Papers

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  • Lithic Revival

    • Paper by Alex Terzich

    The recently completed Capital One Hall performing arts center located in the Washington DC metro area is defined by a pleated exterior of glass and

  • Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage Façades

    • Paper by Bahar Basarir, PhD · Hatice Yasemin Cakir

    With the developments in production, industrial facilities lost their function and were abandoned over time. The most frequent and often the most

  • The Myth of Simplicity

    • Paper by Gerry Lang

    There were good why reasons early US Modernism first evolved in California– wide open sites with no constraints (physical or zoning), and effectively

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    Inside the Box

    • Paper by Michael Plewacki,

    <p>The trend towards modular and unitized facades continues to grow in popularity due largely in part to the efficiencies gained in terms of cost and…

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    Novel Thermal Break Solution

    • Paper by Yuzhen Steve Zhou, Technical Director - Warmframe Technology Corporation

    <p>Thermal-break-blanket technology is a novel and high-performance thermal break solution for aluminum curtain walls. The thermal-break-blanket is…

  • The Carapace Pavilion

    • Paper by Douglas Noble, PhD, FAIA · Karen M. Kensek, DPACSA

    The Carapace Pavilion is a university-based, design-build, full-scale custom prototype for a possible replacement of the standard precast concrete

  • Unitized Curtain Wall

    • Paper by Brian Masuda · Kathleen Kulpa · Margaret Tyrpa

    Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection, lower

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    Elliptical Ways

    • Paper by Gustav Fagerström, Lia Tramontini, Kelly Burkhart, Jianing Song, Sanjeev Tankha,

    <p>Construction projects almost invariably encounter a critical stage at the moment of handover between the designing and the executing party. At…

  • Verifying Thermal Performance

    • Paper by Matthew Herman · Mark Walsh

    Architects specify curtain wall thermal performance criteria and usually identify simple modeling software, like THERM, to perform thermal analysis

  • Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems

    • Paper by Kristian Fosholt, LEED AP BD+C · Megan Koehler, AIA, LEED AP BD+C · Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C

    The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within one

  • Transformation as Movement

    • Paper by Vytenis Gureckas

    In 1888 the art historian Heinrich Wölfflin proposed the notion that the primary characteristic of baroque architecture is the illusion of movement.

  • Towards A Data Driven Fabrication Process

    • Paper by Becher Neme · Michael Kilkelly

    Today's evolving digital tools allow designers to be more creative in designing new forms and geometries. Adapting similar tools to the fabrication

  • Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing

    • Paper by Adrian Turcato · Chris Stutzki · Erik Olsen

    The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately

  • Terracotta 1912 to 2018

    • Paper by Carol Loewenson, FAIA, LEED AP · Stephen Dietz, AIA, LEED AP

    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. It

  • Targeted Enclosure Consulting

    • Paper by Karl Jones

    As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more

  • Seismic Movements

    • Paper by Gijs Libourel · Daniel Segraves

    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 give

  • Renewing Two Saarinen Icons

    • Paper by David N. Fixler, FAIA · Gary Tondorf-Dick, AIA, LEED AP · Katherine S. Wissink, PE · Matthew B. Bronski, PE

    Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols