A contemporary and sustainable single-story concrete and structural steel addition contains a learning center and gallery for the 1916 Mercer Museum.
Built by historian and archaeologist Henry Mercer, the Mercer Museum is a six-story concrete castle with elaborate alcoves, niches, and rooms surrounding a central atrium. It houses a collection of implements ranging from farming tools to boats that predates the Industrial Revolution.
Keast & Hood provided structural design for the $8 million, 13,000-sf addition. The unique structure of the original building required careful detailing including rough-board, form-finished concrete walls and exposed structural steel. Sustainable features of the project include a green roof, recycled-content wall panels, and stormwater management.
A contemporary and sustainable single-story concrete and structural steel addition contains a learning center and gallery for the 1916 Mercer Museum.
Built by historian and archaeologist Henry Mercer, the Mercer Museum is a six-story concrete castle with elaborate alcoves, niches, and rooms surrounding a central atrium. It houses a collection of implements ranging from farming tools to boats that predates the Industrial Revolution.
Keast & Hood provided structural design for the $8 million, 13,000-sf addition. The unique structure of the original building required careful detailing including rough-board, form-finished concrete walls and exposed structural steel. Sustainable features of the project include a green roof, recycled-content wall panels, and stormwater management.
CLIENT: Voith & Mactavish Architects, LLP
LOCATION: Doylestown, PA
TYPE: Cultural, Historic, SERVICES: Addition, New Construction, MATERIALS: Concrete, Steel, SUSTAINABILITY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Completed project photography © Jeffrey Totaro
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