Hurricane-acoustic Glazing Barriers Using New Interlayer Technology
<p>In the last twenty years we have seen the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass where the resin compositions have been optimized…
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Managing Constraints
<p>On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants…
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Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms
<p>Facade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors…
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Building by Numbers
<p>This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and…
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Developments in Gridshell Design
<p>In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what…
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ETFE Canopy at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta
<p>In 2015, Australia’s largest embassy complex in the world was built in Jakarta, Indonesia, to provide an official residence for Australia’s…
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Shaping Skin
<p>The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on…
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Passive House Facade Design and Construction
<p>Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure…
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Facade Games
<p>This paper provides an overview of a course focusing on the façade as taught to architecture students over a twenty-year period. The need for…
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The First Triple Certified Facade
<p>Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific…
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Managing Solar Reflections from the Building Envelope
<p>Understanding how a building will reflect sunlight has gone from a rare requirement to a key consideration during the planning permission process…
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Solid Surface Material for Facades
<p>Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building…
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Performance-based Facade Framework
<p>Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design.…
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Air Spaces Changed Everything
<p>This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create…
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The Tectonics of Flimsiness
<p>Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural…
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From Design to Experiment
<p>Flat cable-net facades are form-active structures which provide maximum transparency by means of point fixing components, tensioned cables, and…
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Doubling Mies
<p>Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw…
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Carbon-Dioxide-Inhaling Facade
<p>3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria created the foundation for life on Earth by producing the oxygen basis for our atmosphere. Should we once…
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Designing with Photovoltaics
<p>Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With…
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Reduce, Reuse, Reclad
<p>Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered precious metal, is a practice of celebrating the life and history of an…