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AO’s Mark in Riverside

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Luke Carothers Once home to Riverside’s first fire station, a livery stable, and an automobile dealership, a historic structure is being reimagined and incorporated into a seven-story mixed-use podium project with 22,000 square-feet of retail space and 165 apartment units.

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Open Space Institute, U.S. Military Academy Engineering Students Construct New Trail Bridge at Schunnemunk State Park

Civil + Structural Engineer

Schunnemunk State Park has a new pedestrian trail bridge, thanks to a collaboration between the Open Space Institute (OSI), the U. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP), and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC).

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A Match Made in Schunnemunk State Park: The USMA and OSI

Civil + Structural Engineer

The most recent result of the ongoing collaboration is a new pedestrian trail bridge at Schunnemunk State Park in New York’s Hudson Valley. Professor of Civil Engineering at USMA, who advised the 2023 cadet team alongside his colleagues, LTC Adrian Biggerstaff and Gary Jordan, Ph.D. Ledlie Klosky, Ph.D., It was a special moment for us.”

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The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings

BDC Network

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

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Virginia office complex achieves urban integration with inventive design

Construction Specifier

A mixed-use office development in Charlottesville, Virginia, seamlessly integrates into a prominent site within the city’s historic Downtown Mall district. As one approaches the site, CODE is only visible as a three-story structure of a similar width to the neighboring historic, party wall buildings.

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Virginia office complex achieves multiple goals with inventive design

Construction Specifier

A mixed-use office development in Charlottesville, Virginia, seamlessly integrates into a prominent site within the city’s historic Downtown Mall district. As one approaches the site, CODE is only visible as a three-story structure of a similar width to the neighboring historic, party wall buildings.

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4 Inspiring Adaptive Reuse Projects With Real Impact

The Pro Builder

Honoring the past while giving new life to a structure—and with it, often an entire neighborhood—requires creative thinking to successfully meld modern codes with preservation goals. These four adaptive reuse projects, all 2023 Best in American Living Award winners , exemplify that mission and spirit.