Gilsanz Murray Steficek is proud that our Partner, Susanne Mackiw, AIA has been inducted to the NAPW VIP Woman of the Year Circle and featured in the June 2015 Member Spotlight!
Gilsanz Murray Steficek is proud that our Partner, Susanne Mackiw, AIA has been inducted to the NAPW VIP Woman of the Year Circle and featured in the June 2015 Member Spotlight!
GMS provided the structural design and structural special inspections and also provided architectural assistance in developing façade/building envelope design details for the 16 story multi-use project. The enclosure is designed as a metal and glass curtain wall beginning above the existing 4-story warehouse. The building aims for LEED gold certification.
“High Rise by the High Line” has been published in Concrete International. This article presents a case study of of Avalon West Chelsea, a new 588,000 SF, “L-shaped” multi-family residential development located in the prime Chelsea Arts District of Manhattan, New York.
While structural engineers are often lauded for achieving wild architectural forms, the engineering and inspection team on Avalon West Chelsea project instead presented value through thoughtful structural design, by simplifying the construction processes, and by bringing a straightforward production process to a potentially overwhelmingly unwieldy project.
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