Taylor Structural Engineers

THE COSMOPOLITAN APARTMENTS

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

  • New 6-story, 170,000 square foot residential apartment building with an interior ground floor parking level
  • Residential floor levels are structured with engineered wood framing, supported on a concrete and steel podium at the second floor level
  • Sloped site conditions presented significant foundation design challenges and required the integration of numerous retaining walls into the building design 

  

CLIENT: PIEPER O’BRIEN HERR ARCHITECTS