Sarasota Museum of Art, Sarasota, Fla.

by Rosa Soto | 1 October 2020 12:00 am

For an exterior renovation project at Sarasota Museum of Art, windows were replaced with contemporary products customized to mimic the original windows.

Malachi Leo Elliott, an architect famous for his work in Florida, designed the original two buildings for Sarasota High School, which operated from the late 1920s until 1996, in the Collegiate-Gothic style. The Lawson Group, architect for the exterior renovation project, sought to maintain the original look and feel of the museum’s architecture.

To replicate the original wood-framed windows with new products, thermally broken, operable windows were customized with muntins and trim. Additionally, metal was used to build a window with a projection at the top to serve as an air vent.

The condition of the nearly century-old existing wall would not allow for standard anchor installations with the window sills. Structural aluminum tube frames were installed inside the existing openings to ensure the building’s integrity. Epoxytec coating was added to the brick sills to meet the window attachment requirements and design pressures expected in a high wind load zone, leading into successful structural testing.

On both buildings of the 57,000-square-foot museum, Key Glass Inc. installed 15,000 square feet of YKK AP America Inc.’s YOW 225 TUH 2 1/4-inch-deep, operable windows. The thermally broken, impact-resistant and blast-mitigating windows meet the Florida Product Approval standard for high-velocity hurricane zones.

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