Page 30 - ArchDC_Fall 2020
P. 30
Photo by Ron Blunt © LEO A DALY
Classroom under restored skylight at Exterior of the
the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW. Corcoran School.
Chapter Design Award in
Historic Resources & Preservation
Corcoran School of the Arts &
Design at GW
Washington, DC
Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LEO A DALY Following the closure of the beloved Corcoran Gallery of Art
Historic Preservation Architects: Davis Buckley in 2014, its building—a Beaux-Arts beauty designed by Ernest
Architects and Planners Flagg and completed in 1897—was transferred to George
Structural Engineers: Robert Silman Associates Washington University. The university integrated the structure
MEP Engineers: Mueller Associates into its arts and design program and undertook the building’s
Civil Engineers: Wiles Mensch Corporation most significant renovation and modernization since it was
Life Safety/Fire Protection Engineers: GHD expanded in 1929. The project, completed in 2018, was designed by
Laser Survey: Meridian 3D LEO A DALY, a planning, architecture, engineering, and interiors
Building Envelope Assessment: WDP & Associates firm with offices in Washington, DC, and nine other cities.
Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies: Loring The project goals were to determine the building’s
Consulting Engineers deficiencies without using destructive testing, transform its
Elevator Consultants: VDA 19th-century galleries into 21st-century education spaces, install
Acoustical Consultants: Cerami & Associates code-required fire-suppression systems without removing
Specifications Consultants: Marshall & Company Architects delicate plaster detailing, incorporate inconspicuous new
General Contractors: The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems, and
expand access to people of all abilities. All this needed to be
28 READY AND WAITING
