Transformation as Movement
<p>In 1888 the art historian Heinrich Wölfflin proposed the notion that the primary characteristic of baroque architecture is the illusion of…
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Towards A Data Driven Fabrication Process
<p>Today's evolving digital tools allow designers to be more creative in designing new forms and geometries. Adapting similar tools to the…
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Thinking About Facades
<p>There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the…
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Thermal Comfort Assessment of Multi-Zone Electrochromic Window
<p>Access to natural daylight and connection to the outdoor environment is one of the key elements of contemporary architecture. This design concept…
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Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing
The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately
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The Thermal Blanket Concept
This paper tells the story of a Double Skin Facade (DSF), where high performance and multi-disciplinary collaboration saves a library concept of
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The Double Skin Facade
<p>The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants…
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Terracotta 1912 to 2018
<p>Center Three is a 100-year-old, one million square-foot building in Long Island City, New York that was constructed over the course of one year.…
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Teaching Facades
<p>As facades become more sophisticated and complex, more detail-intensive and performance-critical, it's vital that architecture students develop a…
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Targeted Enclosure Consulting
<p>As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more…
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Subjective Perception and Objective Measurement
<p>Current glass industry standards provide clear tolerances for readily quantifiable physical properties to assist with the evaluation of visual…
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Structuring Skin
<p>Curtain wall is the prevailing type of enclosure on modern buildings because of its economy, its independence from structure that allows…
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Specifying Commercial Aluminum Finishes
<p>Many factors will influence coating selection, but to achieve the desired performance level for a given situation, coatings must be specified…
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Silicone Spandrel Glass Opacifiers
Curtain wall design commonly uses insulating glass units for vision and spandrel glazing to provide better visual harmonization of building facade
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Shadow Box Design
<p>Shadow boxes are commonly used in curtain wall construction, but can be problematic if not designed and detailed correctly and appropriately for…
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Separating Direct From Diffuse
An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s fenestration
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Seismic Movements
<p>A common building upgrade to add value to existing commercial real estate is the renewal of the entrance lobby. The lobby facade is replaced to…
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Retrofit Options for Historic Facades
<p>Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact…
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Renewing Two Saarinen Icons
Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols
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Performance Criteria for Museum Enclosure Design
<p>This paper develops a framework of considerations for the development of project specific performance criteria for the design of art museums and…