Case studies

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Aerial view of a garden apartment and townhome community with a central boulevard, pool, and tree-lined streets
Olathe, KS · Multifamily community

776 homes on 74 acres from a kit of repeatable buildings

591 garden apartments and 185 townhomes with two clubhouses, designed by SCA with structural, MEP, and civil engineering by Konstruct Engineering.

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The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center campus in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown, PA · Laboratory fit-out

Two lab suites built inside an operating research center

Labs 9 and 10 for the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center: an open lab with mobile casework, a tissue culture lab, and offices, coordinated across every trade.

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Aerial dusk rendering of the masjid with gold domes, brick and stone facades, standing seam metal roofs, and a lit main entrance with broad front steps
Bensalem, PA · Religious and community

A 20,000 SF masjid with an open-span prayer hall

A new masjid with prayer hall, classrooms, and a dome, with architecture by SCA and structural and MEP/FP engineering by Konstruct Engineering.

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Interior rendering of the Willing Heart clinic waiting area and reception
Newark, NJ · Healthcare clinic

A six exam room community clinic from a 3,845 SF shell

A gut renovation for Newark Beth Israel Medical Center creating a six exam room clinic for Saint James Health, from schematic design through construction.

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Street view of the four-story JHRC Senior Housing building on Van Nostrand Avenue, with a tan tile base, brick band, and alternating tan and gray stucco bays
Jersey City, NJ · Senior housing renovation

67 senior apartments renewed inside a former hospital building

An NJHMFA-financed capital renovation for The Alpert Group: new roof, windows, kitchens, baths, and accessible units, with SCA from design through construction.

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MARLBORO SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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Marlboro, NJ · Senior affordable housing

91 senior affordable homes over podium parking

A four-story senior affordable building of 91 apartments over podium parking for Community Investment Strategies, designed to NJHMFA standards.

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Model view of a four-story mixed-use building with glass storefronts at the corner and apartments with balconies above
Newark, DE · Mixed-use community

Seven buildings, one mixed-use community on a 12-acre site

179 apartments across two mixed-use podium buildings and four wood-framed residential buildings, plus a clubhouse, replacing a single 1950s office building.

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Rendering of a 12-story mixed-use building with brick and glass facades and a green wall rising above a two-story commercial base
Philadelphia, PA · Mixed-use high-rise

A 12-story, 170-unit high-rise taken from approved concept to construction documents

Architecture by SCA with structural, foundation, and MEP engineering by Konstruct Engineering, coordinated as one team for a 187,000 SF mixed-use building.

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Rendering of a six-story brick and panel apartment building on a tree-lined Brooklyn street
Brooklyn, NY · Rezoning and feasibility

Turning two low-density lots into affordable housing under City of Yes

Zoning analysis, massing, and approvals strategy that took two lots zoned R5 to a six-story affordable building with a community facility.

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Rendering of a four-story modular apartment building
Carneys Point, NJ · Modular multifamily

Designing an 88-unit modular building for a flood zone

A four-story Type VA modular residential building with one to three bedroom units and ground floor community spaces, raised to keep living space above the flood elevation.

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Rendering of the Atlas Research Center building
Eagle, ID · Research and assembly

A fast-tracked research center with a library, studios, and an auditorium

A two-story 30,000 SF building combining a research library, podcasting studios, and an auditorium wing with a forty-foot digital screen.

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Aerial view of the Mt. Rose townhouse site in Reno
Reno, NV · Townhouse community

146 townhouses from a repeatable set of building types

Twenty-six townhouse structures designed for a national developer, standardized so units and materials repeat across sites.

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Rendering of the West Windsor senior living community
West Windsor, NJ · Senior living

Planning a 220-unit senior living community

Three residential stories over a podium with parking below, organized around resident amenities and four points of site access.

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