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SKINS Podcast See all Podcasts

A searchable database of research papers with focus on building facade technology

• Terracotta Series Intro

  

• ACAW as Industry Research & Development

  

• The Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW)

  

• Episode 20: Embodied Carbon

  

• Episode 19: Cultivating Community through Facade Design

  

• Episode 17: Facades as Instant Landmarks

  

• Episode 16: How to Build Equity – Facade Design & Development in Affordable Housing

  

• Episode 18: Intersectionality in Facade Design

  

• Episode 15: Forced Labor in the Design & Construction Supply Chain

  

• Episode 14: Diversity & Inclusion in the Architectural Profession

  

• Episode 13: Resilience

  

• Episode 12: Durability

  

• Episode 11: Embodied Carbon

  

• Episode 10: Modular Prefab & Offsite Manufacturing

  

• Episode 09: Ted Kesik on SKINS

  

• Episode 08: Reglazing Modernism

  

• Episode 07: 2020 World Congress Series | The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA

  

• Episode 06: 2020 World Congress Series | End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design

  

• Episode 05: 2020 World Congress Series | Put Your Sweater On!

  

• Episode 04: 2020 World Congress Series | The First Triple Certified Facade

  

• Episode 03: DOE Does Windows

  

• Episode 02: Tall Building Skins

  

• Episode 01: Passive House

  

Articles See all Articles

The archive of featured original articles from the SKINS newsletter

• In pursuit of nothing: Leveraging the facade system for net-zero-carbon

• Things to do in Utah

  

• Terra cotta today: An ancient material is new again

• Deep green skins: Façade assembly design for adaptive capacity, durability, and disassembly

  

• Design & Preservation Resource Roundup!

  

• Appropriate Repair and Retrofit for Carbon Reductions: OSCAR

  

• Exploring Heritage: Building on the Past

  

• Introduction to APT

  

• Leveraging Avoided Emissions Through Retrofit and Reuse: the CARE Tool

  

• Guidelines for the Treatment of Aging Composite Materials and Assemblies

  

• A Break From The Past: How the Guggenheim Renovation Made Thermally Broken Steel Windows a New Normal

  

• The Energy Performance of Mid-Century Metal-and-Glass Curtain Walls

  

• Repainting the Existing Curtain Wall at Toronto Dominion Centre

  

• Stop Relying on Myths – Energy Efficient and Durable Heritage Building Enclosures

  

• Building Rehab/Reuse, Decarbonization and Modern-Era Precast Facades

  

• Focus on carbon: Unlocking embodied carbon reductions in facade systems

  

• Embodied Carbon

  

• Focus on Facades Education

  

• Creating equity in a built environment

  

• Facade Futures: Building Resilience is Skin Deep

  

• Resilient SKINS: Bending with the Wind

  

• Stop F*cking Around – Build Our Zero Carbon Economy Now

  

• Curb Your Carbon, Knave!

  

• 2023 Vitruvian Awards

  

Facade Tectonics 2024 World Congress

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Papers See all Papers

A searchable database of research papers with focus on building facade technology

• Efficiency-Driven Facade Optimization

• North Capitol Building Case Study

• New Course on Building Façade Design Developed at Oklahoma State University

• Facades Education in the United States

• Mastery of Measurement

• Consistency In Glass Design

• Recent Adaptive Textile Façade Systems

• Blurred Edges

• Integrated Building Control System

• Fit for the Future

• Honing the Craft

• The Scope of the Structural Glass Design Manual

• A Structural Glass Design Manual

• Design and Energy Analysis

• Tool For Facade Inspection Traceability

• Structural Silicone Sealant and Glass Fins

• Detailing & Engineering Of Complex Geometry Copper Panels

• Exploring Interoperability between Rhino and Revit through Rhino.inside

• OpenFacadeControl

• Facade & ESG

• Effective Facade Modularization

• Investigating Heat Development in Shadow Box Façade Systems

• Spandrel Thermal Simulation Techniques

• The Great Spandrel Glass Debate

Events See all Events

• FTI LA-Hub: Historical Preservation/Adaptive Reuse

  

• FTI SF-Hub Event: San Francisco's Advanced Facade Innovations

• Support our Mission - Donate Now!

  

• Facades+ Los Angeles

  

• RAiNA Conference 2024: Creating Buildings that Endure

  

• FTI LA-hub: CircuClarity!

• Onsite Testing Demonstration at School of Medicine, University of Utah

• FTI LA-hub: DTLA Facades Walk!

• ACAW Special Edition

• Academic Performance: A Passive House Schools Symposium

• Facade Tectonics 2024 World Congress: City Creek Mall tour

• Facade Tectonics 2024 World Congress: Steel Encounters Tour [Group 2]

• Facade Tectonics 2024 World Congress: Steel Encounters Tour [Group 1]

• FTI forward: Student forum on facades carbon

  

• BUILDING ENCLOSURE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

• All Things Facades #2: Learning from the Experts

  

• 2023 Highlights of the Vitruvian Awards

• Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop — ACAW 2023

• APT Seattle Conference Symposium 2023: Aging Composite Materials and Assemblies

• Sisteccer XIII — International Facade Conference

• Highlights from the 2023 Vitruvian Awards Program

• Rainscreen Fundamentals Education Day

• Facade Tectonics 2024 World Congress

  

• Building Innovation 2023 - Call for Abstracts!

Better buildings through better skins

FTI is a non-profit member organization for the AECO industry and a research and education institution focused on healthy buildings and livable urban habitat. The Institute’s mission is to accelerate transformative change in the built environment toward common goals of resilience and sustainability. FTI members share recognition of the building facade as the lynchpin of this endeavor.