Weidlinger was the structural engineer for a seismic upgrade of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pasadena, which received an LA Conservancy award.

Marina del Rey, CA - The Los Angeles Conservancy, the largest membership-based local historic preservation organization in the country, chose a large-scale seismic upgrade of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pasadena, for a 2009 award. Weidlinger Associates was the structural engineer. The Classical Revival church was the largest building in Pasadena when it was built in 1910; it is distinguished by a reinforced concrete dome, one of the earliest examples of its kind. Weidlinger performed a detailed condition analysis and designed the earthquake-resistant structural system that the Conservancy awards jury praised for being “virtually invisible.” The team, led by Architectural Resources Group, Inc., was also responsible for restoring historic finishes. The five-person jury included Kenneth A. Breisch, PhD, Director of Graduate Programs in Historic Preservation, University of Southern California School of Architecture, and Will Wright, Director of Government and Public Affairs, AIA/Los Angeles. They were impressed that the team “did it all with a budget of only $3.5 million, and without disrupting a single church service in eighteen months.”