New York, NY St. Paul’s Chapel was the first building at Columbia that was not designed by McKim, Mead & White, but by the architects Howells & Stokes. An elaborate mixture of Italian Renaissance, Byzantine, and Gothic styles, its interior features Guastavino vaulting in intricate patterns. Construction began on St. Paul’s Chapel in 1904, and […]
Philadelphia, PA Since 2006, Vertical Access has performed several interior and exterior conditions assessments for St. Francis de Sales Church. As part of an access study, we gained a unique in-depth understanding of the conditions of the drum, and our expansive knowledge of Guastavino construction aided in the assessments. Our ongoing relationship with the Church, […]
Plymouth, MA The smallest park in the Massachusetts state forest and park system, Plymouth Rock Portico is also the most heavily visited. Nearly one million people a year come from all over the world to visit the town where in 1620 Europeans first made a home in New England and to see Plymouth Rock where […]
New York, NY As part of ongoing maintenance of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Vertical Access worked with Urbitran Engineers and Robert Silman Associates to document the condition of portions of the interior and to install monitoring equipment. Building description The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, one of the world’s […]
West Point, New York The Cadet Chapel with the attached rectory at the United States Military Academy were designed by the architectural firm of Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson in 1906 in the Gothic Revival style for which the company had become well-known. Situated on a hillside near the high point of the campus, the chapel […]
New York, NY The Cathedral was originally designed by George Lewis Heins and Christopher Grant LaFarge in 1888. Construction of the apse began in 1892 and the large central dome constructed by The Guastavino Company was completed in 1909, the largest dome ever constructed by the firm. After Heins died, Ralph Adams Cram was hired […]
Architectural Record March 2003Nondestructive Testing Probes Dome’s SafetyCharles Linn, FAIA Association for Preservation Technology BulletinVol. XXXIII, No. 4, 2002The Princeton University High-Reach Project: A Creative Approach to Preservation ContractingMichael J. Mills, Anne E. Weber, and Katherine McDowell Frey Applicator Magazine The Journal of the Sealant, Waterproof and Restoration InstituteSummer 2020Saving the Basilica: Creative Access Solutions […]
New York, NY Vertical Access was retained by Urbahn Architects to perform a hands-on investigation of the tower portion of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in 2013. The purpose of the work was to document existing conditions as part of a city-mandated Façade Inspection and Safety Program, as well as for development of repair […]
Conservation of Buildings, Structures and Sites American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Association for Preservation Technology International Construction History Society of America Docomomo International The Getty Conservation Institute International Council on Monuments and Sites National Council of Structural Engineers Associations National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Digital Data Capture for On-Site […]
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