated with stucco. Another project involved the repair of the lobby marble work damaged from a fatal elevator accident. Recently, we completed exterior repairs in compliance with the 8th Cycle of FISP (formerly Local Law 11/98), permitting us to file the critical examination report as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178280990-YO6DIM1XKQPJBJTFSVSF/71%2BFifth%2BElevation.jpg 08: Commercial - 71 Fifth Avenue New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) performed a FISP (Façade Inspection and Safety Program) critical examination and report filing for this historic structure. This was followed by the preparation of Construction Documents for terra-cotta, metal and brick-masonry façade restoration, including repainting of the metal-cornice elements of this early 20th-century commercial building located in the Ladies Mile Historic District of New York City. APS is currently overseeing construction, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590157174139-CK0Q5BXHOPRR59A318R6/135W27+Street+Facade+crop.jpg 08: Commercial - 135 West 27th Street New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) prepared construction documents for the terra-cotta, cast-iron and brick-masonry façade restoration, including repainting of the cast-iron elements of this early 20th-century commercial building in the Garment District of New York City. APS is currently overseeing construction, which is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178316134-JUTX1I1ALJGIA646JLJD/IMGP5109.JPG 08: Commercial - 1515 Broadway New York, NY 1515 Broadway is a 57-story office building with a seven-story limestone-clad extension on the south, east and west elevations that houses the Astor Theatre and ground-floor retail space. The tower has distinctive projecting vertical limestone fins located near each building corner, accentuating the glazed curtain-wall system. At the top of the tower, the fins are connected together by a two-story-high limestone-clad mechanical equipment space. WASA/Studio A was first called in to determine the cause of curtain wall glazing failures, where 5-foot by 10-foot windows were falling from the building in high- wind conditions. We discovered an inadequacy in the structural attachment of the double-bay corner windows and developed a simple repair to rectify the condition. APS under WASA/Studio A has worked on this building for the past 20 years performing Local Law 11/98 critical examinations, as well as repairs to both the limestone and glazed curtain-wall façade elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178350818-LB0HFPA17IGDVZW8PFUQ/Facade_001-low_res.jpg 08: Commercial - 60 Broad Street New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671821006-O3WXRC7Q2RHQGUJB76A4/450px-Tower_49-02.jpg 08: Commercial - Tower 49 New York, NY APS under WASA/Studio A has worked on many phases of roofing and façade projects over the years at this historic New York City structure within a landmark district. The duplex penthouse in the building provided the primary residence to Nelson Rockefeller for many years. The 14-story steel-framed structure is composed primarily of limestone with an ornamental terra- cotta cornice. During a recent restoration of the two street façades, APS prepared documents and administered construction for the project, which included extensive installation of dutchmen at previously inappropriately patched locations; replacement of deteriorated ornamental limestone elements with new limestone to match the original; dismantling and replacing the support structure; repairing and reinstalling the terra-cotta cornice; repointing of open mortar joints and installing lead weathercaps at all horizontal surfaces; repairing, repainting and recaulking of all the wood windows; and complete building cleaning using a combination of water washing and the JOS low-pressure water micro- abrasives system. During previous phases, we designed and administered the replacement of all roofing systems, including the large penthouse deck, as well as repairing and re-stuccoing the penthouse structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178438701-JMTOU35P16XYCD4IY90Q/1180+After.JPG 08: Commercial - 1180 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) performed a FISP (Façade Inspection and Safety Program) critical examination and report filing for this historic structure. This was followed by the preparation of Construction Documents for terra-cotta, metal and brick-masonry façade restoration, including repainting of the metal-cornice elements of this early 20th-century commercial building located in the Ladies Mile Historic District of New York City. APS is currently overseeing construction, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672236189-F1CBC7Z5VIKI6132IR33/MACYS.jpg 08: Commercial - Macy's Herald Square New York, NY Over a 25-year period, Architectural Preservation Studio performed façade evaluations, restoration and repairs to the exterior of the world’s largest department store. Covering most of an entire city block, the store is listed on the National Register for Historic Places and is actually several combined structures: the Palladian-style Broadway building of 1901–02, designed by De Lemos & Cordes, and enlivened by brick, terra cotta, stone and cast iron facades; and successive brick and stone Art Deco additions designed by Robert D. Kohn in 1924, 1928 and 1931. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672256321-Q5QP39ZEP3O5GZI7IQIH/Macy%27s+Brooklyn_01.JPG 08: Commercial - Macy's Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY https://www.preservationstudio.com/performing-arts daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678149334-MRZJ18KDTHZB4ZJE0EFQ/Gatehouse_17.jpg 04: Performing Arts - Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY The 135th Street Gatehouse, located in Harlem and completed in 1890 as part of the New Croton Aqueduct system. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this gem of a building became a NYC-designated landmark in 1981 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. However, in 1989, the building was decommissioned by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Although recognized as a significant landmark, without a use, the structure languished for approximately 15 years, contributing to the blighted landscape of the neighborhood, overgrown with vegetation, covered in graffiti, the sky shining through its dilapidated slate roof, its future uncertain. Fortunately, under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the building has been reinvented as the Gatehouse providing a theater venue for Harlem Stage. Working with Ohlhausen Dubois Architects, the main level of the restored Gatehouse incorporates a 196-seat theater with a hardwood floor, as well as telescopic and demountable platform seating that allows for maximum flexibility. With the excavation of the existing sand/soil fill in the original valve chambers and the removal of the granite-and-brick interior chamber walls, two new lower floors were created. Along Convent Avenue a new entrance, in a contemporary design, was cut into the existing battered-masonry wall, thus connecting the theater lobby, box office/information desk and handicapped restrooms with the street. The remaining floor area on this middle level was partitioned into dressing rooms with bathrooms, a stage manager’s office, green rooms and a large stagecraft area under the apse. A new one-story addition to the Gatehouse along the south façade contains a freight lift to the theater-floor level for large equipment/stagecraft. The lowest level has a public foyer accessed from the tower elevator/stair, the main restrooms and a coat check area. The remaining floor space is office space for Harlem Stage staff and mechanical equipment, boiler room, electric-service room and water/gas-meter room. As part of the restoration/adaptive reuse efforts, the exterior sandstone-and-granite walls were carefully cleaned and re-pointed. The temporary roof was removed and a new slate roof installed replicating the original. The existing steel doors were restored and new cast-iron windows fabricated including stained-glass transoms based on salvaged pieces of glass. Exterior railings were removed and missing cast-iron medallions recreated and reinstalled. At the interior, the polychromatic brickwork was gently cleaned while still maintaining the patina of time. All preservation work was designed by Architectural Preservation Studio staff, under WASA, in accordance with Secretary of Interior’s Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678149334-MRZJ18KDTHZB4ZJE0EFQ/Gatehouse_17.jpg 04: Performing Arts - Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY The 135th Street Gatehouse, located in Harlem and completed in 1890 as part of the New Croton Aqueduct system. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this gem of a building became a NYC-designated landmark in 1981 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. However, in 1989, the building was decommissioned by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Although recognized as a significant landmark, without a use, the structure languished for approximately 15 years, contributing to the blighted landscape of the neighborhood, overgrown with vegetation, covered in graffiti, the sky shining through its dilapidated slate roof, its future uncertain. Fortunately, under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the building has been reinvented as the Gatehouse providing a theater venue for Harlem Stage. Working with Ohlhausen Dubois Architects, the main level of the restored Gatehouse incorporates a 196-seat theater with a hardwood floor, as well as telescopic and demountable platform seating that allows for maximum flexibility. With the excavation of the existing sand/soil fill in the original valve chambers and the removal of the granite-and-brick interior chamber walls, two new lower floors were created. Along Convent Avenue a new entrance, in a contemporary design, was cut into the existing battered-masonry wall, thus connecting the theater lobby, box office/information desk and handicapped restrooms with the street. The remaining floor area on this middle level was partitioned into dressing rooms with bathrooms, a stage manager’s office, green rooms and a large stagecraft area under the apse. A new one-story addition to the Gatehouse along the south façade contains a freight lift to the theater-floor level for large equipment/stagecraft. The lowest level has a public foyer accessed from the tower elevator/stair, the main restrooms and a coat check area. The remaining floor space is office space for Harlem Stage staff and mechanical equipment, boiler room, electric-service room and water/gas-meter room. As part of the restoration/adaptive reuse efforts, the exterior sandstone-and-granite walls were carefully cleaned and re-pointed. The temporary roof was removed and a new slate roof installed replicating the original. The existing steel doors were restored and new cast-iron windows fabricated including stained-glass transoms based on salvaged pieces of glass. Exterior railings were removed and missing cast-iron medallions recreated and reinstalled. At the interior, the polychromatic brickwork was gently cleaned while still maintaining the patina of time. All preservation work was designed by Architectural Preservation Studio staff, under WASA, in accordance with Secretary of Interior’s Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678175160-RIB7OWM72LM4NLYIFIB8/Gatehouse_10.jpg 04: Performing Arts - Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY The 135th Street Gatehouse, located in Harlem and completed in 1890 as part of the New Croton Aqueduct system. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this gem of a building became a NYC-designated landmark in 1981 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. However, in 1989, the building was decommissioned by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Although recognized as a significant landmark, without a use, the structure languished for approximately 15 years, contributing to the blighted landscape of the neighborhood, overgrown with vegetation, covered in graffiti, the sky shining through its dilapidated slate roof, its future uncertain. Fortunately, under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the building has been reinvented as the Gatehouse providing a theater venue for Harlem Stage. Working with Ohlhausen Dubois Architects, the main level of the restored Gatehouse incorporates a 196-seat theater with a hardwood floor, as well as telescopic and demountable platform seating that allows for maximum flexibility. With the excavation of the existing sand/soil fill in the original valve chambers and the removal of the granite-and-brick interior chamber walls, two new lower floors were created. Along Convent Avenue a new entrance, in a contemporary design, was cut into the existing battered-masonry wall, thus connecting the theater lobby, box office/information desk and handicapped restrooms with the street. The remaining floor area on this middle level was partitioned into dressing rooms with bathrooms, a stage manager’s office, green rooms and a large stagecraft area under the apse. A new one-story addition to the Gatehouse along the south façade contains a freight lift to the theater-floor level for large equipment/stagecraft. The lowest level has a public foyer accessed from the tower elevator/stair, the main restrooms and a coat check area. The remaining floor space is office space for Harlem Stage staff and mechanical equipment, boiler room, electric-service room and water/gas-meter room. As part of the restoration/adaptive reuse efforts, the exterior sandstone-and-granite walls were carefully cleaned and re-pointed. The temporary roof was removed and a new slate roof installed replicating the original. The existing steel doors were restored and new cast-iron windows fabricated including stained-glass transoms based on salvaged pieces of glass. Exterior railings were removed and missing cast-iron medallions recreated and reinstalled. At the interior, the polychromatic brickwork was gently cleaned while still maintaining the patina of time. All preservation work was designed by Architectural Preservation Studio staff, under WASA, in accordance with Secretary of Interior’s Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678188674-SJV9UQHSK0DXEOMPJIOA/Gatehouse_22.jpg 04: Performing Arts - Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY The 135th Street Gatehouse, located in Harlem and completed in 1890 as part of the New Croton Aqueduct system. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this gem of a building became a NYC-designated landmark in 1981 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. However, in 1989, the building was decommissioned by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Although recognized as a significant landmark, without a use, the structure languished for approximately 15 years, contributing to the blighted landscape of the neighborhood, overgrown with vegetation, covered in graffiti, the sky shining through its dilapidated slate roof, its future uncertain. Fortunately, under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the building has been reinvented as the Gatehouse providing a theater venue for Harlem Stage. Working with Ohlhausen Dubois Architects, the main level of the restored Gatehouse incorporates a 196-seat theater with a hardwood floor, as well as telescopic and demountable platform seating that allows for maximum flexibility. With the excavation of the existing sand/soil fill in the original valve chambers and the removal of the granite-and-brick interior chamber walls, two new lower floors were created. Along Convent Avenue a new entrance, in a contemporary design, was cut into the existing battered-masonry wall, thus connecting the theater lobby, box office/information desk and handicapped restrooms with the street. The remaining floor area on this middle level was partitioned into dressing rooms with bathrooms, a stage manager’s office, green rooms and a large stagecraft area under the apse. A new one-story addition to the Gatehouse along the south façade contains a freight lift to the theater-floor level for large equipment/stagecraft. The lowest level has a public foyer accessed from the tower elevator/stair, the main restrooms and a coat check area. The remaining floor space is office space for Harlem Stage staff and mechanical equipment, boiler room, electric-service room and water/gas-meter room. As part of the restoration/adaptive reuse efforts, the exterior sandstone-and-granite walls were carefully cleaned and re-pointed. The temporary roof was removed and a new slate roof installed replicating the original. The existing steel doors were restored and new cast-iron windows fabricated including stained-glass transoms based on salvaged pieces of glass. Exterior railings were removed and missing cast-iron medallions recreated and reinstalled. At the interior, the polychromatic brickwork was gently cleaned while still maintaining the patina of time. All preservation work was designed by Architectural Preservation Studio staff, under WASA, in accordance with Secretary of Interior’s Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678205872-WTFPGNNI5UX8HDZLRW3Q/JPAC_+%2823%29.jpg 04: Performing Arts - Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) Queens, NY This project involved the adaptive reuse of the abandoned 1858-59 First Reformed Church of Jamaica—a state-, national- and NYC-designated landmark—to a performing arts center serving Jamaica’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities. Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, as a consultant to the NYC Department of Design and Construction, worked with in-house designers to develop a plan to create a state-of-the-art performance space while preserving the historic character of the building. The adaptive reuse involved transforming the church into a theater space, with about 325 seats on the main level and 75 seats in the balcony. The main level is designed as a totally flexible space, equipped to house a variety of seating and stage configurations and, in addition, to accommodate banquet facilities. The third floor features a modern conference center for community use, complete with a direct line of site to the stage. Support spaces were implemented in the basement, requiring excavation and underpinning of what was essentially a crawl space. An elevator was inserted in one of the two towers, providing for accessibility. Our design restored the building’s brick-and-brownstone façades and windows—including three stained-glass windows facing Jamaica Avenue—while salvaging other deteriorated stained-glass panels. The church’s remaining windows were returned to their original design—a diamond pattern outlined by slender lead cames. New slate and flat-seam copper roofs were installed to replace the original deteriorated ones. The brownstone entrance stairs were redesigned to create monumental stairs that double for casual outdoor seating. At the interior, original decorative wood trim at the balcony, stage front, and window perimeters was salvaged and reinstalled. Cast-iron columns that formerly supported the balcony, whose steep incline necessitated its redesign, were restored and relocated to the conference center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678214426-IH4PTGRL42F5Z81J4K8G/JPAC_+%283%29.jpg 04: Performing Arts - Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) Queens, NY This project involved the adaptive reuse of the abandoned 1858-59 First Reformed Church of Jamaica—a state-, national- and NYC-designated landmark—to a performing arts center serving Jamaica’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities. Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, as a consultant to the NYC Department of Design and Construction, worked with in-house designers to develop a plan to create a state-of-the-art performance space while preserving the historic character of the building. The adaptive reuse involved transforming the church into a theater space, with about 325 seats on the main level and 75 seats in the balcony. The main level is designed as a totally flexible space, equipped to house a variety of seating and stage configurations and, in addition, to accommodate banquet facilities. The third floor features a modern conference center for community use, complete with a direct line of site to the stage. Support spaces were implemented in the basement, requiring excavation and underpinning of what was essentially a crawl space. An elevator was inserted in one of the two towers, providing for accessibility. Our design restored the building’s brick-and-brownstone façades and windows—including three stained-glass windows facing Jamaica Avenue—while salvaging other deteriorated stained-glass panels. The church’s remaining windows were returned to their original design—a diamond pattern outlined by slender lead cames. New slate and flat-seam copper roofs were installed to replace the original deteriorated ones. The brownstone entrance stairs were redesigned to create monumental stairs that double for casual outdoor seating. At the interior, original decorative wood trim at the balcony, stage front, and window perimeters was salvaged and reinstalled. Cast-iron columns that formerly supported the balcony, whose steep incline necessitated its redesign, were restored and relocated to the conference center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678231831-QCX6PFJ7JQ7RIRZATG3U/JPAC_+%2817%29.jpg 04: Performing Arts - Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) Queens, NY This project involved the adaptive reuse of the abandoned 1858-59 First Reformed Church of Jamaica—a state-, national- and NYC-designated landmark—to a performing arts center serving Jamaica’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities. Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, as a consultant to the NYC Department of Design and Construction, worked with in-house designers to develop a plan to create a state-of-the-art performance space while preserving the historic character of the building. The adaptive reuse involved transforming the church into a theater space, with about 325 seats on the main level and 75 seats in the balcony. The main level is designed as a totally flexible space, equipped to house a variety of seating and stage configurations and, in addition, to accommodate banquet facilities. The third floor features a modern conference center for community use, complete with a direct line of site to the stage. Support spaces were implemented in the basement, requiring excavation and underpinning of what was essentially a crawl space. An elevator was inserted in one of the two towers, providing for accessibility. Our design restored the building’s brick-and-brownstone façades and windows—including three stained-glass windows facing Jamaica Avenue—while salvaging other deteriorated stained-glass panels. The church’s remaining windows were returned to their original design—a diamond pattern outlined by slender lead cames. New slate and flat-seam copper roofs were installed to replace the original deteriorated ones. The brownstone entrance stairs were redesigned to create monumental stairs that double for casual outdoor seating. At the interior, original decorative wood trim at the balcony, stage front, and window perimeters was salvaged and reinstalled. Cast-iron columns that formerly supported the balcony, whose steep incline necessitated its redesign, were restored and relocated to the conference center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170925614-CO4HP9WBQ38H09ALW11S/1680+Lexington.jpg 04: Performing Arts - 1680 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 1680 Lexington Avenue is an individual NYC-designated landmark located in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by David I. Stagg and completed in 1882, the neo-Grec structure formally served as Public School 72 and is one of a few extant examples of this style used in New York City public-school building design. The NYC Economic Development Corporation renovated and restored the building in 1996, which now houses the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center and the Heritage School. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was contracted by Hunter Roberts Construction Group to perform window and façade conditions assessments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170362681-CFTH1MDYGWASQ2QK1FQ6/Coffey.jpg 04: Performing Arts - 153 Coffey Street Brooklyn, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the client to design the roof replacement and related masonry repairs at 153 Coffey Street, Brooklyn. The building is a single-story structure with a basement that was erected for corrugated-cardboard box storage in 1885. APS designed the re-roofing including demolition of the roof-membrane system down to the existing deck and installation of a new multi-ply roofing system. In addition, two roof skylights were re-opened and copper replacements fabricated and installed, and new railings were installed at low parapets to meet current code. The building is presently used as a performing-arts space. https://www.preservationstudio.com/education daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490635947365-JZUA902PMTVZ2O485F7M/VanDerBergFrontElevation.jpg 05: Education - van den Berg Hall - SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by SUNY New Paltz to investigate and design repairs to the existing lead-coated copper batten-seam roof at van den Berg Hall. The building was constructed in 1935 and is a three-story masonry building with a clock tower. A fire destroyed the original clock tower in 1990, including part of the existing roof. Our work includes the design and administration of selective roof repairs to keep the building watertight and the design of a new snow-guard system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490635947365-JZUA902PMTVZ2O485F7M/VanDerBergFrontElevation.jpg 05: Education - van den Berg Hall - SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by SUNY New Paltz to investigate and design repairs to the existing lead-coated copper batten-seam roof at van den Berg Hall. The building was constructed in 1935 and is a three-story masonry building with a clock tower. A fire destroyed the original clock tower in 1990, including part of the existing roof. Our work includes the design and administration of selective roof repairs to keep the building watertight and the design of a new snow-guard system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678371906-3C65DV3NSIRT7MPX4PEL/McVickar-Dusk_A.jpg 05: Education - McVicker Hall - Columbia Unversity New York, NY McVickar Hall at Columbia University is an eight-story, 50,000 GSF residential building that was built in 1908. In 2005, Columbia decided to convert this residential building into an office building that would provide a state-of-the-art work place for the Alumni Relations and Development Groups, and a warm and inviting Welcome Center for alumni. The professional staff from APS were responsible for the façade restoration project. On the interior, a new second elevator was added to the core and the original elevator was refurbished. A communicating stair was added between two of the more executive floors. ADA-compliance was achieved by the sensitive addition of a ramp on the exterior. The missing sheet-metal cornice was replicated from period photos. Photo by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678698373-ALAJO2WA125MO5T4D4AY/NYU+246+Greene_2014.01.16.jpg 05: Education - 246 Greene Street - New York University New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678728585-209Y9POS8MVYX7115AAB/Duke+Mansion_003.jpg 05: Education - James B. Duke Mansion - New York University New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678749154-QN7L4PPXBNXHDW1DXADH/Fordham+Keating+Hall.jpg 05: Education - Keating Hall - Fordham University Bronx, NY Constructed in 1935, Keating Hall is a neo-gothic granite building with carved limestone trim. The central clock tower is a landmark of Fordham University’s Rose Hill Campus. Over the years, the limestone deteriorated, whereas the granite remained in good condition. After an initial conditions assessment, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA Studio, designed a probe program to evaluate concealed conditions. Probes revealed the underlying cause of the limestone failures was related to the location of flashing, which led to moisture retention in the limestone. Subsequently, in collaboration with Severud Associates, structural engineers, we designed and oversaw the repair of the tower. We conducted a stone-by-stone inspection of the façades, and deteriorated limestone trim was repaired by installation of matching dutchmen, and in some cases, full stone units. At the crenellated parapets, original limestone copings were removed and reset on through-wall copper flashing carefully designed to provide overlaps and end dams, thus precluding moisture penetration into the stone courses below. The copings were anchored into place using stainless steel fasteners. Lead weather-caps sealed the transverse joints. 100% repointing with a high-calcium lime-modified cementitious mortar was performed. The tower’s steel-casement and diamond-patterned lead-came windows were meticulously restored and their performance improved by refurbishing original hardware to full functionality and the addition of compatible weather-stripping. The slab of the upper level roof was so deteriorated it required full replacement. This led to the reconstruction of the copper bulkhead. At both the lower and upper roofs, new flat-seam copper roofs replaced the failed existing. The copper housing for the clock mechanism was recreated, and new copper louvered vents replaced the existing metal-fatigued originals at the four turrets. The wrought-iron staircase was stripped to bare metal, repaired and repainted. In addition, an earlier project designed and administered the replacement of 900 wood windows in the remaining building with aluminum double-glazed replicas that matched existing sightlines. The unique wood tracery details were retained and conserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173218830-NVJLQUIJSKAC42E0U2SH/DeLaSalle+Hall.jpg 05: Education - Memorial and De La Salle Halls - Manhattan College Bronx, NY APS is currently working on the exterior restoration of two of the Manhattan College’s historic quad buildings, Memorial and De La Salle Halls. The Georgian Revival buildings, completed in 1923, are built primarily of red brick, with limestone cornices, tableaus, pediments, water table, and string courses, as well as keystones and spandrel insets. During earlier investigative phase under WASA, the professional staff of APS discovered that the construction of the buildings is somewhat unusual. Probes revealed that the exterior load-bearing walls support steel beams that carry concrete floors. In addition to flat and round brick arches above window openings, loose steel lintels were also employed at various locations and depths in the wall. Years of intermittent and sometimes persistent roof leaks have led to the corrosion and movement of many of these steel components. Repairs included resetting of limestone cornices and string courses, stone Dutchmen, trowel-applied patching, and epoxy injections. Other typical repairs included stitching in new brickwork at existing cracked masonry, reinforcing building corners, slate-sill replacement, and replacement of many of the steel lintels. Repairs at the roof included resetting of slate tile, re-cladding of dormers, and chimney restoration. The monumental stairs were also reconstructed. In addition, under WASA, the professional staff of APS designed and performed the masonry rebuilding of the load-bearing south wall at Chrysostom Hall, the oldest building on campus. We provided the Seventh Cycle FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program) critical examination and report filing for Horan Hall, and then undertook the design and administration of the SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program) repairs. We also performed a similar exercise for Overlook Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590157849489-YF6NFF8KOWY8LIHZF0BE/Avon+Old+School.JPG 05: Education - Avon Old Farms School Avon, CT It was founded in 1927 and the campus and original buildings were designed by Theodate Pope Riddle, one of America’s first female architects. The Avon Old Farms campus was designed in the style of an English Costwold village from 1818 to 1929. Riddle Refectory is rectangular in plan, with the greater portion being an open, two-story hall. The smaller, west end is divided into an entry on the lower level with the upper level serving as a balcony overlooking the hall. In cross-section, the building profile is that of a “basilica”, in that it has a stepped roofline with a central section raised as a continuous double-sided clerestory. The roof is framed and supported by a stacked, double arch composed of heavy timbers, providing an open hall free of columns. Walls are constructed of red sandstone with an interior plaster finish. The roof is clad in random-sized red slate graduating from thinner at the top to thicker towards the eaves. A rounded copper ridge extends continuously along the peak of the upper roof, terminating in rounded ends. Above the main entrance, on the lower roof, is a single “fantail dormer” that illuminates the balcony. Architectural Preservation Studio provided preservation consulting services which included reviewing the existing slate roofing conditions and existing drawings and proposed repair procedures at the Riddle Refectory (Dining Hall) at the historic Old Farms campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678767417-HMWMP2AC2DCJG09I8RNR/P1050134.JPG 05: Education - The Rectory - University of Connecticut Waterbury, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590172805521-WEI9UM49F6DX41E9DRQO/IMAG5311.jpg 05: Education - Demarest Hall - Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ Demarest Hall, erected in 1950, was named after William Henry Steele Demarest (1863-1956). Demarest was the President of Rutgers College from 1906-1925, and Trustee of Rutgers from 1899-1947. Demarest later became President of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary from 1925-35. Demarest Hall is a three-story residential building and is colonial in style. The plan is “U”-shaped and the façade is articulated with a red brick with quoins at the corners, white-trimmed windows, and a slate roof topped by a central cupola. The central roof is gabled and the two side wings are gambrel with punctuated dormers. Between the gable and gambrel are slightly recessed east and west hyphens, which are also gambrel in style. At the request of the client, Architectural Preservation Studio designed a new asphalt-shingle replacement roof, new copper lined built-in gutters, cornice and cupola repairs, and new aluminum windows for the roof dormers. APS performed an investigation from an aerial lift, developed the construction documents, assisted with bidding, and administered construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175919744-QC5F83BZVLO0N16D83TH/809+Catle+Point+Terrace.jpg 05: Education - 809 Castle Point Terrace Hoboken, NJ John Stevens, the founder of Hoboken, bought land in 1784 and built his summer resort on Castle Point – the highest elevation in the area – in the early 1800s. After his death in 1838, his heirs established the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, selling off large parts of the property to the City of Hoboken. Thirty acres of Castle Point remained under the family’s ownership. Edwin Stevens, son of John Stevens, replaced the old summer resort with a Victorian mansion (known as “Castle Stevens” or “Villa on the Hudson”) in 1853. In 1886, Edwin’s will bequeathed the funds and land for an “institution of learning.” The Stevens Institute of Technology opened in 1870. From 1900-03, the Stevens family gradually sold vacant land parcels to new buyers, which led to the establishment of the Castle Point Terrace neighborhood with its yellow cobblestone street. In 1900, 809 Castle Point Terrace was sold to construct the current Neo-Gothic house. In 1963, 809 Castle Point Terrace became the new home for the Delta Tau Delta, and in 1991, Castle Point Historic District was established to protect the prestigious neighborhood. The building continues to be the home of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and is owned by the Stevens Institute of Technology. The two-storied Neo-Gothic structure is clad with white iron-spot bricks and terra-cotta ornamentation. The sloping roof is covered with Ludowici-Celadon Imperial Closed shingles. Most of the windows and gables have ornamental terra-cotta floral decorative units, and the pattern above the windows mimics the three-pointed Gothic arches. The structure is located up the slope from Castle Point Terrace, and the street level is connected to the main building entrance portico via a set of steps supported by retaining walls. APS performed an exterior conditions assessment, which included a drone survey of the leaking roof. Much of the terra cotta, particularly at lintels, has cracked, presumably from concealed corroding steel. The terra-cotta shingle roof and membrane setback roofs have outlived their service life and require replacement. Retaining walls are in poor condition. Leaks were also occurring through the foundation walls at the uphill side of the building. APS design and administered foundation damp-proofing, including re-routing of downspouts and installation of piping to carry away foundation moisture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175792375-IWE8MTXYAPX0N6KWGAZM/Gatehouse.jpg 05: Education - Castle point Gatehouse - Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Stevens Institute of Technology to restore the exterior of the Castle Point Gatehouse, the surviving remnant of the Stevens Castle, a 40-room mansion. Dating to 1853, the Castle Point Gatehouse currently marks the southern entrance to the Stevens Institute of Technology campus. The load-bearing stone and brick structure was in a serious state of disrepair. APS performed a conditions assessment and structural review of the collapsing areas, providing a report along with a construction cost estimate. Following this, the structure was stabilized, while APS developed Construction Documents. APS then administered construction, restoring the masonry and wrought-iron work, accomplishing re-roofing, and refurbishing the wood windows, for a fee well below the client’s budget. The project also involved the application of lime-based stone patching for the repair of the existing serpentine-stone masonry. Soon after completion, an accident occurred where a truck attempted to pass through the gate, thereby structurally destabilizing it. APS designed the stone-by-stone disassembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678390545-G1YP1FNUVARCYJP9S0XY/Columbia+Int+Affairs_03.JPG 05: Education - International Affairs Building - Columbia University New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175022514-KEE6QG19AXUNFL1ZAQBT/24+Waverly.jpg 05: Education - 24 Waverly Place - New York University New York, NY Completed in 1906, 24 Waverly Place is an 11-story academic building on the NYU campus. Located on a corner, the street façades are constructed with concrete bricks, the upper two stories of which had been replaced with EIFS. The facades are articulated by string courses of terra cotta. Architectural Preservation Studio performed an initial survey and designed the repair of SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program) conditions. These included spandrel rebuilding, re-pointing, secondary spandrel steel replacement, terra-cotta cartouche disassembly and reassembly along with terra-cotta crack and patch repairs, and EIFS repairs. For the 8th Cycle of FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program, formerly known as Local Law 11/98), the building was filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173651804-OPUT6SHHWL8Q3WIKQRBM/18-20+East+8th+Street.jpg 05: Education - 18-20 East 8th Street - New York University New York, NY 18-20 East 8th Street constructed in 1834-1835, is used as housing for NYU faculty. It is located between University Place and 5th Avenue within the Greenwich Village Historic District. This section of East 8th Street was originally designed as a row of single-family townhouse residences. This Greek Revival building was remodeled in 1916 when it was converted into apartments. The façade was redesigned in the Mediterranean style. The north façade is rendered in stucco with a brick base and brick sills. The entrance has a semicircular arched door surround decorated with tiles. This façade is mostly symmetrical; decorative elements above windows vary and an arched parapet breaks the roofline on the 18 East 8th Street side. The south, east, and west façades are constructed of brick with a stucco finish along the 1st floor, stone sills and lintels, single-hung windows, and a fire-escape stair along the south façade. Architectural Preservation Studio initially undertook an exterior conditions assessment of the building. Sections of plaster on the east façade and the bulkhead were in poor condition. The fire staircase had peeling paint, missing guard rails, and corrosion. Rusted lintels, deteriorated party-wall copings and finally the concrete staircase leading to the basement was entirely spalled. Following the submission of a report with a prioritized cost estimate, APS developed construction documents and is currently overseeing bidding and construction administration that includes stucco repair, fire staircase recoating and guard rail installation, lintel replacement, party-wall coping replacement and rebuilding the concrete staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590174997425-6QGHH1464B40N6B5S8CC/316%2BThird%2BAvenue.jpg 05: Education - 316 Third Avenue - New York University New York, NY 316 Third Avenue, also known as Gramercy Green, was completed in 2006. It is a 22-story pre-cast concrete panel and a glazed curtain-wall residential structure. Architectural Preservation Studio performed the FISP critical examination and filed the building as SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program). The conditions identified were deteriorated sealant, concrete cracks, concrete spalls, and failed waterproofing at the roof. The building went through a 100% sealant replacement, all concrete cracks were repaired and spalls patched. The failed waterproofing membrane at the roof was replaced and new waterproofing was added to the bulkhead balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173056412-SUTY4PBGHF4UVMWEHOK1/Helyar.jpg 05: Education - Helyar House - Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Helyar House is a two-story residential building located at 20 College Farm Road, in New Brunswick, NJ. It is constructed in masonry with a low-slope roof. The building was designed by Eckert Gatarz Architects and completed in 1968. The existing roofing has an area of approximately 6,500 SF and had reached the end of its service life. Architectural Preservation Studio designed and oversaw the construction of a new lightweight concrete topping followed by a new SBS modified-bitumen roofing system with a 20-year NDL warranty. In addition, associated masonry repairs, including the partial rebuilding of the chimney, were also accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173340543-OYWVIULPD0Q0Z71ZA8QU/Horan+Hall.jpg 05: Education - Horan Hall - Manhattan College Bronx, NY Horan Hall is one of the largest dormitories at Manhattan College. Built in 1991, the building is a 12-story concrete-frame structure, with a cavity-wall system clad in brick. