Projects - Structures
Buildings: Institutional

Longmont Museum
and Cultural Center
Longmont, Colorado

OZ Architecture
Boulder, Colorado

LORIS provided full structural engineering services for the new, 22,000 square foot, $3.2 million museum and cultural center. The building is located on the south side of Longmont just east of US 287.

The structure is a braced steel frame with brick and stone veneered elevations. The second floor is designed for a live load of 250 pounds per square foot for stored archive materials.

The tower entry lobby is a three story, exposed tubular steel structure with fully welded column to beam connections to provide laterally rigidity. For efficiency, and also for aesthetic appeal, LORIS proposed a tension rod supported second floor and roof structure for the tower.