Location: North Kingstown, RI
Client/Architect: RGB Architects
EOR: Structures Workshop
Reference: SW21236
Site visit photos
Location: Central Falls, MA
Client/Architect: Gianna Stewart
EOR: Structures Workshop
Reference: SW20132
Photos credit: Gianna Stewart
The Pawtucket / Central Falls artwork is officially open to the public at 300 Pine Street, Pawtucket, RI! The Valley Breeze featured our project in an article on January 11, 2023.
“A sphere, a ball of yard, a bundle of thread overhead, these interwoven strands echo the continually crossing patterns of today’s commuters weaving into something wonderful and spun together.” Gianna Stewart
Location: Boston, MA
Fabricator: Superior Rail & Iron Works
EOR: LeMessurier
Reference: SW20196
BU documented the construction of its new CCDS building on this site from which we lifted a couple of photos of the stairs we worked on - we did a peer review and connection calcs.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi via BU Today, an Iconic Building Rises: Photo Gallery Traces Construction of BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences.
Location: Harwich Port, MA
Architect: Estes Twombly + Titrington Architects
EOR: Structures Workshop
Reference: SW19212
Harwich Port “Hemp Line” House has been in the news.
On December 1, 2023 the house was featured in The New York Times celebrating its unique status as the first single-family home in the United States to be built using high-yield spray-on hemp technology. The project has also been honored with multiple awards including the Future House International Residential Award by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Global Design News. To see the article click on this link.
The home received the BSA Design Award for project type: Housing, Environmental Impact Advancement Commendation. This award is featured on our award section but can also be seen by clicking here.
The house was featured as well in the Parsons booklet on Hemp Lime Construction. Take a look at the article.
Estes Twombly + Titrington Architects, Inc. just received the 2023 Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) Design Award for Environmental Impact Advancement for this project we collaborated on! BSA ‘s Awards program “celebrates exemplary innovation in the built environment, investment from committed clients, and the unique power of architecture to design buildings and spaces that transform communities and shape the way we live. “
The Cape Cod Hemp House is described by BSA as an example of “ a future free of petroleum-based fuels and materials.” Please read more about the project and the award on the Boston Society for Architecture page. The page includes stunning photos of the completed project by Michael J. Lee.
Photo taken from the BSA website page featuring the award.
The team (Estes Twombly + Titrington Architects) used a hemp lime system developed in France for thermal mass. Hempcrete or hemplime is biocomposite mixture of hemp hurds (shives, lime, sand) and according to the owner…
“this is the first cedar shingled hemplime house on the planet with some other notable innovations including a convertible closed-to-open deep foundation; an electric-based / heating and cooling system; a photovoltaic power generation system; and locally sourced materials with lower embodied carbon just to name a few.”
And there is no sheathing! No plywood so we developed wood braced frames. We also designed the foundation for wave loads (Cape Cod oceanfront) in the next 100 years with CMU walls that can be removed prior to a storm (or breakaway freely during the storm without damaging the house) which makes it capable of converting from a closed foundation into an open one, predicting a future FEMA code 50+ years from now.
This innovative project adds to our growing list including …
2020 We designed this first hemp lime house in MA with the first convertible foundation on the planet
2017 We designed the 4th Certified Living Building building in MA (the most rigorous building standard in the world, makes this the 23rd certified Living Building in the world)
2015 We designed the first Passive House in RI
Location: Worcester, MA
Fabricator: Cives Steel Company
EOR: McNamara Salvia
Reference: SW19215
Location: Providence, RI
Client/Architect: Jack Ryan Architect, LLC
Reference: SW20125
Matilda Overlook was just featured in GoLocalProv.com in their January 15, 2024, article which you can access via this link. The article includes some nice photos and starts with: “If one wants to know how handsome new housing can be built on Providence’s East Side without tearing down existing buildings, then take a look at the Matilda Overlook complex of townhouses and apartments soaring above Smithfield Avenue.”
Snapshots of the construction taken by Ethan Tirrell on January 27, 2023.
Location: South Kingstown, RI
Client/Architect: Leslie Architects
EOR: Structures Workshop
Reference: SW21124
Turret detail
This house is starting to come together!
Location: Narragansett, RI
Client/Architect: HB Design & Build
EOR: Structures Workshop
Reference: SW21268
Location: Boston, MA
Architect: Timothy Burke Architecture
Client: Oasis Specialty Glass
Reference: SW18140
We were structural engineers for the glass elevator and worked for Oasis to design this award winning elevator. Our team won the Silver Prism Award last week. Project located in Boston at Union Wharf and check out Oasis for more info…https://oasisspecialtyglass.com/oasis-glass-elevator_wins_2019_prism-award/
Here is our Revit model with some images during and post construction…
We designed the glass, glass connections, steel and steel connections as well as wood and wood connections. Fun and challenging project!
We designed the steel connections for Cives …
Location: Cambridge, MA
Fabricator: Ryan Iron Works
EOR: Structures Workshop
Reference: SW18210
We helped with the stair and rail design with Ryan Iron Works…
The steel and wood frame/truss is mostly complete for our new building in downtown Providence (Arch: Union Studio, GC: Site Specific, Fab: Northeast, Erector: HB).
EOR: McNamara/Salvia (Engineer of Record)
Client/Fabricator: Cives
Connection Engineer: Structures Workshop, Inc.
Description: We completed the steel connection design for this complex bridge.
Steel Erection 11/19/2018
Location: Bridgehampton, NY
Client/Architect: Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects
Engineer of Record: Structures Workshop, Inc.
Structures Workshop, Inc offers steel connection engineering services to fabricators for both structural steel and misc metal projects ranging from 20 tons to 10,000 tons. We have developed sophisticated connection software for bracing, moment and shear connections as well as misc metals - so we can produce calculation packages more efficiently and accurately. Also, we can leverage the BIM platform Revit;to import and export IFC and SDS/2 models (or other) to coordinate calculations with shop drawings prepared by the detailer.
Location: NYC
Arch: Diller-Scofidio+Renfo
EOR: Arup (Engineer of Record)
Client/Fabricator: Capco Steel Erection Company
Connection Engineer: Structures Workshop, Inc.
Description: We completed the steel connection design for this complex hyperbolic green roof structure by Arup and Diller Scofidio.
Location: Edgetown, M
Client/Architect: Site Specific, LL
