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# LaufsED LLC

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- [Obama Presidential Library – Monumental Stair](https://laufsed.com/obama-presidential-library-monumental-stair/) - LaufsED is proud to have provided detailed engineering for the monumental stair located within the tower lobby of the new Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. Working closely with the project team, our scope included the structural steel framing for the stair, glass guardrail assemblies with custom bronze cladding and handrails, as well as the bronze
- [ETFE Canopy Installation at Etihad Stadium in New York](https://laufsed.com/etfe-canopy-installation-at-etihad-stadium-in-new-york/) - Construction is progressing rapidly at New York City Football Club’s new stadium at Willets Point in Queens, adjacent to the iconic Citi Field. Scheduled to open for the 2027 season, the venue reflects the continued growth of soccer in the United States and will become NYCFC’s first purpose-built home stadium. Working alongside architect HOK and
- [The Lindemann Performing Arts Center Opens](https://laufsed.com/the-lindemann-performing-arts-center-opens/) - The new Lindemann PAC at Brown University, designed by award-winning architecture firm REX has officially opened to the public. Laufs Engineering Design provided specialty glass engineering services for the contractor team, supporting the development and execution of the project’s complex façade and glazing details. Working closely with the project team, LaufsED assisted in resolving challenging
- [Senna Tower: Soon to be the Tallest Residential Tower in the World](https://laufsed.com/senna-tower-soon-to-be-the-tallest-residential-tower-in-the-world/) - Rising rapidly in Balneário Camboriú in Brazil, Senna Tower is set to surpass 550 meters, positioning it to become the tallest residential building in the world. Inspired by the ambition and legacy of celebrated F1 driver Ayrton Senna, the project channels a sense of performance and precision into its design, pushing the boundaries of contemporary
- [Momentum sculpture opens in Emeryville, CA](https://laufsed.com/momentum-sculpture-opens-in-emeryville-ca/) - LaufsED provided structural engineering expertise for five mirrored stainless steel spires, each seamlessly integrating video screens that project dynamic light displays. This striking installation serves as a welcome sculpture at the Emeryville, CA campus of a company pioneering immunological therapies for cancer treatment. Titled Momentum, the artwork symbolizes the global impact of cancer and stands
- [EarthNest Sculpture opens in Berlin](https://laufsed.com/earthnest-sculpture-opens-in-berlin/) - LaufsED are proud to have supported specialty metal fabricator Fittkau with structural engineering for EarthNest; Berlin’s first memorial to decolonialization. The design is by The Lockward Collective with advisors Rolando Vázquez & Max Bentler. EarthNest is an open, bronze nest that invites visitors to engage with decolonial resistance. It honours the peoples and territories affected
- [New Glasshouse Conservatory at Longwood Gardens](https://laufsed.com/new-glasshouse-conservatory-at-longwood-gardens/) - LaufsED is proud to have contributed to the stunning new 2,900m² glasshouse conservatory at Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania. Designed by Weiss/Manfredi, the conservatory features a striking crystalline form with a pleated glass roof supported by curved, non-repetitive steel moment frames. Fabricated in Germany, the tree-like steel structure was assembled on-site and tilted into place. Operable windows,
- [Three New Treehouses Installed at Chatwal Lodge](https://laufsed.com/three-new-treehouses-installed-at-chatwal-lodge/) - The Chatwal Lodge, set in the scenic Catskill Mountains of the Lower Hudson Valley, is a collection of luxury hotel structures offering an unparalleled retreat. LaufsED provided architectural and structural engineering services for the newly completed treehouse structures. Designed by the German firm Baumraum, the three treehouses were installed by a skilled local team, harmonizing
- [Riviera Galleria](https://laufsed.com/riviera-galleria/) - Located at the site of the former international Airport of Athens - Riviera Galleria will offer visitors a multifaceted, high-end shopping, gastronomy, and entertainment experience reflecting current international trends. Designed by the award-winning Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the landmark structure mirrors the ripples of each wave on the water, an effect that’s enhanced by the
- [Kingspan Microhome - Live On Top](https://laufsed.com/kingspan-microhome-live-on-top/) - LaufsED have completed the design and engineering for a rooftop microhome with a unitized structure comprised of structural CLT and Kingspan insulated cladding panels. Live On Top aims to provide affordable housing with amazing views by utilizing available rooftop space in crowded cities. Kingspan Quadcore panels are preassembled onto CLT structural boards in modules sized
- [450 Warren named Archdaily Building of the Year!](https://laufsed.com/450-warren-named-archdaily-building-of-the-year/) - 450 Warren Street, designed by Brooklyn based architects SO-IL has been voted Archdaily Building of the Year in the Housing award category. Text from the architects: “A community means shared spaces for living and relaxing together, but also informal interaction. Neighbors see one another’s comings and goings across the way, and a shared entry courtyard 450 warren
- [ABETARE by Petrit Halilaj installed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://laufsed.com/abetare-by-petrit-halilajinstalled-at-the-met/) - ABETARE is the Berlin based artist Petrit Halilaj’s first major project in the United States, installed on the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. LaufsED supported with structural calculations for the sculptures. The work will be on display until October 27, 2024. Petrit Halilaj
- [Mennica Cable Wall is Largest in Poland](https://laufsed.com/mennica-cable-wall-is-largest-in-poland/) - The new Mennica Legacy Tower three-story lobby façade in Warsaw is Poland’s largest glass cable net wall, opened in 2019. Class A office space inside the highrise tower can be entered via the one-way cable wall system, which has partial curved areas and utilizes a transparent glazing that “blurs the boundary between interior and exterior
- [Bent Pool in Miami Invites to Reflect on Climate Change](https://laufsed.com/bent-pool-in-miami-invites-to-reflect-on-climate-change/) - An empty oval swimming pool bent is a reminder of the city's endangered future due to global warmin and a tribute to Miami Queer culture.
- [Life, Wisdom, and Organic Growth - Speaking Willow](https://laufsed.com/life-wisdom-and-organic-growth-speaking-willow/) - Designed to create an immediate interaction with visitors entering the Planet Word Museum in Washington DC, Speaking Willow is a 18-foot-tall electronic tree that is animated by lighting and audio recordings in different languages. Designed by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, the willow tree is a fitting metaphor to celebrate the word's rich linguistic diversity. Lozano-Hemmer
- [Little Island on the Hudson to open Memorial Day Weekend](https://laufsed.com/little-island-on-the-hudson/) - Designed by Thomas Heatherwick and Mathews Nielsen LA, Little Island at Pier 55 creates an incredible leisure and arts space filled with foliage. The landscape is supported by precast concrete "pots" that taper to piles driven over 100 - 250 feet each. Working with several types of brass and steel, our team provided structural calculations
- [AUDI AG's Sustainable Concept Dealership Facade](https://laufsed.com/audi-ags-sustainable-concept-dealership-facade/) - By replacing a typical aluminium facade system, Made of Air's facade prevents the re-emission of ca. 12t of CO2 from waste biomass and avoids emissions. The building has been awarded Gold Status by the DGNB German Sustainable Building Council. LED provided structural facade engineering services including fastener testing and Review for the design team, Made
- [Lecture - TU Braunschweig University](https://laufsed.com/lecture-at-tu-braunschweig-university/) - Will Laufs was invited to lecture at TU Braunschweig University in Germany about new 3D printed connections with structural load-carrying capacity.
- [Norton Museum of Art – Façade completed](https://laufsed.com/norton-museum-of-art-facade-additions-completed/) - The new addition for the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach has been opened to the Public this spring! Designed by Architect Sir Norman Foster from London and executed by USA specialty metal-glass contractor NEC, LED supported from NYC with detail engineering, full sets of shop and fabrication drawings for all specialty enclosure
- [Álvaro Siza's first building in US fully unveiled - Hell's Kitchen Tower](https://laufsed.com/alvaro-sizas-first-building-in-us-fully-unveiled/) - LED has successfully reviewed the ultra-luxury condo glazed facade for Pritzker Prize winner Álvaro Siza's first-ever building in New York City, 611 West 56th Street, a unique 37-floor tall residential tower, developed by Sumaida + Khurana and Leny. This is also Siza's first-ever building in the US. "Siza is world-renowned for the sculptural characteristics and purity of
- [3 WTC fully open to the public - 10,000 glass panels later](https://laufsed.com/3-wtc-fully-open-to-the-public-10000-glass-panels-later/) - With the completion of the tower in 2018 came the opening ceremony in June of this year. Full access to the lobby and transit hall have just been permitted after scheduling conflicts have all been resolved. You can now come in from the Fulton St station by train and walk through the Oculus and up
- [Pleated Inflation - Goes Up in France](https://laufsed.com/pleated-inflation-goes-up-in-france/) - Marc Fornes and The Very Many's striking steel amphitheatre pavilion has broken ground in Argeles-Sur-Mer, France. Engineered by LED, the dramatic computational sculpture uses parametric pleated ribs to gain stiffness. Combined with its curved profile in section, the system gains the structural benefits of a compressive shell. It opens to the public in September 2015
- [Benjamin Cardozo Sentinels - LED to help sponsor](https://laufsed.com/led-sponsors-benjamin-cardozo-sentinels/) - LED is honored to sponsor the local BCS Sentinels of Benjamin Cardozo High in Queens, NY. The Sentinels will be competing in FIRST (FRC), an international robotics competition in they are required to build a large fully-functional robot with the capability to completing certain assigned tasks with the aid of other teams. Last year, robots
- [BLDGWORKS - Wins top Honorable Mention for Dublin Footbridge](https://laufsed.com/bldgworks-wins-top-honorable-mention-for-dublin-footbridge/) - LED continues to enter the field of footbridge engineering design! Congratulations to BLDGWORKS for winning the top Honorable Mention in the AC-CA [DUBLIN] Contemporary Footbridge international competition. LED worked collaboratively with BLDGWORKS to develop interweaving triple cord trusses which permit the long spans, define and support the pathways, and create the overall composition of the
- [Window to the Heart - Times Square Installation](https://laufsed.com/window-to-the-heart-times-square-installation/) - Yesterday (February 1, 2018), Laufs ED’s collaboration with designers ArandaLasch + Marcelo Coelho was unveiled in Times Square for the annual Valentine Heart Design installation. As a commentary on the site as one of the most selfied places in the world, the designers proposed creating the worlds largest Fresnel lens out of custom high resolution
- ["Shelf Life" –Collaboration with LeCavalier R+D & LaufsED](https://laufsed.com/shelf-life-by-lecavalier-rd-with-laufsed/) - SHELF LIFE by LeCavalier R+D, was a finalist for the 2018 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program. The proposal intervenes in the material systems of logistics to recontextualize a major but invisible part of many people’s daily lives: the industrial pallet rack. Therefore the project is made of RACKS, TRACKS, and STACKS. Laufs Engineer Design
- [Under Construction – WTC3 updates](https://laufsed.com/under-construction-3wtc/) - Progress is coming along nicely on the lobby of World Trade Center - Tower 3 with architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners as the design architects, Beyer Blinder Belle as project architects, and fabricators Mariani Metal implementing the transit hall space. In recent news, the MTA opened the subway entrance at WTC3 for the
- [Our First Project in Africa – Côte d'Ivoire facade](https://laufsed.com/new-project-in-the-cote-divoire/) - Work is underway on our exciting facade for the new Orange Headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. LaufsED has collaborated again with architects and artist Elegant Embellishments Berlin to create an innovated bris soleil, wrapping the future construction in a double-curved parametric Penrose tiling pattern. Similar to our other project with Elegant Embellishments in Mexico City,
- [2018 Honor Awards – AIA Seattle](https://laufsed.com/2018-honor-awards-for-washington-architecture-aia-seattle/) - The Seattle AIA chapter hosted its 68th annual Honor Awards for Washington Architecture on November 5 to celebrate excellence in design, where our principal Will Laufs was invited as a specialist juror. The panel's choices of the three awarded projects displayed excellence in the categories of built, conceptual, and research/innovation.
- [Glass Con Global 2018 - Hurricane and Bomb Blast](https://laufsed.com/glass-con-global-2018-hurricane-and-bomb-blast/) - At this year's GlassCon, Will Laufs will be presenting Extreme Glazing Load Case Studies: Hurricane and Bomb Blast. The abstract will focus on large transparent building facades with minimal support structures that are subject to numerous project-specific safety requirements that challenge the engineer working to achieve this high level of performance. Two case studies respectively

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## Projects

- [Etihad Stadium ETFE Canopy](https://laufsed.com/project/etihad-stadium-etfe-canopy/) - LaufsED is providing façade engineering QA/QC services for the ETFE roof canopy at the new stadium for the New York City Football Club currently under construction at Willets Point in Queens. Designed by HOK and delivered by Turner Construction, the lightweight single-layer ETFE system is supported by a network of tensioned stainless steel cables, creating
- [Palafit](https://laufsed.com/project/palafit/) - LaufsED collaborated with specialty metal fabricators Fittkau to provide substructural steel engineering for the art installation Palafit by Berlin based artist Anna Talens. The almost 7 meter long and 4 meter high modular stainless steel frame carries a high-gloss skin made of specially folded golden stainless steel sheets. It has been installed in the waters
- [Senna Tower](https://laufsed.com/project/senna-tower/) - LaufsED is providing façade engineering and specialty crown design for the Senna Tower in Balneário Camboriú, soon to become the world’s tallest residential tower. Working alongside Talls Solutions, we are helping address the technical challenges of a 550m+ supertall structure. Our involvement includes coordinating across disciplines, contributing to the design development of all façade typologies
- [Particular Matter(s)](https://laufsed.com/project/particular-matters/) - An immersive installation by Berlin-based artist Tomas Saraceno at The Shed in Manhattan spans 39 meters in diameter and features two layers of suspended wire netting embedded with custom-made shakers that transmit haptic vibrations. Engaging the body rather than the ear, the work allows participants to experience rhythms inspired by spiders and other non-human organisms.
- [Le Jardin sur Madison](https://laufsed.com/project/le-jardin-sur-madison/) - Located on the 28th floor of One Madison, Le Jardin Sur Madison is a private amenity and events space that includes an F&B program curated by Chef Daniel Boulud and an expansive outdoor terrace. The project includes a glass-enclosed conservatory featuring custom metal elements fabricated in bronze and aluminum. LaufsED provided detail engineering for the
- [House R](https://laufsed.com/project/house-r/) - LaufsED provided full structural engineering support to the architects for the design and realization of a new lakefront residence just 45 minutes outside of Berlin. The two-story, 240 m² home is designed without a basement and features a robust reinforced concrete structure combined with KS masonry walls. Due to the unique 3D form of the
- [Longwood Gardens](https://laufsed.com/project/longwood-gardens/) - The new glasshouse conservatory at the Longwood Gardens features a pleated glass roof and tree-like steel frames fabricated in Germany. Operable windows, automated shading, and winter louvers ensure optimal climate control. LaufsED provided design-assist façade structural engineering services, including calculations, detailing, and thermal performance assessments, with a focus on corrosion protection and durability to meet
- [House with 3 Steps](https://laufsed.com/project/house-with-3-steps/) - LaufsED provided comprehensive structural engineering services for this innovative 260 m² residence in Hamburg. The design features striking column-free glass walls and dramatic cantilevered concrete surfaces, showcasing exposed concrete as both structure and finish. A double-shell concrete construction with integrated core insulation ensures excellent energy efficiency while maintaining a clean, minimalist aesthetic. The result is
- [50 West 66th Street](https://laufsed.com/project/50-west-66th-street/) - The Snohetta designed skyscraper 50 West 66th Street currently under construction in New York has reached its pinnacle height of 775ft making it the tallest tower in the upper west side. LaufsED worked on the crown steel detail engineering and FEM 3D complex notes verification and connections design.
- [Soori Highline](https://laufsed.com/project/soori-highline/) - Soori Highline is a luxury residential construction near the north end of the Highline park with dramatic double height spaces and private swimming pools looming over the street like a regal palazzo. The facade is a double-story curtain wall with exterior horizontal and vertical fins, each clad in a rust-colored wood. We provided Design Assistance
- [9 DeKalb Avenue](https://laufsed.com/project/9dekalb/) - Joining the historic landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank, a new residential tower at 9 DeKalb Ave will rise 1,066 feet in height to be the tallest tower in Brooklyn upon completion. The 73-story-tower will be clad in glass and bronze and is being designed by collaborators SHoP architects to house over 500 residential units with
- [Mennica Legacy Tower](https://laufsed.com/project/mennica-legacy-tower/) - The new Mennica Legacy Tower three-story lobby façade in Warsaw is Poland’s largest glass cable net wall, opened in 2019. Class A office space inside the highrise tower can be entered via the one-way cable wall system, which has partial curved areas and utilizes a transparent glazing that “blurs the boundary between interior and exterior
- [Domino Sugar Factory Site E](https://laufsed.com/project/domino-site-e/) - Site E of the Domino Sugar Factory development (325 Kent Ave) is a masterpiece by SHoP architects. LED handled all the detail engineering for the rainscreen system, which is clad in copper and zinc perforated panels. Because of the structural weaknesses caused by perforations to the surface, we tested key panels to ensure structural integrity
- [Momentum](https://laufsed.com/project/momentum/) - LaufsED provided structural engineering expertise for five mirrored stainless steel spires, each seamlessly integrating video screens that project dynamic light displays. This striking installation serves as a welcome sculpture at the Emeryville, CA campus of a company pioneering immunological therapies for cancer treatment. Titled Momentum, the artwork symbolizes the global impact of cancer and stands
- [Domino Sugar Refinery Site A](https://laufsed.com/project/domino-sugar-refinery-a-weird/) - This Two Trees luxury residential project features a variety of façade conditions, including UHPC panels, with high-end modernist massing. LaufsED provided quality assurance/control and construction administration (CA), façade engineering services, as well as specialty inspections.
