de Young Museum
de Young Museum
1 Pagescsexpansionjointcovers Project Information Project: de Young Museum Location: San Francisco, CA Design Architect: Herzog & de Meuron Principal Architect: Fong & Chan Architects Metal Fabricator: A. Zahner Company Product: XLS Exterior Wall Cover MACC Portal System Project Overview Due to the 1989 earthquake damage and the findings in 1993 that more earthquake damage would occur, the de Young Museum's board of trustees agreed to rebuild the museum as a state-of-the-art facility. This included the use of a base isolation system that would allow for extreme seismic movement of up to 42" in any horizontal direction. The C/S Gyrometric seismic portal system provided for this movement with no impact on the museum functionality. This very high profile project also required the concealment of thes
