A commercial interiors project breaks new ground with integrated project delivery (IPD), making this the first building in New England to fully employ this collaborative process.
With the largest living roof in the world, a photovoltaic canopy, an aquarium, and a natural history museum that is home to 18 million specimens, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is a sight to behold.
With seemingly little room for creativity due to local building codes, SHoP Architects found a way to stay within the rules and go far beyond them at the same time.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed their cathedral entirely in 3D before creating laser-cut models to simulate and explore the effect of natural light on the interior. The results are truly inspiring.
The largest engineering project in the history of California wouldn’t have been possible without photorealistic, contextual 3D visualizations to prove the project’s viability.
Since 1973, Permasteelisa® has been engineering walls like no others. Architectural envelopes, or “curtain walls,” save energy and protect buildings from disaster, and that’s just the beginning.
