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The Vertical Campus Facade
- Paper by Mayine Yu, AIA, Principal | Davis Brody Bond / Page Cooper Schilling, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal | KieranTimberlake Jessica Young, RA, Principal
Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale to…
September 2, 2024
Transparent Aerogel Window
- Paper by Bryan Toton, ENV SP, CEO
Incorporating a novel, transparent monolithic aerogel into insulated glass units (IGUs) for windows and building enclosures will provide the…
October 11, 2022
A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade
- Paper by Alex Cox, LEED AP, James Hock, LEED AP BD+C, Laura Ziegler, Karin Lamberts,
Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations…
March 12, 2018
Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment
- Paper by Alvaro Balderrama, M.Eng. LEED Green Associate, Daniel Arztmann, Prof. Dipl-Ing. M.Eng., Jens-Uwe Schulz, Prof. Dipl-Ing.,
Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high…
March 20, 2020
Hydroformed Shading
- Paper by Michelle Siu-Ching Lee, Architect Robert Matthew Noblett, Partner Roman Schieber, Associate Director
New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of…
March 13, 2020
Hurricane-acoustic Glazing Barriers Using New Interlayer Technology
- Paper by Stephen J Bennison, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D. · Alejandro G Gonzalez · Charles Anthony Smith · Rebecca L Smith · Takuya Kobayashi · Toshiyuki Iguchi
In the last twenty years we have seen the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass where the resin compositions have been optimized for

March 22, 2020