- [152 Elizabeth Street](https://laufsed.com/project/elizabeth-street/) - In 1996, Tadao Ando proposed his first residential project for New York City--a set of 3 platonic interventions into a classical high-rise in Lower Manhattan. The grand scheme was nixed and sadly never came to fruition. He was invited back to New York to design a building of luxury condos and for his first New
- [9 Chapel Street](https://laufsed.com/project/9-chapel/) - Construction is under way for a residential high-rise in downtown Brooklyn that will be wrapped in perforated metal skin designed by SO-IL for developer Tankhouse. SO-IL continue to explore new models for living in the city by focussing on the connection between indoor and outdoor space, shared and community space strategies. LaufsED are the building
- [ABETARE](https://laufsed.com/project/abetare/) - ABETARE is the Berlin based artist Petrit Halilaj’s first major project in the United States, installed on the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Halilaj's work is deeply connected to the recent history of his native country, Kosovo, and the consequences of cultural and political tensions
- [450 Warren Street](https://laufsed.com/project/450-warren-street/) - Designed by Brooklyn based architects SO-IL with local architect Kane AUD and developer Tankhouse, 450 Warren was named an Archdaily Building of the Year for 2024. Three courtyards create porosity to bring light and green deep within the site. Textured masonry winds around each volume and courtyard, and shadows move across differing orientations to register
- [Brown Jordan Flagship](https://laufsed.com/project/brown-jordan-miami/) - The Brown Jordan showroom’s facade in Miami gives the brand identity and locality in the rapidly growing Design District. Fabricated panels, with three pattern depths, provide slight variety to the overall design within the bounds of a minimalist aesthetic: through perforating, recessing, and embossing. LED provided finite element analysis and actor-fixing testing data to guarantee
- [NIKE Miami](https://laufsed.com/project/nike-miami/) - The first-ever Nike Ductal swoosh sign was integrated into this modular bris soleil skin in Miami. Working as the structural and detail engineers for the project, LED hung the entire system from the roof with lateral prop-backs at every intermediate floor. The modules themselves are open-mold casts in Ultra High Performing Concrete, attached by under
- [Riviera Galleria](https://laufsed.com/project/riviera-galleria/) - Inspired by sailboats cruising the Greek sea, Riviera Galleria’s unique architecture is an icon of simplicity and elegance, created in absolute harmony with the natural surroundings. Designed by the award-winning Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the landmark structure mirrors the ripples of each wave on the water, an effect that’s enhanced by the magnificent views of
- [Southampton Cottage](https://laufsed.com/project/southampton-cottage/) - Nothing compares to the warmth of wood. This small cottage uses curved glulams to achieve both structural strength and beauty. Laufs ED provided structural engineering for the entire project.
- [Bent Pool](https://laufsed.com/project/bent-pool/) - An empty oval swimming pool bent is an inverted u-shaped arch standing upright on a two-tier plinth located in Pride Park in Miami. The sculpture is a reminder of the city's endangered future due to global warming and a tribute to Miami Queer culture. The park itself is named in acknowledgement of the gay community's
- [Speaking Willow](https://laufsed.com/project/speaking-willow/) - Designed to create an immediate interaction with visitors entering the Planet Word Museum in Washington DC, Speaking Willow is a 18-foot-tall electronic tree that is animated by lighting and audio recordings in different languages.The bell-shaped speakers installed directly beneath the tree's branches are activated by passers-by. Each speaker has been programmed with sample recordings of
- [The Chatwal Lodge](https://laufsed.com/project/the-chatwal-lodge/) - Nestled in the picturesque Catskill Mountains within the Lower Hudson Valley, The Chatwal Lodge is a collection of luxury hotel structures offering an exceptional retreat. LaufsED provided architectural and structural engineering services for the project’s unique treehouse structures. Our role included assisting the client throughout the filing process and preparing submission documents for the
- [Amdocs Raanana](https://laufsed.com/project/amdocs-raanana/) - The new and innovative campus of the Amdocs company designed by Moshe Tzur features a number of breakthroughs in Israeli architecture including 4,000m2 of suspended cable wall. The north facing one-way minimal cable wall is approx. 180m wide by 21m tall. The western façade ends with all-glass corner returns to link to the adjacent buildings.
- [Kunstwerk Brande](https://laufsed.com/project/kunstwerk-brande/) - The new creative intervention by collaborative studio BORGMAN | LENK has been installed in the town of Brande in Denmark. LaufsED provided speciality engineering for the hidden concrete foundation and steel structures which support the heavy concrete slabs which are up to 2m by 2m.
- [Gucci Beverly Hills Flagship](https://laufsed.com/project/gucci-beverly-hills-flagship/) - Gucci Beverly Hills has a unique tiling scheme that creates the effect of a 3D illusion. Laufs ED worked with the designers to create a marble tiling pattern that was structurally sound. designing at the detail-scale a custom system, allowing for large facade openings, and seamlessly joining the different components together.
- [Nike SoHo Flagship Store](https://laufsed.com/project/nike-soho-flagship/) - Terra cotta perfectly represents the historical narrative of SoHo New York’s reversal: a material whose modern success arose from its capacity for industrial production, and instead having it made by craftsman for an era of boutiques. Our contributions to the project included engineering a parametric sub-frame system to host these terra cotta tiles, coordinating their
- [565 Broome Street](https://laufsed.com/project/565-broome-street/) - 565 Broome Street is a luxury apartment building located in one of New York’s most historic neighbourhoods – Soho. Due to city requirements, the space between Renzo Piano’s two SoHo towers had to be enclosed. To accommodate complex movement between the towers, our design utilizes a unique multi-axial sliding hinge joint system hidden at each Renzo Piano
- [World Trade Center : Tower 3](https://laufsed.com/project/world-trade-center-tower-3/) - WTC3 is a tower currently under construction in the World Trade Center complex, on the site of where the original World Trade Twin Towers were destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001. The building is being designed by architect Richard Roger (RSHP) and when completed will reach a height of 1,079 ft. LED has
- [Culture Shed](https://laufsed.com/project/culture-shed/) - The shed is a visual and performing arts building at the north end of the Highline in the new Hudson Yards development. Currently under construction, when completed the expandable "shed" cover - a steel superstructure wrapped in ETFE foil pillows - will slide to enclose a plaza for many different types of events. We at LED did
- [prosolve370e Facade](https://laufsed.com/project/mexico-prosolve-facade/) - The project is an over-cladding facade for a hospital in Mexico composed from two injection-molded pieces: the X and the I. Utilizing innovative materials like ABS-P6, we achieve both strength and ductility to resist the high seismic forces common to the region. Additionally, the surface is treated with TiO2, a white powder pigment which sterilizes,
- [Solar Rooftop Frame](https://laufsed.com/project/solar-rooftop-frame/) - The Solar Rooftop Frame project was one of the first large-scale attempts to populate these canopies throughout Brooklyn. They are very simple structurally, with the goal that they could be mass produced and mounted on any rooftop. Once installed they could provide efficient self-sufficient power, and make the roof access to firefighters and tenants for
- [MET Fashion Show Installation](https://laufsed.com/project/met-fashion/) - The MET show for fashion designer Charles James, regarded as the father of American haute couture, was designed by famed architects DS+R. For our first project with DS+R, we engineered a hosting system to secure large acrylic display panels, as well as each display platform for the exhibited dresses.
