USGlass Magazine’s Project of the Month – The Milken Center

Sentech is thrilled to have the renovation of the Milken Center for Advancement of the American Dream in Washington, D.C. featured as Project of the Month on USGlass Metal & Glazing Magazine‘s webpage. The renovation unites three landmark buildings into a single, cohesive museum space, featuring an all-glass façade and overhead structure connecting two historic buildings (1501 and 1503 Pennsylvania Avenue). The design team, led by Shalom Baranes, Grunley Construction and Innovo Construction, chose Sentech to design, engineer and supply the material for highly complex scopes of structural glass applications across the Museum including the Atrium West Wall, Atrium Skylight, a 6th-floor addition, and a 190-panel, 59-ft historic laylight restoration, among other areas. Highlights of the restoration include the laylight renovation with an added skylight to flood the museum with natural light; a suspended structural glass atrium soaring 57-ft high that joins 2 buildings; and a crowning rooftop addition that features a glass-enclosed conference room with a structural glass skylight and stairs.

Sentech Architectural Systems provided design-assist, engineering and materials for several of the project’s structural-glass systems, including the five-story atrium façade and glass roof, a 2,300-square-foot glass-fin skylight, the structural system supporting the restored 1,500 square foot stained-glass laylight, the sixth-floor glass addition and a glass staircase. Grunley and Innovo were the general and glazing contractors, respectively.

To reimagine the historic buildings, Sentech officials say the company relied on digital software and collaboration to overcome complex structural and logistical constraints inherent with renovations of buildings built in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Learn more about the Milken Center project here!

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