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, was retained to file the Seventh Cycle NYC FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program) report. We identified deteriorated and cracked parapets, spalls at exposed horizontal “eyebrows” (slab edges), and spalls at the railings. The Seventh Cycle FISP report was filed as SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program). We then prepared construction documents for repairs. Concrete around railing penetrations was demolished to provide access to the base and anchorage. Corroded railings were prepared, primed and painted, and re-anchored into repair mortar. Joints were sealed, and the patches treated with a water-repellent coating. A similar approach was taken for the eyebrows. Upon removals, bent stainless-steel pins were inserted to provide additional mechanical attachment. Existing and new reinforcement were prepared and treated with an anti-corrosion coating and binding agent prior to repair-mortar placement. Following a 14-day cure period, the patches were coated with a water-repellent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490642522577-0WEO7IKC4TH36EVRW39N/Aerial.png 05: Education - Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg Township, New Jersey The 48,000-sf plaza forms the core of this central New Jersey community college. The existing plaza, located on three levels and partially over occupied space, had been leaking for many years. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio was engaged to investigate the existing waterproofing conditions and to develop a comprehensive rehabilitation program that could be implemented in phases to accommodate the academic calendar and budget. The new waterproofing system employed new lightweight concrete over the existing structural concrete deck, followed by a two-ply SBS modified-bitumen system, filter fabric, drainage mat and the reinstallation of the existing concrete pavers. Due to intricate terminations, a fluid-applied waterproofing system was specified at all perimeter walls, parapets, scuppers and adjoining areas. Phase 2 of this project was completed in November 2011. Architectural Preservation Studio was recently retained to design and administer Phase 3. https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles daily 0.75 2019-09-27 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2019/9/27/aps-newsletter-september-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1569614636159-9XVCCT716HTESPUZ81MJ/06_APS+Newsletter-Sept+2019_Page_1.jpg Articles - APS Newsletter September 2019 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2019/9/27/aps-newsletter-may-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1569614548745-9A79YHLPKI19RIHALSVH/05_APS_Newsletter-May%2B2019_Page_1.jpg Articles - APS Newsletter May 2019 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2019/9/27/aps-newsletter-january-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1569614477157-LFBWPOV9ZMN5RBZERYKV/04_APS+Newsletter-Jan+2019_Page_1.jpg Articles - APS Newsletter January 2019 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2019/9/27/aps-newsletter-october-2018 monthly 0.5 2019-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1569614369481-H58VQPGNTZ76EF8RP1YY/03_ASPS+Newsletter-Oct+2018_Page_1.jpg Articles - APS Newsletter October 2018 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2019/9/27/aps-newsletter-june-2018 monthly 0.5 2019-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1569614146475-ZTLX6A4UWZ9YBOK1WOR2/image-asset.jpeg Articles - APS Newsletter June 2018 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2018/3/2/eeri-earthquake-spectra-special-issue-on-the-2015-gorkha-earthquake-in-nepal monthly 0.5 2018-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1520013492898-DPFD2RKUHICKX0S309S4/2017_Nepal_EQ_Spectra_Page_01.jpg Articles - EERI Earthquake Spectra: Special Issue on the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal. https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2018/3/1/aps-march-2018-newsletter monthly 0.5 2019-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1519940639205-N364FVQNARZ64LR8368S/APS+NEWSLETTER_March+2018_Page_1.jpg Articles - APS March 2018 Newsletter https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2017/7/21/digital-documentation-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-masterpiece-fallingwater monthly 0.5 2018-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1500654100514-YGZQ2TX7QCCADSE01YW0/image-asset.jpeg Articles - Digital Documentation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece, Fallingwater https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/2015/12/18/applicator-magazine-fall-2014 monthly 0.5 2015-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1450447199173-WU4C2EM1397SVOFLB7IW/Applicator+Fall+14.jpg Articles - Applicator Magazine - Fall 2014 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/category/Article monthly 0.5 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/tag/Custom+House monthly 0.5 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/tag/Fall+Protection monthly 0.5 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/tag/Applicator monthly 0.5 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/tag/GSA monthly 0.5 https://www.preservationstudio.com/articles/tag/Fall+2014 monthly 0.5 https://www.preservationstudio.com/10-religious daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490637864344-0EBOAX5EY88S3L5KKROF/St+Agnes.jpg 10: Religious - ​​​​​​​St. Agnes Cathedral Rockville Centre, NY St. Agnes Cathedral in was designed by Gustave E. Steinbeck and completed in 1935. An architectural icon of Long Island, it is the center of the sixth-largest Catholic diocese. The exterior is mainly comprised of beige brick, embellished with limestone. The roof is sheathed with slate tiles. The project entailed a conditions assessment of the original casement and fixed rolled-steel windows and doors on the steeple, preparation of repair recommendations, cost estimating, and construction documents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490637864344-0EBOAX5EY88S3L5KKROF/St+Agnes.jpg 10: Religious - ​​​​​​​St. Agnes Cathedral Rockville Centre, NY St. Agnes Cathedral in was designed by Gustave E. Steinbeck and completed in 1935. An architectural icon of Long Island, it is the center of the sixth-largest Catholic diocese. The exterior is mainly comprised of beige brick, embellished with limestone. The roof is sheathed with slate tiles. The project entailed a conditions assessment of the original casement and fixed rolled-steel windows and doors on the steeple, preparation of repair recommendations, cost estimating, and construction documents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490304721825-CF1E8OK5CTHM222XBIDS/L1150565.JPG 10: Religious - St. John’s Episcopal Church Washington, CT Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by St. John’s Episcopal Church for professional architectural services associated with providing contract documents and construction administration services for the required façade, roofing and narthex (west entry vestibule) and porch (south entry vestibule) restoration work at the church. Dating to 1918 and designed by Ehrick Rossiter, the Gothic Revival church is part of the Washington Green Historic District and is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places. The project also includes the design of a new ADA-compliant ramp into the building. The project is currently in Phase I construction for the restoration of the slate roofing and copper flashing systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490298347005-CVB05E6S902FD251AHPM/L1150565.JPG 10: Religious - St. John’s Episcopal Church Washington, CT Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by St. John’s Episcopal Church for professional architectural services associated with providing contract documents and construction administration services for the required façade, roofing and narthex (west entry vestibule) and porch (south entry vestibule) restoration work at the church. Dating to 1918 and designed by Ehrick Rossiter, the Gothic Revival church is part of the Washington Green Historic District and is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places. The project also includes the design of a new ADA-compliant ramp into the building. The project is currently in Phase I construction for the restoration of the slate roofing and copper flashing systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490633362292-9QFS9JT67P7OUQGPIEJH/St+Cornelius+Report+Cover+Photo.jpg 10: Religious - Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion Governors Island, NY The Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion is located in the Noland Park section of Governors Island, a nationally and NYC-designated historic district. The chapel is a one-story masonry structure with a basement of approximately 9,400 gross square feet designed by the noted architect of church and collegiate buildings, Charles C. Haight. Built between 1905 and 1906, the Chapel of St. Cornelius is a cruciform church constructed of Indiana limestone. It was designed in the English Gothic style. An entrance located in the northwest corner of the chapel provides access to the nave. The transept separates the nave from the chancel. The south end of the transept contains a baptismal font and has access to the sacristy, choir loft, and the basement stairs. A side chapel dedicated to St. Albans is located off the north transept. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Trinity Real Estate and coordinated numerous sub-consultants to provide a comprehensive conditions assessment of the interior and exterior of the building, including evaluation of architectural, structural, MEP engineering, paint-finish analysis, stained-glass windows, hazardous-materials identification, life safety, ADA compliance, and preliminary cost estimate. We also performed laser-scanning documentation of the exterior and interior in-house to produce highly accurate background drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124951858-IH20RWO7E7BW5X9NP8UH/Avon+Church.jpg 10: Religious - Avon Congregational Church Avon, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Avon Congregational Church (ACC) to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the original sanctuary building at the Avon Congregational Church in Avon, CT (1818). The primary focus of this study is to provide the ACC with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the original sanctuary building and based upon this assessment present both recommendations and cost estimates for necessary stabilization and repair of this important structure. The church was designed by architect David Hoadley, a significant Connecticut-born designer/builder who designed and built numerous churches and houses around the state. His designs established the quintessential classic New England, white, steepled Church-on-the-Green which has become the model of many designers who followed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158001247-C8QJ1YQV9ELIBF07IYHZ/First+Church.JPG 10: Religious - First Church Congregational Fairfield, CT First Church Congregational is composed of five structures, four of which are physically connected, and the fifth of which is located on an adjacent property. Oldest, most historic, and most architecturally significant is the 1891 Sanctuary, designed by J. Cleveland Cady in the Romanesque style. It and the 1954 former Fairfield Historical Society, now the home of Project Hope are included in the Old Post Road Local Historic District and the Fairfield National Historic District. Also on the property are the 1926 Parish House, now known as Wakeman Hall, and the 1962 Jones Educational Wing and Connector. Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the First Church Congregational to perform two studies. The First study a comprehensive Preservation Master Plan for the First Church Congregational in Fairfield, CT was performed. The primary focus of the Master Plan was to provide the Church with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions and based upon this assessment, present both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessary repairs of Church structures. The second study was to perform a Programming/Utilization Study of the First Church Congregational. The purpose of this study was to support a capital campaign; to facilitate the Church in making the best possible use of the spaces available; to provide for ADA accessibility throughout the campus; to identify opportunities for possible development and/or expansion and to utilize to its fullest its campus to ensure future growth and the ability to sustain its mission as a Servant Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490298194600-F1ROQYN99OI6144BIABR/L1040092.JPG 10: Religious - Bethel AME Church Greenwich, CT Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Bethel AME Church for professional architectural services associated with preparing Construction Documents for restoration of the deteriorated front steps at the Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124435882-GPYQYMJSSLQ0HLGD4FBV/St+Johns+Church.jpg 10: Religious - St. John’s Episcopal Church Washington, CT Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by St. John’s Episcopal Church for professional architectural services associated with providing contract documents and construction administration services for the required façade, roofing and narthex (west entry vestibule) and porch (south entry vestibule) restoration work at the church. Dating to 1918 and designed by Ehrick Rossiter, the Gothic Revival church is part of the Washington Green Historic District and is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places. The project also includes the design of a new ADA-compliant ramp into the building. The project is currently in Phase I construction for the restoration of the slate roofing and copper flashing systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490637525214-9Q1LZEBC5KUQ7UHMBIXM/IMAG4391.jpg 10: Religious - Temple Israel Long Beach, NY The Temple Israel complex houses the first synagogue in Long Beach, completed in 1924. An adjacent school building was dedicated in 1930. A third building, the Rose and Irving H. Engel Center, was added in 1966. Architectural Preservation Studio performed an exterior conditions assessment of the complex. In addition, we provided laser-scanning documentation of the exterior and interior of the synagogue. The synagogue is a two-story stuccoed solid masonry structure with decorative-wood surrounds and a terra-cotta tile roof. The school, which is now used for senior citizens, is a three-story brick building with stone detailing and asphalt-shingle-clad roof. The center is a steel-frame brick and cast-stone cavity wall, interrupted by full-height aluminum and glazed curtain wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178866854-K6KNY2WF3M0UL8ZMICI6/Gray+Gables.jpg 10: Religious - Gray Gables New Canaan, CT “Gray Gables”, was built in 1912 as the summer home for Dr. James W. McLane and his family, and is currently used as the administrative offices for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. The church property which includes “Gray Gables”, and the 1968 Mid-century Modern Sanctuary complex designed by Sherwood, Mills, and Smith (SMS), is in the process of nomination on the National Register of Historic Places. Architectural Preservation Studio is providing preservation services associated with a multi-phased Historic Rehabilitation project at “Gray Gables”. The project will sensitively rehabilitate the interior in order to provide a “Center for Ministry” while complying with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Historic Rehabilitation. Phase 1, currently in process, of the project, includes providing guidance and sensitive architectural design solutions for the proposed installation of a modern HVAC system in this historic structure incorporating programming/space-planning, sensitive installation of necessary distribution systems and energy efficiency for the building. https://www.preservationstudio.com/11-libraries daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158599266-G65D3YVMZ5J38JY7YEFX/Redwood+Library.jpg 11: Libraries - Redwood Library & Athenaeum Newport, RI The Redwood Library is the oldest, continuously operating community library still occupying its original building in the United States. Founded in 1747, the original section of the Redwood Library was designed in the Georgian-Palladian style by Peter Harrison and completed in 1750. It was the first classical-style public building built in America was listed on the National Register of Historic places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 1966. The original one-room building, facing Bellevue Avenue, is today called the Harrison Room and still houses many of the original books that were purchased primarily by Abraham Redwood as a collection in London. Over its long history, the Library expanded with the addition of a Reading Room in 1858 designed by Boston architect, George Snell; the East Room and Wings in 1875 designed by George Champlin Mason; the Perry Stacks in 1912; the Van Alen Art Gallery in 1940; the McBean Wing in 1985; and finally, the Addition in 2005. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962. The 1776 Octagonal Summer House Pavilion was moved to the site from Abraham Redwood’s country house. The historically important 1853 Rheinlander House across the street from the library serves as the Library’s Annex Building. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to prepare a Preservation Master Plan for the exterior and related interior surfaces of the historic Redwood Library. The purpose of the Preservation Master Plan is to serve as a detailed road map for identifying and prioritizing all work needed to be performed on the exterior envelope of the Redwood Library complex, including the Octagonal Summer House Pavilion and the Rheinlander House Annex. This Preservation Master Plan will also provide a tool for fund-raising efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158599266-G65D3YVMZ5J38JY7YEFX/Redwood+Library.jpg 11: Libraries - Redwood Library & Athenaeum Newport, RI The Redwood Library is the oldest, continuously operating community library still occupying its original building in the United States. Founded in 1747, the original section of the Redwood Library was designed in the Georgian-Palladian style by Peter Harrison and completed in 1750. It was the first classical-style public building built in America was listed on the National Register of Historic places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 1966. The original one-room building, facing Bellevue Avenue, is today called the Harrison Room and still houses many of the original books that were purchased primarily by Abraham Redwood as a collection in London. Over its long history, the Library expanded with the addition of a Reading Room in 1858 designed by Boston architect, George Snell; the East Room and Wings in 1875 designed by George Champlin Mason; the Perry Stacks in 1912; the Van Alen Art Gallery in 1940; the McBean Wing in 1985; and finally, the Addition in 2005. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962. The 1776 Octagonal Summer House Pavilion was moved to the site from Abraham Redwood’s country house. The historically important 1853 Rheinlander House across the street from the library serves as the Library’s Annex Building. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to prepare a Preservation Master Plan for the exterior and related interior surfaces of the historic Redwood Library. The purpose of the Preservation Master Plan is to serve as a detailed road map for identifying and prioritizing all work needed to be performed on the exterior envelope of the Redwood Library complex, including the Octagonal Summer House Pavilion and the Rheinlander House Annex. This Preservation Master Plan will also provide a tool for fund-raising efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171601532-UI9O5O3SZ9TLECYYGL3F/Brownsville.jpg 11: Libraries - Brownsville Branch Library Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Public Library Brownsville Branch is among the 67 library buildings across the five boroughs of New York City funded by a donation from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. The composition of the building is characteristic of suburban Carnegie libraries; the freestanding Classical Revival structure is surrounded by an open lawn, symmetrical, constructed of brick with minimal ornamentation, utilizes large windows, and incorporates a double-height reading room with an open loft. The Brownsville Branch Library was designed by the architectural firm of Lord & Hewlett and opened to the public in December of 1908. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was retained by LTL Architects to serve as the Historic Preservation and Exterior Envelope Consultant for the Brownsville Branch Library renovation and expansion project. As a landmark-quality building that is eligible for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, all alterations comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. The project includes historic research and compliance reviews of proposed interior and exterior work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171697018-UVIM0M3YDM9BAGDF2OXB/MVPL.jpg 11: Libraries - Mount Vernon Public Library Mount Vernon, NY One of the Carnegie libraries, the limestone edifice was erected in 1904 in Neoclassical style to the design of Edward L. Tilton, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and designed over 100 libraries across the US and Canada. Architectural Preservation Studio was hired to design and administer a series of discrete projects. APS reviewed the roof, including the use of infrared thermography, to determine the cause of a known leak. This resulted in warranty repairs. We redesigned the children’s library bathrooms to meet ADA compliance. In addition, six interior wood doors were in poor condition of which five were restored and one replaced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158592799-97UTGGA818YM2LJ8SYQC/Cossitt+Library.JPG 11: Libraries - F.H. Cossitt Library North Granby, CT The historic F.H. Cossitt Library is located in the town of North Granby, CT. It was built in 1890 and designed by architect Jasper Daniel Sibley of Middletown, CT. The two-story wood-frame structure, square in plan, is composed of brick on the first floor and clapboard on the second floor. The structure has a hip roof with a projecting pediment roof and a band of clearstory windows on the front façade. The building is extremely well preserved and is a key historic resource and focal point of the town, as well as an excellent example of Queen Anne Victorian-style architecture. The building was enlarged in the 1960s with a one-story shed addition and then again in 1984 by architect Richard Shope with a stylistically sensitive two-story addition on the rear. The Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672716351-THCAR6I5RP18D81OGH1G/NARA+-+Welcome+Center.JPG 11: Libraries - National Archives at New York City New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171783001-UIF8RR3KMHCVEMFDPYQM/NRPL.jpg 11: Libraries - New Rochelle Public Library New Rochelle, NY With WASA architects and engineers, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio collaborated on a three-part study of the main branch of the New Rochelle Public Library (NPRL), an 80,000-SF structure that was originally mostly a concrete parking garage. This building, converted into a library and opened to the public in 1979, serves as a community hub for the residents of downtown New Rochelle. With its theater, art gallery, café, and other services, it has become a vital community center for the changing demographics of New Rochelle. As a result of the study, the lobby underwent a renovation, including new entry vestibules and canopies. The theater was also renovated and a major building-wide sprinkler installation occurred. Ten years following the completion of the three-part study, APS has been retained to update the existing conditions assessment. https://www.preservationstudio.com/12-international daily 0.75 2020-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603900428383-6BTRVP7JR4XM6S61FHCI/Period+elevation+Central+Oasis.JPG.jpg 12: International - Central Market Honk Kong Architectural Preservation Studio is working with AGC Design Ltd. to rehabilitate and adaptively reuse the Central Market of Hong Kong the Urban Renewal Authority (URA). The 1938 Bauhaus-style four-story concrete structure covers a full block in the central business district of Hong Kong and is currently listed by the Antiquities Monuments Office (AMO) as a Grade IIl building. Central Market’s design emphasizes its horizontality with projecting brise soleils, visors and canopies, and concrete surfaces interrupted by steel hopper strip windows. The Central Market opened in a purposefully built Neoclassical structure in the area of the Canton Bazaar in 1850, which was later replaced with the current building. The interior circulation is built around a central courtyard. Two main staircases exist at either end of the long north-south axis; these gain light from a courtyard. There is a one-bay wide two-story bridge at the center of the courtyard that links the west and east wings of the building at the 2nd and 3rd floors. The stalls on each floor are laid out on both sides of central aisles parallel to the long direction of the building. At its completion, the ground floor could accommodate 57 fish and 46 poultry stalls, the 2nd floor vegetable and fruit vendors, and 62 pork and 42 beef stalls were on the 3rd floor. The top floor includes roof terraces both towards the courtyard and street sides, along with rooms designed as offices for the Sanitary Departments. The building was closed to the public in 2003. APS is working as the concrete conservators for the project for the exterior façade elements, as well as the preservation, display and interpretation of six original market-stall types, two of which have to be reconstructed. One portion of the building already functions as a walkthrough connecting the Central District’s skywalk system. The remainder of the building will be reused as an urban “oasis”, with prepared-food stalls and shops on three of the four floors and a garden in the central courtyard. The top floor will be used for utilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603900428383-6BTRVP7JR4XM6S61FHCI/Period+elevation+Central+Oasis.JPG.jpg 12: International - Central Market Honk Kong Architectural Preservation Studio is working with AGC Design Ltd. to rehabilitate and adaptively reuse the Central Market of Hong Kong the Urban Renewal Authority (URA). The 1938 Bauhaus-style four-story concrete structure covers a full block in the central business district of Hong Kong and is currently listed by the Antiquities Monuments Office (AMO) as a Grade IIl building. Central Market’s design emphasizes its horizontality with projecting brise soleils, visors and canopies, and concrete surfaces interrupted by steel hopper strip windows. The Central Market opened in a purposefully built Neoclassical structure in the area of the Canton Bazaar in 1850, which was later replaced with the current building. The interior circulation is built around a central courtyard. Two main staircases exist at either end of the long north-south axis; these gain light from a courtyard. There is a one-bay wide two-story bridge at the center of the courtyard that links the west and east wings of the building at the 2nd and 3rd floors. The stalls on each floor are laid out on both sides of central aisles parallel to the long direction of the building. At its completion, the ground floor could accommodate 57 fish and 46 poultry stalls, the 2nd floor vegetable and fruit vendors, and 62 pork and 42 beef stalls were on the 3rd floor. The top floor includes roof terraces both towards the courtyard and street sides, along with rooms designed as offices for the Sanitary Departments. The building was closed to the public in 2003. APS is working as the concrete conservators for the project for the exterior façade elements, as well as the preservation, display and interpretation of six original market-stall types, two of which have to be reconstructed. One portion of the building already functions as a walkthrough connecting the Central District’s skywalk system. The remainder of the building will be reused as an urban “oasis”, with prepared-food stalls and shops on three of the four floors and a garden in the central courtyard. The top floor will be used for utilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590174008264-PW30TZ92T0Z3FLDJQJLC/Jeddah.jpg 12: International - Jeddah World Heritage Site Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah is an urban property extending over a surface of 17 hectares in the heart of the old city of Jeddah. It is directly associated, both at the symbolic intangible level and at the architectural and urban level with hajj, the yearly Muslim pilgrimage to the Holy City of Makkah. For the Jeddah Municipality, advice was needed on design guidelines in compliance with UNESCO’s Operational Guidelines. In addition, during the process of preparing the nomination for inscription as a World Heritage site, evaluation of integrity and authenticity and criteria for inscription were evaluated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590179320511-5QJGKN3VIPJES09OF7MK/AL-DIR%E2%80%99IYAH.jpg 12: International - Al-Dir'iyah Word Heritage Site Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mud-brick ruins form an urban site located on the outskirts of Riyadh on the banks of Wadi Hanifah. Dating to the 15th century, the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2010, its Outstanding Universal Value relating to its exemplification of Najdi architecture, its relationship to the surrounding environments, as well as its significance due to its association as the birthplace of the Wahabi sect of Islam. At the invitation of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), Pamela Jerome participated as one of five invited international experts in a two-day workshop to provide recommendations to SCTA on their implementation of a master plan to conserve and display the site to the public in the context of compliance with the UNESCO Operational Guidelines. The range of activities include the introduction of infrastructure, raised walkways, glazed cubicles inserted into the interiors of ruined buildings for museum displays, stabilization of the ruins, and planning and zoning regulations for the buffer zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175416503-W0XO6GEWTCIXJLZRTLYH/Tarim.jpg 12: International - Tarimi Mansions Tarim, Yemen Tarim is a mud-brick city of 100,000 located at the eastern end Wadi Hadhramaut in Yemen. Recognized as the spiritual center of the valley, the city is famous for its 42-meter tall mud-brick minaret al-Muhdhar, manuscript library, three historic graveyards, Shafai’i schools of jurisprudence, and its collection of eclectic mansions. The latter, a product of the aspirations of a merchant class that made their fortune in Southeast Asia, are executed in the local construction technology of load-bearing mud brick and decorative lime plaster. Approximately 15 of the mansions were expropriated in the early 1970s under the former Marxist regime and mostly reused as housing for the poor. As a result, 20 years later when the buildings were returned to their rightful owners, the structures had suffered significantly from lack of maintenance. Essentially abandoned by their former owners who perceived the mansions as more valuable as plots of land, the buildings were undergoing demolition by neglect. After initial research in 1997 and 1999, which resulted in an award-winning documentary, “The Architecture of Mud,” and an award-winning technical paper by the same name, Prof. Pamela Jerome with the Yemeni authorities proposed and successfully listed the abandoned mansions on the World Monuments Fund Watch List from 2000-2004. Funding was provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for the initial feasibility study, accomplished in 2000, and later by UNESCO for an updated feasibility study, submitted in 2004. Prof. Jerome implemented a documentation-training program that paired Columbia University historic-preservation graduate students with employees of Yemen’s General Organization of Antiquities and Museums (GOAM) and undergraduate architecture students from the University of the Hadhramaut, which from 2002 through 2008 documented seven of the significant abandoned mansions in AutoCAD and digital photography, including Quick Time Virtual Reality (QTVR). In addition to the training program, funding was procured to restore the exteriors of several of the buildings from a variety sources, including Yemen’s Social Fund for Development, US State Department’s Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, and the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands. Twenty of the mansions are now restored. Prof. Jerome also provided capacity building for local officials and NGOs, organized the masons into a guild, presented the project at numerous international symposia and museums, and collaborated with an international consultant to prepare the Tentative List nomination for Tarim based on its Outstanding Universal Value of exporting Islam to the Indian Ocean region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590174125248-E63PJFA8EFZI0A4VNPNK/New+Gourna.jpg 12: International - New Gourna World Heritage Site Luxor, Egypt The village of New Gourna was designed by the well-known 20th-century Egyptian architect, Hassan Fathy, for the Supreme Council of Antiquities to house the occupants of Gourna, a village dating to the turn of the 19th century that was constructed on top of the Tombs of the Nobles in Luxor. Designed and implemented in the 1940s, Fathy used local construction technology to create one- to two-story mud-brick buildings with local vernacular references to express his vision of low impact, sustainable design appropriate to the climatic conditions of the region. However, the majority of Gourna villagers refused to move to New Gourna, and continued to occupy their homes over the archaeological site of the Tombs of the Nobles. Over 60 years later, New Gourna has suffered from lack of maintenance and appropriation of majority of the buildings by squatters. The current occupants have piecemeal demolished Fathy’s buildings and replaced them with poorly engineered and inappropriate four-story concrete-frame structures that do not respect the scale or design intent of Fathy’s vision. Since the site is part of the larger World Heritage site of Luxor, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Egyptian authorities and World Monuments Fund, chose to implement a study and management plan for its restoration and re-envisioning as a center for sustainable architecture. APS professional staff, Pamela Jerome, was one of three invited international experts that performed the initial site evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590458853290-JTW3VITEO69QL8WNWHT3/P1170765.JPG 12: International - Rashid al-Karami International Fairground Tripoli, Lebanon In collaboration with the UNESCO regional office in Beirut, development of a Conservation Management Plan for a 1962 international fairground in Tripoli, Lebanon consisting of 15 structures designed by Brazilian architect, Oscar Neimeyer, and on Lebanon's Tentative List. https://www.preservationstudio.com/13-local-government daily 0.75 2020-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603898829405-ANUCZ6X2K7KKJUNHAEHC/Rutherford.jpg 13: Local Government - Rutherford World War One Monument Rutherford, NJ Dedicated on May 31, 1920, the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument is a tribute to the men of Rutherford who sacrificed their lives during World War I. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained as a sub-consultant to the Borough Engineer to prepare a comprehensive evaluation followed by a restoration/conservation plan for this World War I monument. Through on-site observations, historical research and laboratory testing, we verified existing conditions and pathology of deterioration within the historic monument. Our goal was to provide a strategy for a holistic intervention that complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, as well as in-keeping with the artist’s original intent. We also prepared the successful National Register nomination for the property. The project continues to be implemented in phases, The cast-stone memorial column is adorned with statuary bronze, including two tablets at the monument’s base. Atop the base are six eagles with interlinking garlands. Crowning the shaft is a bronze quadruped completed with a glass light fixture resembling a torch flame. Additional lighting fixtures were once installed behind each eagle; however, none of these fixtures remain today. Architectural Preservation Studio designed and oversaw the refurbishment of the existing lighting fixtures, including the torch flame and the recessed fixtures in the base at the eagles. In addition, our staff with WASA electrical engineering designed the street-side lighting. The cast stone was friable, displaying delaminations and vertical cracking, with some areas having complete loss of material. It was patched with a modified-concrete repair mortar with aggregate to replicate the existing texture and color. The cast stone was cleaned and treated with a clear water repellent. There was atmospheric staining, copper staining, biological growth, and calcium-carbonate deposits. Laser-cleaning was used to clean the bronze and cast stone. Restoration of paving and drainage system is also planned. Architectural Preservation Studio assisted with the preservation of items in the time capsule stored in the base of the monument as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603898829405-ANUCZ6X2K7KKJUNHAEHC/Rutherford.jpg 13: Local Government - Rutherford World War One Monument Rutherford, NJ Dedicated on May 31, 1920, the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument is a tribute to the men of Rutherford who sacrificed their lives during World War I. