Structural Engineer · Two decades on the New York skyline

Build the bones for the conversation a building is going to have — not the one it's having now.

Cassandra Johnson

Load paths, climate-resilient framing, and the patience of a good roux. I design towers, mentor the juniors, and I still believe a building will tell you exactly how it wants to stand — if you listen.

Field notes & films

★The Load Path — how a building decides to stand

 Field notesFilm

Slab to beam to girder to column to earth. Gravity's quiet argument, the wind's mean one, and why a foundation is a pair of shoes. Companion to my short film, now on 4ort.mov.

Neighbors worth your time

bridget-laddinvisit bridget-laddin.4ort.net →
belinda-barnesvisit belinda-barnes.4ort.net →

From the newsroom that matters

"I design the bones for tomorrow's wind on today's building. We don't get to retrofit the sky."