- [Pine Sanctuary](https://laufsed.com/project/pine-sanctuary/) - Similar to other project by MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY, the sculpture is a vaulted structure with two-directional catenary curves that allow the total form that performs structurally when assembled into a unified whole. The project is located at the entrance to the Riverwood Conservancy in Mississauga. The installation takes on a form at once familiar
- [Vaulted Willow](https://laufsed.com/project/vaulted-willow/) - Vaulted Willow is a vaulted structure composed of two-directional catenary curves. The project was commissioned by The Edmonton Arts Council in 2014 to be be a permanent installation for the public within the park. The architectural folly explores lightweight shell structures as a single unified stable geometry. It is assembled using a “shingled” approach, riveting
- [ICE Building Stairs](https://laufsed.com/project/i-c-e-staircase/) - For this staircase, the designer wanted to create a sculptural piece that representing flowing oil: which is a primary entity within the Intercontinental Exchange (to the history as well). LED detail engineered a hidden steel truss and cladding support system, as well as engineered balustrade glazing, giving priority to the continuity and smoothness of the
- [116 University Place](https://laufsed.com/project/116-university-place/) - Currently under construction, when completed Morris Adjmi designed condo building off Union Square will be finished with a beautiful staggered brick rainscreen. The architects worked closely with LED to develop details for the brick and operable punched windows.
- [605 Third Avenue Lobby](https://laufsed.com/project/3rd-avenue-lobby/) - The lobby along 3rd avenue is a super transparent, glass fin facade with customized stainless steel patch fittings. It is designed to provide as few obstructions between inside and outside so the lobby presents itself as a display case. We provided Design Assist in the early phase, as well as shop drawing engineering.
- [Pleated Inflation](https://laufsed.com/project/pleated-inflation/) - Pleated Inflation is a vaulted structure for an amphitheater in the South of France by the sea. It utilizes pleating in conjunction with double-curvature to enhance structural performance and achieve stasis as a self-supported shell. The billowing form is tessellated into triangular grooves giving its dynamism the appearance of crystallizing.
- [Furman Street](https://laufsed.com/project/furman-street/) - 10The design concept for these two residential sister towers references the forms of manufacturing buildings common to the neighborhood of DUMBO. These building scattered along the water feature large windows divided by muntins with thick rectilinear frames. The two buildings are clad in different materials: one in a rust-colored aluminum composite panel and the other
- [Under Magnitude](https://laufsed.com/project/under-magnitude/) - The seemingly megalomaniac logic of Under Magnitude resembles the microscopic fibrous growth structures of fungi. Paying homage to Frei Otto’s tensile membranes, the designers pushed the material thinness of the sculpture’s walls to a mere 1 mm. This was achievable firstly because it was sheltered indoors from acts of god, but also by the formed
- [American Copper Building Lobby](https://laufsed.com/project/626-lobby/) - The dancing copper towers redefining the East River. The American Copper Buildings, designed by collaborators SHoP Architects, presents two bold and dynamic residential towers on New York City’s East River. Clad in copper, this living material will patina gracefully over time, representing the tallest copper-clad building in the world. - Text Quoted from JDS Development.
- [Louis Vuitton Aventura](https://laufsed.com/project/louis-vuitton-aventura/) - Louis Vuitton Aventura is classic modern form embossed with the brand’s signature monogram, squinted recalling Miami’s art-deco architecture at times. Laufs worked with the designers to drive a seamless wallpapering effect with the appliqué pattern: designing at the detail-scale a custom lapping system, molding the corner as a single piece, and levitating the corner by
- [Nuage Promenade](https://laufsed.com/project/nuage-promenade/) - Nuage Promenade is a 100 meter long passage and pergola along Paseo Ponti in the Miami Design District. The structure is made of stainless steel for the columns and frames, and tinted glass.
- [MoMA PS1 (YAP) : Shelf Life](https://laufsed.com/project/shelf-life-moma-yap/) - Laufs Engineering Design (LED) supported artist Jesse LeCavalier with structural specialty engineering for the 2018 PS1 MOMA young architects program. Jesse proposed an immersive pavilion made of logistic materials for the well-known Long Island City party courtyard. Even though most of us engage logistics in some way almost daily, rarely do we encounter its spaces,
- [Cycloid by Mariko Mori](https://laufsed.com/project/cycloid-by-mariko-mori/) - Invisible Dimensions by Mariko Mori at the Sean Kelly Gallery. All photographs by Jason Wyche and posted with the courtesy of Sean Kelly, New York. On view from March 23rd to April 28th, 2018. LED worked with UAP and the gallery to produce the standing sculptures for the exhibition.
