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1 Designing a DesIgn Center ...... 3

2 Medical College Plans {or
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3 1977 ArchItectural Awards
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CONTENTS
I NUMBERS 3 '4 I THIRD' FOURTH QUARTER 1977 •
Designing a Design Center 3
American Institute Medical College Plans for Future Growth 7
of Steel Construction 1977 Architectural Awards of Excellence 10
1221 Avenue of the Americas
A Municipal Steel Parking Deck 14
New York, N.Y. 10020

30th Annual
AISC National Engineering Conference
OP'P'.C I!RS
Leading authorities iu t',e fields of steel desigu, researc1, 1Jf1d construction
George W. Hall, President will mut in Los 0I1ngeles, Calift1nlill 0" .\Illy J, 4, llud 5 to excl,auRe jdeds
Robert P. StuPP. First Vice President a"d j'lformatiou. n,e e"g;lIe('r or elrcilitect 1l,110 ".'isll(·s 10 keep iufanned
William J. Tilley, Jr., about rl,(' conliuuing det·eiopmellu i" II,ese fields u'i11 find tllis conferetlce
Second Vice President a valuable and exciting l'xperietlce.
C. Farnham Jarrard, Jr., Treasurer Program ItiglJljghlS include.
John K. Edmonds,
Executive Vice President Eighth Edition - AISC Steel Construction Manual
Frederick J. P"/",er,'\/SC
Leslie H. Gillette,
Assistant Executive Vice President Eccentrically Connected Bracing for Seismic Resistance
William W. Lanigan, Professor egor !Jopov, Cm'versi,y o!CiJli!onliu at Berkeley
Secretary and General Counsel Bonaventure Hotel
Joseph P. Sicoletti, 10hn A Blume l~ .issociates
D,wid Doar, Portman & Associ(}tes
Rebui lding the Olive View Hospital •
Lew Naldor/' h'elton, Beckl't Associates
eDITORIAL STAFP'
New River Gorge Bridge
Daniel Farb. Director of Publications A. P. Amdt, ."trner;c,,,, Bridge Division, LS.S, Corp.
Mary Anne Stockwell, Editor Box Girder Bridges
Design - State of the Art
C. P, Heins, l':"iversity 0/ Afaryl,md
Fabrication and Erection
REOIONAL OPPIC.S
Werner QUllseb,Jrt/" A.tlas Mdc/,ine .lIId Iroll Iforks, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia The Interstate at Vail, Colorado
BirmIngham, Alabama ernest D. H,meer, l'uited SloJles Suel Corporation
Boston, Massachusetts Prefabricated Modu les for the Alaskan Project
Chicago, Illinois Hetlrik Ring, Rlllpl, M. Pclrsolls Co'''pcmy
Cleveland, Ohio Lexington, Kentucky Arena
Columbus, Ohio Alfred C. Erickse'l, Ill , Ellerbe A rcilitects/Engiueers/PI(Jullers
Dallas, Texas
Recycling Buildings
Denver. Colorado
Detroit, Michigan O:miel S/hlpiro, SI,apiro. Oki,lO, Hom 6 Associates
Charlotte. North Carolina Engineering Fire Resistance of Bare Structural Steel
Houston , Texas Roger H. h.'ild" Belldel,em Sleel Corporatiou
Kansas City. Missouri Discussion - electroslag Welding for BUIldings
Los Angeles, California Warren C . .:tlexander. New l'ork Stelle Depdrtme'lt o!rrollsportotioll
Memphis, Tennessee "'alter P. Benter, United Sedt!!! Steel Corpor.Jlioll
Minneapolis, Minnesota
New York, New York End Plate Connection Design
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Plate Thickness and Prying Action
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania N. KrisJUJarnurtl,y, I ',mder/Jilt L'uil!ersity

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St. Louis, Missouri
Column Stiffener Requirements
San Francisco, California
1110mas S. Tarpy, Stanley D. Lindsey & Associales
Seattle. Washington
Syracuse, New York Seismic Design Practice for Steel Buildings (T.R. Higgins Lecture)
Washington, District of Columbia Edward 1, real, Structural Eugi"eeri"R Consu/taut
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city park. Bougainvilleas

planter over the
the plaza .

framework of the project

the most severe pro-
that could strike the
8.2 on the Richter

over 3,600 tons.

