A striking, early example of Late Modern "High Technology" architecture received a 21st-century facelift when its aluminum-clad exterior was refinished with metal restoration coatings.
Recently, we spoke to the firm as they continue their 125th anniversary celebrations. We discussed their renowned history, their impact on Detroit and the world, and what they see for the future of Albert Kahn Associates.
Chicano art will now have a significant new home, designed by architects Page & Turnbull and museum designer WHY, created from a reimagined midcentury library in Riverside, Calif.
Once a bustling center of mail-in orders shipped by catalog companies in their heyday, such as Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward, the formerly shuttered historic Old Chicago Main Post Office has been brought back to life as a large office and retail complex
Simpson Strong-Tie has been awarded a 2019 Preservation Design Award for Restoration from the California Preservation Foundation for the restoration of the Napa County Courthouse.
The removal of an existing leaking stainless-steel metal roof and the installation of a symmetrical copper standing seam roofing system on a historic centerpiece building on the campus of Sam Houston State University