Pyrmont Fire Station Restoration
Building: Pyrmont Fire Station
Location: Pyrmont, New South Wales
Address: 147 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont NSW 2009
Original Construction: 1906
Renovation Completion: 2016
Square Footage: 13670 sq ft
Original Architect: Walter Liberty Vernon
Renovation Architect: GroupGSA
Structural Engineer: Birzulis Associates
Acoustic: Acoustic Logic
Contractor: Artel Construction
Systems: Erbas
Project Manager: NSW Public Works
AE Interests: Renovation and restoration, upgraded structural integrity using moment frames, state of the art materials used alongside original building connecting old and new. Original architecture is in the Federation Free style.
Javits Center
Building: The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Address: 455 11th Avenue, New York, NY, 10001.
Architect: James Ingo Freed
Completion: 1986
Associate Architect: Lewis, Turner Partnership
Structural Engineer: Weidlinger Associates (Thornton Tomasetti) and Salmon Associates
Mechanical / Electrical Engineer: Syska Hennessy Group, Pierre A. Dillard Associates
Client: New York Convention Center Development Corporation, Subsidiary of New York State Urban Development Corporation
Square Footage: 1,600,000 square feet
AE Interests: The Javits Center transformed the idea of a convention center from a windowless box to welcoming public building through an exposed structural system and space frame components. The Javits Center harmonized steel, concrete, and glass. The green roof serves as a sanctuary for wildlife, stores rainwater, and reduces heat flux into the building.
Original post by Stacy Chu on September 1, 2009
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