- [Breitling Store NYC](https://laufsed.com/project/breitling-store-nyc/) - The Breitling Store off Madison Avenue in New York City is a spatial doppelgänger of the engineered precision and gleam Breitling embodies into their watches. Working with the designer, we engineered large panes of glass supported by slender glass fins. Customized glass fittings were the project highlight. The design and polished chrome finish make each
- [1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza](https://laufsed.com/project/1-dag-hammarskjold-plaza/) - Laufs ED was brought on at the onset of the project for 1 Dag’s lobby to assist and optimize design. The project was a feature wall of 30 ft span twisted plates with no intermediate supports. The challenge was to keep the plates slender and stable so they wouldn’t dance about. The engineered system relies
- [Governor's Island - Welcome Kiosk](https://laufsed.com/project/governors-island-welcome-kiosk/) - The Welcome Kiosk was a temporary wood structure for the summer months. Built in six weeks, and designed in fifteen days, the project was a marathon collaboration between LED and the architects at Office III. Together we worked to create a truly modular assembly. Every member can be disassembled quickly and rebuilt anywhere provided with
- [Dream Hotel 3d Marquee](https://laufsed.com/project/dream-hotel-3d-marquee/) - The Dream Hotel is a small boutique affair just removed from the bustle of Times Square. Our project was to assist with making their new marquee over the lobby entrance. Furthering the design, we constructed computational models to optimize the doubly-curved geometry, to fabricate the frame and to insert glass into the canopy. In an
- [Compartment Earth](https://laufsed.com/project/compartment-earth/) - A permanent sculpture by Roxy Paine, it represents an Earth composed of multiple, varying scaled boxes. The stainless steel modular pieces are waterjet cut into shapes, prefabricated in-shop, and shipped as a single unit. To make it look like it’s floating, we floor mounted it at a single point to a plate sunken and concealed
- [Murray Hill Staircase](https://laufsed.com/project/murray-hill-staircase/) - For the feature staircase in the lobby of this residential tower, we engineered a spiral stair with a minimum structural depth in the profile to keep it visually light. The modular stringer was prefabricated and is anchored to embeds at the top and the bottom only. LED also provided glass engineering for the curve glass
- [Kimmel Glass](https://laufsed.com/project/kimmel-glass/) - The entrance canopy is composed of glass-only elements. The jumbo glass panels are quadruple laminated and supported by glass fins placed into a moment shoe at the base. All other connections are structurally siliconed to the glass fins and moment shoe to provide ultimate transparency into the lobby. A glass canopy is cantilevered over the
- [Grand Canopy](https://laufsed.com/project/grand-canopy/) - The canopy was an aluminum plate structure with piped standoffs designed for a seismic region. We minimized and concealed fasteners, emphasizing the shape, to give the illusion of floating as the shape shifts from cantilever, to arch, and back to a cantilever.
- [House of Hoops Harlem](https://laufsed.com/project/house-of-hoops-harlem/) - Located across from the Apollo Theater along historic 125th street, The House of Hoops in Harlem stands among other built friends to portray the neighborhood’s burgeoning economic and cultural renaissance. Within this context, and faced with the complex problem of establishing iconic branding for a one-off flagship store, the designer drew over an austere concrete
- [Idea Tree](https://laufsed.com/project/idea-tree/) - The Idea Tree is a 20’ tall canopy in tubular steel radiating out to form large rings which host cable-net and polycarbonate “leaves”, scattering light and gently fluttering in the wind. The tube diameter is optimized to allow the structure to appear feather-light. Originally the architect’s design called for sprouting columns integrated into the overall
- [Louis Vuitton Stair](https://laufsed.com/project/louis-vuitton-stair/) - The feature staircase for the Louis Vuitton store in Miami was a steel substructure with curved glass guardrails, requiring engineering expertise from structural models to glass calculations. When it became apparent the staircase would need additional support from intermediate columns, we worked with the designer to specify locations where the supports could be nicely hidden
- [NYSCI Design Lab](https://laufsed.com/project/nysci-design-lab/) - Our collaboration for the NYSCI Design Lab consisted of three unique structures in wood, steel, and ply. Simply put, we engineered a playground for children. All three of the structures were intended to have different occupancy requirements though: one acts as a stage for artistic expression, another as a laboratory for circuits engineering, electrical experiments,
- [Yacine Dome](https://laufsed.com/project/yacine-dome/) - Structural peer review of the South East Asian dome structure with impressive diameter. Based on the radial Gridshell framing concept. especially with regards to seismic and thermal loading.
- [Madison Avenue Lobby](https://laufsed.com/project/madison-avenue-lobby/) - The project by KPF architect along Madison Avenue is a redevelopment of an existing office building which adds several feature areas to the facade to emphasize outdoor spaces and terraces. For the terraces and lobby, we designed mega glass panels supported by low-profile moment shoes and slender glass fins to provide uninterrupted light and views
- [Concrete Wall Panels](https://laufsed.com/project/concrete-wall-panels/) - The concrete wall panels for 1 John Street in Brooklyn are made from GFRC and fixed by undercut anchors. This material provided for jumbo sized panels, the height of two floors, to be only 1” thick. The surface then received a special treatment on the exposed face of wax and salt grain inclusions to give
- [APG Collegiate School](https://laufsed.com/project/apg-collegiate-school/) - The collegiate school’s Upper West Side expansion, headed by architects KPF, is a sparkling new 10-story glass curtain wall building. Laufs provided all the glass engineering, as well as full facade detail engineering for the building envelop. As a point of interest, we devised a complex substructure in key locations to allow the stone-clad corners
- [LA Glass Fins](https://laufsed.com/project/la-glass-fins/) - For this parking garage in Los Angeles, we engineered an optical structure to mark the exterior. Numerous glass fins are cantilevered off the wall by means of a metal shoe. The color effects are achieved by sandwiching colored film into the lamination build-up, so when the light passes through the different fins they produce a
- [Glass Brick Bulkhead at Pierhouse](https://laufsed.com/project/brooklyn-glass-brick-bulkhead/) - For the access stair to the rooftop amenity space, LED was brought in at an early stage to develop the concept of glass-brick masonry and to develop it together with manufactures to fabricate bricks that could handle the design loads. On top of the glass-brick walls is a glass skylight with small fittings holding it
- [Sonicloud Shanghai Biennale](https://laufsed.com/project/sonicloud-shanghai-biennale/) - For the Shanghai Biennale, Evan Douglis designed a fluid dark-matter sculpture for a plaza. LED engineered the sculpture out of a fiber reinforced material, with hidden metal elements fixed to the plaza, to accentuate the artist's desire for elegant flow and to visually create an otherworldly aura for the project.
