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The new Children's Museum of Eau Claire demonstrates the innovative benefits of Structural Round Timber application

2022-11-04T12:27:00-04:00

The Children’s Museum of Eau Claire (CMEC) is a first-of-its-kind structure that demonstrates the innovative usage of Structural Round Timber (SRT).

The two-story, 24,000-square-foot building was designed by Steinberg Hart in collaboration with KPFF and an extensive team of timber engineering experts, fabricators, and forest product companies. One such firm to help bring this project to life is Madison, Wisconsin-based WholeTrees Structures. The woman-owned national timber products company aims to "improve the economic viability between healthily managed forests and the rural communities" that surround them.

Image courtesy of WholeTrees Structures via Facebook

In a press release published on October 31, CMEC Executive Director Michael McHorney shared, “Working with WholeTrees and their partners is helping us deliver on a key goal of this project, to reduce the carbon footprint for construction. As a result, the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire has sequestered more than 350,000 lbs....

Steinberg Hart tops out tallest towers in San Jose

2020-07-27T12:41:00-04:00

A development team that includes architects Steinberg Hart has topped out the first of two mixed-use residential towers in San Jose, California, part of a 630-unit development called MIRO that will rise as the city's tallest buildings.

Designed for Bayview Development Group and built by Suffolk Construction, the twin-towered development includes 50,000 square feet of amenity spaces, 15,000 square feet of retail spaces, and 10,000 square feet of offices.

View of the towers under construction.

The development includes 16 penthouse units as well as a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom residences. A statement announcing the project explains: "Residents are welcomed home through a street-level lobby experience that anchors the towers to the ground. The residences have been designed to have flexible spaces to create adaptable environments that each occupant is able to curate to their lifestyle."

For the project, contractor Suffolk Construction has deployed the plan-and-control building ...

L.A. architects are embracing modular multi-family housing

2019-11-18T14:05:00-05:00

Across Los Angeles, architects and developers are embracing factory-built multi-family housing construction across a variety of projects. A selection of recently proposed and currently under construction efforts highlight the fact that while previously limited mostly to single-family projects, modular construction is increasingly being used for larger projects.

In Hollywood, for example, architecture firm Steinberg Hart and developer R.W. Selby & Co. have unveiled plans for a new 202-unit apartment complex that is built using prefabricated modular units.

The development is marked by balcony modules that overlook street-level retail. Image courtesy of Steinberg Hart.

The project, set to be located on a long, narrow site, will feature 14,200 square feet of ground floor retail spaces as well as apartment units marked by projecting covered balconies arranged to express the project's modular construction systems. Urbanize.LA reports that the project will bring a mix of one- and two- be...