high strength steel. It
eight longitudinal
which are composed of

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 rigid frames which were computer designed
to resist earthquakes in conjunction with •
other imposed loads. The frames were
designed to optimize the number of rigid
connections, effecting substantial cost
savings with no loss of structural integrity.
The columns of the eight transverse and
the two longitudinal rigid frames are
composed of A572 Gr. 50 high strength
steel and the girders are A36 steel.
A dynamic analysis of the building was
run computi ng various mode shapes and
story deflections. Stresses were computed
by member distortion. Also, by utilizing a
computed response spectra (a mathemat·
ical prediction of the response of soil to
any seismic wave motion), mathematical
models of the building were made and
distortion shapes determined using six
hypothetical earthquakes. Based on this
information, properties were established
and sizes of beams and columns were
determined.

Steel Construction Details

Frame column dimensions are 24 in. x
24 in. and were built·up using welded web
and flange plates. Girder design encom·
passed splitting a beam of one·third length
into tees and welding them as haunches to
the bottom flange of the frame girder at
each end. This achieved an extremely stiff
member and left maximum clearance spaCE
below the center third of the girder for
ductwork and plumbing.
Minimum weight of steel (approxi
mately 10 psf) was achieved using
composite construction and A572 Gr. 50
steel. Shear connector studs were welded
to the top flange of all non· frame floor
beams to cause the concrete floor slab to
stiffen the beams and make the composite
section very strong (up to three times as
stiff as the bare beams.!
The floor is 31f.-in.lightweight concrete
placed on 3-in. deep metal decking with a
span of 10 ft.
Typical column spacing is 30 ft by 30
Architect -Engineer It with filler beams spaced 10 ft o.c.
Gruen Associates Cantilevers up to 20 ft were accomplished
Los Angeles, California
using composite construction whereby the
General Contractor: reinforcing steel in the slab over the beams
Henry C. Beck Company was utilized effectively to deepen the
Los Angeles, Cal ifornia
girders and reduce deflection.
Steel Fabricator: Tubular steel mullions were integrated
Bethlehem Steel Corporation into the facade, where up to 36 ft vertical
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania spans occured. These shapes harmonized
with the typical facade members extruded
from aluminum.

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• A curtain wall of blue glass set in
neoprene mounting houses a sophisticated
system of sliding expansion jOints at each
floor level, corners and intersections,
allowing the frame to deflect both hori-
zontally and vertically without damage
vaulted skylight. These ribs are laterally
stiffened by smaller tubular steel mullions
that are welded and alternately bolted to
relieve thermal movements. Special atten-
tion to details was mandatory because of
the large portions of the structural seg-
divide the main roof '" four equal
quadrants. Horizontal thermal expansion
perpendicular to the barrel vaulted sky·
light is accommodated by springlike action
of the tubular steel curved ribs that are
designed to change shape slightly as the
to the glass. ments of the structure. Welding details temperatures vary.
The 3,6oo-ton building frame was were designed to minimize distortion from Horizontally curved wide-flange floor
erected in three connected segments. with heat and reduce field work . beams were employed to support the
each portion rising in six-story increments A temporary expansion joint midway round, semicircular south escalator tower.
of approximately 1,200 tons. Because the through the longitudinal dimension of Torsional stresses were resisted by a care·
building dimensions are 50 large, it would the structure was accomplished by using fully detailed combination of composite
have been very difficult for the loo·1t slotted holes in the girder connections. action and braCing sub·members. Skillful
cranes to erect steel for the entire building When the ambient temperature of the steel shaping of these members was accom -
on a floor-by.floor basis. Frame erection frame and concrete floors had stabilized, plished by the fabrocator to conform to the
took less than 10 weeks. the high·strength bolts were tightened available space and accommodate the
Tubular steel ribs, composed of radially and the floor slab closure strops were necessary mechanical air conditioning
bent members, comprise the structural placed. The roof joints remain separated ductwork , in conjunction with the clean
framework for the longitudinal barrel as permanent expansion joints that sub- architectural lines.

