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Mastery of Measurement
- Paper by Joshua Zabel,
The conventional approach to specifying dimensional tolerances in architecture and construction is inadequate in the theater of premanufacturing…
September 2, 2024
Digital Enablement for Manufacturing
- Paper by Melody Rees, Director of Design
Architectural design freedom achieved on high-end projects currently costs over $1,000/sq. Ft. Building materials have long been relegated to plane…
October 11, 2022
More Than a Facade
- Paper by Edward Losch, PhD, PE, SE, RA Marc Maguire, PhD, Assistant Professor
In 2014, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) as an accredited ANSI Standards…
October 11, 2022
Exo-Skins
- Paper by Nick Braaksma, Malini Srivastava, AIA, Chad Ulven,
Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings…
March 14, 2018
Design Considerations and the Complex Facade
- Paper by Stan Su,
The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture…
March 14, 2018
Combustible Cladding
- Paper by Juliet Landler, Principal Engineer
When it comes to the subject of building enclosure in Australia, one topic has eclipsed all others in recent years: combustible cladding. It has even…
March 22, 2020
Solid Surface Material for Facades
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Associate
Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building…
March 19, 2020