Resiliency

While the grounds stay open for winter walks, the house closes for ten weeks each winter. This was when the most intensive preservation work occurred. Scaffolding and insulated enclosures were erected with generators powering heaters to ensure materials adhered and cured properly.

Fallingwater Preservation: Restoring an Icon of American Architecture

Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is an architectural marvel built over Bear Run waterfall. Recent preservation efforts address water intrusion, structural issues,...

May 26, 2026

Resiliency

Transform: Promising Places, Second Chances, and the Architecture of Transformational Change

Oct. 1, 2025

Advances

Hurricane-Resistant Automatic Sliding Door

April 9, 2025

The roof of the Calk-Wilson Elementary School, located in Corpus Christi, TX, remained intact after its exposure to Hurricane Harvey, which struck the Coastal Bend as a Category 4 major hurricane in 2017.

Resiliency

Hurricane-Proofing Schools for Student Safety and Storm Shelter Compliance

Jan. 7, 2025

This school roof in Marion, Iowa withstood 130+ mph winds during the 2020 derecho and remained fully intact.

Advances

Designing Roofing Systems to Withstand Derecho Windstorms

Aug. 2, 2023

Resiliency

XLS-2G Expansion Joint Cover

March 15, 2023

Resiliency

Buckling-Restrained Braces

March 15, 2023

Louvers & Vents

Hurricane Louver K8206AMD

March 6, 2023

Doors/Entry Systems

STORMDEFEND TTH350 Door System

March 6, 2023

Resiliency

Fallingwater Preservation: Restoring an Icon of American Architecture

Transform: Promising Places, Second Chances, and the Architecture of Transformational Change

Hurricane-Resistant Automatic Sliding Door

Hurricane-Proofing Schools for Student Safety and Storm Shelter Compliance

Designing Roofing Systems to Withstand Derecho Windstorms

XLS-2G Expansion Joint Cover

Buckling-Restrained Braces

Hurricane Louver K8206AMD

STORMDEFEND TTH350 Door System

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