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PLANSFOR
FUTURE GROWTH
By John Matthew King. AlA

In 1971, com m ited to a care concept

which stresses health maintenance in
addition to the curative and restorative
aspects of health-care delivery. our client,
the Rush·Presbyterian·St. Luke's Medical
Center. inaugurated a comprehensive
health care system to develop the health
manpower and care facilities for an
integrated. continuing. and single standard
of care to 1.5 million people in Chicago.
Illinois. First, to achieve this goal. an
affiliated network of colleges and com -
munity hospitals was organized with the
medical center as the inner-city fulcrum
in a unique effort that can become a
prototype for meeting the health needs

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of the nation. This academic facility is the
first of many components on a long narrow
site. in a congested urban setting.
Program requirements of the 197,000
sq ft building included minimum column
interruption and a structural system which
allowed for maximum spatial and mechan-
ical change, interconnection to several
floors of two existing structures (each
with varying and different floor heightsl,
and provisions for vertical expansion
which would triple the present building
size. The major teaching functions
included two mul ti -Ievel lecture centers, a
two story television studio. gross anatomy
and 10 multi-disciplinary laboratories, stu-
dent support and administrative spaces,
and a two·level library .

Design Solution
In addition to satisfying the typical
design concerns of program and function
within a limited budget during an escalated
economy, as well as responding to the
unique problems of the site (the accom-
modation of the existing elevated mass
transit and the capability of inter-
connection to the adjacent buildings by

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"beginning" the structure four floors above

Mr. King of Men Train Olson & Youngren. Inc..

Chicago. 111.. served as Oesign Principal on
thiS project.

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the ground), this design also represents a
different theory for urban institutional
construction . This medical center-like
all others- had built new or recycled its
spaces in the traditional and costly
manner- additively and specifically.
Fortunately. when programming and
design work started on the medical college,
we also knew that another four or five
building programs might be constructed
within a relatively short time and possibly
on the same site. We also learned, after
carefully analyzing one of the older
existing buildings, that there was an on -
going average investment of $6.60 per
square foot per year lin 1969 dollars) for
interior modifications to satisfy new needs,
technologies, and users. Further, 85% of
this amount was for mechanical changes.
In short, constant change was a certainty
and new construction a sure eventuality.
This wasourreal design issue and challenge.
Conceptually, it required that the tradi-
tional building attitude for hospitals be
superceded by one nearer to office
building construction-one where the
tenants are "unknown" specifically, but
provided for in terms of common denomi·

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nators. Our site had an actual potential
"when ultimately filled" of 2·million sq
ft-similar to Chicago's John Hancock
Center, but laid over on its side and not
ONTRACTORS
o ILL built all at once. To implement this con -
cept, four basic design principles were
employed . The first relates to the
commonalities of space, span, and services
that not only satisfy the initial "compo-
nent" but also the "near future" five
building programs. The second relates to

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the concrete stilts and structural system
that permit only one 3·storv section of
tnis Hhorizontal tower to be built initially,
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from the fourth to the sixth level above

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above and below as well as horizontally to
the north and south . The third is the

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economical space and mechanical service
adaptations with the minimum of user
disruption . The fourth and last major

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design principle was to enclose this first
portion of an expandable "horizontal
tower for medical tenants" in a lightweight
sk.in that not only maintained the integrity
of the 72-ft free span /two 24-ft cantilever
structures, but cou Id also be counted on
for its durability, cleanability , and future
-_c-f_ availability, so that once the ultimate •
E W 5ecbon ... 2·million sq ft was complete, the final
facility would be uniform, in proper scale,