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained as a sub-consultant to the Borough Engineer to prepare a comprehensive evaluation followed by a restoration/conservation plan for this World War I monument. Through on-site observations, historical research and laboratory testing, we verified existing conditions and pathology of deterioration within the historic monument. Our goal was to provide a strategy for a holistic intervention that complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, as well as in-keeping with the artist’s original intent. We also prepared the successful National Register nomination for the property. The project continues to be implemented in phases, The cast-stone memorial column is adorned with statuary bronze, including two tablets at the monument’s base. Atop the base are six eagles with interlinking garlands. Crowning the shaft is a bronze quadruped completed with a glass light fixture resembling a torch flame. Additional lighting fixtures were once installed behind each eagle; however, none of these fixtures remain today. Architectural Preservation Studio designed and oversaw the refurbishment of the existing lighting fixtures, including the torch flame and the recessed fixtures in the base at the eagles. In addition, our staff with WASA electrical engineering designed the street-side lighting. The cast stone was friable, displaying delaminations and vertical cracking, with some areas having complete loss of material. It was patched with a modified-concrete repair mortar with aggregate to replicate the existing texture and color. The cast stone was cleaned and treated with a clear water repellent. There was atmospheric staining, copper staining, biological growth, and calcium-carbonate deposits. Laser-cleaning was used to clean the bronze and cast stone. Restoration of paving and drainage system is also planned. Architectural Preservation Studio assisted with the preservation of items in the time capsule stored in the base of the monument as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590172129693-GIX0NUEWFARDAZNU2B68/Sea+Cliff.jpg 13: Local Government - Sea Cliff Firehouse Sea Cliff, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) designed and administered the restoration of the steel-casement windows at the two-story firehouse located in Sea Cliff, Long Island. The building was completed in 1931 in Tudor Revival style and is listed locally and is also on the NYS and National Register of Historic Places. APS began with a survey of the 94 steel-casement windows, which ranged from good-to-poor condition. However, the survey identified deflected steel lintels and associated masonry distress in the surrounding brickwork. As a result, the project was expanded to include lintel replacement and repair, and localized brickwork rebuilding. The project was funded through two grants provided by NYS OPRHP (Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation) and DASNY (Dormitory Authority of the State of New York). The window-by-window survey identified eight different types of windows, their condition and the functionality of their hardware, which was detailed in the Construction Documents in a Window Schedule. Work had to be clearly delineated between the two funding sources. APS also administered construction. In addition, APS will be designing and administering the replacement of the slate roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680025798-JHJPUMZMYCFWKZTI9MRK/Chappaqua+Station_Interior4.jpg 13: Local Government - Chappaqua Railroad Station Chappaqua, NY Architectural Preservation Studio designed and supervised the restoration of the Chappaqua Railroad Station in northern Westchester County. The station was built in 1901–2 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The condition of the station had deteriorated over the course of 100 years. In addition, it had undergone various renovations that had modified or removed some of its original materials and altered its character. The goal was to restore the station to its original appearance based upon the original Reed & Stem drawings (Architectural Preservation Studio’s predecessor firm), while also upgrading its systems to today’s standards. Work involved all exterior masonry, roofs, gutters, windows, flashing and drainage systems, structural systems, interior finishes and hardware, mechanical and electrical systems, lighting fixtures, ticket-booth systems, ADA compliance and hazardous materials identification and abatement. The Town of New Castle was so pleased with the results that Architectural Preservation Studio was hired to design streetscape lighting for the historic village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680158051-AB6LZOW51IN0CFXBAT6P/CHAP+HISTORIC+PHOTO+1.jpg 13: Local Government - Chappaqua Railroad Station Chappaqua, NY Architectural Preservation Studio designed and supervised the restoration of the Chappaqua Railroad Station in northern Westchester County. The station was built in 1901–2 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The condition of the station had deteriorated over the course of 100 years. In addition, it had undergone various renovations that had modified or removed some of its original materials and altered its character. The goal was to restore the station to its original appearance based upon the original Reed & Stem drawings (Architectural Preservation Studio’s predecessor firm), while also upgrading its systems to today’s standards. Work involved all exterior masonry, roofs, gutters, windows, flashing and drainage systems, structural systems, interior finishes and hardware, mechanical and electrical systems, lighting fixtures, ticket-booth systems, ADA compliance and hazardous materials identification and abatement. The Town of New Castle was so pleased with the results that Architectural Preservation Studio was hired to design streetscape lighting for the historic village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490303592033-5YH9C1W6HJWA0HET7PC1/New+London+City+Hall.jpg 13: Local Government - New London City Hall New London, CT APS was retained by the City of New London to develop a comprehensive conditions assessment for the preservation and maintenance of the New London City Hall. Built in 1856 and renovated in 1912, the New London City Hall is a significant Beaux Arts-era structure with a stone façade articulated by a Corinthian-columned two-story portico and a decorative projecting cornice and balustrade. The building is on the National Register for Historic Places and still maintains a high level of exterior and interior integrity. The conditions assessment evaluated moisture infiltration through the exterior; cracks in the stone structure and condition of mortar joints, as well as non-matching repairs; repairs to deteriorated and or damaged interior surfaces and architectural features; HVAC and electrical systems, including the future installation of a split system; ADA accessibility, vertical transportation and toilet rooms. The project also involved the identification of hazardous materials (lead-based paint and asbestos), along with appropriate mitigation, background drawings in AutoCAD format, detailed recommendations and cost estimates. All recommended work and upgrades comply with all federal, state and local building codes. APS developed construction documents for the complete restoration of the exterior and interior of the building, including relocation of the existing elevator. The project is currently being bid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680748062-X5EX8APPJMGHZO5WL12J/P1110531.JPG 13: Local Government - Norwich City Hall Norwich, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared a detailed Conditions Assessment /Comprehensive Preservation Master Plan for the restoration of the 1873 French Empire City Hall. The scope includes the preservation of the building’s historic features, space analysis and programming, ADA accessibility, and upgrade of its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. The Norwich City Hall is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places. The assessment was partially funded by a grant from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. Architectural Preservation Studio’s recent work involves the preparation of construction documents and construction administration services for the restoration of the original wood flooring and south-vestibule historic finishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171539970-CTPK0M3M0Q6DK823Z9FJ/Westport+Town+Hall.jpg 13: Local Government - Westport Town Hall Westport, CT Westport Town Hall was constructed by the Town of Westport as the Bedford Public School after 1917 and had additions added in 1929. The building served as an elementary school until it was converted for the use of the Westport Town Hall from 1978 to 1979. It is included in the Westport Center Historic District as a contributing structure. The project consists of preparing a Conditions Assessment Report, Restoration Plan, and oversight of the construction phase for the repair of the portico, pilasters, columns, and pediment The scope of the project includes restoration of six monumental wood columns, column bases, column capitals, two pilasters, the coffered ceiling of the portico itself, and the pediment over the portico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171457281-RY3IR9O08W42WXSCFP5D/Cumberland+Front+Elevation.jpg 13: Local Government - Cumberland Town Hall Cumberland, RI The historic Cumberland Town Hall is located in the town center in Cumberland, RI. It was built in 1894 and designed by the Rhode Island architect William R. Walker. The three-story structure is constructed of red brick and terra-cotta trim with a tall hip roof and a square three-story clock tower with a cupola-style roof centered above the street façade. The building is a key historic resource and focal point of the town, and an excellent example of Colonial-style architecture. The Town Hall is within the local historic district and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. APS prepared a comprehensive architectural conditions assessment of the Town Hall addressing pressing preservation, functional, maintenance, and code issues. The project is funded by a federal Certified Local Government Grant from the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, administered by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission (RIHPHC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590163110557-XJ3K0N1N9B7UJ5IMTDLC/WARE+TOWN+HALL.jpg 13: Local Government - Ware Town Hall Ware, MA The historic Ware Town Hall is located in the town center in Ware, MA. It was built in 1885 and designed by the architectural firm of Hartwell and Richardson. It is constructed of red brick and red sandstone accented by a tall hip roof and a square clock tower with a pyramidal roof at one corner of the building. Typical of Richardson’s designs, there is a large round-arched opening at the center of the Main Street façade in which the main entrance is recessed. The building is a key historic resource and focal point of the town and an excellent example of Romanesque Revival architecture. The building was enlarged in 1904 by Richardson and again in 1935 by local architect Thomas Madigan with a stylistically sensitive addition. The Town Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. APS prepared a comprehensive conditions assessment of the Town Hall, and will be providing design services to address pressing preservation, functional, maintenance and code issues. A portion of the project is funded through a Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund Grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590162760577-7JIXAFOPHFB9WUU2I2UV/East+Greenwich+Town+Hall.jpg 13: Local Government - East Greenwich Town Hall East Greenwich, RI Also known historically known as the Kent County Courthouse, the East Greenwich Town Hall was constructed from 1805-1806. For many years, the Rhode Island General Assembly met on a rotating schedule in five principal county seats, this building being one. The building is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. APS was retained by the Town of East Greenwich to prepare Construction Documents for the replacement of the slate roofing and associated flashing, repair of the damaged structure, and restoration of the wood balustrade at the East Greenwich Town Hall. The Town Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as on the Rhode Island State Register. The project completed in the Fall of 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302667513-Y423KJA5OYKDFDJT43EU/Vine+Elev.jpg 13: Local Government - Vine Cottage New Canaan, CT Constructed in 1859 Vine Cottage occupies an important and strategic location in New Canaan. It is situated adjacent to the Town Hall, directly across from the Fire Station and on one corner of the Historic District. Although not included in the district, it visually marks the transition from the business zone to the historic residential area of the town. The Victorian style house is currently used for the Town’s Social Services Office. APS was retained by New Canaan’s Department of Public Works to provide design services for the restoration of the buildings facades and windows, to provide a new ADA compliant ramp to the main used entrance of the building, to restore the front porch to its original design and to upgrade interior finishes. Construction documents were developed and bid and the Town is now appropriating the funds to execute the work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302615187-YZ8TK4DK71P6PZV1P4AB/NC+Fire+House+2.jpg 13: Local Government - New Canaan Fire House New Canaan, CT APS was retained by New Canaan’s Department of Public Works to provide design services for the preparation of construction documents for the design of an OSHA compliant fall protection system for the existing hose drying tower at the New Canaan Fire House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302588306-QKY057BZ4S9HILDE4F6B/New+London+Firehouse.jpg 13: Local Government - New London Firehouse Headquarters New London, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the City of New London to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the New London Firehouse Headquarters Building. The primary focus of this study is to provide the City with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the exterior/interior, MEP systems and structural condition of the floor settlement issue at the fire engine bays of the firehouse. Based upon this assessment both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessary repair of this historic structure will be provided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1506451236700-SOZJKJ09IT36U3YWHXML/Stillman+Front+Elevation.jpg 13: Local Government - Stillman Building Wethersfield, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Wethersfield to prepare Construction Documents for the replacement of the slate and built-up roofing at the 1880’s historic Stillman Building, originally the Wethersfield Public School. The building is located within the Wethersfield Historic District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124707564-64XG3MC68K9TLGQBJEXC/L1030084.JPG 13: Local Government - New London USPS Building New London, CT APS was retained by the City of New London to develop Operational Space Layouts (OSL) for the relocation of City offices/departments to the New London US Postal Service Building located at 27 Masonic Street. This project consisted of a two-phase relocation process. The first phase was to temporarily relocate the current offices/departments located in City Hall during the upcoming restoration project as well as any other additional offices/departments that can also fit in the USPS building at that time. The second phase will be to relocate all of the remaining departments that can fit in the USPS building once the City Hall offices/departments move back into City Hall https://www.preservationstudio.com/archaeological daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590179664625-WQ6SGTUYTPKJ1RS0NMT0/image-asset.jpeg 14: Archaeological - Dinosaur State Park Rocky Hill, CT At Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, a 200 million-year old dinosaur track site was damaged by contractor negligence which involved spillage of sulfuric acid from leaking batteries. Pamela Jerome and Norman Weiss tested methods for cleaning and stabilization of the trackway, which were then successfully implemented by the Grenadier Corporation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590179664625-WQ6SGTUYTPKJ1RS0NMT0/image-asset.jpeg 14: Archaeological - Dinosaur State Park Rocky Hill, CT At Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, a 200 million-year old dinosaur track site was damaged by contractor negligence which involved spillage of sulfuric acid from leaking batteries. Pamela Jerome and Norman Weiss tested methods for cleaning and stabilization of the trackway, which were then successfully implemented by the Grenadier Corporation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180217803-TOO2CBG3QH4UXPLYFUTP/Palaikastro.jpg 14: Archaeological - Palaikastro Excavations Crete, Greece Excavated under the auspices of the British School at Athens, Palaikastro is a Bronze Age site on the island of Crete. Over five seasons, Pamela Jerome was responsible for the documentation of the site, materials analysis, and conservation. She also developed the presentation and interpretive schemes and wrote the funding proposals for site conservation. The site consists of an urban landscape with rubble stone and ashlar structures and incorporates one of the few extant examples of a town shrine complex. Building 5, by far the most unusual structure, also contains mud-brick partitions which alter the original layout in a significant way. Pamela Jerome designed the temporary shelter and the proposed permanent shelter to protect the fragile remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180342547-UEU8BT46W961HFB8W5VX/Blackwater+Draw+Archaeological+Site.jpg 14: Archaeological - Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site Roosevelt County, New Mexico Pamela Jerome evaluated the efficacy of a proposed shelter designed for Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site. The Clovis-period type site is located in New Mexico and consists of the remains of a 12,000-year old bison kill. An evaluation report was submitted to the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180476759-G8K8ER150NDXQTCE5E4E/AMHEIDA.jpg 14: Archaeological - Amheida Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt A Roman through Byzantine-era site in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Prof. Jerome performed the initial conservation evaluation for Columbia University’s Department of Anthropology. The site consists of extensive mud-brick ruins with wall paintings still extant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171340404-E7AFSNQL3D70K35KOUSK/Chersonesos.jpg 14: Archaeological - Chersonesos World Heritage Site Sevastopol, Crimea Chersonesos is an ancient Greek Hellenistic-period colony on the Crimean peninsula with extensive remains of both urban and agricultural environments. Working with Columbia University graduate students and Prof. Norman Weiss as the material scientist, a methodology was developed for conservation of a fortified limestone farmhouse dating to the 4th century BCE excavated by the University of Texas at Austin. Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, and UT Austin graduate students were trained along with local museum professionals over three seasons to implement the stabilization of the archaeological ruin. In addition, a preservation master plan was developed. The site was successfully nominated and became a World Heritage site in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180622201-HBWQIUE0RZRCL8NVIC25/Blockhouse.jpg 14: Archaeological - Blockhouse #1 New York, NY Blockhouse # 1, located in Central Park, is a War of 1812 site. Over the years, the masonry structure has received infrequent maintenance and is currently in poor condition. Prof. Jerome supervised Columbia University graduate students’ conditions assessment, historical research, materials analysis and monitoring of this site since 1995. Students also propose presentation and interpretive schemes. https://www.preservationstudio.com/connect daily 0.75 2023-03-15 https://www.preservationstudio.com/brochure daily 0.75 2018-02-14 https://www.preservationstudio.com/sikka daily 0.75 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1430399353747-S9BT81NE8AXHVYKP6KBT/Sandeep+Sikka_v1.jpg Sandeep Sikka, AIA, LEED AP, Principal https://www.preservationstudio.com/long daily 0.75 2023-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425673100321-BTWB6QM8GPZG8Z6QVOTQ/Rose+Scott+Long.jpg Rose Scott Long, Preservationist & Sr. Project Manager https://www.preservationstudio.com/ouyang daily 0.75 2024-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428670378358-7J3Q4J39KWPPAI5H0EVW/Yuhui+Ouyang.jpg Yuhui Ouyang, Project Manager https://www.preservationstudio.com/bala daily 0.75 2019-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428670262099-XMN4NLCOO6KVYRI73J2O/BalaBHeadshot_BW.jpg Bala Balasubramaniam, Intern Architect https://www.preservationstudio.com/facades daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://www.preservationstudio.com/emilio daily 0.75 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/acc5274b-1a1c-45ef-ad9b-8e11fee78280/DJE+2024.jpg Douglas Emilio, Assoc AIA, Principal https://www.preservationstudio.com/clients daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://www.preservationstudio.com/nyc-fisp-evolution daily 0.75 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425490077946-LPG4ZPQ5VOT33Q4MNI8Z/image-asset.jpeg NYC FISP Evolution https://www.preservationstudio.com/nyc-fisp-reporting daily 0.75 2024-01-22 https://www.preservationstudio.com/fisp-questions daily 0.75 2019-02-28 https://www.preservationstudio.com/expertise daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://www.preservationstudio.com/approach daily 0.75 2020-05-26 https://www.preservationstudio.com/awards daily 0.75 2020-11-09 https://www.preservationstudio.com/nyc-fisp-cycles daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/9ec59591-cc70-4b5a-9f8c-99f8bea83bc7/FISP+10+Schedule.jpg NYC FISP 8th, 9th, and 10th Cycles - 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Guggenheim Museum New York, NY West Elevation After Restoration Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio headed the restoration effort for Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, both a NYC-designated and National Historic Landmark. Like many modernist structures, the building, consisting of poured-in-place concrete, gunite (a.k.a. shotcrete), and plaster on lath, is experimental in nature and exhibited multiple cracks and other signs of deterioration. Less than 50 years old, the Guggenheim had never undergone a holistic conservation treatment. It had also evolved over time, undergoing four major alterations, the most significant of which was the construction of the 1992 addition designed by the New York architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel and Associates. At that time, there was an upgrade in the thermal performance of the building envelope through the installation of concealed rigid insulation, although the museum remained prone to condensation at the single-glazed steel windows and perimeter skylights. The project included extensive on-site documentation and monitoring of existing conditions, as well as detailed structural analysis of the building and testing of suitable repair products to address the deterioration of the exterior shotcrete and poured-in-place concrete. Other aspects of the work involved an MEP upgrade, as well as an analysis of the energy efficiency of all ground floor and Thannhauser Gallery windows and rotunda ramp skylights. The windows and skylights were replicated in the gallery area with an unprecedented double-glazed thermally-broken steel-frame system. Discreet moisture-management interventions also improved the performance of the envelope. The project has won five awards. * designed with WASA Studio Photo by David Heald © SRGF, NY. Courtesy of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687683739-9LRSQW7NOJ7R4CE4QAQE/SRGM-After-4a.jpg Museums - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY Detail of West Elevation After Restoration Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio headed the restoration effort for Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, both a NYC-designated and National Historic Landmark. Like many modernist structures, the building, consisting of poured-in-place concrete, gunite (a.k.a. shotcrete), and plaster on lath, is experimental in nature and exhibited multiple cracks and other signs of deterioration. Less than 50 years old, the Guggenheim had never undergone a holistic conservation treatment. It had also evolved over time, undergoing four major alterations, the most significant of which was the construction of the 1992 addition designed by the New York architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel and Associates. At that time, there was an upgrade in the thermal performance of the building envelope through the installation of concealed rigid insulation, although the museum remained prone to condensation at the single-glazed steel windows and perimeter skylights. The project included extensive on-site documentation and monitoring of existing conditions, as well as detailed structural analysis of the building and testing of suitable repair products to address the deterioration of the exterior shotcrete and poured-in-place concrete. Other aspects of the work involved an MEP upgrade, as well as an analysis of the energy efficiency of all ground floor and Thannhauser Gallery windows and rotunda ramp skylights. The windows and skylights were replicated in the gallery area with an unprecedented double-glazed thermally-broken steel-frame system. Discreet moisture-management interventions also improved the performance of the envelope. The project has won five awards. * designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687588381-APA09GA4073Z21Y8OWZT/PS-1+Fred+Charles+3.1_Cropped%26Cloned.jpg Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY Northeast Elevation After Restoration P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio Photo by F Charles Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688353998-IVHPRDQ21CN8A0JI1XYE/PS1_003.jpg Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY Detail of Terra Cotta After Restoration P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688354137-6MVRG3Z4Q2ZYHWNMW6OO/PS1+Roof+Detail.jpg Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY Construction Detail P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687588317-G3Z4WEQFD5E3RUBAY1DG/PS+1+ariel.jpg Museums - MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY East Elevation After Restoration P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is housed in a landmark-quality school building in the Long Island City section of Queens, NY. The building was designed by the Manhattan firm of Palliser & Palliser in the Romanesque Revival style and was completed in 1893. A 1906 addition by architect Frank Collins closely matched the style of the original building. The materials of the street façades include a bluestone-and-schist foundation; Philadelphia pressed-brick walls; rusticated-sandstone string courses, lintels and sills; decorative terracotta ornamentation; and a slate roof. A century after the building’s original construction and subsequent additions, the façades—subject to atmospheric soiling—had completely deteriorated, the wooden windows were rendered inoperable and the timber roof exhibited signs of significant damage. Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio recommended a conservative approach to restoration, preserving the existing building fabric wherever possible. To fend off decay and to ensure the long-term viability of the building, the work was implemented in a phased program that included 200 squares of new slate roofing; structural repairs to the heavy-timber attic framing; brick, stone and terracotta restoration and cleaning; and more than 300 new metal windows with UV protection. WASA Studio engineered the façade illumination, which won a Design Award in 2002 from the New York Art Commission. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1565028792685-WHLJ6RNKNLR9TKHLU349/BMA.jpg Museums - Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Museum of Art is an iconic structure with a 500-ft principal façade located adjacent to Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The original building was designed by McKim, Mead & White and constructed incrementally between 1895 and 1926. Left incomplete, new sections designed by Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen Architects in 1977 and 1980. In 2004, Polshek Partnership redesigned the front entrance and new public plaza. The building became an individually designated NYC landmark in 1966 and was included on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Brooklyn Museum of Art has suffered from deferred maintenance. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform a detailed visual survey of selective areas. Inaccessible areas of the roof level were inspected by industrial rope access. APS also coordinated structural engineering review and probes. A voluminous report was produced, as well as cost estimates for each section of the exterior in need of repairs. APS’s scope also includes the design of repairs and the administration of construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687657670-Z4DHQDCDKUWX4H12H1QT/_MG_8218.jpg Museums - Museum of American Finance New York, NY Interior After Construction Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration/conservation aspects of a new space for the Museum of American Finance located in the former headquarters of the Bank of New York at 48 Wall Street. The Museum occupies 30,000 sf of space and includes a converted interactive exhibition space (formerly the banking hall, a NYS-designated landmark interior). All interventions endeavored to preserve the original character of the interior, as well as the NYC-designated landmark exterior, including insertion of a new exit door to meet place-of-assembly code requirements. *designed with WASA Studio This project was designed in collaboration with C & G Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425687657219-XRZUIGEN88DB59JP1V19/Finance_21.jpg Museums - Museum of American Finance New York, NY Interior Before Construction Professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration/conservation aspects of a new space for the Museum of American Finance located in the former headquarters of the Bank of New York at 48 Wall Street. The Museum occupies 30,000 sf of space and includes a converted interactive exhibition space (formerly the banking hall, a NYS-designated landmark interior). All interventions endeavored to preserve the original character of the interior, as well as the NYC-designated landmark exterior, including insertion of a new exit door to meet place-of-assembly code requirements. *designed with WASA Studio This project was designed in collaboration with C & G Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688449533-V7OD1DZHIOW0Q666GMRZ/LincolnDepot-1A.jpg Museums - Lincoln Depot Peekskill, NY East Elevation After Restoration The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the adaptive reuse of a historic train depot located in the Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, NY. The 3,000 SF depot, a NYS-designated landmark, will house a learning center and collection dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s service to the nation, featuring the president-elect’s Peekskill stop on his inaugural train journey from Springfield, IL, to Washington, DC, in 1861. Additionally, the new museum will highlight the role of the railroad in the Civil War effort, as well as be a place to explore the role of Peekskill’s citizens during the war. The project includes an interior and exterior restoration, along with integration of all new building systems, designed by WASA Studio’s MEP engineers. *designed with WASA Studio The conceptual exhibits were designed in collaboration with C & G Partners Photography by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688446340-33Y6TVHTJFNRBBF9FH6Y/LD+rendering.jpg Museums - Lincoln Depot Peekskill, NY Proposed Exhibits The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio designed the adaptive reuse of a historic train depot located in the Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, NY. The 3,000 SF depot, a NYS-designated landmark, will house a learning center and collection dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s service to the nation, featuring the president-elect’s Peekskill stop on his inaugural train journey from Springfield, IL, to Washington, DC, in 1861. Additionally, the new museum will highlight the role of the railroad in the Civil War effort, as well as be a place to explore the role of Peekskill’s citizens during the war. The project includes an interior and exterior restoration, along with integration of all new building systems, designed by WASA Studio’s MEP engineers. *designed with WASA Studio The conceptual exhibits were designed in collaboration with C & G Partners Photography by Alexander Severin/RAZUMMEDIA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431088384880-H20T1QMVG11E77L98PVT/image-asset.jpeg Museums - Lincoln Depot Peekskill, NY Interior View South After Restoration Preservation Group designed the adaptive reuse of a historic train depot located in the Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, NY. The 3,000 SF depot, a NYS-designated landmark, will house a learning center and collection dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s service to the nation, featuring the president-elect’s Peekskill stop on his inaugural train journey from Springfield, IL, to Washington, DC, in 1861. Additionally, the new museum will highlight the role of the railroad in the Civil War effort, as well as be a place to explore the role of Peekskill’s citizens during the war. The project includes an interior and exterior restoration, along with integration of all new building systems, designed by WASA Studio’s MEP engineers. *designed with WASA Studio The conceptual exhibits were designed in collaboration with C & G Partners Photography by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1506451427746-7XFOGX0P3DSZTI62Q4D8/SLATER.jpg Museums - Slater Memorial Museum Norwich, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Norwich Free School to prepare Construction Documents for the replacement of the slate roofing at the 1886 historic Slater Memorial Museum. Designed by well-known local architect Stephen C. Earle, the Museum is on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as on the Connecticut State Register. https://www.preservationstudio.com/museum-2 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688681238-6KN43MSTGALBZF8EAKQL/New+Image.JPG House Museums - Fallingwater Mill Run, PA The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio was responsible for the materials conservation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1936 masterpiece, Fallingwater. Over a 15-year period, Preservation Group performed the following: reviewed original construction documents and subsequent repair documents and reports; evaluated conditions and probes; analyzed select materials; designed the re-roofing and re-waterproofing of roofs and terraces, as well as below-grade damp-proofing; specified the restoration for original steel-casement windows and doors; reconstructed failed concrete reconstructions; restored the masonry; analyzed interior paint finishes; specified interior paint-removal methodology and re-painting; designed repair methods for concrete and stucco; and developed a new coating system for the concrete. Preservation Group also produced a graphic conditions assessment, consisting of 178 measured CAD drawings, and a preservation master plan. In order to develop the new concrete-coating system, Preservation Group evaluated three environmentally-contained paint-stripping methods and approximately 120 samples applied by four different paint manufacturers over a one-year paint-testing period. Re-roofing and re-waterproofing involved working closely with three different roofing-membrane manufacturers. Today the building is leak-free for the first time in its 75-plus years of existence. Issues of condensation under the roofing membranes resulting from the lack of a thermal bridge between the exposed rounded-slab edges and the slab-soffit ceilings were resolved through consultation with WASA Studio’s Engineering Group. In addition, Preservation Group produced scaled stone-by-stone drawings for all of the affected terraces and interior spaces where flagstones had to be lifted in order to perform waterproofing and structural repairs to the failing cantilever beams. *designed with WASA Studio Photo Courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425691624211-3D81TJC5N3CBKE4YNWKF/Fallingwater_P1120920.JPG House Museums - Fallingwater Mill Run, PA The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio was responsible for the materials conservation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1936 masterpiece, Fallingwater. Over a 15-year period, Preservation Group performed the following: reviewed original construction documents and subsequent repair documents and reports; evaluated conditions and probes; analyzed select materials; designed the re-roofing and re-waterproofing of roofs and terraces, as well as below-grade damp-proofing; specified the restoration for original steel-casement windows and doors; reconstructed failed concrete reconstructions; restored the masonry; analyzed interior paint finishes; specified interior paint-removal methodology and re-painting; designed repair methods for concrete and stucco; and developed a new coating system for the concrete. Preservation Group also produced a graphic conditions assessment, consisting of 178 measured CAD drawings, and a preservation master plan. In order to develop the new concrete-coating system, Preservation Group evaluated three environmentally-contained paint-stripping methods and approximately 120 samples applied by four different paint manufacturers over a one-year paint-testing period. Re-roofing and re-waterproofing involved working closely with three different roofing-membrane manufacturers. Today the building is leak-free for the first time in its 75-plus years of existence. Issues of condensation under the roofing membranes resulting from the lack of a thermal bridge between the exposed rounded-slab edges and the slab-soffit ceilings were resolved through consultation with WASA Studio’s Engineering Group. In addition, Preservation Group produced scaled stone-by-stone drawings for all of the affected terraces and interior spaces where flagstones had to be lifted in order to perform waterproofing and structural repairs to the failing cantilever beams. *designed with WASA Studio Photo Courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688679450-127J678IFZXT189D6OUU/BREAKERS+1.jpg House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425691661457-GS075DLBTDNGWXHFF1I6/New+Image_1.JPG House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688671466-5X5IF92J8KX7G09YXV05/p21_3.jpg House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688675161-3RA92BV6TWCTB9TIOQMI/Breakers_003.jpg House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590177231580-2HXGN1L1G8YN3U7L623X/Breakers_005.jpg House Museums - The Breakers Newport, RI The Breakers, the Newport, RI summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was completed in 1895. An architectural icon of the Gilded Age, this house contains more than 135,000 sf and is set on 14 acres of prime landscape at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the “crown jewel” in the collection of historic house-museums presently owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The exterior is mainly comprised of limestone—in the form of four-story high load-bearing walls—which is embellished with Classical ornamentation. The main roof is covered with multi-colored glazed Spanish tiles. Prior to the repairs, a detailed in-depth survey of all elements was performed, which called for the following renovations: the limestone façades and chimneys were cleaned and repaired; the tile roof was replaced with new custom terra-cotta tiles, which were intended to match the original appearance as closely as possible; and new built-in copper gutters were connected to a rehabilitated storm-drainage system. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590163588363-CEU5PH7Q58VAH7O29X1O/Marble+House+Front+Elev.jpg House Museums - Marble House Newport, RI Marble House was designed by the architect Richard Morris Hunt for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and was constructed between 1888 to 1893. The house was conceived as a birthday present from Mr. Vanderbilt to Mrs. Vanderbilt. Marble House was the third commission by Mr. Hunt for the William K. Vanderbilts, with the two previous ones being Petit Chateau 1878 (demolished) on Fifth Avenue in New York City and Idle Hour 1878 (destroyed by fire) in Oakdale, Long Island. The design of Marble House was inspired primarily by the Petite Trianon at Versailles. Clad entirely in Tuckahoe marble throughout the exterior and varieties of marble in many of its interior spaces, the house is said to have cost $11,000,000 at the time of its completion in 1893. Now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) and operating as a house museum, Marble House was the first of the over-the-top Newport Cottages built on a grand scale to exhibit the knowledge of classical architecture and to assert the social prominence of its owners. Marble House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 2006. APS was retained by the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to prepare a detailed exterior conditions assessment report for the entire exterior including the roof. Following that report, APS was retained by PSNC to prepare construction documents for the restoration of the flat and copper mansard roofs of Marble House. The roofing project was partially funded by Save America’s Treasures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1425688680976-FY4D3U7P9EMOXJ8OLYMP/KINGSCOTE.JPG House Museums - Kingscote Newport, RI The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio performed a complete exterior conditions assessment of one of Newport’s first grand mansions. Designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style, Kingscote was completed in 1841 for George Noble Jones, a southern plantation owner. The Jones family left Newport, RI during the Civil War and in 1864, sold the building to William H. King, who made his fortune in the China trade. Upon his death, King left the house to his son David and his wife, who renamed the house Kingscote. In 1876, David hired McKim Mead and White to modify the house. The firm employed a shingle-style vocabulary that neither violated nor overshadowed the original exterior design, while at the same time incorporating modern touches into the existing, established interiors. Kingscote remained in the King family until 1968. The property, a National Historic Landmark which includes the collections of furnishings, artwork and ceramics, was bequeathed to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1972. Preservation Group has completed contract documents for the exterior restoration and is currently administering phased construction. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181850099-I3VMME339YAOT9JOIL0M/IMGP3811.JPG House Museums - Kingscote Newport, RI The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio performed a complete exterior conditions assessment of one of Newport’s first grand mansions. Designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style, Kingscote was completed in 1841 for George Noble Jones, a southern plantation owner. The Jones family left Newport, RI during the Civil War and in 1864, sold the building to William H. King, who made his fortune in the China trade. Upon his death, King left the house to his son David and his wife, who renamed the house Kingscote. In 1876, David hired McKim Mead and White to modify the house. The firm employed a shingle-style vocabulary that neither violated nor overshadowed the original exterior design, while at the same time incorporating modern touches into the existing, established interiors. Kingscote remained in the King family until 1968. The property, a National Historic Landmark which includes the collections of furnishings, artwork and ceramics, was bequeathed to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1972. Preservation Group has completed contract documents for the exterior restoration and is currently administering phased construction. *designed with WASA Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173480750-9V6I70JTS6UBHAXTO0V2/Lippitt.jpg House Museums - Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum Providence, RI The Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum was built from 1863 to 1865 by Henry Lippitt, who served as Governor of Rhode Island in 1875 and 1876. Governor Lippitt, President of the Lippitt Woolen Company, and his wife, the former Mary Ann Balch, lived in the mansion at 199 Hope Street with their six children. The house was home to three generations of the Lippitt Family before being donated to Preserve Rhode Island in 1979. The house museum is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was included in the Historic American Buildings Survey. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Preserve Rhode Island to perform a comprehensive conditions assessment of the decorative-painted finishes. The primary focus of this study was issues that negatively impacting specific decorative-plaster finish locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672379835-7CGPMDYDVQZG3KNB3WED/P1030139.JPG House Museums - Chateau-Sur-Mer Newport, Rhode Island Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, was retained by the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to restore the exterior of Château-sur-Mer, an 1852 historic mansion in Newport, RI. Now operating as a house museum, Château-sur-Mer is considered to be the first of a new era of “cottages” for the uppermost echelon of wealthy Americans during the Gilded Age. In 1852, Château-sur-Mer was designed and built by Seth Bradford, a Newport contractor, as an Italianate-style villa for China trade merchant William Shepard Wetmore. In 1873-80, his son, George Peabody Wetmore, enlisted Richard Morris Hunt to enlarge the family home. The result transformed an impressive-yet-picturesque seaside estate into the imposing French Second Empire landmark that exists today. From its completion in 1852 until the appearance of the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s, Château-sur-Mer was considered the grandest residence in Newport. The house was further modified in 1915 by the architect, John Russell Pope. The Wetmore family occupied the house until 1969 when the mansion was purchased by the PSNC. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1968 and became a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Château-sur-Mer is significant for its Victorian architecture, furniture, wallpapers and stenciling, as well as its collection of porcelain, portraits, and original furnishings. Château-sur-Mer suffered extensive interior water damage as a result of ongoing leaks through the roofs and masonry. At various locations, the stonework was spalled and cracked, and overall very soiled. Wooden elements, including windows, were in fair-to-poor condition. Original skylights and plexiglass replacements were in poor condition and leaked. The multi-phased six-year $1.8 million project restored the façades of this palatial Victorian mansion. Initially, Architectural Preservation Studio performed a detailed visual inspection and archival research, resulting in a comprehensive illustrated report. There were no measured drawings of the building, so rectified photography was used to develop construction documents. The extensive restoration included masonry, slate and flat-seam copper roofing, skylights, wood windows and doors, veranda woodwork, and metal cornice and decorative pressed-metal ornamentation. Given the importance of the house and its contents to the material culture of the Victorian era, we were guided by the need for long-term service life, as well as discreet changes to the original design to improve water-shedding capabilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672428308-NVMA5KGYWV7GRJVFTG8W/ROUGH+POINT_1.jpg House Museums - Rough Point Newport, Rhode Island The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) to perform an extensive architectural and engineering survey, and develop a comprehensive report for Rough Point in Newport, RI. Designed in English Manorial style by the architectural firm Peabody & Stearns, for Frederick William Vanderbilt, the 1887-92 mansion is also distinguished with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. By the 1920s, architect John Russell Pope had made some exterior alterations to the house. In 1922, the house was purchased by James Buchanan Duke, benefactor of Duke University, who used architect Horace Trumbauer to make further alterations, adding two wings. The mansion was eventually inherited by Doris Duke who used it as a seasonal residence until her death in 1993. The primary goal of the report was to provide NRF with a detailed study of Rough Point that examined the building, its construction, and its infrastructure systems. This resulted in a conditions analysis describing all existing deficiencies, and providing recommendations and schedules for remediation. Architectural Preservation Studio designed bronze storm windows for the building to protect the 250 original bronze- casement windows from further deterioration by the elements, as well as improve the exterior envelope’s performance. A custom mock-up was reviewed, adjustments made, and installation of the storm windows was completed in phases. APS is now reviewing the bronze solarium doors, which will be replicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672458006-D8YTLKQDUUPSLQLXXOON/SNC15315.JPG House Museums - Rough Point Newport, Rhode Island The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) to perform an extensive architectural and engineering survey, and develop a comprehensive report for Rough Point in Newport, RI. Designed in English Manorial style by the architectural firm Peabody & Stearns, for Frederick William Vanderbilt, the 1887-92 mansion is also distinguished with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. By the 1920s, architect John Russell Pope had made some exterior alterations to the house. In 1922, the house was purchased by James Buchanan Duke, benefactor of Duke University, who used architect Horace Trumbauer to make further alterations, adding two wings. The mansion was eventually inherited by Doris Duke who used it as a seasonal residence until her death in 1993. The primary goal of the report was to provide NRF with a detailed study of Rough Point that examined the building, its construction, and its infrastructure systems. This resulted in a conditions analysis describing all existing deficiencies, and providing recommendations and schedules for remediation. Architectural Preservation Studio designed bronze storm windows for the building to protect the 250 original bronze- casement windows from further deterioration by the elements, as well as improve the exterior envelope’s performance. A custom mock-up was reviewed, adjustments made, and installation of the storm windows was completed in phases. APS is now reviewing the bronze solarium doors, which will be replicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1680896462210-510OA2PEPSJIQ2IWOXE5/image-asset.jpeg House Museums - Sylvester Manor Educational Farm Shelter Island, NY The Manor House is a unique Georgian/Colonial-style house initially constructed in 1737, with several later additions dating to the 1840s, 1880s, 1908, 1944, and 1964. The building retains a remarkable level of integrity. The uniqueness of the Manor House is bound to its physical architecture but also its landscape, sub-grade archaeology, as well as to its broader connections to early American history, including burgeoning international commerce, slavery, native peoples, and many other threads of history. Another unique aspect is that the Manor House and parts of the landscape were family-held for ten generations until 11th-generation descendants founded the Sylvester Manor Educational Farm (SMEF). SMEF was created in 2009 to preserve the land and house as a place to conserve, cultivate, and share historic Sylvester Manor; and to ensure that food production and art remain connected to the community and the land. APS was retained by Sylvester Manor Education Farm to prepare a Preservation and Maintenance Plan for Sylvester Manor to serve as the guideline for future restoration and rehabilitation. The project included historical research, existing conditions documentation, MEP evaluation, exterior paint analysis, HAZMAT investigation, and sustainable design considerations. After this initial project, APS laser-scanned the structure to document the existing conditions and create background drawings in AutoCAD. With the engineering firm LFG, we are currently developing an electrical infrastructure master plan for the Manor House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672802874-ICF0TNC0BFLAJK54IMHZ/Kips-2010-1112-084.JPG House Museums - Kip's Castle Verona, NJ Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, undertook a detailed conditions assessment and preservation master plan for Kip’s Castle Park for Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Constructed in the early 1900s and originally known as Kypsburg, the 10.5-acre park, located in Verona, NJ, includes the Castle and Carriage House. Kip’s Castle was listed in 2009 on the NJ State Register of Historic Places and is considered eligible for the National Register. In addition, in 1985, the site was designated a National Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society for Civil Engineers, because of the site’s association in 1816-17 with the US Coastal Survey (precursor to the National Geodetic Survey). The intent of the project was to develop a preservation master plan for the site and buildings to serve as a template for long-term preservation. The project also recommended appropriate uses and programming utilizing a consensus-based process that engaged the key stakeholders and balanced location, legal requirements, community needs, Parks-system priorities and historic significance. Architectural Preservation Studio designed the unexecuted restoration of the interior of Kip’s Castle.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181797647-FICZ7JG5V9EZ3ISH706L/SNC14774.2.JPG House Museums - Hunter House Newport, Rhode Island The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to prepare a detailed conditions-assessment report/historic-structure report and construction documents for repairs to the exterior envelope and interior structure of this important early Newport house. Hunter House is one of the finest examples of Georgian Colonial architecture from Newport’s “golden age” in the mid-18th century. The north half of the Hunter House was constructed between 1748 and 1754 by Jonathon Nichols Jr., a prosperous merchant and colonial deputy. After his death in 1756, the property was sold to Colonel Joseph Wanton Jr., deputy governor of the colony and a merchant. He enlarged the house by adding a south wing and a second chimney, transforming the building into a formal Georgian mansion. During the American Revolution, Colonel Wanton, who was a Loyalist, fled from Newport. His house was then used as the headquarters of the commander of the French fleet, when French forces occupied Newport in 1780. After the war, Colonel Wanton’s house was acquired by William Hunter, a US senator and President Andrew Jackson’s charge d’affaires to Brazil. The Hunters sold the house in the mid-1860s, and it passed through a series of owners until the mid-1940s. A small group of concerned citizens, led by Mrs. George Henry Warren, initiated a preservation effort, purchasing the house in 1945 and thus forming the Preservation Society of Newport County. As the Hunter House is not only a Newport landmark, but also a National Historic Landmark, APS took a values-based approach to our recommendations reflecting an initial assessment of its cultural significance, coupled with information derived from the existing building conditions. Our preservation philosophy is based on the guidelines defined by the Secretary of Interior’s Standards, as well as the international doctrine of the Venice Charter, Burra Charter and the Nara Document on Authenticity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672561294-0HO365RBTW2PDNA763D7/Weeksville+90.jpg House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672492926-VNDC801EUYU16NA5HW84/Weeksville+LR-DR+1698.jpg House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672476923-YNV6L4WGG39YNIR4YEZ7/Weeksville+kitchen.jpg House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672493512-GOJSPDP654FQZCUN7Z5O/Weeksville+porch.jpg House Museums - Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York The Hunterfly Road Houses are the only surviving remnants of Weeksville, one of the first free African-American communities in Brooklyn. Constructed circa the 1870s, the National-, State-, and New York City-designated landmark consists of a group of four wood-frame vernacular houses, one of which is a reconstruction. Three of the houses face mid-block, evidence of a no-longer extant native-American path, subsequently a Dutch route known as Hunterfly Road, which cut diagonally across Brooklyn and connected to Jamaica Bay. he professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared the preservation master plan, and designed and administered the restoration of the historic houses. The restoration involved extensive archival research and archaeological investigation that resulted in a Historic Structure Report incorporated into the master plan. The work included repairing original and replacement wood clapboards, windows, shutters, and cedar shingles. The built-up roofing was replaced on the one flat roof. Reconstructions of wood outbuildings in original locations – porches, a summer house, shed, privy and dog house – were installed. In addition, re-grading of the site was required to mitigate moisture infiltration problems. The replica house, lost to arson in the 1970s and reconstructed a decade later, was outfitted with a ramp for ADA compliance, as well as stations for the disabled to follow docent-led tours within each house via interactive live-video feeds. Complete redesign of the mechanical and electrical systems involved creating a centrally located plant in the reconstructed building’s basement. All interventions into historic fabric were sensitively planned to minimize impact. The buildings’ restorations represent several periods (1870s, 1900s, 1930s, and 1960s to present). The historic group is interpreted as an African-American history museum, a significant addition to New York’s cultural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175642692-47AKTGCNW336X92C5XXN/Schumacher+House.jpg House Museums - Schumacher House North Hempstead, NY The Schumacher House (also known as the Cornell-Van-Nostrand House) consists of an early 19th-century section with two mid-19th-century sections and a early 20th-century addition. The building is located in Clinton G. Martin Park, which is not its original location. The two-story 1,800-SF wood house is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places but is also a designated local landmark. The Town of North Hempstead executed recent improvements that have made the house more watertight. However, the house is still in need of significant exterior and interior restoration work. The Town retained APS for the current phase of the project, which will involve structural and exterior restoration work only, including: • Restoration of the exterior envelope including siding, windows, trim, doors, gutters, leaders, etc. • Restoration of exterior features, such as stoops, porticos, associated hardscaping. A condition assessment was also prepared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181350911-RLT81ERHTXGKX8NC7A2Q/Bush-Lyon.jpg House Museums - Bush-Lyon Homestead Port Chester, NY The Bush-Lyon Homestead encompasses a residential structure, four outbuildings, and a stone water well. Located in John Lyon Park, the Homestead is among the longest surviving structures in Westchester County and pre-dates the Village of Port Chester’s incorporation. The Homestead was inhabited by the descendants of early settlers of New Netherland and was continuously occupied by these families until the site was acquired by the Village of Port Chester in 1925. This site is architecturally and historically significant as it includes a vernacular salt-box structure of colonial New York, contains examples of historic agricultural outbuildings, and was built and occupied by families that were early settlers of this region. As such, the Homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was contracted by the Village of Port Chester to produce a Historic Structures Report of the Homestead to serve as the guideline for future restoration and rehabilitation. The project included historic research, existing conditions documentation, dendrochronology, MEP evaluation, and a Phase 1A archaeological survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124029930-W3WPAHB102JLDITS1HKS/Standish+House.jpg House Museums - Standish House Wethersfield, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Wethersfield to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the Standish House in Wethersfield, CT. The primary focus of this study is to provide the Town with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the exterior of the house and based upon this assessment present both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessary repair of this historic structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1680896409556-ALHENDJPGWVXLX243VUG/Solomon+Welles.jpg House Museums - Solomon Welles House Wethersfield, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Wethersfield to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the Solomon Welles House in Wethersfield, CT. The primary focus of this study is to provide the Town with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the exterior of the house and based upon this assessment present both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessaryrepair of this historic structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124861084-YYL3O4F0832P487JX4X9/Coley+House.jpg House Museums - Coley House Weston, CT The history of the 1841 David Dimon Coley House at the Weston Historical Society is closely entwined with the history of Weston specifically and the early settlements of Fairfield County in general. It appears that all of the families who married into the Coley family through the years were also early settlers and founders of Connecticut and specifically of this area. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by the Weston Historical Society for professional services associated with the preparation of a Condition Assessment & Feasibility Study of the exterior envelope and interior of the Coley House. As no drawings of the house existed we were also tasked with measuring the house and producing floor plans and exterior elevation CAD drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590168754258-QJKAOX4RDMX2TR821A4N/Coley+Barn.jpg House Museums - Coley Barns Weston, CT The Coley Homestead, home of the Weston Historical Society, was established in 1834 by David Dimon Coley and once included more than 100 acres of farmland and meadows. The Homestead includes the Coley farmhouse (circa 1841), large barn and cattle shed (circa 1880), and a carriage house (circa 1840). The history of the 1841 David Dimon Coley House and Barns of the Weston Historical Society are closely entwined with the history of Weston, specifically, and the early settlements of Fairfield County, in general. It appears that all of the families who married into the Coley family through the years were also early settlers and founders of Connecticut in this area. As a series of independent projects, the Weston Historical Society retained Architectural Preservation Studio to provide professional services associated with the preparation of a conditions assessment and feasibility study for the exterior envelope and interior of the Coley House, the main Coley Barn and cattle shed, and the Carriage House. As no drawings of the structures existed, APS was tasked with measuring the house and barns and producing measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations and sections in AutoCAD. We completed construction administration for the interior and exterior restoration of the Coley House and the exterior of the Barns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158576724-O8QGJVD5AV200DB9C05V/Coley+Carriage+Barn.JPG House Museums - Coley Barns Weston, CT The Coley Homestead, home of the Weston Historical Society, was established in 1834 by David Dimon Coley and once included more than 100 acres of farmland and meadows. The Homestead includes the Coley farmhouse (circa 1841), large barn and cattle shed (circa 1880), and a carriage house (circa 1840). The history of the 1841 David Dimon Coley House and Barns of the Weston Historical Society are closely entwined with the history of Weston, specifically, and the early settlements of Fairfield County, in general. It appears that all of the families who married into the Coley family through the years were also early settlers and founders of Connecticut in this area. As a series of independent projects, the Weston Historical Society retained Architectural Preservation Studio to provide professional services associated with the preparation of a conditions assessment and feasibility study for the exterior envelope and interior of the Coley House, the main Coley Barn and cattle shed, and the Carriage House. As no drawings of the structures existed, APS was tasked with measuring the house and barns and producing measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations and sections in AutoCAD. We completed construction administration for the interior and exterior restoration of the Coley House and the exterior of the Barns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490300604573-NE3446X1NGOH0E5Q1D5P/L1010527.1.jpg House Museums - Umpawaug Schoolhouse Redding, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Redding to perform a Conditions Assessment and base drawings of the Umpawaug Schoolhouse in Redding, CT. The primary focus of the study was to provide the Town of Redding with a comprehensive evaluation of the existing conditions of the Umpawaug Schoolhouse. Based on this assessment, we presented both recommendations and cost estimates for necessary stabilization and restoration of this important structure. he Umpawaug Schoolhouse was built during the period of 1789-1810. Umpawaug District (District Number Seven) was one of seven school districts established in the Town of Redding in 1768 (previously there had been three school districts). It was built on the property of Peter Sanford and is included in the inventory of his estate. This is the only surviving one-room schoolhouse in the Town of Redding and is one of very few brick one-room schoolhouses in Connecticut. The Umpawaug Schoolhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This evaluation takes into account the historic nature of the building. Any recommended repairs, improvements or replacement components are compatible with the building's historic features to the greatest extent possible. https://www.preservationstudio.com/cultural-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428673227023-KY1M0MD1HPNQBROKH1BS/FCS.jpg Cultural - French Cultural Services in New York New York, NY The Embassy of France retained Architectural Preservation Studio to inspect and develop construction documents and provide construction administration services for the French Cultural Center building located in the former Payne Whitney mansion. Designed and executed in 1906 by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, this beautiful building was purchased by the Government of France in 1954. It currently serves as a center for French Culture in New York City. In 2020 APS was retained to design and oversee facades repairs. This is building on an earlier previous report from 2014 for the conservation of the five public spaces on the first and second floors. The resulting work involved sensitively inserting new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. The conservation program of public spaces on the first floor included the reattachment and paint restoration of the pastigla ceiling and the poulticing of the marble walls and floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1675861179652-HQNXIDV5OHRFLPDXN3BG/FCS.jpg Cultural - French Cultural Services in New York New York, NY The Embassy of France retained Architectural Preservation Studio to inspect and develop construction documents and provide construction administration services for the French Cultural Center building located in the former Payne Whitney mansion. Designed and executed in 1906 by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, this beautiful building was purchased by the Government of France in 1954. It currently serves as a center for French Culture in New York City. In 2020 APS was retained to design and oversee facades repairs. This is building on an earlier previous report from 2014 for the conservation of the five public spaces on the first and second floors. The resulting work involved sensitively inserting new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. The conservation program of public spaces on the first floor included the reattachment and paint restoration of the pastigla ceiling and the poulticing of the marble walls and floors. Photo by Walter Dufresne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672661699-O0AMP1OQEG0FP7AVY2XZ/Schermerhorn+Overall.jpg Cultural - South Street Seaport - Schermerhorm Row Block New York, NY rchitectural Preservation Studio’s Preservation Group was responsible for the design and supervision of two phases of work at the South Street Seaport Museum and the Schermerhorn Row blocks for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) through Turner Construction. The NYC-designated individual landmarks date to 1811-49. The first phase involved roof repairs and the installation of a snow-fence system for the slate roofs. The second phase included the restoration and rehabilitation of over 800 wood windows and doors. Typical repairs to the windows and doors included epoxy consolidation and dutchmen repairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490300258948-TAK0E4VM65L4Q6F8RH27/L1050908.jpg Cultural - Old Saybrook Lighthouse Old Saybrook, CT Architectural Preservation Studio, PC (APS) was retained by Mr. Frank Sciame to perform historic research and a detailed up-close visual review and conditions assessment of the existing exterior envelope of the Old Saybrook Lighthouse in Old Saybrook, CT which he purchased from the US Coast Guard. ased on our site visit and an up close review of the existing conditions at the lighthouse we recommend a scope of work to be performed at the exterior of the lighthouse to restore the lighthouse to its original historic and water-tight, weather-resistant condition. Although we also reviewed the existing conditions at the interior of the lighthouse we did not included them in the report as that will be part of the interior fit-out project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672794360-FKWZ1KSVJ8YJXMXBU2G7/IMG_8825.jpg Cultural - Rutherford World War One Monument Rutherford, NJ Designed and implemented by one of Rutherford’s prominent citizens, architect Edgar Irving Williams, the 30-foot Neo-Classical column is located at the intersection of Park, Chestnut, and Passaic Avenues in Rutherford, NJ. Dedicated on May 31, 1920, the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument is a tribute to the men of Rutherford who sacrificed their lives during World War I. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained as a sub-consultant to the Borough Engineer to prepare a comprehensive evaluation followed by a restoration/conservation plan for this World War I monument. Through on-site observations, historical research and laboratory testing, we verified existing conditions and pathology of deterioration within the historic monument. Our goal was to provide a strategy for a holistic intervention that complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, as well as in-keeping with the artist’s original intent. Architectural Preservation Studio also prepared the successful National Register nomination for the property. The cast-stone memorial column is adorned with statuary bronze, including two tablets at the monument’s base. Atop the base are six eagles with interlinking garlands. Crowning the shaft is a bronze tripod completed with a glass light fixture resembling a torch flame. Additional lighting fixtures were once installed behind each eagle; however, none of these fixtures remain today. Architectural Preservation Studio refurbished the existing lighting fixtures, including the torch flame and the recessed fixtures in the base at the eagles. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the street-side lighting. The cast stone is friable, displaying delaminations and vertical cracking, with some areas having complete loss of material. There is atmospheric staining, copper staining, biological growth, and calcium-carbonate deposits. Laser cleaning is being used to clean the bronze and cast stone. In addition, the light fixtures are being repaired and re-lamped. Restoration of paving and drainage system is also occurring. Architectural Preservation Studio assisted with the preservation of items in the time capsule stored in the base of the monument as well. Partial funding for the restoration work was provided by the Bergen County Historic Preservation Trust Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428675167463-HYG7NOFRW5K5W9GKKAGA/Fountain+of+Time%2C+Chicago_P1060538.JPG.JPG Cultural - Fountain of Time Chicago, IL The Fountain of Time was designed by J. J. Earley in 1922. Earley was a pioneer in the design of modern exposed aggregate concrete mixes. His water extraction technique demonstrated Duff Abrams’ 1918 water/cement-ratio law, unveiling “an exciting new artistic material.” Architectural Preservation Studio provided a peer review of work recommended by other engineers. An analysis was completed of the original construction system, aging process, deterioration pathology, and repair methods utilized to date. All conservation, studies and contract documents for The Fountain were also reviewed. Concrete surfaces have eroded, exposing the aggregate and making it vulnerable far beyond the approximately 10% surface exposure envisioned by Early. A a twelve-point program was recommended, leading to crack stabilization, rigid and non-rigid repair of voids and mismatched patches, cement-paste surface renewal and water-repellent coatings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590163955495-BV2TGYQL6WOVKVWJ8CGK/Gores+Pavilion.JPG Cultural - Gores Pavilion New Canaan, CT APS is providing design services for New Canaan’s Department of Public Works for the replacement of the slate roofing and gutter systems and façade repairs to this historic structure. Located in Irwin Park in New Canaan, midcentury Modernist architect Landis Gores designed the Pavilion in 1959 as a pool house for John Irwin and Jane Watson, the daughter of IBM’s founder. Landis Gores was one of the Harvard Five, a group of architects (John M. Johansen, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson, and Eliot Noyes) that settled in New Canaan, CT in the 1940s and designed numerous modern structures. Gores worked with Philip Johnson on the design of his Glass House. The building is now owned by the Town of New Canaan and is operated by the New Canaan Historical Society as an exhibit space for modern architecture and design. The Gores Pavilion is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. This project is funded in part by a Historic Restoration Fund Grant from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428673254183-1ZLNP0BF8BYT1GLBM975/Building+%2312+with+View+of+City.jpg Cultural - Governors Island New York, NY Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Turner Construction and the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIEPAC) to undertake repairs at seven of the historic structures located in the Federal- and New York City-designated historic district. The scope included repairs to the existing slate and sheet-metal roofs, as well as the wood windows and cornices. After a detailed hands-on inspection of Buildings 12, 108, 111, 112, 114, 125, and 409 by an articulating man-lift, it was determined that only selective repairs were required, which we designed and administered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678001046-YKMJGMHPNRASZIRKQ6AC/Hincliffe.jpg Cultural - Hinchliffe Stadium Paterson, NJ Working for the City of Paterson, NJ, Architectural Preservation Studio is undertaking the rehabilitation and renovation of the historic Hinchliffe Stadium and Athletic Field. Opened in 1932, the stadium is listed on the national, state and municipal Register of Historic Places, and in 2013, became recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Hinchliffe served as the home of the New York Black Yankees from 1933 to 1936, and is one of the few surviving Negro League baseball stadiums in the United States. Due to sinking and destabilization of the field and an advanced state of disrepair of the stadium itself, the facility has been unused since 1997. Services at Hinchliffe Stadium included rigorous data collection leading to a report regarding the conditions of the concrete superstructure, bearing soils, environmental contaminants and archaeological sensitivity. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration and rehabilitation of the stadium and athletic field. Site conditions were stabilized and secured through the removal of debris and vegetation, as well as the installation and/or repair of fencing in order to inhibit future vulnerability to human and environmental threats. Laser-scanning was used to produce highly-accurate documentation of the structure, as well as measured drawings. Construction documents were developed for the restoration of the building’s exterior walls and one segment of the stadium’s northwest corner, consisting of a portion of the grandstand, public sidewalk, and four ticket booths with terra-cotta and wrought-iron details. Phase II involves the complete restoration of the remainder of the property, including the support spaces below the bleachers. The requirements for installing a regulation-sized track necessitated the design of a cantilevered portion to extend the field in order to accommodate this. A new building consisting of a Hall of Fame and high-end restaurant is also being designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678021476-TSOT3RACERL38NMWOMGN/Hincliffe+tile3.jpg Cultural - Hinchliffe Stadium Paterson, NJ Working for the City of Paterson, NJ, Architectural Preservation Studio is undertaking the rehabilitation and renovation of the historic Hinchliffe Stadium and Athletic Field. Opened in 1932, the stadium is listed on the national, state and municipal Register of Historic Places, and in 2013, became recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Hinchliffe served as the home of the New York Black Yankees from 1933 to 1936, and is one of the few surviving Negro League baseball stadiums in the United States. Due to sinking and destabilization of the field and an advanced state of disrepair of the stadium itself, the facility has been unused since 1997. Services at Hinchliffe Stadium included rigorous data collection leading to a report regarding the conditions of the concrete superstructure, bearing soils, environmental contaminants and archaeological sensitivity. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration and rehabilitation of the stadium and athletic field. Site conditions were stabilized and secured through the removal of debris and vegetation, as well as the installation and/or repair of fencing in order to inhibit future vulnerability to human and environmental threats. Laser-scanning was used to produce highly-accurate documentation of the structure, as well as measured drawings. Construction documents were developed for the restoration of the building’s exterior walls and one segment of the stadium’s northwest corner, consisting of a portion of the grandstand, public sidewalk, and four ticket booths with terra-cotta and wrought-iron details. Phase II involves the complete restoration of the remainder of the property, including the support spaces below the bleachers. The requirements for installing a regulation-sized track necessitated the design of a cantilevered portion to extend the field in order to accommodate this. A new building consisting of a Hall of Fame and high-end restaurant is also being designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428673347743-KMXFANI77TLCMFBMB1RA/7+-+Overall.jpg Cultural - Hinchliffe Stadium Paterson, NJ Working for the City of Paterson, NJ, Architectural Preservation Studio is undertaking the rehabilitation and renovation of the historic Hinchliffe Stadium and Athletic Field. Opened in 1932, the stadium is listed on the national, state and municipal Register of Historic Places, and in 2013, became recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Hinchliffe served as the home of the New York Black Yankees from 1933 to 1936, and is one of the few surviving Negro League baseball stadiums in the United States. Due to sinking and destabilization of the field and an advanced state of disrepair of the stadium itself, the facility has been unused since 1997. Services at Hinchliffe Stadium included rigorous data collection leading to a report regarding the conditions of the concrete superstructure, bearing soils, environmental contaminants and archaeological sensitivity. In addition, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the restoration and rehabilitation of the stadium and athletic field. Site conditions were stabilized and secured through the removal of debris and vegetation, as well as the installation and/or repair of fencing in order to inhibit future vulnerability to human and environmental threats. Laser-scanning was used to produce highly-accurate documentation of the structure, as well as measured drawings. Construction documents were developed for the restoration of the building’s exterior walls and one segment of the stadium’s northwest corner, consisting of a portion of the grandstand, public sidewalk, and four ticket booths with terra-cotta and wrought-iron details. Phase II involves the complete restoration of the remainder of the property, including the support spaces below the bleachers. The requirements for installing a regulation-sized track necessitated the design of a cantilevered portion to extend the field in order to accommodate this. A new building consisting of a Hall of Fame and high-end restaurant is also being designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173847043-YU8AWOROIJN9QGE3VNOG/Lapham+Community+Center.jpg Cultural - Lapham Community Center New Canaan, CT Lapham Community Center at Waveny Park in New Canaan, CT currently serves as a community and senior center hosting a variety of activities for citizens of New Canaan. It was originally built in 1915 as a summer home for the family of Jack Lapham, son of Lewis H. Lapham, builder of Waveny Estate. The "Bungalow" was acquired as part of the Town's purchase of the Estate in 1967. The building was renovated and developed into the Lapham Community Center in 1996. In 2004, the building was enlarged, adding a sizable addition to the east that included a large lecture hall/exercise room, and a smaller addition to the west that expanded the dining facilities. The original one-story-plus-basement building is a Tudor-style structure constructed primarily of granite fieldstone with several half-timber extensions and a steeply sloped 13,400 square foot random-width-and-thickness Vermont slate roof. Slates vary in thickness being thinner at the top section (as thin as 1/4") and thicker towards the lower section (up to 1"). Additions from 2004 were executed in the original style in appearance and materials. The rear of the south elevation of the addition takes advantage of the slope of the property extending down to reveal the basement level, creating a two-story elevation from the rear. The professional staff of APS, performed a conditions assessment for the Department of Public Works, and developed and administered construction documents for the replacement of the original building’s slate roofs to perfectly match the original system in color, size and pattern,, installing new copper-flashing systems and a new half-round heavy-duty copper gutter and downspout system sized to accommodate runoff, and a new copper 3 pipe rail snow guard system and the replacement of the deteriorated faux-stucco facades at Lapham Center with new stucco and half-timber system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490297853762-ECCL1AE4BLKRI600TU4S/Exterior.jpg Cultural - Ansonia Nature Center Ansonia, CT The Ansonia Nature Center was designed by architect Jonathan L. Foote in 1976. From its inception, the structure was designed to embrace its location on a sloping hill within a varied landscape. Constructed with locally gathered fieldstone and wood-framed end walls, each of its eight segments were themed to reflect its surrounding environment, as well as prevailing concerns of naturalists at the time. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by the City of Ansonia, Connecticut for professional services associated with the preparation of an Architectural/Engineering Building Condition Assessment and Capital Improvement Plan for the 1970’s main building at the Ansonia Nature Center. The scope of work included: accessibility, interior finishes, exterior envelope (roof, windows and siding), electrical, mechanical, fire protection, security, technology, and plumbing systems, etc., the accessible route to the parking area and conditions within twenty-five feet of the building. APS was recently retained again by the City of Ansonia for the preparation of construction documents and construction administration services for the design of a code compliant supplemental hand railing system to be added to the existing wood hand rails at the interior of the Ansonia Nature Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490303091088-V7MIB4BDRJ9U2Z1PH79W/New+canaan+Nature+Center+1.JPG Cultural - New Canaan Nature Center New Canaan, CT Architectural Preservation Studio, PC (APS) was retained by The Town of New Canaan to prepare a comprehensive assessment of the current federal Title III Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility compliance issues for buildings designed for pre-school children at both the Education and Annex Buildings at the New Canaan Nature Center (NCNC). Both buildings were built in the early 1900’s and were renovated in the 1960’s and 1990’s for pre-school functions. The primary focus of this study was to provide the Town of New Canaan with a comprehensive illustrated assessment of the existing conditions at the Education and Annex Buildings. Based upon the assessment we presented both recommendations and cost estimates for necessary modifications to make both buildings ADA compliant by performing “reasonable modifications” as defined by the ADA act. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302342506-P00253ZIFUXDG912YC32/Wire+Mill_3.jpg Cultural - Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill Redding, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation to perform an architectural feasibility and concept-design study to adapt six existing historic industrial buildings/structures at the former Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill in Redding, CT to a new program of uses. These buildings are the historic core of a 55-acre property listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and are contributing elements in the Georgetown Historic District. The purpose of the study is to advance the 2012 community-visioning initiative, an alternative program led by Re-Wire, to a feasible concept design in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties that will attract local investment. The study evaluated the potential capacity of the existing historic structures to be adaptively reused for various uses, based on their size, layout, and condition. The study provided order-of-magnitude costs associated with historic rehabilitation of buildings to meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Rehabilitation. It identified critical issues that would need to be addressed as part of rehabilitation, or would be considered in decisions to remove or partially remove existing structures, or provide for reuse that would not attain the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. https://www.preservationstudio.com/performing-arts-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678149334-MRZJ18KDTHZB4ZJE0EFQ/Gatehouse_17.jpg Performing Arts - Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY The 135th Street Gatehouse, located in Harlem and completed in 1890 as part of the New Croton Aqueduct system. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this gem of a building became a NYC-designated landmark in 1981 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. However, in 1989, the building was decommissioned by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Although recognized as a significant landmark, without a use, the structure languished for approximately 15 years, contributing to the blighted landscape of the neighborhood, overgrown with vegetation, covered in graffiti, the sky shining through its dilapidated slate roof, its future uncertain. Fortunately, under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the building has been reinvented as the Gatehouse providing a theater venue for Harlem Stage. Working with Ohlhausen Dubois Architects, the main level of the restored Gatehouse incorporates a 196-seat theater with a hardwood floor, as well as telescopic and demountable platform seating that allows for maximum flexibility. With the excavation of the existing sand/soil fill in the original valve chambers and the removal of the granite-and-brick interior chamber walls, two new lower floors were created. Along Convent Avenue a new entrance, in a contemporary design, was cut into the existing battered-masonry wall, thus connecting the theater lobby, box office/information desk and handicapped restrooms with the street. The remaining floor area on this middle level was partitioned into dressing rooms with bathrooms, a stage manager’s office, green rooms and a large stagecraft area under the apse. A new one-story addition to the Gatehouse along the south façade contains a freight lift to the theater-floor level for large equipment/stagecraft. The lowest level has a public foyer accessed from the tower elevator/stair, the main restrooms and a coat check area. The remaining floor space is office space for Harlem Stage staff and mechanical equipment, boiler room, electric-service room and water/gas-meter room. As part of the restoration/adaptive reuse efforts, the exterior sandstone-and-granite walls were carefully cleaned and re-pointed. The temporary roof was removed and a new slate roof installed replicating the original. The existing steel doors were restored and new cast-iron windows fabricated including stained-glass transoms based on salvaged pieces of glass. Exterior railings were removed and missing cast-iron medallions recreated and reinstalled. At the interior, the polychromatic brickwork was gently cleaned while still maintaining the patina of time. All preservation work was designed by Architectural Preservation Studio staff, under WASA, in accordance with Secretary of Interior’s Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678175160-RIB7OWM72LM4NLYIFIB8/Gatehouse_10.jpg Performing Arts - Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY The 135th Street Gatehouse, located in Harlem and completed in 1890 as part of the New Croton Aqueduct system. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this gem of a building became a NYC-designated landmark in 1981 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. However, in 1989, the building was decommissioned by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Although recognized as a significant landmark, without a use, the structure languished for approximately 15 years, contributing to the blighted landscape of the neighborhood, overgrown with vegetation, covered in graffiti, the sky shining through its dilapidated slate roof, its future uncertain. Fortunately, under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the building has been reinvented as the Gatehouse providing a theater venue for Harlem Stage. Working with Ohlhausen Dubois Architects, the main level of the restored Gatehouse incorporates a 196-seat theater with a hardwood floor, as well as telescopic and demountable platform seating that allows for maximum flexibility. With the excavation of the existing sand/soil fill in the original valve chambers and the removal of the granite-and-brick interior chamber walls, two new lower floors were created. Along Convent Avenue a new entrance, in a contemporary design, was cut into the existing battered-masonry wall, thus connecting the theater lobby, box office/information desk and handicapped restrooms with the street. The remaining floor area on this middle level was partitioned into dressing rooms with bathrooms, a stage manager’s office, green rooms and a large stagecraft area under the apse. A new one-story addition to the Gatehouse along the south façade contains a freight lift to the theater-floor level for large equipment/stagecraft. The lowest level has a public foyer accessed from the tower elevator/stair, the main restrooms and a coat check area. The remaining floor space is office space for Harlem Stage staff and mechanical equipment, boiler room, electric-service room and water/gas-meter room. As part of the restoration/adaptive reuse efforts, the exterior sandstone-and-granite walls were carefully cleaned and re-pointed. The temporary roof was removed and a new slate roof installed replicating the original. The existing steel doors were restored and new cast-iron windows fabricated including stained-glass transoms based on salvaged pieces of glass. Exterior railings were removed and missing cast-iron medallions recreated and reinstalled. At the interior, the polychromatic brickwork was gently cleaned while still maintaining the patina of time. All preservation work was designed by Architectural Preservation Studio staff, under WASA, in accordance with Secretary of Interior’s Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678188674-SJV9UQHSK0DXEOMPJIOA/Gatehouse_22.jpg Performing Arts - Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY The 135th Street Gatehouse, located in Harlem and completed in 1890 as part of the New Croton Aqueduct system. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this gem of a building became a NYC-designated landmark in 1981 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. However, in 1989, the building was decommissioned by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Although recognized as a significant landmark, without a use, the structure languished for approximately 15 years, contributing to the blighted landscape of the neighborhood, overgrown with vegetation, covered in graffiti, the sky shining through its dilapidated slate roof, its future uncertain. Fortunately, under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the building has been reinvented as the Gatehouse providing a theater venue for Harlem Stage. Working with Ohlhausen Dubois Architects, the main level of the restored Gatehouse incorporates a 196-seat theater with a hardwood floor, as well as telescopic and demountable platform seating that allows for maximum flexibility. With the excavation of the existing sand/soil fill in the original valve chambers and the removal of the granite-and-brick interior chamber walls, two new lower floors were created. Along Convent Avenue a new entrance, in a contemporary design, was cut into the existing battered-masonry wall, thus connecting the theater lobby, box office/information desk and handicapped restrooms with the street. The remaining floor area on this middle level was partitioned into dressing rooms with bathrooms, a stage manager’s office, green rooms and a large stagecraft area under the apse. A new one-story addition to the Gatehouse along the south façade contains a freight lift to the theater-floor level for large equipment/stagecraft. The lowest level has a public foyer accessed from the tower elevator/stair, the main restrooms and a coat check area. The remaining floor space is office space for Harlem Stage staff and mechanical equipment, boiler room, electric-service room and water/gas-meter room. As part of the restoration/adaptive reuse efforts, the exterior sandstone-and-granite walls were carefully cleaned and re-pointed. The temporary roof was removed and a new slate roof installed replicating the original. The existing steel doors were restored and new cast-iron windows fabricated including stained-glass transoms based on salvaged pieces of glass. Exterior railings were removed and missing cast-iron medallions recreated and reinstalled. At the interior, the polychromatic brickwork was gently cleaned while still maintaining the patina of time. All preservation work was designed by Architectural Preservation Studio staff, under WASA, in accordance with Secretary of Interior’s Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678205872-WTFPGNNI5UX8HDZLRW3Q/JPAC_+%2823%29.jpg Performing Arts - Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) Queens, NY This project involved the adaptive reuse of the abandoned 1858-59 First Reformed Church of Jamaica—a state-, national- and NYC-designated landmark—to a performing arts center serving Jamaica’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities. Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, as a consultant to the NYC Department of Design and Construction, worked with in-house designers to develop a plan to create a state-of-the-art performance space while preserving the historic character of the building. The adaptive reuse involved transforming the church into a theater space, with about 325 seats on the main level and 75 seats in the balcony. The main level is designed as a totally flexible space, equipped to house a variety of seating and stage configurations and, in addition, to accommodate banquet facilities. The third floor features a modern conference center for community use, complete with a direct line of site to the stage. Support spaces were implemented in the basement, requiring excavation and underpinning of what was essentially a crawl space. An elevator was inserted in one of the two towers, providing for accessibility. Our design restored the building’s brick-and-brownstone façades and windows—including three stained-glass windows facing Jamaica Avenue—while salvaging other deteriorated stained-glass panels. The church’s remaining windows were returned to their original design—a diamond pattern outlined by slender lead cames. New slate and flat-seam copper roofs were installed to replace the original deteriorated ones. The brownstone entrance stairs were redesigned to create monumental stairs that double for casual outdoor seating. At the interior, original decorative wood trim at the balcony, stage front, and window perimeters was salvaged and reinstalled. Cast-iron columns that formerly supported the balcony, whose steep incline necessitated its redesign, were restored and relocated to the conference center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678214426-IH4PTGRL42F5Z81J4K8G/JPAC_+%283%29.jpg Performing Arts - Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) Queens, NY This project involved the adaptive reuse of the abandoned 1858-59 First Reformed Church of Jamaica—a state-, national- and NYC-designated landmark—to a performing arts center serving Jamaica’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities. Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, as a consultant to the NYC Department of Design and Construction, worked with in-house designers to develop a plan to create a state-of-the-art performance space while preserving the historic character of the building. The adaptive reuse involved transforming the church into a theater space, with about 325 seats on the main level and 75 seats in the balcony. The main level is designed as a totally flexible space, equipped to house a variety of seating and stage configurations and, in addition, to accommodate banquet facilities. The third floor features a modern conference center for community use, complete with a direct line of site to the stage. Support spaces were implemented in the basement, requiring excavation and underpinning of what was essentially a crawl space. An elevator was inserted in one of the two towers, providing for accessibility. Our design restored the building’s brick-and-brownstone façades and windows—including three stained-glass windows facing Jamaica Avenue—while salvaging other deteriorated stained-glass panels. The church’s remaining windows were returned to their original design—a diamond pattern outlined by slender lead cames. New slate and flat-seam copper roofs were installed to replace the original deteriorated ones. The brownstone entrance stairs were redesigned to create monumental stairs that double for casual outdoor seating. At the interior, original decorative wood trim at the balcony, stage front, and window perimeters was salvaged and reinstalled. Cast-iron columns that formerly supported the balcony, whose steep incline necessitated its redesign, were restored and relocated to the conference center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678231831-QCX6PFJ7JQ7RIRZATG3U/JPAC_+%2817%29.jpg Performing Arts - Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) Queens, NY This project involved the adaptive reuse of the abandoned 1858-59 First Reformed Church of Jamaica—a state-, national- and NYC-designated landmark—to a performing arts center serving Jamaica’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities. Under WASA, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, as a consultant to the NYC Department of Design and Construction, worked with in-house designers to develop a plan to create a state-of-the-art performance space while preserving the historic character of the building. The adaptive reuse involved transforming the church into a theater space, with about 325 seats on the main level and 75 seats in the balcony. The main level is designed as a totally flexible space, equipped to house a variety of seating and stage configurations and, in addition, to accommodate banquet facilities. The third floor features a modern conference center for community use, complete with a direct line of site to the stage. Support spaces were implemented in the basement, requiring excavation and underpinning of what was essentially a crawl space. An elevator was inserted in one of the two towers, providing for accessibility. Our design restored the building’s brick-and-brownstone façades and windows—including three stained-glass windows facing Jamaica Avenue—while salvaging other deteriorated stained-glass panels. The church’s remaining windows were returned to their original design—a diamond pattern outlined by slender lead cames. New slate and flat-seam copper roofs were installed to replace the original deteriorated ones. The brownstone entrance stairs were redesigned to create monumental stairs that double for casual outdoor seating. At the interior, original decorative wood trim at the balcony, stage front, and window perimeters was salvaged and reinstalled. Cast-iron columns that formerly supported the balcony, whose steep incline necessitated its redesign, were restored and relocated to the conference center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170925614-CO4HP9WBQ38H09ALW11S/1680+Lexington.jpg Performing Arts - 1680 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 1680 Lexington Avenue is an individual NYC-designated landmark located in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by David I. Stagg and completed in 1882, the neo-Grec structure formally served as Public School 72 and is one of a few extant examples of this style used in New York City public-school building design. The NYC Economic Development Corporation renovated and restored the building in 1996, which now houses the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center and the Heritage School. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was contracted by Hunter Roberts Construction Group to perform window and façade conditions assessments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170362681-CFTH1MDYGWASQ2QK1FQ6/Coffey.jpg Performing Arts - 153 Coffey Street Brooklyn, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the client to design the roof replacement and related masonry repairs at 153 Coffey Street, Brooklyn. The building is a single-story structure with a basement that was erected for corrugated-cardboard box storage in 1885. APS designed the re-roofing including demolition of the roof-membrane system down to the existing deck and installation of a new multi-ply roofing system. In addition, two roof skylights were re-opened and copper replacements fabricated and installed, and new railings were installed at low parapets to meet current code. The building is presently used as a performing-arts space. https://www.preservationstudio.com/education-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490635947365-JZUA902PMTVZ2O485F7M/VanDerBergFrontElevation.jpg Higher Education - van den Berg Hall - SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by SUNY New Paltz to investigate and design repairs to the existing lead-coated copper batten-seam roof at van den Berg Hall. The building was constructed in 1935 and is a three-story masonry building with a clock tower. A fire destroyed the original clock tower in 1990, including part of the existing roof. Our work includes the design and administration of selective roof repairs to keep the building watertight and the design of a new snow-guard system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678371906-3C65DV3NSIRT7MPX4PEL/McVickar-Dusk_A.jpg Higher Education - McVicker Hall - Columbia Unversity New York, NY McVickar Hall at Columbia University is an eight-story, 50,000 GSF residential building that was built in 1908. In 2005, Columbia decided to convert this residential building into an office building that would provide a state-of-the-art work place for the Alumni Relations and Development Groups, and a warm and inviting Welcome Center for alumni. The professional staff from APS were responsible for the façade restoration project. On the interior, a new second elevator was added to the core and the original elevator was refurbished. A communicating stair was added between two of the more executive floors. ADA-compliance was achieved by the sensitive addition of a ramp on the exterior. The missing sheet-metal cornice was replicated from period photos. Photo by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678698373-ALAJO2WA125MO5T4D4AY/NYU+246+Greene_2014.01.16.jpg Higher Education - 246 Greene Street - New York University New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678728585-209Y9POS8MVYX7115AAB/Duke+Mansion_003.jpg Higher Education - James B. Duke Mansion - New York University New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678749154-QN7L4PPXBNXHDW1DXADH/Fordham+Keating+Hall.jpg Higher Education - Keating Hall - Fordham University Bronx, NY Constructed in 1935, Keating Hall is a neo-gothic granite building with carved limestone trim. The central clock tower is a landmark of Fordham University’s Rose Hill Campus. Over the years, the limestone deteriorated, whereas the granite remained in good condition. After an initial conditions assessment, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA Studio, designed a probe program to evaluate concealed conditions. Probes revealed the underlying cause of the limestone failures was related to the location of flashing, which led to moisture retention in the limestone. Subsequently, in collaboration with Severud Associates, structural engineers, we designed and oversaw the repair of the tower. We conducted a stone-by-stone inspection of the façades, and deteriorated limestone trim was repaired by installation of matching dutchmen, and in some cases, full stone units. At the crenellated parapets, original limestone copings were removed and reset on through-wall copper flashing carefully designed to provide overlaps and end dams, thus precluding moisture penetration into the stone courses below. The copings were anchored into place using stainless steel fasteners. Lead weather-caps sealed the transverse joints. 100% repointing with a high-calcium lime-modified cementitious mortar was performed. The tower’s steel-casement and diamond-patterned lead-came windows were meticulously restored and their performance improved by refurbishing original hardware to full functionality and the addition of compatible weather-stripping. The slab of the upper level roof was so deteriorated it required full replacement. This led to the reconstruction of the copper bulkhead. At both the lower and upper roofs, new flat-seam copper roofs replaced the failed existing. The copper housing for the clock mechanism was recreated, and new copper louvered vents replaced the existing metal-fatigued originals at the four turrets. The wrought-iron staircase was stripped to bare metal, repaired and repainted. In addition, an earlier project designed and administered the replacement of 900 wood windows in the remaining building with aluminum double-glazed replicas that matched existing sightlines. The unique wood tracery details were retained and conserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173218830-NVJLQUIJSKAC42E0U2SH/DeLaSalle+Hall.jpg Higher Education - Memorial and De La Salle Halls - Manhattan College Bronx, NY APS is currently working on the exterior restoration of two of the Manhattan College’s historic quad buildings, Memorial and De La Salle Halls. The Georgian Revival buildings, completed in 1923, are built primarily of red brick, with limestone cornices, tableaus, pediments, water table, and string courses, as well as keystones and spandrel insets. During earlier investigative phase under WASA, the professional staff of APS discovered that the construction of the buildings is somewhat unusual. Probes revealed that the exterior load-bearing walls support steel beams that carry concrete floors. In addition to flat and round brick arches above window openings, loose steel lintels were also employed at various locations and depths in the wall. Years of intermittent and sometimes persistent roof leaks have led to the corrosion and movement of many of these steel components. Repairs included resetting of limestone cornices and string courses, stone Dutchmen, trowel-applied patching, and epoxy injections. Other typical repairs included stitching in new brickwork at existing cracked masonry, reinforcing building corners, slate-sill replacement, and replacement of many of the steel lintels. Repairs at the roof included resetting of slate tile, re-cladding of dormers, and chimney restoration. The monumental stairs were also reconstructed. In addition, under WASA, the professional staff of APS designed and performed the masonry rebuilding of the load-bearing south wall at Chrysostom Hall, the oldest building on campus. We provided the Seventh Cycle FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program) critical examination and report filing for Horan Hall, and then undertook the design and administration of the SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program) repairs. We also performed a similar exercise for Overlook Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590157849489-YF6NFF8KOWY8LIHZF0BE/Avon+Old+School.JPG Higher Education - Avon Old Farms School Avon, CT It was founded in 1927 and the campus and original buildings were designed by Theodate Pope Riddle, one of America’s first female architects. The Avon Old Farms campus was designed in the style of an English Costwold village from 1818 to 1929. Riddle Refectory is rectangular in plan, with the greater portion being an open, two-story hall. The smaller, west end is divided into an entry on the lower level with the upper level serving as a balcony overlooking the hall. In cross-section, the building profile is that of a “basilica”, in that it has a stepped roofline with a central section raised as a continuous double-sided clerestory. The roof is framed and supported by a stacked, double arch composed of heavy timbers, providing an open hall free of columns. Walls are constructed of red sandstone with an interior plaster finish. The roof is clad in random-sized red slate graduating from thinner at the top to thicker towards the eaves. A rounded copper ridge extends continuously along the peak of the upper roof, terminating in rounded ends. Above the main entrance, on the lower roof, is a single “fantail dormer” that illuminates the balcony. Architectural Preservation Studio provided preservation consulting services which included reviewing the existing slate roofing conditions and existing drawings and proposed repair procedures at the Riddle Refectory (Dining Hall) at the historic Old Farms campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678767417-HMWMP2AC2DCJG09I8RNR/P1050134.JPG Higher Education - The Rectory - University of Connecticut Waterbury, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590172805521-WEI9UM49F6DX41E9DRQO/IMAG5311.jpg Higher Education - Demarest Hall - Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ Demarest Hall, erected in 1950, was named after William Henry Steele Demarest (1863-1956). Demarest was the President of Rutgers College from 1906-1925, and Trustee of Rutgers from 1899-1947. Demarest later became President of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary from 1925-35. Demarest Hall is a three-story residential building and is colonial in style. The plan is “U”-shaped and the façade is articulated with a red brick with quoins at the corners, white-trimmed windows, and a slate roof topped by a central cupola. The central roof is gabled and the two side wings are gambrel with punctuated dormers. Between the gable and gambrel are slightly recessed east and west hyphens, which are also gambrel in style. At the request of the client, Architectural Preservation Studio designed a new asphalt-shingle replacement roof, new copper lined built-in gutters, cornice and cupola repairs, and new aluminum windows for the roof dormers. APS performed an investigation from an aerial lift, developed the construction documents, assisted with bidding, and administered construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175919744-QC5F83BZVLO0N16D83TH/809+Catle+Point+Terrace.jpg Higher Education - 809 Castle Point Terrace Hoboken, NJ John Stevens, the founder of Hoboken, bought land in 1784 and built his summer resort on Castle Point – the highest elevation in the area – in the early 1800s. After his death in 1838, his heirs established the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, selling off large parts of the property to the City of Hoboken. Thirty acres of Castle Point remained under the family’s ownership. Edwin Stevens, son of John Stevens, replaced the old summer resort with a Victorian mansion (known as “Castle Stevens” or “Villa on the Hudson”) in 1853. In 1886, Edwin’s will bequeathed the funds and land for an “institution of learning.” The Stevens Institute of Technology opened in 1870. From 1900-03, the Stevens family gradually sold vacant land parcels to new buyers, which led to the establishment of the Castle Point Terrace neighborhood with its yellow cobblestone street. In 1900, 809 Castle Point Terrace was sold to construct the current Neo-Gothic house. In 1963, 809 Castle Point Terrace became the new home for the Delta Tau Delta, and in 1991, Castle Point Historic District was established to protect the prestigious neighborhood. The building continues to be the home of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and is owned by the Stevens Institute of Technology. The two-storied Neo-Gothic structure is clad with white iron-spot bricks and terra-cotta ornamentation. The sloping roof is covered with Ludowici-Celadon Imperial Closed shingles. Most of the windows and gables have ornamental terra-cotta floral decorative units, and the pattern above the windows mimics the three-pointed Gothic arches. The structure is located up the slope from Castle Point Terrace, and the street level is connected to the main building entrance portico via a set of steps supported by retaining walls. APS performed an exterior conditions assessment, which included a drone survey of the leaking roof. Much of the terra cotta, particularly at lintels, has cracked, presumably from concealed corroding steel. The terra-cotta shingle roof and membrane setback roofs have outlived their service life and require replacement. Retaining walls are in poor condition. Leaks were also occurring through the foundation walls at the uphill side of the building. APS design and administered foundation damp-proofing, including re-routing of downspouts and installation of piping to carry away foundation moisture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175792375-IWE8MTXYAPX0N6KWGAZM/Gatehouse.jpg Higher Education - Castle point Gatehouse - Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Stevens Institute of Technology to restore the exterior of the Castle Point Gatehouse, the surviving remnant of the Stevens Castle, a 40-room mansion. Dating to 1853, the Castle Point Gatehouse currently marks the southern entrance to the Stevens Institute of Technology campus. The load-bearing stone and brick structure was in a serious state of disrepair. APS performed a conditions assessment and structural review of the collapsing areas, providing a report along with a construction cost estimate. Following this, the structure was stabilized, while APS developed Construction Documents. APS then administered construction, restoring the masonry and wrought-iron work, accomplishing re-roofing, and refurbishing the wood windows, for a fee well below the client’s budget. The project also involved the application of lime-based stone patching for the repair of the existing serpentine-stone masonry. Soon after completion, an accident occurred where a truck attempted to pass through the gate, thereby structurally destabilizing it. APS designed the stone-by-stone disassembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678390545-G1YP1FNUVARCYJP9S0XY/Columbia+Int+Affairs_03.JPG Higher Education - International Affairs Building - Columbia University New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175022514-KEE6QG19AXUNFL1ZAQBT/24+Waverly.jpg Higher Education - 24 Waverly Place - New York University New York, NY Completed in 1906, 24 Waverly Place is an 11-story academic building on the NYU campus. Located on a corner, the street façades are constructed with concrete bricks, the upper two stories of which had been replaced with EIFS. The facades are articulated by string courses of terra cotta. Architectural Preservation Studio performed an initial survey and designed the repair of SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program) conditions. These included spandrel rebuilding, re-pointing, secondary spandrel steel replacement, terra-cotta cartouche disassembly and reassembly along with terra-cotta crack and patch repairs, and EIFS repairs. For the 8th Cycle of FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program, formerly known as Local Law 11/98), the building was filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173651804-OPUT6SHHWL8Q3WIKQRBM/18-20+East+8th+Street.jpg Higher Education - 18-20 East 8th Street - New York University New York, NY 18-20 East 8th Street constructed in 1834-1835, is used as housing for NYU faculty. It is located between University Place and 5th Avenue within the Greenwich Village Historic District. This section of East 8th Street was originally designed as a row of single-family townhouse residences. This Greek Revival building was remodeled in 1916 when it was converted into apartments. The façade was redesigned in the Mediterranean style. The north façade is rendered in stucco with a brick base and brick sills. The entrance has a semicircular arched door surround decorated with tiles. This façade is mostly symmetrical; decorative elements above windows vary and an arched parapet breaks the roofline on the 18 East 8th Street side. The south, east, and west façades are constructed of brick with a stucco finish along the 1st floor, stone sills and lintels, single-hung windows, and a fire-escape stair along the south façade. Architectural Preservation Studio initially undertook an exterior conditions assessment of the building. Sections of plaster on the east façade and the bulkhead were in poor condition. The fire staircase had peeling paint, missing guard rails, and corrosion. Rusted lintels, deteriorated party-wall copings and finally the concrete staircase leading to the basement was entirely spalled. Following the submission of a report with a prioritized cost estimate, APS developed construction documents and is currently overseeing bidding and construction administration that includes stucco repair, fire staircase recoating and guard rail installation, lintel replacement, party-wall coping replacement and rebuilding the concrete staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590174997425-6QGHH1464B40N6B5S8CC/316%2BThird%2BAvenue.jpg Higher Education - 316 Third Avenue - New York University New York, NY 316 Third Avenue, also known as Gramercy Green, was completed in 2006. It is a 22-story pre-cast concrete panel and a glazed curtain-wall residential structure. Architectural Preservation Studio performed the FISP critical examination and filed the building as SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program). The conditions identified were deteriorated sealant, concrete cracks, concrete spalls, and failed waterproofing at the roof. The building went through a 100% sealant replacement, all concrete cracks were repaired and spalls patched. The failed waterproofing membrane at the roof was replaced and new waterproofing was added to the bulkhead balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173056412-SUTY4PBGHF4UVMWEHOK1/Helyar.jpg Higher Education - Helyar House - Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Helyar House is a two-story residential building located at 20 College Farm Road, in New Brunswick, NJ. It is constructed in masonry with a low-slope roof. The building was designed by Eckert Gatarz Architects and completed in 1968. The existing roofing has an area of approximately 6,500 SF and had reached the end of its service life. Architectural Preservation Studio designed and oversaw the construction of a new lightweight concrete topping followed by a new SBS modified-bitumen roofing system with a 20-year NDL warranty. In addition, associated masonry repairs, including the partial rebuilding of the chimney, were also accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590173340543-OYWVIULPD0Q0Z71ZA8QU/Horan+Hall.jpg Higher Education - Horan Hall - Manhattan College Bronx, NY Horan Hall is one of the largest dormitories at Manhattan College. Built in 1991, the building is a 12-story concrete-frame structure, with a cavity-wall system clad in brick. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, was retained to file the Seventh Cycle NYC FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program) report. We identified deteriorated and cracked parapets, spalls at exposed horizontal “eyebrows” (slab edges), and spalls at the railings. The Seventh Cycle FISP report was filed as SWARMP (Safe with a Repair and Maintenance Program). We then prepared construction documents for repairs. Concrete around railing penetrations was demolished to provide access to the base and anchorage. Corroded railings were prepared, primed and painted, and re-anchored into repair mortar. Joints were sealed, and the patches treated with a water-repellent coating. A similar approach was taken for the eyebrows. Upon removals, bent stainless-steel pins were inserted to provide additional mechanical attachment. Existing and new reinforcement were prepared and treated with an anti-corrosion coating and binding agent prior to repair-mortar placement. Following a 14-day cure period, the patches were coated with a water-repellent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490642522577-0WEO7IKC4TH36EVRW39N/Aerial.png Higher Education - Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg Township, New Jersey The 48,000-sf plaza forms the core of this central New Jersey community college. The existing plaza, located on three levels and partially over occupied space, had been leaking for many years. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio was engaged to investigate the existing waterproofing conditions and to develop a comprehensive rehabilitation program that could be implemented in phases to accommodate the academic calendar and budget. The new waterproofing system employed new lightweight concrete over the existing structural concrete deck, followed by a two-ply SBS modified-bitumen system, filter fabric, drainage mat and the reinstallation of the existing concrete pavers. Due to intricate terminations, a fluid-applied waterproofing system was specified at all perimeter walls, parapets, scuppers and adjoining areas. Phase 2 of this project was completed in November 2011. Architectural Preservation Studio was recently retained to design and administer Phase 3. https://www.preservationstudio.com/government-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678823887-6MRIJLVML25Z7WCU0RCH/26Fed-2B.jpg Government - Jacob K. Javits Federal Building New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio’s professional staff, under WASA, collaborated with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, landscape architects, on the redesign the plaza facing Foley Square at the east side of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Framed to the north by the Court of International Trade, this civic space had leaked into the underground parking garage for decades. APS was responsible for the waterproofing, designed to be installed as a multi-ply system at each of two levels. The slab over the garage, located in some cases 4’-0” below the finished grade of the plaza, received the first system, a hot fluid-applied rubberized system by HydroTech. The topping slab was waterproofed with a 3-ply SBS modified-bitumen system by Siplast. All base flashing details were accomplished with fleece-reinforced liquid-applied membrane. For the redesign of the plaza, gestural, sweeping landforms fold over the plinth of the Federal Building and link the project to its urban context. A grand, granite stair emerges from the rolling landforms to create an amenity that invites the public into the plan. The material selection and pavement pattern, in concert with a range of landscape spaces, facilitate the transition from the enormity of the Federal Building to the intimate scale of the plan’s internal gardens. The plan spaces are enlivened through the interplay of four seating options: wide marble benches, in both rectangles and circles, reference the scale of the surrounding architecture and provide generous and flexible seating; crescent marble benches follow the edge of planted areas to create intimate spaces; and black granite benches, nestled between the columns of the Federal Building negate the need for temporary barriers. A close study of the microclimatic conditions and user comfort informed decisions of layout, material and planting. The landforms and trees on the northern portion of the site block winter winds along Worth Street; shade provided by vegetation is a valued amenity during the summer months when the plaza is in full sun for many hours of the day. To compensate for the shade of winter, a targeted Heliostat directs sunlight to six different locations on the plaza over the course of the day. Additionally, reflectors play a role at night when “moonlight” floods the site. In addition, APS’s professional staff worked on a variety of projects for theGSA at 26 Federal Plaza over a number of years. These include the replacement of the sidewalk along the Foley Square plaza, the design for the replacement of the sidewalk along Broadway, and the design of roof davits to meet OSHA compliance for two-point suspended scaffolding tie backs. We performed the FISP critical examination and report for the Sixth Cycle. We also designed and administered the re-roofing of the adjacent Court of International Trade. Photo by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678832229-E42NG1J1J285FRGNTWAE/26Fed-5B.jpg Government - Jacob K. Javits Federal Building New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio’s professional staff, under WASA, collaborated with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, landscape architects, on the redesign the plaza facing Foley Square at the east side of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Framed to the north by the Court of International Trade, this civic space had leaked into the underground parking garage for decades. APS was responsible for the waterproofing, designed to be installed as a multi-ply system at each of two levels. The slab over the garage, located in some cases 4’-0” below the finished grade of the plaza, received the first system, a hot fluid-applied rubberized system by HydroTech. The topping slab was waterproofed with a 3-ply SBS modified-bitumen system by Siplast. All base flashing details were accomplished with fleece-reinforced liquid-applied membrane. For the redesign of the plaza, gestural, sweeping landforms fold over the plinth of the Federal Building and link the project to its urban context. A grand, granite stair emerges from the rolling landforms to create an amenity that invites the public into the plan. The material selection and pavement pattern, in concert with a range of landscape spaces, facilitate the transition from the enormity of the Federal Building to the intimate scale of the plan’s internal gardens. The plan spaces are enlivened through the interplay of four seating options: wide marble benches, in both rectangles and circles, reference the scale of the surrounding architecture and provide generous and flexible seating; crescent marble benches follow the edge of planted areas to create intimate spaces; and black granite benches, nestled between the columns of the Federal Building negate the need for temporary barriers. A close study of the microclimatic conditions and user comfort informed decisions of layout, material and planting. The landforms and trees on the northern portion of the site block winter winds along Worth Street; shade provided by vegetation is a valued amenity during the summer months when the plaza is in full sun for many hours of the day. To compensate for the shade of winter, a targeted Heliostat directs sunlight to six different locations on the plaza over the course of the day. Additionally, reflectors play a role at night when “moonlight” floods the site. In addition, APS’s professional staff worked on a variety of projects for theGSA at 26 Federal Plaza over a number of years. These include the replacement of the sidewalk along the Foley Square plaza, the design for the replacement of the sidewalk along Broadway, and the design of roof davits to meet OSHA compliance for two-point suspended scaffolding tie backs. We performed the FISP critical examination and report for the Sixth Cycle. We also designed and administered the re-roofing of the adjacent Court of International Trade. Photo by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678891971-SWS25BU86RFO2CUCZSR5/RM_WASA-NP_1_C.jpg Government - Peter W. Rodino Federal Building Newark, NJ Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, designed and administered the 25,000-sf plaza restoration project, including the complete replacement of the existing waterproofing system at the plaza, monumental stone stairs and 10,000 sf of perimeter sidewalks. The cast-in-place surfacing material was replicated using pavers which matched the original two-color design pattern, permitting easy access to the waterproofing membrane. All built-in planters were re-waterproofed. The project also involved the upgrading of the perimeter plaza retaining and planter walls with granite to replace deteriorating pre-cast exposed-aggregate concrete. In addition, concrete repairs of beam and column enclosures, damaged from years of ongoing water infiltration, were performed at the existing basement and sub-basement. In collaboration with Ammann & Whitney, structural engineers, we also designed the slab repair and new parking layout in the garage occupying the basement level. The project entailed full-depth replacement and large-scale patching of the concrete slabs, which were affected by substantial deterioration from deicing salts penetrating the failed waterproofing membrane. In addition to the slab repairs, we coordinated the relocatation mechanical piping and conduits that were hung from the underside of the slabs at the ceiling of the sub-basement. New traffic-bearing waterproofing and coatings were installed along with the new parking layout. We also resolved water infiltration at the sub-basement main switch-gear room, where the slab had undergone severe deterioration due to frequent flooding, by using a fiber-optic camera to investigate the condition of the footing drains and, ultimately, designing a sump-pump system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428678966712-GAGFG3WN651DK60OVV5Q/WorkStages.jpg Government - Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse New York, NY Designed by Cass Gilbert and constructed in 1932, the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40 Foley Square is a New York City- and New York State-designated landmark. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio worked with the US General Services Administration (GSA) to resolve ongoing leaks in the occupied space below the monumental entrance stairs. The design-build project was executed with Trio General Contracting Associates. The first phase of the project consisted of the removal, restoration, waterproofing and reinstallation of the existing granite stairs, as well as the replacement of the supporting structure with a new reinforced concrete structure. The second phase involved the replacement of the existing distinctive sidewalk in kind to provide proper slope for drainage. The sidewalk project was designed as a component of the master plan for the redevelopment of Foley Square. The sidewalk consists of granite and bluestone bands and a special concrete-scoring pattern. In addition to the GSA, this project required approvals from the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transit Authority and NYC Parks Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679135658-QSFY4LEKO7AUAVRXPH2S/Alfred+E+Smith+Building+%288%29.jpg Government - Alfred E. Smith State Office Building Albany, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679145609-3KBUO9KCK38R94ZUX3M3/Alfred+E+Smith+Building+%2824%29.jpg Government - Alfred E. Smith State Office Building Albany, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679149961-MYZEGMR6SRLH67KMLP7D/Alfred+E+Smith+Building.jpg Government - Alfred E. Smith State Office Building Albany, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679276720-JIDU8RG87846TG4FZITO/ManhattanMunicipal_001.jpg Government - Manhattan Municipal Building New York, NY The Manhattan Municipal Building, designed by McKim, Mead & White, is a stunning example of the “City Beautiful” movement. Since its opening in 1914, it has played a role in the government of the nation’s largest city. The building is forty-stories tall, with a height of 585 feet and a floor area of 926,000 square feet. Its façade is made of granite accented by terra-cotta details, as well as recessed cast-ironpanels at the 21st through 24th floors. Its tower is capped by a 25- foot gilt-copper statue, “Civic Fame,” by Adolph A. Weinman. The building is a NYC- and NYS-designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In a series of different contracts, Architectural Preservation Studio restored the façade, the gilt-copper statue, and the historic entrance lobbies. Leaks in the building over a 75-year period had allowed water to infiltrate behind the granite exterior, resulting in corrosion of the structural steel framing as well as extensive interior damage to finishes. Rust build-up against the tightly packed back-up masonry had transferred to the granite-clad exterior causing continuous vertical cracks several stories high and severe displacement in some cases. When pieces of granite fell from the 25th floor cornice to the ground, the City decided to take action. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio directed the restoration of the elaborate granite and terra-cotta façade of this landmark. The work began with a study of the cladding for compliance with Local Law 10/80, a NYC façade ordinance. Architectural Preservation Studio documented substantial deterioration by performing a hands-on stone-by-stone review, and subsequently, developed the conservation program to restore the façade. The granite and terra-cotta cornice was also found to be in unsafe condition. Corrosion of the steel outrigger supports had caused cracks and spalls in the ornamental granite modillions and frieze, and some of the terra-cotta anthemions were shattered. Safety netting was placed around the cornice to stabilize the structure and plans were prepared for an extensive restoration of the entire exterior. 39 miles of pipe scaffolding, which made the Guinness Book of Records, shrouded the building for four years. Similar to the Statue of Liberty, the 25-foot Civic Fame statue was suffering from deterioration by galvanic action between dissimilar metals and settlement of the internal armature. The gilt-copper skin was causing the steel armature to corrode preferentially. The entire statue was dismantled and removed from the top of the building. Limited copper-panel replacement was executed and the gilding restored in an atelier off-site. The steel armature was redesigned and erected in stainless steel. In a dramatic conclusion, the statue was air-lifted by helicopter to its original position at the top of the building. The originaldecorative scheme of the entrance lobbies included marble floors and walls, ornate bronze elevator enclosures, and faux-marble groin-vaulted plaster ceilings. The marble exhibited years of soiling and wax build-up, the statuary bronze-work was painted gold, and the faux marble was long gone due to periodic leaks from mechanical systems through the ceilings. Bronze light fixtures, known only from period photographs, were also missing. Subsequent to archival research and materials testing, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the cleaning of the marble, the repatination of the decorative bronze work, and the recreation of the faux-marble finish on the vaults. New bronze light fixtures were cast and installed to the original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679335050-GHPY1LYRFQ9BAI4R5Q4N/ManhattanMunicipal_010.jpg Government - Manhattan Municipal Building New York, NY The Manhattan Municipal Building, designed by McKim, Mead & White, is a stunning example of the “City Beautiful” movement. Since its opening in 1914, it has played a role in the government of the nation’s largest city. The building is forty-stories tall, with a height of 585 feet and a floor area of 926,000 square feet. Its façade is made of granite accented by terra-cotta details, as well as recessed cast-ironpanels at the 21st through 24th floors. Its tower is capped by a 25- foot gilt-copper statue, “Civic Fame,” by Adolph A. Weinman. The building is a NYC- and NYS-designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In a series of different contracts, Architectural Preservation Studio restored the façade, the gilt-copper statue, and the historic entrance lobbies. Leaks in the building over a 75-year period had allowed water to infiltrate behind the granite exterior, resulting in corrosion of the structural steel framing as well as extensive interior damage to finishes. Rust build-up against the tightly packed back-up masonry had transferred to the granite-clad exterior causing continuous vertical cracks several stories high and severe displacement in some cases. When pieces of granite fell from the 25th floor cornice to the ground, the City decided to take action. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio directed the restoration of the elaborate granite and terra-cotta façade of this landmark. The work began with a study of the cladding for compliance with Local Law 10/80, a NYC façade ordinance. Architectural Preservation Studio documented substantial deterioration by performing a hands-on stone-by-stone review, and subsequently, developed the conservation program to restore the façade. The granite and terra-cotta cornice was also found to be in unsafe condition. Corrosion of the steel outrigger supports had caused cracks and spalls in the ornamental granite modillions and frieze, and some of the terra-cotta anthemions were shattered. Safety netting was placed around the cornice to stabilize the structure and plans were prepared for an extensive restoration of the entire exterior. 39 miles of pipe scaffolding, which made the Guinness Book of Records, shrouded the building for four years. Similar to the Statue of Liberty, the 25-foot Civic Fame statue was suffering from deterioration by galvanic action between dissimilar metals and settlement of the internal armature. The gilt-copper skin was causing the steel armature to corrode preferentially. The entire statue was dismantled and removed from the top of the building. Limited copper-panel replacement was executed and the gilding restored in an atelier off-site. The steel armature was redesigned and erected in stainless steel. In a dramatic conclusion, the statue was air-lifted by helicopter to its original position at the top of the building. The originaldecorative scheme of the entrance lobbies included marble floors and walls, ornate bronze elevator enclosures, and faux-marble groin-vaulted plaster ceilings. The marble exhibited years of soiling and wax build-up, the statuary bronze-work was painted gold, and the faux marble was long gone due to periodic leaks from mechanical systems through the ceilings. Bronze light fixtures, known only from period photographs, were also missing. Subsequent to archival research and materials testing, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the cleaning of the marble, the repatination of the decorative bronze work, and the recreation of the faux-marble finish on the vaults. New bronze light fixtures were cast and installed to the original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679338065-QESVDS36IF22RQPWUHY8/ManhattanMunicipal_007.jpg Government - Manhattan Municipal Building New York, NY The Manhattan Municipal Building, designed by McKim, Mead & White, is a stunning example of the “City Beautiful” movement. Since its opening in 1914, it has played a role in the government of the nation’s largest city. The building is forty-stories tall, with a height of 585 feet and a floor area of 926,000 square feet. Its façade is made of granite accented by terra-cotta details, as well as recessed cast-ironpanels at the 21st through 24th floors. Its tower is capped by a 25- foot gilt-copper statue, “Civic Fame,” by Adolph A. Weinman. The building is a NYC- and NYS-designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In a series of different contracts, Architectural Preservation Studio restored the façade, the gilt-copper statue, and the historic entrance lobbies. Leaks in the building over a 75-year period had allowed water to infiltrate behind the granite exterior, resulting in corrosion of the structural steel framing as well as extensive interior damage to finishes. Rust build-up against the tightly packed back-up masonry had transferred to the granite-clad exterior causing continuous vertical cracks several stories high and severe displacement in some cases. When pieces of granite fell from the 25th floor cornice to the ground, the City decided to take action. The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio directed the restoration of the elaborate granite and terra-cotta façade of this landmark. The work began with a study of the cladding for compliance with Local Law 10/80, a NYC façade ordinance. Architectural Preservation Studio documented substantial deterioration by performing a hands-on stone-by-stone review, and subsequently, developed the conservation program to restore the façade. The granite and terra-cotta cornice was also found to be in unsafe condition. Corrosion of the steel outrigger supports had caused cracks and spalls in the ornamental granite modillions and frieze, and some of the terra-cotta anthemions were shattered. Safety netting was placed around the cornice to stabilize the structure and plans were prepared for an extensive restoration of the entire exterior. 39 miles of pipe scaffolding, which made the Guinness Book of Records, shrouded the building for four years. Similar to the Statue of Liberty, the 25-foot Civic Fame statue was suffering from deterioration by galvanic action between dissimilar metals and settlement of the internal armature. The gilt-copper skin was causing the steel armature to corrode preferentially. The entire statue was dismantled and removed from the top of the building. Limited copper-panel replacement was executed and the gilding restored in an atelier off-site. The steel armature was redesigned and erected in stainless steel. In a dramatic conclusion, the statue was air-lifted by helicopter to its original position at the top of the building. The originaldecorative scheme of the entrance lobbies included marble floors and walls, ornate bronze elevator enclosures, and faux-marble groin-vaulted plaster ceilings. The marble exhibited years of soiling and wax build-up, the statuary bronze-work was painted gold, and the faux marble was long gone due to periodic leaks from mechanical systems through the ceilings. Bronze light fixtures, known only from period photographs, were also missing. Subsequent to archival research and materials testing, Architectural Preservation Studio designed the cleaning of the marble, the repatination of the decorative bronze work, and the recreation of the faux-marble finish on the vaults. New bronze light fixtures were cast and installed to the original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679427535-4HTRFPGG93QM2OOZDNR0/GPO_002.jpg Government - US Post Office and Courthouse Brooklyn, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679523872-2XHJXIUOMO8WZBY3ODG2/NYCourthouse_003.jpg Government - New York County Courthouse New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679559079-FJMPGJ3DZW3LP25XLOTJ/NY+County+Courthouse+-+Rotunda.jpg Government - New York County Courthouse New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679528070-N3YLZ4IHGQMVL8JRYBR9/NYCourthouse_005.jpg Government - New York County Courthouse New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679714983-9F0KIZLVHE669G0CR6JY/Queens+Supreme_1.jpg Government - Queens Supreme Courthouse Jamaica, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679593122-IXS8NM3F28P6H5WO8878/Queens+Supreme_4.jpg Government - Queens Supreme Courthouse Jamaica, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679742911-KVO4NMNCZ92H3THW0HFZ/Queens+Supreme+Court+%2830%29.jpg Government - Queens Supreme Courthouse Jamaica, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679811653-G5SGXJWQUPQ881C0V37F/GSA+Custom+House+Local+Law+11.jpg Government - Alexander Hamilton US Custom House New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679829356-ORK1RRJONUP71K9MVOFN/City+Council+Chambers.JPG Government - City Hall Council Chambers - City of New York New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679903560-X9XTY2BSPNOXJMSX7Q0N/PANYNJ+bronze+doors.JPG Government - Holland Tunnel Ventilation Building New York, NY The Holland Tunnel, completed in 1927, provides vehicular access between New York and New Jersey through a series of tunnels under the Hudson River. It was the first mechanically-ventilated underwater tunnel in the world and remains the model for similar structures internationally. Designated a National Historic Civil and Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil and Mechanical Engineers in 1984, and a National Historic Landmark in 1993, it is regarded as one of the US’s most renown engineering marvels. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to assess and report on the condition of three sets of monumental bronze-clad doors at the Holland Tunnel New York Ventilation Building. Per Architectural Preservation Studio ’s analysis and recommendations, the monumental doors were temporarily removed to allow repair and replacement of the concealed steel reinforcement at the doors and frames, as well as repair and refinishing of the historic bronze cladding. Temporary insulated enclosures and exit doors were installed to retain the existing exit egress. The refurbished door assemblies, once reinstalled, will also comply with ADA-accessibility requirements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428679990802-C53G7HZYEPGO2X58PL82/P5270054.JPG Government - Federico Degetau FederaL Building & Clemente Ruiz Nazario US Courthouse Hato Ray, PR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181509912-YO8PIFAATYRN5YDLCKMC/Path+Harrison+Station.jpg Government - Harrison Station, SW Headhouse - PANYNJ Harrison, NJ The southwest headhouse of the Harrison Station is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and provides east-bound service on the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) Newark-World Trade Center line. The structure dates to 1937 and was constructed through a joint effort by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad to connect to Newark Pennsylvania Station, constructed in 1935 in Newark, NJ. The interior tracks running through Harrison Station also served the Pennsylvania Railroad New York and Long Branch Railroad line, now used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. In 2015 the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office listed Harrison Station as a contributing building to the Pennsylvania Railroad New York to Philadelphia Historic District. Hurricane Sandy caused extensive flooding in the southwest headhouse and damaged critical electrical equipment. As part of a larger effort to repair infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy and implement resiliency efforts across its stations, PATH is seeking funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to replace the southwest headhouse and provide permanent flood-protection measures. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was contracted by Jacobs Civil Consultants, Inc. to provide Section 106 consultation in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The project included historic and archival research, existing conditions documentation, HABS photography, and design consultation of salvaged materials and interpretive displays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590176203008-IVQSBEV8124HVE9TSRGC/Richmond+County+Ballpark.jpg Government - Richmond County Ballpark Staten Island, NY The professional staff from Architectural Preservation Studio (while with WASA) was responsible for the investigation, design, and administration of the plaza waterproofing at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark located in the St. George section of Staten Island directly adjacent to New York harbor. The project was undertaken for the Hunter Roberts Construction Group for the NYC Economic Development Corporation. There were persistent leaks at the Main Concourse since the stadium was constructed. The water infiltration into the building’s interior was especially severe at the batting tunnel and hallway located at the Service Level. We designed a comprehensive repair campaign that included a new fluid-applied traffic-bearing waterproofing system with integral expansion joints and new counter-flashing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171080461-8VAP6OW9LXFX4GPE9869/BPCA.jpg Government - 200-300 North End Avenue New York, NY Battery Park City Authority retained APS to investigate leak remediation for a relatively new 14,000-SF two-level plaza with several planters. The original waterproofing was a monolithic liquid-applied fleece-reinforced system, which was also installed as damp-proofing beneath granite ashlar parapets and planter walls. Over the course of a year, APS reviewed original drawings and probes, water-testing to understand the causes of the leaks and the condition of the waterproofing membrane. During this process, it was proven that some of the leaks were coming from the glazed curtain wall of the buildings. In addition, it was found that sidewall scuppers had no clamping rings and the plaza drains were actually floor drains, also without clamping rings. BPCA elected to re-waterproof the plaza with an entirely new system that APS designed. The new waterproofing is a 3-ply modified-bitumen system with all new drain and scupper bodies and a new trench drain. All planters are also being re-waterproofed. Stone site walls are being re-damp-proofed and overlap liquid-applied fleece-reinforced base flashing. Granite coping stones are being reset over lead-coated copper through-wall flashing. Monumental granite stairs, two side secondary granite staircases, and three asphalt-paver ramps, all of which access the upper plaza level, are being removed and reinstalled over the new waterproofing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175137805-HQ8POBY50YTAZ8KBUQNX/RIOC.jpg Government - Roosevelt Island Tramway Stations - RIOC New York, NY The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, worked with Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) under a term contract to prepare construction documents for repairs to the exterior envelope of both the Manhattan and Roosevelt Island Tramway stations. The projects were performed in phases. The initial phase involved the re-roofing of the Manhattan station of the Roosevelt Island Tramway. In addition, we designed and administered the installation of a canopy over the previously exposed stairway to the tramway platform. Once this was completed, we moved on to design and administer the Manhattan station’s platform repairs, including re-waterproofing with a pedestrian-bearing system. Under APS, we continue to work with RIOC on the repair and re-waterproofing of the Roosevelt Island station platform. In addition, we designed the reconstruction of the concrete ramp to be ADA-compliant. https://www.preservationstudio.com/residential-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603893154357-FFGV6SQW8PMCJWIZ8S0W/image-asset.jpeg Residential - French Ambassador's Residence Washington, DC Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform a detailed visual and hands inspection with two aerial boom lifts at the French Ambassador's Residence in Washington, DC. The residence was built in 1910 to the designs of the French-born American architect Jules Henri de Sibour for businessman William Watson Lawrence. The mansion was purchased by the French government in 1936, and served as the French Chancery (embassy building) until 1985, when the current chancery in northwest Washington was completed. The Ambassador's Residence is the largest single-family home in the Kalorama neighborhood; a 1980 guidebook published by Smithsonian Institution Press describes the home's setting as "a dramatic and beautiful site high above Rock Creek." The residence includes three floors, an attic and a basement with a total area of approximately 23 000 square feet. Constructed of brick and limestone, the structure is described in the National Register of Historic Places as an "imposing structure" with irregular massing, with its most prominent feature being a "dominant entry bay with large gables anchored by two flanking square towers, each capped by a stone balustrade." Its architectural style has been variously described as Tudor Revival, Jacobean Revival, and French Eclectic. Each year, this residence welcomes over 10,000 visitors for receptions, lunches or dinners and up to 500 guests for overnight stays. It is both the private home of the Ambassador of France to the United States and two agencies where about 15 people work every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428670859184-4B8DLGKYE1IHJ7OKB235/P1050942.JPG Residential - Elms Carriage House Scholars Center Newport, RI The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio worked with the Preservation Society of Newport County (PSNC) to prepare a conceptual design for the adaptive reuse of the Elms Carriage House to a residence for the proposed PSNC Research Fellow’s Center. The scope of services included field measuring of the building and all interior spaces, creating scaled CAD base drawings of the entire building, and preparing conceptual design drawings based on the above indicating new design and layout of the interior, including bedrooms, public spaces, bathrooms, kitchen and required circulation systems. Architectural Preservation Studio prepared construction documents for the exterior restoration, and interior reuse. The project was phased as funding became available. The adaptive reuse of the interior and the exterior restoration, including installation of a new slate and flat-seam copper roof, were recently completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428670938640-D3Y7U9RWA7F9C7K20RL8/SNC14551.1.JPG Residential - 810 Fifth Avenue New York, NY APS under WASA/Studio A has worked on many phases of roofing and façade projects over the years at this historic New York City structure within a landmark district. The duplex penthouse in the building provided the primary residence to Nelson Rockefeller for many years. The 14-story steel-framed structure is composed primarily of limestone with an ornamental terra- cotta cornice. During a recent restoration of the two street façades, APS prepared documents and administered construction for the project, which included extensive installation of dutchmen at previously inappropriately patched locations; replacement of deteriorated ornamental limestone elements with new limestone to match the original; dismantling and replacing the support structure; repairing and reinstalling the terra-cotta cornice; repointing of open mortar joints and installing lead weathercaps at all horizontal surfaces; repairing, repainting and recaulking of all the wood windows; and complete building cleaning using a combination of water washing and the JOS low-pressure water micro- abrasives system. During previous phases, we designed and administered the replacement of all roofing systems, including the large penthouse deck, as well as repairing and re-stuccoing the penthouse structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671020786-6AGNJVTSVHAZ448RFMFQ/IMG_1776.jpg Residential - 1180 Raymond Blvd. Newark, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671632504-3QSC0V9DRQAMC92PRJOX/P1090345.2.JPG Residential - One East 66th Street New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671496594-CIDCEX4Z9T721PQTVMMZ/P1090752.JPG Residential - Priory Condominium New Haven, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, performed a detailed exterior conditions survey of the Priory Condominium located on historic Wooster Square in New Haven, prior to the preparation of construction documents. The five buildings range in age for an 1879 Queen Anne-style house, a circa 1870 stucco-clad, Italianate house, to a complex of townhouses built in 1990. The project included an investigation of the current condition of the asphalt shingle and EPDM-roofing systems and substrates, ornamental metalwork, flashings, roof-drainage systems, skylights, exterior wood siding and trim, exterior brickwork, stone trim and all chimneys, windows, and porch woodwork and roofing systems. The investigation helped to better understand existing conditions and clarify the scope of work, while providing a detailed cost estimate for the work necessary. Based on the conditions assessment report, construction documents were developed and construction administered for the first phase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680530477-IB8FX28D1J74JEOWTUES/P1090741_SHOP.jpg Residential - Priory Condominium New Haven, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, performed a detailed exterior conditions survey of the Priory Condominium located on historic Wooster Square in New Haven, prior to the preparation of construction documents. The five buildings range in age for an 1879 Queen Anne-style house, a circa 1870 stucco-clad, Italianate house, to a complex of townhouses built in 1990. The project included an investigation of the current condition of the asphalt shingle and EPDM-roofing systems and substrates, ornamental metalwork, flashings, roof-drainage systems, skylights, exterior wood siding and trim, exterior brickwork, stone trim and all chimneys, windows, and porch woodwork and roofing systems. The investigation helped to better understand existing conditions and clarify the scope of work, while providing a detailed cost estimate for the work necessary. Based on the conditions assessment report, construction documents were developed and construction administered for the first phase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170240065-9UO4DVIXI4A2GC2S5A63/125+Eastern.jpg Residential - 125 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 125 Eastern Parkway, also known as The Theodore Roosevelt, is a six-story building with an H-shaped plan located between Washington Avenue and Underhill Avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, NY. The building was constructed circa 1923 and utilizes red brick, with a Flemish-bond construction pattern at the street elevation. The rear and courtyard elevations are of beige brick in a running-bond construction pattern. The building is of neo-classical design with a limestone base at the first level. A two-story limestone entry surround is punctured with windows and decorated with columns, capitals, and a pediment above the entry door. Window openings on the sixth floor have a limestone surround. Four stained-glass windows grace the base of the building at the lobby. Arched-masonry window openings on the second and third stories incorporate a decorated limestone reveal. Limestone band courses exist at the base of the building and the sixth floor, which is surmounted by a limestone cornice. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC (APS) was retained by Goldin Management to undertake an exterior conditions assessment of the building. Brick parapets and bulkheads were in poor condition from an earlier removal of bituminous coatings. Perimeter sealant was missing from aluminum panning at replacement windows. Cracks in brickwork and limestone were dispersed throughout the façades and some of the lintels were distressed. Following the submission of a report with a prioritized cost estimate, APS developed construction documents and is currently overseeing repairs that include the rebuilding of impacted parapets, single-wythe brickwork rebuilding at bulkheads, re-roofing of the stair bulkhead, crack repairs and repainting of fire escapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170115286-2OJO4U5V1YFNM4QRF6KP/Morningside.jpg Residential - One Morningside Drive New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by AvalonBay Communities, Inc. to perform a FISP critical examination for report filing and undertake the exterior façade repairs at 1 Morningside Drive, New York (Avalon Morningside Park). 1 Morningside Drive is an 18-story building with cellar located along the west side of Morningside Drive, north of West 110th Street and south of St. John the Divine. The building was originally constructed in 2008. The exterior façade of the building consists of brick-masonry veneer, granite stone and glazed curtainwall on a steel-frame structure. The building has exposed horizontal concrete eyebrows. The scope of work includes concrete-eyebrow repairs, brick-masonry repairs, sealant replacement and metal-panel reinforcement, in order to file the building as “Safe” for FISP Cycle 8A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680582785-BIAE09S7X3MDHERV8PNT/Aerial.jpg Residential - RiverBay at Co-op City Bronx, NY Designed by architect Herman Jessor, Co-Op City was constructed from 1965 to 1973 under the New York State Mitchell-Lama Housing Program to build affordable housing for middle-income residents. Today, Co-Op City is the nation’s largest cooperative housing project accommodating nearly 60,000 people in 15,372 residential units. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA Studio, designed the roof replacement for the complex’s 35 residential high-rise buildings. In addition, we completed the façade rehabilitation and roof replacement at the 33 townhouses, as well as the re-roofing the two community centers. The roof replacement totaled 23 acres or the size of more than 20 football fields. During the investigation phase, we performed an infrared roof-moisture survey to determine where the existing membranes had failed, leading to the ongoing leaks. Since a majority of the existing roofs were more than 20 years old, the project required full demolition of the existing roofing systems down to the concrete decks and replacement using modified-bitumen roof membranes over tapered-insulation board. Associated masonry repairs were also accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680609306-R4FEQRKAQ5HT3XBEXYM1/Townhouses+03.JPG Residential - RiverBay at Co-op City Bronx, NY Designed by architect Herman Jessor, Co-Op City was constructed from 1965 to 1973 under the New York State Mitchell-Lama Housing Program to build affordable housing for middle-income residents. Today, Co-Op City is the nation’s largest cooperative housing project accommodating nearly 60,000 people in 15,372 residential units.The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA Studio, designed the roof replacement for the complex’s 35 residential high-rise buildings. In addition, we completed the façade rehabilitation and roof replacement at the 33 townhouses, as well as the re-roofing the two community centers. The roof replacement totaled 23 acres or the size of more than 20 football fields. During the investigation phase, we performed an infrared roof-moisture survey to determine where the existing membranes had failed, leading to the ongoing leaks. Since a majority of the existing roofs were more than 20 years old, the project required full demolition of the existing roofing systems down to the concrete decks and replacement using modified-bitumen roof membranes over tapered-insulation board. Associated masonry repairs were also accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171971565-01TZUSJRIODNLYPAJCMQ/Fanwood.jpg Residential - Fanwood Estates Rego Park, NY Architectural Preservation Studio collaborated with Fanwood Estates LLC to repair the brick-masonry façades at eight of their nine structures in the Rego Park area of Queens. The structures, a large garage and eight residential buildings, occupy a city block and are clustered in groups of three amidst landscaping and pedestrian walkways. The buildings date back to 1930 and had never undergone a professional evaluation and repair program. Five of the residential buildings were deemed by the NYC Department of Buildings as falling under the Façade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP), a mandatory periodic inspection of building façades and their appurtenances for buildings greater than six stories in height. The residential buildings are six stories, plus cellar and mechanical bulkhead. The buildings’ exterior walls were found to be in various states of deterioration. Some areas required immediate attention as they were considered “Unsafe” within the parameters of FISP critical examination. The remaining three residential buildings were also repaired. APS promptly prepared construction documents to correct the “Unsafe” conditions and to arrest the rate of deterioration of the buildings’ façades by replacing lintels and damaged brick masonry, parapet walls, and deteriorated sealant at window perimeters. Upon substantial completion, APS amended the FISP filing with the DOB to certify the buildings as “Safe” for the next five years. The three non-FISP structures will be completed late summer of 2019. https://www.preservationstudio.com/commercial-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671680087-PZPGIV4CYFI713YOCPMJ/finalA.jpg Commercial - Bayard-Condict Building New York, NY This designated landmark, 12-story building was designed by Louis Sullivan in 1897 and is the only Sullivan building ever built in New York City. The goal of the restoration project was to preserve as much of Sullivan’s original terra-cotta façade as possible. This required disassembling all cracked terra-cotta units on the building—some 1,300 of the 7,000 pieces—repairing them and then reinstalling the restored material. Pieces damaged beyond repair were replicated, carefully mimicking the original work; however, only 30 new pieces were required. Column capitals at the ground-floor level had long disappeared due to unsympathetic renovations to the storefronts executed in the 1960s. Fortunately, one original capital had survived in the basement of the Brooklyn Museum, and this was replicated. In addition, replicas were reviewed at the upstate New York manufacturing plant for quality control. All work was performed while the building was fully occupied, with minimal disruption to the occupants’ activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671754111-CX4PLE6ER7SVEDMLE2D4/P1030534.JPG Commercial - 100 Broadway New York, NY The American Surety Company Building at 100 Broadway is an individual New York City designated landmark located in the heart of the financial district. Designed by Bruce Price and completed in 1896, with a 1922 addition by Herman Lee Meader, it was an influential early skyscraper, amongst the first New York City buildings to a have steel-framed curtain wall construction. The two Renaissance-style street façades on Broadway and Pine Street are designed as a column with a tripartite division of base, shaft and capital, a model that was widely replicated by subsequent commercial buildings. The granite-clad structure has striking ornamental detailing throughout, including a two-story colonnade at street level with Ionic columns on Broadway and Doric columns on Pine Street; eight one-story high, raised-relief statues at the third floor; two additional pairs at the 14th–15th floor levels on the Broadway façade; and a projecting cornice at the 20th floor. WASA/Studio A has been working at 100 Broadway since 1998, performing Local Laws 10/80 and 11/98 and FISP façade inspections and filing critical examination reports. We have designed façade repairs and cleaning, re-roofing and sidewalk/waterproofing projects. In addition, APS under WASA/Studio A designed the replacement of all of the building’s windows with New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission-approved double-glazed units. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178214209-ANGNKAA3ERQ8CT0501NK/1410+Broadway.jpg Commercial - 1410 Broadway New York, NY 1410 Broadway is an Art Deco skyscraper originally known as the Bricken Casino Building and dating to 1931. It is located in the Garment Center Historic District listed in 2009 on the National Register for Historic Places. The structure was designed by Ely Jacques Kahn, who was responsible for several skyscrapers in the Garment District. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform the 8th Cycle FISP critical examination report and to develop and administer construction documents for any façade repairs identified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170735030-YEL090KXG0X5KDGA419D/1441+Broadway.jpg Commercial - 1441 Broadway New York, NY 1441 Broadway is an Art Deco skyscraper originally known as the Bricken Textile Building and dating to 1929. It is located in the Garment Center Historic District listed in 2009 on the National Register for Historic Places. The structure was designed by Ely Jacques Kahn, who was responsible for several skyscrapers in the Garment District. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to perform the 8th Cycle FISP critical examination report and to develop and administer construction documents for any façade repairs identified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590170491544-9Q922Q7X41XZYUM969DL/285+Madison.jpg Commercial - 285 Madison Avenue New York, NY 285 Madison Avenue is an eclectic 25-story office building erected in 1925. The steel-framed building is clad in limestone at the lower stories and brick above, with terra-cotta ornamentation, including decorative lintels and sills, balustrades, cornices, and sculptural elements. The building is articulated by six setbacks culminating in a tower at the corner of East 40th Street and Madison Avenue. Architectural Preservation Studio’s initial involvement with 285 Madison Avenue began with a review of the exterior for a Local Law 10/80 Fourth Cycle report filing. This led to probes of deteriorated areas and a conditions assessment. A major repair program executed in 1996-97 replaced one third of the cracked terra-cotta lintels with cast-stone replicas. Balustrades were disassembled and reconstructed where necessary to stabilize them and to replace fatigued metal flashing with through-wall cap flashing. Continuous vertical cracks required extensive rebuilding of corners, and occasionally, reinforcing of the steel frame. Corroding outriggers which supported the cornices were stabilized by installation of discrete external steel straps on the coping stones. We continued to service the client for the Fifth Cycle of Local Law 11/98, which was filed as Safe. The exterior repair program undertaken from 2005-06 to comply with Local Law 11/98 Sixth Cycle, required work to be performed to new areas of deterioration only, as all of the ten-year old repairs had remained intact. Architectural Preservation Studio continued to design and implement repairs to the exterior of the building in a systematic manner. The courtyard fire-stair platforms were completely rebuilt. All of the setbacks, originally quarry tile, have been abated and replaced with modified-bitumen waterproofing. The main roof and its bulkheads were also re-roofed. At the 12th floor, the original steel section, double-hung windows were restored. The courtyard façades underwent repair including replacement of steel lintels and concrete sills, and some parapet rebuilding. The 25-story chimney was demolished and the brickwork revealed coated with stucco. Another project involved the repair of the lobby marble work damaged from a fatal elevator accident. Recently, we completed exterior repairs in compliance with the 8th Cycle of FISP (formerly Local Law 11/98), permitting us to file the critical examination report as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178280990-YO6DIM1XKQPJBJTFSVSF/71%2BFifth%2BElevation.jpg Commercial - 71 Fifth Avenue New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) performed a FISP (Façade Inspection and Safety Program) critical examination and report filing for this historic structure. This was followed by the preparation of Construction Documents for terra-cotta, metal and brick-masonry façade restoration, including repainting of the metal-cornice elements of this early 20th-century commercial building located in the Ladies Mile Historic District of New York City. APS is currently overseeing construction, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590157174139-CK0Q5BXHOPRR59A318R6/135W27+Street+Facade+crop.jpg Commercial - 135 West 27th Street New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) prepared construction documents for the terra-cotta, cast-iron and brick-masonry façade restoration, including repainting of the cast-iron elements of this early 20th-century commercial building in the Garment District of New York City. APS is currently overseeing construction, which is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178316134-JUTX1I1ALJGIA646JLJD/IMGP5109.JPG Commercial - 1515 Broadway New York, NY 1515 Broadway is a 57-story office building with a seven-story limestone-clad extension on the south, east and west elevations that houses the Astor Theatre and ground-floor retail space. The tower has distinctive projecting vertical limestone fins located near each building corner, accentuating the glazed curtain-wall system. At the top of the tower, the fins are connected together by a two-story-high limestone-clad mechanical equipment space. WASA/Studio A was first called in to determine the cause of curtain wall glazing failures, where 5-foot by 10-foot windows were falling from the building in high- wind conditions. We discovered an inadequacy in the structural attachment of the double-bay corner windows and developed a simple repair to rectify the condition. APS under WASA/Studio A has worked on this building for the past 20 years performing Local Law 11/98 critical examinations, as well as repairs to both the limestone and glazed curtain-wall façade elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178350818-LB0HFPA17IGDVZW8PFUQ/Facade_001-low_res.jpg Commercial - 60 Broad Street New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428671821006-O3WXRC7Q2RHQGUJB76A4/450px-Tower_49-02.jpg Commercial - Tower 49 New York, NY APS under WASA/Studio A has worked on many phases of roofing and façade projects over the years at this historic New York City structure within a landmark district. The duplex penthouse in the building provided the primary residence to Nelson Rockefeller for many years. The 14-story steel-framed structure is composed primarily of limestone with an ornamental terra- cotta cornice. During a recent restoration of the two street façades, APS prepared documents and administered construction for the project, which included extensive installation of dutchmen at previously inappropriately patched locations; replacement of deteriorated ornamental limestone elements with new limestone to match the original; dismantling and replacing the support structure; repairing and reinstalling the terra-cotta cornice; repointing of open mortar joints and installing lead weathercaps at all horizontal surfaces; repairing, repainting and recaulking of all the wood windows; and complete building cleaning using a combination of water washing and the JOS low-pressure water micro- abrasives system. During previous phases, we designed and administered the replacement of all roofing systems, including the large penthouse deck, as well as repairing and re-stuccoing the penthouse structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178438701-JMTOU35P16XYCD4IY90Q/1180+After.JPG Commercial - 1180 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) performed a FISP (Façade Inspection and Safety Program) critical examination and report filing for this historic structure. This was followed by the preparation of Construction Documents for terra-cotta, metal and brick-masonry façade restoration, including repainting of the metal-cornice elements of this early 20th-century commercial building located in the Ladies Mile Historic District of New York City. APS is currently overseeing construction, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672236189-F1CBC7Z5VIKI6132IR33/MACYS.jpg Commercial - Macy's Herald Square New York, NY Over a 25-year period, Architectural Preservation Studio performed façade evaluations, restoration and repairs to the exterior of the world’s largest department store. Covering most of an entire city block, the store is listed on the National Register for Historic Places and is actually several combined structures: the Palladian-style Broadway building of 1901–02, designed by De Lemos & Cordes, and enlivened by brick, terra cotta, stone and cast iron facades; and successive brick and stone Art Deco additions designed by Robert D. Kohn in 1924, 1928 and 1931. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672256321-Q5QP39ZEP3O5GZI7IQIH/Macy%27s+Brooklyn_01.JPG Commercial - Macy's Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY https://www.preservationstudio.com/healthcare-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604543744036-UMSG6TWH7P4N7X5GC1V6/IMG_20200716_211626.jpg Healthcare - 1300 York Avenue - Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio has performed the critical examination of the Feil Research Building and 1300 York Avenue for Weill Cornell Medicine. Dating to 1932, 1300 York Avenue is a large Art Deco structure that is 11 stories with limestone and brick façades punctuated by horizontal strips of windows. The Feil Research Building is a recent 7-story structure with brick façades. At the request of the client, APS performed cleaning tests on the limestone and brickwork of 1300 York, providing a report detailing the appropriate methodology to be followed. Inspections on both buildings were performed from a bucket truck. Construction documents were developed and are about to go out bid. Following completion, the FISP reports will be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1680897793414-2QWA5T69UKIAA4XND1Y7/image-asset.jpeg Healthcare - Weill Cornell Medicine Griffis Club Roof New Yor, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604547752240-BR47NSW04PKLY9DL7D27/Building+S.jpg Healthcare - Hamad Bin Khalifa Biomedical Research Building New York, NY The Hamad Bin Khalifa Biomedical Research Building is a 11-story structure designed in 1958 by SOM and is articulated with a glass curtain wall on the south façade. For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio performed the critical examination for Weill Cornell Medicine. The inspection of the façade was performed from an aerial platform. Façade repairs were completed to allow the building to be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604544597128-SJHGIGAK1PXUG7L9ZF0Z/fw-olin-hall.jpg Healthcare - Olin Hall - Weill Cornell Medicine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490640275046-2OQ3ORTE6XAIRLEFUNKD/IMG_1193.JPG Healthcare - Feil Research Building - Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY The Feil Research Building is a recent 7-story structure with brick façades. For Cycle 8 of FISP, Architectural Preservation Studio has performed the critical examination of the Feil Research Building for Weill Cornell Medicine. The inspection of the façade was performed from an aerial platform. Façade repairs were completed to allow the building to be filed as Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431089321483-4GOVUZ1OQNYK6RMVXDQI/NYHQ.jpg Healthcare - NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens Queens, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio completed the Fourth through Seventh Cycles critical examination and report filing for the Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP, formerly Local Law 11/98) for New York Presbyterian Hospital Queens. Additionally, our staff was responsible for phased façade repairs at the Main and North Buildings, the roof replacement at the Main Building, and selective window replacement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604547258041-FCMWI5STONMV29SSWI68/Picture+020.jpg Healthcare - Payson House - New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY Payson House, located at 435 East 70th Street, is a 1965 35-story precast-concrete building that houses administrative medical offices and apartments. By 2007, the 1,500 windows were aging and utilized outdated technology. Having outlived their service life, the windows needed replacement with new custom windows in order to provide a level of performance appropriate for this type of institutional building. Existing sash were removed and the windows replaced with double-sealed insulated glass with glazing that utilized high-performance coatings (low-e) and argon-filled glass cavities to offset high energy costs. After completion of the window replacement work, the hospital decided to clean the exterior prefab-concrete façade to reinforce the renewed look afforded by the window work. An onsite evaluation of the existing conditions of the window units was performed by the staff of Architectural preservation Studio under WASA Studio and then presented to the hospital in a conditions-assessment report. Original building documentation, provided by the Owner, was reviewed and original design details were reconciled with field conditions. The report also proposed upgrade options, product datasheets, samples, recommendations and a cost estimate. Drawings and specifications were subsequently prepared and bid competitively. During construction, samples were reviewed and laboratory tests were performed on representative specimens to evaluate the replacement system’s performance and appearance. Project details included the design and installation of a thermally-broken aluminum-frame high-performance system installed over the existing frames, which were left in place and modified in the field, thereby saving on removal and disposal costs, construction waste and installation time. A new snap-on interior aluminum-trim system was designed to cover the scars on the finishes adjacent to the existing units, which also contributed to control installation and finish costs. This approach allowed performance of the work on this occupied residential high-rise on a unit-by-unit basis, in which the contractor’s crews were able to remove the existing windows, install the replacement system and seal the perimeter joints around all windows in the same apartment during the course of a given work day. With the new windows in place, the client chose to have the building cleaned to upgrade its overall appearance. Existing elevation drawings showing the layout of the different precast-concrete panels of the building’s façades were prepared, along with performance specifications detailing the materials and methods outlined for the cleaning work. During construction, cleaning tests following the specifications were conducted in the field under our staff’s supervision. The testing program was aimed at determining the most suitable combination of cleaning products, dwell time, and rinsing and runoff-collection requirements that would afford the best cleaning results. Testing indicated that, given the size and type of the exposed marble-aggregate texture of the rough surface of the precast wall panels, and to some extent that of the precast window surrounds, a general-purpose masonry cleaner was more suitable than a concrete cleaner. The process to determine the most appropriate material and cleaning methods permitted both a non-injurious approach to treatment of the precast-concrete finishes, as well as expeditious implementation of most of the wet-cleaning work before the cold season. Work started in the fall and was completed the following spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490636395160-7NWC7JMSTA0USI42NORF/helmsley.jpg Healthcare - Helmsley Medical Tower - New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY The Helmsley Medical Tower at New York Presbyterian Hospital was designed by Schuman Lichenstein Claman Efron Architects in 1985. The building stands 36-stories tall, and incorporates several setbacks. The structure consists of a reinforced-concrete frame supporting vertical strips of masonry cavity wall separated by aluminum-and-glass curtain wall. When relatively new, the building suffered from chronic leaks through the entire exterior assembly. From the beginning of its occupation, repairs to the curtain wall, masonry and roofs virtually never ceased. The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio under WASA was retained to perform a comprehensive conditions assessment of the exterior building systems. An extensive review was made of original documentation, including construction drawings, specifications, correspondence, shop drawings and product literature, as well as reports of previous consultants. Documented leaks were plotted by year on elevations to establish trends and patterns. Exploratory probes were inspected to review concealed conditions. Laboratory analyses were performed on mortar samples. We prepared a comprehensive report detailing the pathology of the various exterior components and their synergistic effect on each other, along with recommended procedures for repairs and prioritized cost estimates. Over a seven-year period, working within the client’s budgetary constraints, we designed and supervised the systematic implementation of $8 million in repairs in a multi-phased exterior rehabilitation program. All of our interventions to the roofing, masonry and curtain wall produced successful results. A unique repair solution we devised for the glazed curtain wall costing approximately $200,000 saved the client over $5 million in what would have otherwise resulted in the complete replacement of the curtain wall. All roofs (main, penthouse, bulkheads and setbacks) were re-roofed. Horizontal cracking at bulkheads was resolved. Shelf angles at every floor level received new flashing and end dams were introduced for the first time. In addition to the work executed on the exterior, early in the multi-phased project, we designed the waterproofing of all penetrations in the two-story garage. A decade later, the client retained us to oversee the application of a new traffic-bearing waterproof coating. The building remains leak-free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590176964381-CCH9RBQK7JMC7YNSDY47/50+East+98th+Street.jpg Healthcare - Aron Hall - Mt Sinai New York, NY The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, completed a comprehensive facility conditions assessment of 25 residential buildings located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Recently, APS completed an updated exterior conditions assessment of 50 East 98th Street. APS is in the process of developing façade repairs scheduled to be bid out in the spring of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1604547340863-UOIIUONVPLY35I75244A/515+West+59th.jpg Healthcare - 515 West 59th Street New York, NY Mt. Sinai Hospital’s 515 West 59th Street is a 33-story concrete-frame building dating to 1973 that serves as a residential and commercial building for the hospital. The building was filed as Unsafe during Cycle 7B of FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Program). Mt. Sinai hired Architectural Preservation Studio to re-assess the existing construction documents and administer repairs. With large expanses of exposed concrete, the building suffered typical deterioration issues. Reinforcing bars installed too close to the surface corroded had caused extensive spalling. APS devised a repair methodology for sounding and preparation of voids for patching. Although estimated quantities were provided in the Base Bid, APS inspected every scaffold drop to finalize the exact scope of work. These were punch-listed as drops were completed. Initially, we also reviewed preparation, until we were comfortable with the contractor’s performance. Once completed, the Cycle 8 FISP report, which had been filed as Unsafe, was amended to Safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590177034504-H4O77AP3KLPX3QXTY1ZD/Winston.jpg Healthcare - Winston & West - Mt. Sinai New York, NY Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Mount Sinai Health System to repair the façades of two of their hospital facilities in the Mount Sinai West Campus. These two buildings occupy three-fourths of a city block in the Midtown West Section of Manhattan and are better known as West and Winston respectively. West is a 1993 Post-Modernist-style building designed by Skidmore, Owing & Merrill. It is 14-story steel structure with brick masonry and curtain-wall exterior. Its plan is H-shaped with the long axis oriented east-west along West 58th and West 59th Streets. The main entrance is located on 10th Avenue under a monumental archway. The cornerstone for the 12-story Garrard Winston Memorial Building was laid in 1961. The building is steel frame with brick masonry and curtain-wall panel façades. Typical façade repairs at both buildings involve replacement of damaged lintels, shelf angles, and cracked brick masonry, along with replacement of dried sealant at expansion joints and at the curtain-wall perimeters. The work was performed to bring the buildings in compliance with FISP (Façade Inspection Safety Programs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178699683-ZC2U9VY46US52X57Q5LS/Baird_1420.JPG Healthcare - Barid Hall - Mt. Sinai Beth Israel New York, NY Baird Hall was designed and constructed in the 1960s, as a residential building, but was later converted by Beth Israel Medical Center into doctor offices. It is a 20-story building with brick façades, concrete balconies and slate detailing. The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio reviewed problems relating to Local Law 10/80 and subsequently, Local Law 11/98. Railings inset too close to balcony edges had caused spalling of the edges. Aluminum balcony-edge covers had exacerbated the condition by trapping moisture. In addition, insufficient reinforcing had caused the balconies to sag making the sidewall scuppers, designed to evacuate rainwater, ineffective. Other issues included delamination of slate sills, lintels and string courses; cracks in brickwork as a result of corroding steel; and displacement of parapets due to infrequent expansion joints and lack of vertical reinforcing. After reviewing probes, we designed repairs to the building as follows. Balcony edges were recast and new aluminum railings were manufactured and installed. Existing balcony waterproofing was removed, additional reinforcing added, and a new lightweight sloped topping provided the proper pitch to the sidewall scuppers, which were replaced. New pedestrian traffic-bearing waterproofing was installed to complete the terraces. Defective slate sills, lintels and string courses were replaced. Selective rebuilding of brickwork and parapets occurred where necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431089503558-P7AIOORSAARRO0RYLA7T/Gilman_1.jpg Healthcare - Gilman Hall - Mt. Sinai Beth Israel New York, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio reviewed façade deficiencies relating Local Law 11/98. Placement of reinforcing bars too close to the surface had caused the exposed concrete slab “eyebrows” and balcony edges to spall. We designed repairs that included the recasting of balcony edges and spandrel patching with a new built-out profile providing adequate coverage. Balconies received new pedestrian traffic-bearing waterproofing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590177108069-6NDT7PB0E4HCC6B105SC/IMAG3142.jpg Healthcare - SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Dormitory Brooklyn, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio designed and provided construction administration services for the replacement of 300 windows and storefronts in two fully-occupied dormitories at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate. The project included abatement of hazardous materials. The new units are double-glazed aluminum, replacing windows original to the 1980s construction of the dormitories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431090809301-SKX6P1R8OSF5TKJN50ON/Stich.jpg Healthcare - Stich Medical Building - NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1431090051511-DILA25MSELMBAZDJ106M/Robert+Yeager+Health+Center.jpg Healthcare - Robert Yeager Health Center - Rockland County Pomoma, NY The staff of Architectural Preservation Studio under WASA Studio performed a large-scale conditions assessment of a 206-acre campus consisting of 17 buildings. The project was a component of a Public Benefit Corporation feasibility analysis. The campus includes a variety of county government departments, Summit Park Hospital, and Summit Park Nursing Care Center housed in 572,000 SF. https://www.preservationstudio.com/religious-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490637864344-0EBOAX5EY88S3L5KKROF/St+Agnes.jpg Religious - ​​​​​​​St. Agnes Cathedral Rockville Centre, NY St. Agnes Cathedral in was designed by Gustave E. Steinbeck and completed in 1935. An architectural icon of Long Island, it is the center of the sixth-largest Catholic diocese. The exterior is mainly comprised of beige brick, embellished with limestone. The roof is sheathed with slate tiles. The project entailed a conditions assessment of the original casement and fixed rolled-steel windows and doors on the steeple, preparation of repair recommendations, cost estimating, and construction documents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490304721825-CF1E8OK5CTHM222XBIDS/L1150565.JPG Religious - St. John’s Episcopal Church Washington, CT Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by St. John’s Episcopal Church for professional architectural services associated with providing contract documents and construction administration services for the required façade, roofing and narthex (west entry vestibule) and porch (south entry vestibule) restoration work at the church. Dating to 1918 and designed by Ehrick Rossiter, the Gothic Revival church is part of the Washington Green Historic District and is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places. The project also includes the design of a new ADA-compliant ramp into the building. The project is currently in Phase I construction for the restoration of the slate roofing and copper flashing systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490633362292-9QFS9JT67P7OUQGPIEJH/St+Cornelius+Report+Cover+Photo.jpg Religious - Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion Governors Island, NY The Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion is located in the Noland Park section of Governors Island, a nationally and NYC-designated historic district. The chapel is a one-story masonry structure with a basement of approximately 9,400 gross square feet designed by the noted architect of church and collegiate buildings, Charles C. Haight. Built between 1905 and 1906, the Chapel of St. Cornelius is a cruciform church constructed of Indiana limestone. It was designed in the English Gothic style. An entrance located in the northwest corner of the chapel provides access to the nave. The transept separates the nave from the chancel. The south end of the transept contains a baptismal font and has access to the sacristy, choir loft, and the basement stairs. A side chapel dedicated to St. Albans is located off the north transept. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Trinity Real Estate and coordinated numerous sub-consultants to provide a comprehensive conditions assessment of the interior and exterior of the building, including evaluation of architectural, structural, MEP engineering, paint-finish analysis, stained-glass windows, hazardous-materials identification, life safety, ADA compliance, and preliminary cost estimate. We also performed laser-scanning documentation of the exterior and interior in-house to produce highly accurate background drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124951858-IH20RWO7E7BW5X9NP8UH/Avon+Church.jpg Religious - Avon Congregational Church Avon, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Avon Congregational Church (ACC) to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the original sanctuary building at the Avon Congregational Church in Avon, CT (1818). The primary focus of this study is to provide the ACC with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the original sanctuary building and based upon this assessment present both recommendations and cost estimates for necessary stabilization and repair of this important structure. The church was designed by architect David Hoadley, a significant Connecticut-born designer/builder who designed and built numerous churches and houses around the state. His designs established the quintessential classic New England, white, steepled Church-on-the-Green which has become the model of many designers who followed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158001247-C8QJ1YQV9ELIBF07IYHZ/First+Church.JPG Religious - First Church Congregational Fairfield, CT First Church Congregational is composed of five structures, four of which are physically connected, and the fifth of which is located on an adjacent property. Oldest, most historic, and most architecturally significant is the 1891 Sanctuary, designed by J. Cleveland Cady in the Romanesque style. It and the 1954 former Fairfield Historical Society, now the home of Project Hope are included in the Old Post Road Local Historic District and the Fairfield National Historic District. Also on the property are the 1926 Parish House, now known as Wakeman Hall, and the 1962 Jones Educational Wing and Connector. Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the First Church Congregational to perform two studies. The First study a comprehensive Preservation Master Plan for the First Church Congregational in Fairfield, CT was performed. The primary focus of the Master Plan was to provide the Church with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions and based upon this assessment, present both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessary repairs of Church structures. The second study was to perform a Programming/Utilization Study of the First Church Congregational. The purpose of this study was to support a capital campaign; to facilitate the Church in making the best possible use of the spaces available; to provide for ADA accessibility throughout the campus; to identify opportunities for possible development and/or expansion and to utilize to its fullest its campus to ensure future growth and the ability to sustain its mission as a Servant Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490298194600-F1ROQYN99OI6144BIABR/L1040092.JPG Religious - Bethel AME Church Greenwich, CT Architectural Preservation Studio was retained by Bethel AME Church for professional architectural services associated with preparing Construction Documents for restoration of the deteriorated front steps at the Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490637525214-9Q1LZEBC5KUQ7UHMBIXM/IMAG4391.jpg Religious - Temple Israel Long Beach, NY The Temple Israel complex houses the first synagogue in Long Beach, completed in 1924. An adjacent school building was dedicated in 1930. A third building, the Rose and Irving H. Engel Center, was added in 1966. Architectural Preservation Studio performed an exterior conditions assessment of the complex. In addition, we provided laser-scanning documentation of the exterior and interior of the synagogue. The synagogue is a two-story stuccoed solid masonry structure with decorative-wood surrounds and a terra-cotta tile roof. The school, which is now used for senior citizens, is a three-story brick building with stone detailing and asphalt-shingle-clad roof. The center is a steel-frame brick and cast-stone cavity wall, interrupted by full-height aluminum and glazed curtain wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590178866854-K6KNY2WF3M0UL8ZMICI6/Gray+Gables.jpg Religious - Gray Gables New Canaan, CT “Gray Gables”, was built in 1912 as the summer home for Dr. James W. McLane and his family, and is currently used as the administrative offices for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. The church property which includes “Gray Gables”, and the 1968 Mid-century Modern Sanctuary complex designed by Sherwood, Mills, and Smith (SMS), is in the process of nomination on the National Register of Historic Places. Architectural Preservation Studio is providing preservation services associated with a multi-phased Historic Rehabilitation project at “Gray Gables”. The project will sensitively rehabilitate the interior in order to provide a “Center for Ministry” while complying with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Historic Rehabilitation. Phase 1, currently in process, of the project, includes providing guidance and sensitive architectural design solutions for the proposed installation of a modern HVAC system in this historic structure incorporating programming/space-planning, sensitive installation of necessary distribution systems and energy efficiency for the building. https://www.preservationstudio.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590167691532-9446P3EKM62OF7FQBMVW/International.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590119181047-NGQP6PJTQ1ET9GQ2I3K7/House+Museum.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590160970898-9AKURI4U099WG5B53QK7/Cultural.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590119506113-Z5TTU4HBS4U5FXRRPAAD/Government.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590167798904-4E7QPGX0M6T8IDK626D8/Healthcare.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590119120807-X7F8GIXKZXEOVKXI83CE/Museum.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590167744686-V9PQFWCT91M02N12RD7C/Religion.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590167908456-Y255FFL3TN5LK08RE72U/Local+Government.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590597759315-26S9Q4OOLPIKW5OFXQ47/Commericial.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590160573860-D8PMW280BTDOPSGJ1QCV/Libraries.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590119373757-OK4N7Q03GOASKSAZ6PF3/Education.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590167857558-5F7R9LR9LT64L01IDJ1B/Residential.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590119296637-YGW9FMN5IAD8HBICEMV4/Performing+Arts.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590181136906-H42NGPYSLIDZG4ZNX2IN/Archaeological.jpg Portfolio https://www.preservationstudio.com/libraries-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158599266-G65D3YVMZ5J38JY7YEFX/Redwood+Library.jpg Libraries - Redwood Library & Athenaeum Newport, RI The Redwood Library is the oldest, continuously operating community library still occupying its original building in the United States. Founded in 1747, the original section of the Redwood Library was designed in the Georgian-Palladian style by Peter Harrison and completed in 1750. It was the first classical-style public building built in America was listed on the National Register of Historic places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 1966. The original one-room building, facing Bellevue Avenue, is today called the Harrison Room and still houses many of the original books that were purchased primarily by Abraham Redwood as a collection in London. Over its long history, the Library expanded with the addition of a Reading Room in 1858 designed by Boston architect, George Snell; the East Room and Wings in 1875 designed by George Champlin Mason; the Perry Stacks in 1912; the Van Alen Art Gallery in 1940; the McBean Wing in 1985; and finally, the Addition in 2005. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962. The 1776 Octagonal Summer House Pavilion was moved to the site from Abraham Redwood’s country house. The historically important 1853 Rheinlander House across the street from the library serves as the Library’s Annex Building. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained to prepare a Preservation Master Plan for the exterior and related interior surfaces of the historic Redwood Library. The purpose of the Preservation Master Plan is to serve as a detailed road map for identifying and prioritizing all work needed to be performed on the exterior envelope of the Redwood Library complex, including the Octagonal Summer House Pavilion and the Rheinlander House Annex. This Preservation Master Plan will also provide a tool for fund-raising efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171601532-UI9O5O3SZ9TLECYYGL3F/Brownsville.jpg Libraries - Brownsville Branch Library Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Public Library Brownsville Branch is among the 67 library buildings across the five boroughs of New York City funded by a donation from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. The composition of the building is characteristic of suburban Carnegie libraries; the freestanding Classical Revival structure is surrounded by an open lawn, symmetrical, constructed of brick with minimal ornamentation, utilizes large windows, and incorporates a double-height reading room with an open loft. The Brownsville Branch Library was designed by the architectural firm of Lord & Hewlett and opened to the public in December of 1908. Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC was retained by LTL Architects to serve as the Historic Preservation and Exterior Envelope Consultant for the Brownsville Branch Library renovation and expansion project. As a landmark-quality building that is eligible for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, all alterations comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. The project includes historic research and compliance reviews of proposed interior and exterior work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171697018-UVIM0M3YDM9BAGDF2OXB/MVPL.jpg Libraries - Mount Vernon Public Library Mount Vernon, NY One of the Carnegie libraries, the limestone edifice was erected in 1904 in Neoclassical style to the design of Edward L. Tilton, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and designed over 100 libraries across the US and Canada. Architectural Preservation Studio was hired to design and administer a series of discrete projects. APS reviewed the roof, including the use of infrared thermography, to determine the cause of a known leak. This resulted in warranty repairs. We redesigned the children’s library bathrooms to meet ADA compliance. In addition, six interior wood doors were in poor condition of which five were restored and one replaced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590158592799-97UTGGA818YM2LJ8SYQC/Cossitt+Library.JPG Libraries - F.H. Cossitt Library North Granby, CT The historic F.H. Cossitt Library is located in the town of North Granby, CT. It was built in 1890 and designed by architect Jasper Daniel Sibley of Middletown, CT. The two-story wood-frame structure, square in plan, is composed of brick on the first floor and clapboard on the second floor. The structure has a hip roof with a projecting pediment roof and a band of clearstory windows on the front façade. The building is extremely well preserved and is a key historic resource and focal point of the town, as well as an excellent example of Queen Anne Victorian-style architecture. The building was enlarged in the 1960s with a one-story shed addition and then again in 1984 by architect Richard Shope with a stylistically sensitive two-story addition on the rear. The Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428672716351-THCAR6I5RP18D81OGH1G/NARA+-+Welcome+Center.JPG Libraries - National Archives at New York City New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171783001-UIF8RR3KMHCVEMFDPYQM/NRPL.jpg Libraries - New Rochelle Public Library New Rochelle, NY With WASA architects and engineers, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio collaborated on a three-part study of the main branch of the New Rochelle Public Library (NPRL), an 80,000-SF structure that was originally mostly a concrete parking garage. This building, converted into a library and opened to the public in 1979, serves as a community hub for the residents of downtown New Rochelle. With its theater, art gallery, café, and other services, it has become a vital community center for the changing demographics of New Rochelle. As a result of the study, the lobby underwent a renovation, including new entry vestibules and canopies. The theater was also renovated and a major building-wide sprinkler installation occurred. Ten years following the completion of the three-part study, APS has been retained to update the existing conditions assessment. https://www.preservationstudio.com/international-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603900428383-6BTRVP7JR4XM6S61FHCI/Period+elevation+Central+Oasis.JPG.jpg International - Central Market Honk Kong Architectural Preservation Studio is working with AGC Design Ltd. to rehabilitate and adaptively reuse the Central Market of Hong Kong the Urban Renewal Authority (URA). The 1938 Bauhaus-style four-story concrete structure covers a full block in the central business district of Hong Kong and is currently listed by the Antiquities Monuments Office (AMO) as a Grade IIl building. Central Market’s design emphasizes its horizontality with projecting brise soleils, visors and canopies, and concrete surfaces interrupted by steel hopper strip windows. The Central Market opened in a purposefully built Neoclassical structure in the area of the Canton Bazaar in 1850, which was later replaced with the current building. The interior circulation is built around a central courtyard. Two main staircases exist at either end of the long north-south axis; these gain light from a courtyard. There is a one-bay wide two-story bridge at the center of the courtyard that links the west and east wings of the building at the 2nd and 3rd floors. The stalls on each floor are laid out on both sides of central aisles parallel to the long direction of the building. At its completion, the ground floor could accommodate 57 fish and 46 poultry stalls, the 2nd floor vegetable and fruit vendors, and 62 pork and 42 beef stalls were on the 3rd floor. The top floor includes roof terraces both towards the courtyard and street sides, along with rooms designed as offices for the Sanitary Departments. The building was closed to the public in 2003. APS is working as the concrete conservators for the project for the exterior façade elements, as well as the preservation, display and interpretation of six original market-stall types, two of which have to be reconstructed. One portion of the building already functions as a walkthrough connecting the Central District’s skywalk system. The remainder of the building will be reused as an urban “oasis”, with prepared-food stalls and shops on three of the four floors and a garden in the central courtyard. The top floor will be used for utilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590174008264-PW30TZ92T0Z3FLDJQJLC/Jeddah.jpg International - Jeddah World Heritage Site Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah is an urban property extending over a surface of 17 hectares in the heart of the old city of Jeddah. It is directly associated, both at the symbolic intangible level and at the architectural and urban level with hajj, the yearly Muslim pilgrimage to the Holy City of Makkah. For the Jeddah Municipality, advice was needed on design guidelines in compliance with UNESCO’s Operational Guidelines. In addition, during the process of preparing the nomination for inscription as a World Heritage site, evaluation of integrity and authenticity and criteria for inscription were evaluated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590179320511-5QJGKN3VIPJES09OF7MK/AL-DIR%E2%80%99IYAH.jpg International - Al-Dir'iyah Word Heritage Site Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mud-brick ruins form an urban site located on the outskirts of Riyadh on the banks of Wadi Hanifah. Dating to the 15th century, the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2010, its Outstanding Universal Value relating to its exemplification of Najdi architecture, its relationship to the surrounding environments, as well as its significance due to its association as the birthplace of the Wahabi sect of Islam. At the invitation of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), Pamela Jerome participated as one of five invited international experts in a two-day workshop to provide recommendations to SCTA on their implementation of a master plan to conserve and display the site to the public in the context of compliance with the UNESCO Operational Guidelines. The range of activities include the introduction of infrastructure, raised walkways, glazed cubicles inserted into the interiors of ruined buildings for museum displays, stabilization of the ruins, and planning and zoning regulations for the buffer zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590175416503-W0XO6GEWTCIXJLZRTLYH/Tarim.jpg International - Tarimi Mansions Tarim, Yemen Tarim is a mud-brick city of 100,000 located at the eastern end Wadi Hadhramaut in Yemen. Recognized as the spiritual center of the valley, the city is famous for its 42-meter tall mud-brick minaret al-Muhdhar, manuscript library, three historic graveyards, Shafai’i schools of jurisprudence, and its collection of eclectic mansions. The latter, a product of the aspirations of a merchant class that made their fortune in Southeast Asia, are executed in the local construction technology of load-bearing mud brick and decorative lime plaster. Approximately 15 of the mansions were expropriated in the early 1970s under the former Marxist regime and mostly reused as housing for the poor. As a result, 20 years later when the buildings were returned to their rightful owners, the structures had suffered significantly from lack of maintenance. Essentially abandoned by their former owners who perceived the mansions as more valuable as plots of land, the buildings were undergoing demolition by neglect. After initial research in 1997 and 1999, which resulted in an award-winning documentary, “The Architecture of Mud,” and an award-winning technical paper by the same name, Prof. Pamela Jerome with the Yemeni authorities proposed and successfully listed the abandoned mansions on the World Monuments Fund Watch List from 2000-2004. Funding was provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for the initial feasibility study, accomplished in 2000, and later by UNESCO for an updated feasibility study, submitted in 2004. Prof. Jerome implemented a documentation-training program that paired Columbia University historic-preservation graduate students with employees of Yemen’s General Organization of Antiquities and Museums (GOAM) and undergraduate architecture students from the University of the Hadhramaut, which from 2002 through 2008 documented seven of the significant abandoned mansions in AutoCAD and digital photography, including Quick Time Virtual Reality (QTVR). In addition to the training program, funding was procured to restore the exteriors of several of the buildings from a variety sources, including Yemen’s Social Fund for Development, US State Department’s Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, and the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands. Twenty of the mansions are now restored. Prof. Jerome also provided capacity building for local officials and NGOs, organized the masons into a guild, presented the project at numerous international symposia and museums, and collaborated with an international consultant to prepare the Tentative List nomination for Tarim based on its Outstanding Universal Value of exporting Islam to the Indian Ocean region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590174125248-E63PJFA8EFZI0A4VNPNK/New+Gourna.jpg International - New Gourna World Heritage Site Luxor, Egypt The village of New Gourna was designed by the well-known 20th-century Egyptian architect, Hassan Fathy, for the Supreme Council of Antiquities to house the occupants of Gourna, a village dating to the turn of the 19th century that was constructed on top of the Tombs of the Nobles in Luxor. Designed and implemented in the 1940s, Fathy used local construction technology to create one- to two-story mud-brick buildings with local vernacular references to express his vision of low impact, sustainable design appropriate to the climatic conditions of the region. However, the majority of Gourna villagers refused to move to New Gourna, and continued to occupy their homes over the archaeological site of the Tombs of the Nobles. Over 60 years later, New Gourna has suffered from lack of maintenance and appropriation of majority of the buildings by squatters. The current occupants have piecemeal demolished Fathy’s buildings and replaced them with poorly engineered and inappropriate four-story concrete-frame structures that do not respect the scale or design intent of Fathy’s vision. Since the site is part of the larger World Heritage site of Luxor, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Egyptian authorities and World Monuments Fund, chose to implement a study and management plan for its restoration and re-envisioning as a center for sustainable architecture. APS professional staff, Pamela Jerome, was one of three invited international experts that performed the initial site evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590458853290-JTW3VITEO69QL8WNWHT3/P1170765.JPG International - Rashid al-Karami International Fairground Tripoli, Lebanon In collaboration with the UNESCO regional office in Beirut, development of a Conservation Management Plan for a 1962 international fairground in Tripoli, Lebanon consisting of 15 structures designed by Brazilian architect, Oscar Neimeyer, and on Lebanon's Tentative List. https://www.preservationstudio.com/government-2 daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1603898829405-ANUCZ6X2K7KKJUNHAEHC/Rutherford.jpg Local Government - Rutherford World War One Monument Rutherford, NJ Dedicated on May 31, 1920, the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument is a tribute to the men of Rutherford who sacrificed their lives during World War I. Architectural Preservation Studio was retained as a sub-consultant to the Borough Engineer to prepare a comprehensive evaluation followed by a restoration/conservation plan for this World War I monument. Through on-site observations, historical research and laboratory testing, we verified existing conditions and pathology of deterioration within the historic monument. Our goal was to provide a strategy for a holistic intervention that complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, as well as in-keeping with the artist’s original intent. We also prepared the successful National Register nomination for the property. The project continues to be implemented in phases, The cast-stone memorial column is adorned with statuary bronze, including two tablets at the monument’s base. Atop the base are six eagles with interlinking garlands. Crowning the shaft is a bronze quadruped completed with a glass light fixture resembling a torch flame. Additional lighting fixtures were once installed behind each eagle; however, none of these fixtures remain today. Architectural Preservation Studio designed and oversaw the refurbishment of the existing lighting fixtures, including the torch flame and the recessed fixtures in the base at the eagles. In addition, our staff with WASA electrical engineering designed the street-side lighting. The cast stone was friable, displaying delaminations and vertical cracking, with some areas having complete loss of material. It was patched with a modified-concrete repair mortar with aggregate to replicate the existing texture and color. The cast stone was cleaned and treated with a clear water repellent. There was atmospheric staining, copper staining, biological growth, and calcium-carbonate deposits. Laser-cleaning was used to clean the bronze and cast stone. Restoration of paving and drainage system is also planned. Architectural Preservation Studio assisted with the preservation of items in the time capsule stored in the base of the monument as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590172129693-GIX0NUEWFARDAZNU2B68/Sea+Cliff.jpg Local Government - Sea Cliff Firehouse Sea Cliff, NY Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) designed and administered the restoration of the steel-casement windows at the two-story firehouse located in Sea Cliff, Long Island. The building was completed in 1931 in Tudor Revival style and is listed locally and is also on the NYS and National Register of Historic Places. APS began with a survey of the 94 steel-casement windows, which ranged from good-to-poor condition. However, the survey identified deflected steel lintels and associated masonry distress in the surrounding brickwork. As a result, the project was expanded to include lintel replacement and repair, and localized brickwork rebuilding. The project was funded through two grants provided by NYS OPRHP (Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation) and DASNY (Dormitory Authority of the State of New York). The window-by-window survey identified eight different types of windows, their condition and the functionality of their hardware, which was detailed in the Construction Documents in a Window Schedule. Work had to be clearly delineated between the two funding sources. APS also administered construction. In addition, APS will be designing and administering the replacement of the slate roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680025798-JHJPUMZMYCFWKZTI9MRK/Chappaqua+Station_Interior4.jpg Local Government - Chappaqua Railroad Station Chappaqua, NY Architectural Preservation Studio designed and supervised the restoration of the Chappaqua Railroad Station in northern Westchester County. The station was built in 1901–2 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The condition of the station had deteriorated over the course of 100 years. In addition, it had undergone various renovations that had modified or removed some of its original materials and altered its character. The goal was to restore the station to its original appearance based upon the original Reed & Stem drawings (Architectural Preservation Studio’s predecessor firm), while also upgrading its systems to today’s standards. Work involved all exterior masonry, roofs, gutters, windows, flashing and drainage systems, structural systems, interior finishes and hardware, mechanical and electrical systems, lighting fixtures, ticket-booth systems, ADA compliance and hazardous materials identification and abatement. The Town of New Castle was so pleased with the results that Architectural Preservation Studio was hired to design streetscape lighting for the historic village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680158051-AB6LZOW51IN0CFXBAT6P/CHAP+HISTORIC+PHOTO+1.jpg Local Government - Chappaqua Railroad Station Chappaqua, NY Architectural Preservation Studio designed and supervised the restoration of the Chappaqua Railroad Station in northern Westchester County. The station was built in 1901–2 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The condition of the station had deteriorated over the course of 100 years. In addition, it had undergone various renovations that had modified or removed some of its original materials and altered its character. The goal was to restore the station to its original appearance based upon the original Reed & Stem drawings (Architectural Preservation Studio’s predecessor firm), while also upgrading its systems to today’s standards. Work involved all exterior masonry, roofs, gutters, windows, flashing and drainage systems, structural systems, interior finishes and hardware, mechanical and electrical systems, lighting fixtures, ticket-booth systems, ADA compliance and hazardous materials identification and abatement. The Town of New Castle was so pleased with the results that Architectural Preservation Studio was hired to design streetscape lighting for the historic village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490303592033-5YH9C1W6HJWA0HET7PC1/New+London+City+Hall.jpg Local Government - New London City Hall New London, CT APS was retained by the City of New London to develop a comprehensive conditions assessment for the preservation and maintenance of the New London City Hall. Built in 1856 and renovated in 1912, the New London City Hall is a significant Beaux Arts-era structure with a stone façade articulated by a Corinthian-columned two-story portico and a decorative projecting cornice and balustrade. The building is on the National Register for Historic Places and still maintains a high level of exterior and interior integrity. The conditions assessment evaluated moisture infiltration through the exterior; cracks in the stone structure and condition of mortar joints, as well as non-matching repairs; repairs to deteriorated and or damaged interior surfaces and architectural features; HVAC and electrical systems, including the future installation of a split system; ADA accessibility, vertical transportation and toilet rooms. The project also involved the identification of hazardous materials (lead-based paint and asbestos), along with appropriate mitigation, background drawings in AutoCAD format, detailed recommendations and cost estimates. All recommended work and upgrades comply with all federal, state and local building codes. APS developed construction documents for the complete restoration of the exterior and interior of the building, including relocation of the existing elevator. The project is currently being bid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1428680748062-X5EX8APPJMGHZO5WL12J/P1110531.JPG Local Government - Norwich City Hall Norwich, CT The professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio, under WASA, prepared a detailed Conditions Assessment /Comprehensive Preservation Master Plan for the restoration of the 1873 French Empire City Hall. The scope includes the preservation of the building’s historic features, space analysis and programming, ADA accessibility, and upgrade of its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. The Norwich City Hall is listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places. The assessment was partially funded by a grant from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. Architectural Preservation Studio’s recent work involves the preparation of construction documents and construction administration services for the restoration of the original wood flooring and south-vestibule historic finishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171539970-CTPK0M3M0Q6DK823Z9FJ/Westport+Town+Hall.jpg Local Government - Westport Town Hall Westport, CT Westport Town Hall was constructed by the Town of Westport as the Bedford Public School after 1917 and had additions added in 1929. The building served as an elementary school until it was converted for the use of the Westport Town Hall from 1978 to 1979. It is included in the Westport Center Historic District as a contributing structure. The project consists of preparing a Conditions Assessment Report, Restoration Plan, and oversight of the construction phase for the repair of the portico, pilasters, columns, and pediment The scope of the project includes restoration of six monumental wood columns, column bases, column capitals, two pilasters, the coffered ceiling of the portico itself, and the pediment over the portico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171457281-RY3IR9O08W42WXSCFP5D/Cumberland+Front+Elevation.jpg Local Government - Cumberland Town Hall Cumberland, RI The historic Cumberland Town Hall is located in the town center in Cumberland, RI. It was built in 1894 and designed by the Rhode Island architect William R. Walker. The three-story structure is constructed of red brick and terra-cotta trim with a tall hip roof and a square three-story clock tower with a cupola-style roof centered above the street façade. The building is a key historic resource and focal point of the town, and an excellent example of Colonial-style architecture. The Town Hall is within the local historic district and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. APS prepared a comprehensive architectural conditions assessment of the Town Hall addressing pressing preservation, functional, maintenance, and code issues. The project is funded by a federal Certified Local Government Grant from the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, administered by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission (RIHPHC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590163110557-XJ3K0N1N9B7UJ5IMTDLC/WARE+TOWN+HALL.jpg Local Government - Ware Town Hall Ware, MA The historic Ware Town Hall is located in the town center in Ware, MA. It was built in 1885 and designed by the architectural firm of Hartwell and Richardson. It is constructed of red brick and red sandstone accented by a tall hip roof and a square clock tower with a pyramidal roof at one corner of the building. Typical of Richardson’s designs, there is a large round-arched opening at the center of the Main Street façade in which the main entrance is recessed. The building is a key historic resource and focal point of the town and an excellent example of Romanesque Revival architecture. The building was enlarged in 1904 by Richardson and again in 1935 by local architect Thomas Madigan with a stylistically sensitive addition. The Town Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. APS prepared a comprehensive conditions assessment of the Town Hall, and will be providing design services to address pressing preservation, functional, maintenance and code issues. A portion of the project is funded through a Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund Grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590162760577-7JIXAFOPHFB9WUU2I2UV/East+Greenwich+Town+Hall.jpg Local Government - East Greenwich Town Hall East Greenwich, RI Also known historically known as the Kent County Courthouse, the East Greenwich Town Hall was constructed from 1805-1806. For many years, the Rhode Island General Assembly met on a rotating schedule in five principal county seats, this building being one. The building is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. APS was retained by the Town of East Greenwich to prepare Construction Documents for the replacement of the slate roofing and associated flashing, repair of the damaged structure, and restoration of the wood balustrade at the East Greenwich Town Hall. The Town Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as on the Rhode Island State Register. The project completed in the Fall of 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302667513-Y423KJA5OYKDFDJT43EU/Vine+Elev.jpg Local Government - Vine Cottage New Canaan, CT Constructed in 1859 Vine Cottage occupies an important and strategic location in New Canaan. It is situated adjacent to the Town Hall, directly across from the Fire Station and on one corner of the Historic District. Although not included in the district, it visually marks the transition from the business zone to the historic residential area of the town. The Victorian style house is currently used for the Town’s Social Services Office. APS was retained by New Canaan’s Department of Public Works to provide design services for the restoration of the buildings facades and windows, to provide a new ADA compliant ramp to the main used entrance of the building, to restore the front porch to its original design and to upgrade interior finishes. Construction documents were developed and bid and the Town is now appropriating the funds to execute the work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302615187-YZ8TK4DK71P6PZV1P4AB/NC+Fire+House+2.jpg Local Government - New Canaan Fire House New Canaan, CT APS was retained by New Canaan’s Department of Public Works to provide design services for the preparation of construction documents for the design of an OSHA compliant fall protection system for the existing hose drying tower at the New Canaan Fire House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490302588306-QKY057BZ4S9HILDE4F6B/New+London+Firehouse.jpg Local Government - New London Firehouse Headquarters New London, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the City of New London to perform a comprehensive Conditions Assessment of the New London Firehouse Headquarters Building. The primary focus of this study is to provide the City with a comprehensive assessment of the existing conditions of the exterior/interior, MEP systems and structural condition of the floor settlement issue at the fire engine bays of the firehouse. Based upon this assessment both recommendations and cost estimates for the necessary repair of this historic structure will be provided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1506451236700-SOZJKJ09IT36U3YWHXML/Stillman+Front+Elevation.jpg Local Government - Stillman Building Wethersfield, CT Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) was retained by the Town of Wethersfield to prepare Construction Documents for the replacement of the slate and built-up roofing at the 1880’s historic Stillman Building, originally the Wethersfield Public School. The building is located within the Wethersfield Historic District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1490124707564-64XG3MC68K9TLGQBJEXC/L1030084.JPG Local Government - New London USPS Building New London, CT APS was retained by the City of New London to develop Operational Space Layouts (OSL) for the relocation of City offices/departments to the New London US Postal Service Building located at 27 Masonic Street. This project consisted of a two-phase relocation process. The first phase was to temporarily relocate the current offices/departments located in City Hall during the upcoming restoration project as well as any other additional offices/departments that can also fit in the USPS building at that time. The second phase will be to relocate all of the remaining departments that can fit in the USPS building once the City Hall offices/departments move back into City Hall https://www.preservationstudio.com/archaeological-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590179664625-WQ6SGTUYTPKJ1RS0NMT0/image-asset.jpeg Archaeological - Dinosaur State Park Rocky Hill, CT At Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, a 200 million-year old dinosaur track site was damaged by contractor negligence which involved spillage of sulfuric acid from leaking batteries. Pamela Jerome and Norman Weiss tested methods for cleaning and stabilization of the trackway, which were then successfully implemented by the Grenadier Corporation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180217803-TOO2CBG3QH4UXPLYFUTP/Palaikastro.jpg Archaeological - Palaikastro Excavations Crete, Greece Excavated under the auspices of the British School at Athens, Palaikastro is a Bronze Age site on the island of Crete. Over five seasons, Pamela Jerome was responsible for the documentation of the site, materials analysis, and conservation. She also developed the presentation and interpretive schemes and wrote the funding proposals for site conservation. The site consists of an urban landscape with rubble stone and ashlar structures and incorporates one of the few extant examples of a town shrine complex. Building 5, by far the most unusual structure, also contains mud-brick partitions which alter the original layout in a significant way. Pamela Jerome designed the temporary shelter and the proposed permanent shelter to protect the fragile remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180342547-UEU8BT46W961HFB8W5VX/Blackwater+Draw+Archaeological+Site.jpg Archaeological - Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site Roosevelt County, New Mexico Pamela Jerome evaluated the efficacy of a proposed shelter designed for Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site. The Clovis-period type site is located in New Mexico and consists of the remains of a 12,000-year old bison kill. An evaluation report was submitted to the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180476759-G8K8ER150NDXQTCE5E4E/AMHEIDA.jpg Archaeological - Amheida Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt A Roman through Byzantine-era site in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Prof. Jerome performed the initial conservation evaluation for Columbia University’s Department of Anthropology. The site consists of extensive mud-brick ruins with wall paintings still extant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590171340404-E7AFSNQL3D70K35KOUSK/Chersonesos.jpg Archaeological - Chersonesos World Heritage Site Sevastopol, Crimea Chersonesos is an ancient Greek Hellenistic-period colony on the Crimean peninsula with extensive remains of both urban and agricultural environments. Working with Columbia University graduate students and Prof. Norman Weiss as the material scientist, a methodology was developed for conservation of a fortified limestone farmhouse dating to the 4th century BCE excavated by the University of Texas at Austin. Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, and UT Austin graduate students were trained along with local museum professionals over three seasons to implement the stabilization of the archaeological ruin. In addition, a preservation master plan was developed. The site was successfully nominated and became a World Heritage site in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/1590180622201-HBWQIUE0RZRCL8NVIC25/Blockhouse.jpg Archaeological - Blockhouse #1 New York, NY Blockhouse # 1, located in Central Park, is a War of 1812 site. Over the years, the masonry structure has received infrequent maintenance and is currently in poor condition. Prof. Jerome supervised Columbia University graduate students’ conditions assessment, historical research, materials analysis and monitoring of this site since 1995. Students also propose presentation and interpretive schemes. https://www.preservationstudio.com/tichenor daily 0.75 2022-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/64c2cbd8-4422-4e4d-b18c-7afb693a1aa2/Micah.jpg Micah Tichenor, Project Associate https://www.preservationstudio.com/kebede daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/df7cd403-2fc7-4940-a9ac-1f04a5ad6dab/IMG-6880.jpg Etsegenet Messele Kebede, Project Associate https://www.preservationstudio.com/truitt daily 0.75 2022-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/3c2b537c-8e4e-4e5e-b440-626c8c05523b/David.jpg David Truitt, Project Associate https://www.preservationstudio.com/email-us daily 0.75 2023-03-15 https://www.preservationstudio.com/quinn daily 0.75 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/c793ac83-b2e3-4450-a42f-accff6c815fc/Sarah+Quinn-Photo.jpg Sarah Quinn, Project Associate https://www.preservationstudio.com/vaughan daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/51392a68-db78-4761-bdee-f4ed06fb1377/Mimi_Vaughan_2023.jpg Mimi Vaughan, Project Associate https://www.preservationstudio.com/miles daily 0.75 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/62a9e29a-51ea-47b6-ac08-b502ec4bb8bc/Miles+Chengjun+Wu_Portfolio+Photo.jpeg Chengjun (Miles) Wu, Project Associate https://www.preservationstudio.com/danielyan daily 0.75 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f63721e4b028af4a737125/82c504cc-1f1f-4754-a458-fc976a23be74/JD_Profile.jpg Jacqueline Danielyan, Project Associate