The rise of the development of drones and their game-changing potential to advance applications for commercial use in the building industry is huge. We’ve been working to stay abreast of opportunities and advances since first recognizing the value these new tools bring to our work. Vertical Access holds a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 333 Exemption…
The week of October 5, 2015 was a busy one at the Fire Island Lighthouse on the Great South Bay of Long Island, NY. In addition to several 4th grade school groups climbing the 192 steps to reach the top of the lighthouse each day, a team of consultants working with the National Park Service…
Explore ideas—and submit your own—to restore and reinvent the New York State Pavilion, the shining star of the 1964-65 World’s Fair. Source: Ideas Competition—New York State Pavilion | National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Association for Preservation Technology, Delaware Valley Chapter is holding its 2016 Symposium, Documentation Technologies Workshop: The Platform for Condition Analysis and the Basis for Preservation Project Planning on March 11-12, 2016 in Philadelphia. This workshop was originally part of the 2014 APTI annual conference and has been repurposed to travel around the country incorporating…
The Illinois Institute of Technology has announced plans to convert its Main Building at 3300 S. Federal Street from administrative offices to residential apartments. Designed by Patten & Fisher in 1891 and completed in 1883, the redbrick structure is one of the Chicago’s finest examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The building was originally home to…
Last week the Archdiocese of Philadelphia issued an order to pastors and religious officials baring all involvement in placing churches on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Patrick Hildebrandt, founder of the Philadelphia Church Project, says the rigid edict wages war on historic Catholic church survival and preservation. Source: New Directive From Archdiocese Is A…
We’re counting down to the New Year by sharing 15 of our favorite photographs taken on site and during our travels throughout 2015. #1 Our backyard The view from our Ithaca office last winter Happy New Year! All posts in this series
We’re counting down to the New Year by sharing 15 of our favorite photographs taken on site and during our travels throughout 2015. #3 Northern California A beautiful but chilly morning for working on rope #2 Iowa State Capitol Iowa State Capitol dome interior with trompe l’oeil ceiling All posts in this series
We’re counting down to the New Year by sharing 15 of our favorite photographs taken on site and during our travels throughout 2015. #5 Cambridge, MA A view of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, Memorial Hall, Art Museum and other buildings #4 Fire Island, NY Looking west over Fire Island National Seashore and Robert Moses State…
We’re counting down to the New Year by sharing 15 of our favorite photographs taken on site and during our travels throughout 2015. #7 Concrete, WA This North Cascades town was named for the Portland Superior Cement plant, which supplied material for nearby dams and other projects #6 New York State Pavilion, Queens, NY The Tent…