- [Bell Works](https://laufsed.com/project/bellworks/) - Eero Saarinen's last work was a mega complex designed for Bell Labs--a major initiator of modern innovation they could be regarded as the Apple of their time. The Bellwork complex built would make every floor-plate over 2 million sq ft in area. Today it is being reimagined as a miniature city within Holmdel NJ, drawing
- [VCU Art Museum](https://laufsed.com/project/vcu-art-museum/) - Architect Steven Holl was tasked with designing the Virginia university’s new contemporary art museum. In the same vein to his previous body of work, the new museum consists of a composition of bold forms and a full spectrum of transparencies and opacities. We provided shop drawings and detail engineering to coalesce the complex 3D geometry
- [DS8 Canary Wharf](https://laufsed.com/project/ds8-canary-wharf/) - London’s DS8 western glass façade in Canary Wharf is designed as a cable wall where vertical tension elements span in between thin horizontal trusses to form an all-glass wall with integrated cut-out geometric cone, forming an elegant entrance area for the multi-use building complex. Towards the ground, additional local floating yokes were created to safely
- [Window to the Heart](https://laufsed.com/project/window-to-the-heart/) - As part of the 10th Annual Design Competition for the Times Square Valentines Day Heart, designers ArandaLasch + Marcelo Coelho collaborated with Laufs ED to produce an interactive installation. As a commentary on the site as one of the most selfied places in the world, the designers proposed creating the worlds largest Fresnel lens out
- [252 E 57th Street Lobby](https://laufsed.com/project/252-e-57th-street-lobby/) - For the SOM building along 57th street, LED engineered the lobby entrances, the storefronts, and the aluminum rainscreen around the garage entrance. The highlights of the project are the lobby entrances, which use a specialized grooved glass in a vertical pleat.

## Services

- [Licenses](https://laufsed.com/service/licenses/) - LED can offer engineering services in all US jurisdictions through comity. We hold active licenses in the following states, listed alphabetically: Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Massachusetts; Maryland; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Tennessee;
- [Facade Engineering](https://laufsed.com/service/facade-engineering/) - The building envelope is an art and a science. Skins have the potential for elegance, livelihood, and to become icons for their inhabitants and neighborhoods. But they shouldn’t leak. We take pride in a technical but design-oriented approach; to achieve both is our top priority. We produce advanced structural analysis and shop drawings together to
- [Structural Engineering](https://laufsed.com/service/structural-engineering/) - Structures have the potential to answer even the most improbable questions with sensitivity. A great structure remains elegant and efficient when faced with balancing the requirements of the ground condition, the installation constraints, cost, and design intent. We have experience working on a diverse portfolio of projects: minute and massive. New construction Detail engineering for
- [Design & Development](https://laufsed.com/service/design-development/) - Excellent design is our top priority, and it could not be possible without technical understanding. We work as engineers with designer sympathies, ensuring a perfect unison between the design and its technical performance. Our experience and expertise is vast and diverse. We’ve worked on projects as large as towers and small as toilet rooms. Concept

## Team

- [Lutfu Dursun](https://laufsed.com/team/lutfu-dursun/)
- [Sam Weston](https://laufsed.com/team/sam-weston/)
- [Vaibhav Jagtap](https://laufsed.com/team/vaibhav-jagtap/)
- [Ibrahim Noura](https://laufsed.com/team/ibrahim-noura/)
- [Nahed Tayari](https://laufsed.com/team/nahed-tayari/)
- [Chendru Starkloff](https://laufsed.com/team/chendru-starkloff/)
- [Kirill Kiselev](https://laufsed.com/team/kirill-kiselev/)
- [Eva Ferox](https://laufsed.com/team/417/) - After receiving her degree as an occupational therapist from the University of Applied Sciences in Tyrol, Austria, Eva left her hometown Innsbruck for Berlin. There she worked in a variety of medical units including pediatrics, neurology, and forensics to name a few. Several years later, Eva graduated as an actress from “Starter - Berliner Schauspielschule

## Science

- [TU Braunschweig University Lecture](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/tu-braunschweig-university-lecture/) - Will Laufs was invited to lecture at TU Braunschweig University in Germany about our advances in 3D printed connections with structural load-carrying capacity.
