The Donald T. McGuire Fine
Arts Center has a spectacular wood shingled
façade designed in a variety of decorative
patterns. The building is wood framed and
has a structural steel skeleton from basement
to roof which presented ABC with a variety
of construction challenges.
The first floor houses an
environmentally and security controlled
art gallery with a connecting outdoor terrace
for sculpture display. A ceramics studio
with access to another terrace and a classroom
are also on the first floor. The lower
level includes a state-of-the-art photo
laboratory and two classrooms. Two spacious
painting studios with cathedral ceilings
and wonderful natural light are on the second
floor, where a unique walkway connects the
two rooms.
Advanced Building
Concepts performed all work and began
the project with demolition of the old student
center. ABC successfully completed multiple
projects at the Portsmouth Abbey before
they where selected by the school to build
the Fine Arts Center.
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