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and have an appearance as new and bright Use of Structural Steel can support six to eight additional levels
as the day when this-the first com - The structural consultant was con- above, a third floor below, and provide
ponent- was built. fronted with imposing constraints and the potential for construction of two levels
challenges. After deliberate cost analysis of masonry load bearing structures at
Ou tsta ndi ng Features and careful examination of the material grade within the "stilts" for commercial
The architectural solution was required options, he concluded that " only steel con- and other amenities to serve personnel
to respond to a number of physical factors struction could resolve the many design and the public.
and challenges : utilization of a narrow long problems of this project." The 7·ft high, 120·ft long span steel
site constrained by elevated mass transit; The structural aspect of the overall trusses are A36 steel and act with the
provision and proper positioning of future design solution evolved as follows: analysis columns to form a rigid frame. The truss
"health system tenants" in an "expand- comparing varying structural material ends are connected to the columns by
able building" concept; solving existing costs, spans, and column placement indi - 1·1/8·In . A490 bolts. Floors of 3%·ln.
people and material flow patterns with a cated that 24·ft x 72·ft bays were optim um lightweight concrete topping on a 3-in .
new "spine-site traffic plan," as well as the in satisfying the interior space require- deck are supported by steel beams 12 ft
ability to move ahead on construction ments. By locating the first functional o .c . betwee n trusses . Bar joists located on
without disrupting current teaching, care, level four floors (43 ft) above grade and the bottom flange of the trusses support
and research functions. cantilevering 24 ft east and west over the interstitial catwalks and ceil ing systems.
Locating the first functional level some elevated transit facility increased the The consultants for this project
four floors above grade increased the building site width from 90 to 120 ft. To included structural engineers, C. A . Metz
available bUilding width from 90 ft to accomplish such a long span in steel would Engineers, Inc. , Chicago, III.. and
120 ft . It also permitted interconnection normally require beams 3 Y:t-ft deep in a LeMessurier Associates, Inc., Cambridge,
with existing medical center buildings 5Y.z- ft service plenum, but for a cost of Mass.; mechanical and electrical, Environ -
having varying floor· to· floor heights, and only a few cents more per square foot, a mental Systems Design . Inc., Chicago, III.;
established a common vertical module for 7 ft4 in. steel truss- thereby establishing acoustical, Bolt, Beranek & Newman. Inc .,
the development of a long span structure a new vertical construction module of Cambridge.Mass.; lighting. David A . Mintz,
with maximum flexibility and "inter- 17 ft·6 in. -would offer level intercon· Inc ., New York, N. Y.; construction
stitial" mechanical spaces between nections to the existing buildings at two manager, Morsel Diesel, Inc ., Chicago. III.
occupied floors to contain life cycle costs. out of every three floors and permit inter· Others involved from Metz Train Olson

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The structure can accept eight floors of stitial mechanical spaces between the & Youngren. the Project Architect, were:
vertical expansion and three levels of low- occupied floors. This discovery cinched Kenneth R. Mullin, Managing Principal;
rise commercial facilities underneath for the "truss decision" since the architect Robert J. Schill, Project Manager; Gene
the needed services and amenities to all had the owner's 10' year cost data on space Montgomery,Chlef Architect; Gorge Sirgo,
medical center personnel at the pedestrian readaptions. Job Captain ; Jesse Horvath , Carl Hunter,
level. The side·mounted mechanical service The 24·in. x 24·in. built·up steel Michael Molinaro, Senior Designers; and
towers are also capable of vertical growth. columns, which form the 72·ft x 24·ft bay William Pontious, Interiors Chief.

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ARCHITECTURAL
AWARDS
OF EXCELLENCE

PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH ..

Burnsville, Minnesota
Architect: Frederick BentzlMilo Thompson & Associates, Inc.

~ COAL STREET PARK ICE SKATING FACILITY

Wilkes-Barr., Pennsylvania
Architect : Bohlin and Powell

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FREIGHTLINER CORPORATE HEAOOUARTERS ~
Portland , Oregon
Architect: Boutwell . Gordon , Beard and Grimes

~ LARKSPUR FERRY TERMINAL

~.' Larkspur . California
Architects : e,accia/ OeBr.,/Heglund

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 • CHICAGO POLICE TRAINING CENTER
Chicago, IllinoIs
Architect : Jerome R. Butler. Jr .

AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL

Miami. Florida
Architects : (A Jomt Venture)
Caudill Rowlett Scott
The Smith, Korach. Hayet. Haynie Partnel'lhip ... ~ NATIONAL AIR ANO SPACE MUSEUM
Washington. D.C.
Ardlltec:t : Hellmuth . Obat. 8. KalAbaum

PENNZOIL PLACE
Houston. Te.as
.. Associated Architects : Johnson/Burgee
5 .1. Morris Associates

CONCORD PAVILION
Concord. California
.. Architect: Frank O. Gehry and Associatn. Inc.

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RAMAPO COLLEGE PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING .
Mahwah. New Jersey
Architects : (A Joint Venture)
Mahony & ZVO$K
Kenneth DeMay (of Sasaki Associates, Inc.)

.& SATELLITE BALL CASTING PLANT

Chandler, Arizona
ArchiteC1: Lester B. Knight & Associ.tes, Inc.

