Boston Valley Brings A 100-Year-Old Dome Into The Digital Age

SOURCE: The Architect’s Newspaper
BY: Anna Bergren Miller
DATE: March 5, 2014
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Boston Valley Brings A 100-Year-Old Dome Into The Digital Age

Restoring a century-old terra cotta dome without blueprints would be a painstaking process in any conditions. Add long snowy winters and an aggressive freeze/thaw cycle, and things start to get really interesting. For their reconstruction of the Alberta Legislature Building dome, the craftsmen at Boston Valley Terra Cotta had a lot to think about, from developing a formula for a clay… Continue Reading full article on Architect’s Newspaper website. (expired link)