When Antique Wood Meets Modern Technology

When Antique Wood Meets Modern Technology

Now, you must admit, this is really, really neat.  Have you ever wondered how antique wood paneling is installed on the outside of a building?  Click the link below to watch a LIVE feed of Goodwin’s River-Recovered® Heart Cypress siding being installed on the Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) in Houston, Texas:

https://www.workzonecam.com/projects/gilbanebuilding4/menildrawing/workzonecam2

MDI was established in 2008 and the new building – designed by the esteemed Los Angeles firm Johnson Marklee Architects –  is the latest addition to the Menil Collection campus. MDI was founded to recognize the crucial role “drawing” plays in the culture of modern and contemporary art.  This internationally recognized institute has become a center point for numerous exhibitions, collaborations and scholarships.

Goodwin worked closely with Johnson Marklee Architects on this project.  The exterior of the MDI will complement the original Menil Collection that is clad with 36,000 lf of Goodwin’s River Recovered-Heart Cypress siding. Goodwin was specified for this project because our antique heart cypress is durable and rot-resistant. The sinker cypress paneling was painted to match the original architecture of the building.

Let us know what you think of the LIVE feed!