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Sustainable Facades book cover photo only Ajla

Article by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT

Summer Sessions at UMass: Sustainable, High-Performance Facades

Float Glass Production

Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration

Material Matters: Embodied Carbon Considerations Impacting Design Practices for Facade Systems, Buildings, and Urban Habitat

Facade Futures

Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration

Facade Futures 2018: Considering long-term trends in curtainwall technology

Interior view of Puma facade

Article by Karine Charlebois, PE, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate

Building Facade as a Branding Vehicle

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In pursuit of nothing: Leveraging the facade system for net-zero-carbon
- Article by Rodrigo Borghino, Partner
August 6, 2024
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- Article by Val Block
June 16, 2024
Terra cotta today: An ancient material is new again
- Article by Mic Patterson
May 22, 2024
Deep green skins: Façade assembly design for adaptive capacity, durability, and disassembly
- Article by Mic Patterson PhD
The façade system is a potent potential lever for bringing transformative change to buildings and urban habitat in the pursuit of carbon reduction and net zero carbon goals. Nothing in architecture combines attributes of appearance and performance as does the building façade.

March 26, 2024
Design & Preservation Resource Roundup!
A collection of available public assets to assist in your resilient and sustainable building design and delivery.

March 18, 2024

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