- [Chicago: GlassCon Global Conference](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/chicago-glasscon-global-conference/) - Speaker
- ["Powerskin" Munich Bau Fair](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/powerskin-munich-bau-fair/) - speaker at facade conference
- [ZAK World of Facades - Berlin](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/zak-world-of-facades/) - Speaker
- [Biomimicry - Adaptive Dome Grid-Shell Structure](https://laufsed.com/science/biomimicry-adaptive-dome-grid-shell-structure/) - Phyllotaxis - the formally growth pattern of leaves - will follow a spiralling pattern in certain specimen. Our research is focused on studying and producing dome structures that follow the logic of these geometric governing rules. Efficiency governs a plant’s form: leaves are laid out to maximize photosynthesis: they steadily grow in a Fermat’s spiral
- [SPINS | Structurally Printed Insulating Nodes System](https://laufsed.com/science/spins-s-tructurally-p-rinted-i-nsulating-n-odes-s-ystem/) - Most building façades require metal parts to hold structural loads on the outside, so they transfer too much summer heat or winter loss, known as problematic "thermal bridging". We aim to use innovative highly insulating structural 3D printed parts instead, with much-reduced CO2 footprint! High-strength integrated Carbon/Kevlar/Glass fibers give free-form pieces provide high-durability and long-term
- [Chicago: FACADE + INNOVATION](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/chicago-facade-innovation/) - http://facade.archpaper.com/chi2012/
- [Harvard Graduate School of Design](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/harvard-graduate-school-of-design/) - Structural typologies
- [Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/pelli-clarke-pelli-architects/) - Innovative molded facades
- [New York City: Facades Plus Conference](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/new-york-city-facades-plus-conference/) - Moderator, materials panel
- [Boston: GlassCon Global Conference](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/boston-glasscon-global-conference-2/) - Speaker
- [Boston: GlassCon Global Conference](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/boston-glasscon-global-conference/) - Speaker
- [2014](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/2014-2/) - Laufs, W., Desarzens, P.: 'Ductal-Fassade Louis Vuitton in Aventura/Florida', Zeitschrift fur den gesamten Ingenierubau, Bautechnik, 03, 2014 Laufs, W., Linares, N.: Recent US Innovative Glass Projects; GlassCon Global; conference proceedings, 07/2014 Laufs, W., Linares, N.: 'Dünnwandige Freiformstrukturen – The Return of the Rivet, Parametrisch formulierte Metalloberflächen, Stahlbau, 12, 2014
- [2016](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/2016-2/) - Laufs, W., Nefedov, A.: Jumbo- Size Glazing Engineered – Recent Projects in New York City; (continued) conference paper GlassConGlobal, Boston 2016 Laufs, W.: ‘Recent structural façade innovations – US case studies’; What’s Next Conference - Competence Center Façade and Metal Engineering of the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture, Lucerne/Switzerland 2016 Laufs, W.: ‘Innovative Building Skins
- [2017](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/2017-2/) - Laufs, W.: ‘Engineering für den Markt USA – gebaute Fallbeispiele’; 13th façade conference Fassade13, Augsburg/Germany 2017 Laufs, W., Cersosimo, A.: ‘Expansion of Spacial Realities – Digital Fabrication Built in the US’; IASS Conference Interfaces - architecture.engineering.science; Hamburg/Germany 2017
- [Publications](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/) - 2017 Laufs, W.: ‘Engineering für den Markt USA – gebaute Fallbeispiele’; 13th façade conference Fassade13, Augsburg/Germany 2017 Laufs, W., Cersosimo, A.: ‘Expansion of Spacial Realities – Digital Fabrication Built in the US’; IASS Conference Interfaces – architecture.engineering.science; Hamburg/Germany 2017 2016 Laufs, W., Nefedov, A.: Jumbo- Size Glazing Engineered – Recent Projects in New York City;
- [Engineering for Architects](https://laufsed.com/science/engineering-for-architects/) - Architectural Technology 3 — Advanced Structures Each fall Will Laufs teaches a course titled "Advanced Structures" to Architecture Masters students at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. The course is outlined below. Course Outline A4113 — Architectural Technology III Introduction to Advanced Structures Loading, Force Flow Stresses, Deflections Bending - Beam, Slab,
- [Engineering Course](https://laufsed.com/science/engineering-course/) - Will Laufs teaches a course titled "The Buckling of Structures" to Engineering Masters students at Columbia University, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Course Outline CIEN E4213 — Buckling of Structures Introduction of Buckling Euler Cases - part 1 (Beams) Euler Cases - part 2 (Frames) Euler Cases - part 3 (Wired
- [Public Lectures](https://laufsed.com/science/public-lectures/) - October 2022 ZAK World of Facades - Berlin Speaker February 2019 "Powerskin" Munich Bau Fair speaker at facade conference July 2018 Chicago: GlassCon Global Conference Speaker January 2018 TU Braunschweig University Lecture Will Laufs was invited to lecture at TU Braunschweig University in Germany about our advances in 3D printed connections with structural load-carrying capacity. July 2016 Boston: GlassCon Global
- [2013](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/2013-2/) - Laufs, W.: Reviewer for Tensile Fabric Structures - Design, Analysis, and Construction; Task Committee on Tensioned Fabric Structures of the Special Structures Committee of the Metals Committee of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE Laufs, W., Verboon, E., “Innovative Facade Design and Products” In Curtain Wall Systems, A Primer, edited
- [2011](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/2011-2/) - Laufs, W., Verboon, E.: Chapter in book publication 'New Developments in Façade Design'; Penn State University, 2011 (in publication)
- [2010](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/2010-2/) - Laufs, W., Vilkner, G.: Gekruemmte Glasflaechen – Zusammenspiel von Geometrie und Glasdetaillierung, Stahlbau Sonderheft Konstruktiver Glasbau, Germany, Ernst & Sohn, 2010 Laufs, W.: Kaltgebogene Freiformflaechen; Conference Glasbau; Proceedings; Dresden; 2010 Laufs, W.: Visions Engineered – Freeform meets Form-finding; Smart Geometry Conference, Barcelona; 2010 Laufs, W.: Interview in Architectural Record Magazine, Article "Shattering Myths about Glass",
- [2009](https://laufsed.com/science/publications/2009-2/) - Laufs, W., Luessi, W.: Glass Roof for Hurlingham Gentlemen's Club in London. Stahlbau Spezial, Konstruktiver Glasbau, Wiley & Son, April 2009 Laufs, W.: 'Archineering' Trends for Tensioned Fabric Structures; Proceedings ASCE Conference, Austin/Texas, May 2009 Laufs, W.: 'Parametric Manipulation of Metallic Tent Surfaces – Example Highpoint Sail Hippie- Teepee Woodstock'; Textile Roofs 14th Int. Workshop,

## Project Types

- [Art Sculptures](https://laufsed.com/type/art-sculptures/)
- [Building Enclosures](https://laufsed.com/type/building-enclosures/)
- [Glass & Cable Engineering](https://laufsed.com/type/glass-cable-engineering/)
- [Residential](https://laufsed.com/type/residential/)
- [Retail & Hospitality](https://laufsed.com/type/retail-hospitality/)
- [Specialty Structures](https://laufsed.com/type/speciality-sturctures/)
- [Sports](https://laufsed.com/type/sports/)
- [Feature Projects](https://laufsed.com/type/feature-projects/)

## Scope

- [Teaching](https://laufsed.com/scope/teaching/)
- [Research](https://laufsed.com/scope/research/)
- [Public Lectures](https://laufsed.com/scope/public-lectures/)
- [Engineering Course](https://laufsed.com/scope/engineering-course/)
- [Architecture](https://laufsed.com/scope/architecture/)
- [Structural 3D Printing](https://laufsed.com/scope/structural-3d-printing/)
- [Publications](https://laufsed.com/scope/publications/)