SMBH

A creative culture of passionate people engaged in innovative structural design.

Award Winning

Dover City School District New 9-12 High School

Location:
Dover, Ohio

Architect:
SHP Leading Design

LEED Certification:
LEED Silver

Construction Cost:
$33 million

Project Size:
154,387 SF

Awards:
2021 Learning by Design Magazine's Design Awards Grand Prize

Exterior and interior photography of the Dover High School

This new 154,387 SF High School for ninth-twelfth grades features a complete collection of student-centered learning areas, laboratories, and classrooms, a Career Tech space, a 1,800-seat competition gymnasium, and a 1,200-seat auditorium.

The Ohio State University Pomerene Hall

Location:
Columbus, Ohio

Architect:
Acock Associates Architects

Construction Cost:
$43 million

Project Size:
122,265 SF

Awards:
2020 AIA Ohio Merit Award

This project renovating two buildings from the early 1900s required significant interior and exterior renovations to provide space for faculty and staff offices, conference/meeting rooms, classrooms, computer labs, data storage, and support areas. As both buildings have historical significance, the original characteristics of the building were retained. The work on Oxley Hall included new framing for mechanical work and reframing deteriorated roof areas.

An aerial image of Pomerene and Oxley Halls on Neil Ave at The Ohio State University.

Columbus Metropolitan Library – Whitehall Branch

Location:
Whitehall, Ohio

Architect:
JBAD

LEED Certification:
LEED Silver Certified

Construction Cost:
$4 million

Project Size:
 19,000 SF

Awards:

  • 2017 AIA/ALA Library Building Award
  • 2015 AIA Ohio Merit Design Award
  • 2015 AIA Columbus Merit Award

SMBH designed the 19,000 SF new library based on simple, open, and transparent public reading areas with nearby services and meeting rooms. The interior design is extremely flexible, enabling the library to quickly change the facility configuration to the community's needs. The roof structure has several inclined planes with openings carved in the roof over exterior plazas and entrances, and three skylights carved into the roof above interior spaces. The exterior cladding is a glass curtain wall, maximizing the available light in the space.

Exterior photo of the Columbus Metropolitan Library Whitehall Branch in Whitehall, Ohio.
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Ohio University Nelson Commons

Location:
Athens, Ohio

Architect:
Champlin Architecture

LEED Certification:
LEED Gold

Construction Cost:
$12 million

Project Size:
9,000 SF

Awards:
2013 Outstanding Design,
American School & University
Educational Interiors Show

Exterior photo of Nelson Commons at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The building has a brick exterior.

This project, completed in two phases, involved the renovation of the dining and food service facilities housed within the building on the South Green. Additional skylights, a revised front entry, increased banquet space, and a new mezzanine for mechanical equipment are included in the project. The structural challenges included the expansion of the existing mechanical mezzanine within the attic space and removing two existing columns to provide unobstructed sightlines in the enlarged banquet room. Four roof trusses were modified in place without removing the existing roof to accomplish the column removal. The project also included the removal of two columns, a new entry with a ramp and steps, and a new loading dock.