~ JOHN A . VOLPE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL

LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Boston, Massachusetts
Associated Architects: Kubitz 8r Pepl . Inc.
Desmond 8r Lord, Inc.

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
SENATE CONFERENCE FACILITIES
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma
Architect : Architectural Associates of Meyer/Brown T

ROBIN HOOD DELL WEST

Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
T Architects : John H. MacFadyen and Alfredo De Vido

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.... PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACILITY
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Duluth, Minnesota
Architect: The leonard Parker Associates

~ JOHN HANCOCK TOWER

Boston. MassaehuMtts
.... GEO. L. SMITH" GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER Architect: I.M . Pt. & Partners
AtI.nt., Georgi. (Henry N. Cobb. Oeslgn Partned
Architect: Thompson, Ventulatt. Stainback & Assoctates

HENNEPIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER

Mlnn •• polls. Minnesota
Architect: John Carl Warnecke & Associates T

• OMNI INTERNATIONAL
Atlant., GIorgi.
Architect: Thompson, Ventul.tt. Stainback & Associa t.s

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AMUNICIP LSTEELPAR NGDECK
A thorough and careful comparison of Design Solution 3 bays @ 38 ft·O in. wide by 9 bays @
various structural systems for a new muni· Architecturally, the selection of struc- 28 ft-6 in . long with a one module canti-
cipal parking deck in Burlington, Vt., tural steel, particularly in the exterior lever on all sides (133 It·O in. x 275 ft·
proved structural steel to be very attractive cladding which was painted a dark brown 6 in. overall) .
from a cost and construction scheduling color, visually unified this structure with There are six levels of parking including
point of view. the other buildings in this project which one below street level. Floor heights are
The Burlington Square multi ·level open are also of exposed painted steel or dark 9 ft-3 in., except the lowest level, which i~
deck parking facility was financed by a brown aluminum and glass curtain walls. 11 ftA in. high.
municipal bond issue and designed as an The above grade portion of the 525·car The entrance floor is of poured ·in-place
mtegral part of a multi-use downtown capacity parking structure was confined to concrete slab construction as is the single
urban renewal complex. It is sited over the westerly two·thirds of the 400-ft long half parking level below grade. The con·
and has direct access to an enclosed retail site in order to leave a generous land- struction of the three typical open
shopping mall which will ultimately scaped plaza in front of the church at the parking decks and the roof deck is a
connect with the various office and com - east end of the parcel. In floor plan, a welded structural steel frame with a 5%-in.
mercial buildings, residential towers, a central core of one-way ramps, stairs and poured concrete composite slab over 2-in.
200-room hotel and convention center in elevators surrounded by a continuous galva~lZedsteel deck spanning the 9 1t·6 in.
the 15.acre development. A serious civic double · loaded parking aisle was adopted beam spacing. •
concern was that a large church existed to fully utilize the 140-ft width of the site. A heating and cooling equipment en-
across the street from the site designated The entire structure is based on a closure for the entire complex is mounted
for the parking structure . 9 ft·6 in . parking module. The building is on stilts over the roof parking level.

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The exterior enclosing walls of the These mullions perform several mounted on the back of these same
structure are composed of structural steel functions: mullions for protection around the peri·
shapes and plates which complement and 1. On the exterior, 4-ft high steel plate
meter of each parkong floor.
reInforce the character of the supporting 3. The projectong verticali tv of the
spandrel panels are clamped to the
exposed structural steel frame. mullions to visually screen the view of mullions relieves the otherwise horizontal
The 9ft·6in. parking module is repeated parked cars. character of the wall and creates a sculp-
in the spacing and use of W8X20 mullions, tural play of light and shadow .
which are anchored to the structural frame 2. On the interior, continuous bumper
• at each floor. height guard rails are bolted to brackets Steel erection took only one month .

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A UNICIPAL STE L PARKING DECK (continued)

Architect: Structural Engineer:

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Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Associates Murray Backler & Associates
Chicago, Illinois Montreal, Canada
Associate Architect: General Contractor:
Freeman French & Freeman Dimeo Construction Company
Burlington. Vermont Providence. Rhode Island
Steel Fabricator:
Vermont Structural Steel Corporation
Burlington, Vermont