Glass product saves museum's aesthetic appeal.(Brief article)

By Lenora Jane Estes and Sam Oches, Editorial Interns

When the building management team requested a design change on an addition to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore.-home of the WWII-era airplane Spruce Goose-the team at Scott/Edwards Architecture, Portland, was forced to eliminate an emergency staircase at the back of the building and redesign one of the existing staircases to provide a fire-safe exit that would meet building codes. Surrounding one of the existing open staircases with masonry or other fire-blocking material, however, would alter the aesthetics of the building's design. So they turned to glass.

By utilizing …