Strong Place Church Conversion Gets Its Windows
[nggallery id=”41744″ template=galleryview] Last month we noted that the Strong Place Church, which has slowly been undergoing a conversion into a 24-unit condo since 2006, was looking ready to have its windows installed. Sure enough, yesterday morning the delivery truck and crane arrived and, presto, in no time, the whole place was glassed up. The…
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Last month we noted that the Strong Place Church, which has slowly been undergoing a conversion into a 24-unit condo since 2006, was looking ready to have its windows installed. Sure enough, yesterday morning the delivery truck and crane arrived and, presto, in no time, the whole place was glassed up. The amazing thing about these new windows, according to architect Michael Ingui, is that they are each a single piece of solid mahogany! We guess it’s that kind of attention to detail and quality that’s making this thing take so long. Interestingly, the tower where you can now see a large mechanical unit of some sort parked will have acoustically line louvers installed for both aesthetics and noise reduction. Update: To clarify, here’s what Ingui told us about the window frames and we managed to mangle above: “The client opted for solid mahogany units that came in one piece.” Our bad!
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I’m sure it will be pretty in the end, but it has caused me four years of torture. The unit in the tower is HVAC, I believe. They started moving the equipment in at 5:30 AM that paticular morning. Btw, the project manager originally said the timeline would be “about one and a half years”!
Each window is custom made for the exact size and shape of the opening by Tradewood Windows & Doors. Both the artistry and engineering is exceptional. We have toured the Tradewood factory and the workmanship is impressive to say the least.
Months of preparation and planning went into the installation to ensure a perfect fit and a smooth install. They went in even more quickly than we anticipated.
Adam Goldfine
Excel Builders & Renovators Inc.
Michael Ingui,
Thanks for the clarification.
Looking good!
We’d love to see interior pictures then. Good luck with this-
Sorry for any confusion…..and it is enjoyable to read the critique of the description on this renovation blog.
The windows are Mahogany (not veneered, not vinyl, not aluminum) and yes each window does have glass.
The windows have been built as two story units that are being craned in vs. using many parts which would have been cheaper and easier, but in this case not better. It was interesting and the builders /installers did a great job.
There are 23 units in the church (we decided to combine one) and they are all quite large.
I will give an interior update in a few months.
Michael Ingui
This is beautiful.
I love church conversions, but 24 units? Really? How big is each unit going to be?
Pigeon- I wondered too. That would have been some massive Mahogany tree.
Brownstoner wrote, above: “The amazing thing about these new windows, according to architect Michael Ingui, is that they are each a single piece of solid mahogany!”
First, this doesn’t make sense. (The windows are glass, not wood).
But I assume this is supposed to mean that the frame around each window is not pieced together from seperate pieces, but is carved from a single piece of mahogony.
I find that hard to believe.
In fact, I don’t believe it.
But they will be sooooo gorgeous. Those windows! I’m assuming that the conversion includes the parish house that I see in the back? If that is the parish house.