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Design & Preservation Resource Roundup!
A collection of available public assets to assist in your resilient and sustainable building design and delivery.

March 18, 2024
Design of Facade and Overhead All-Glass Structures in Building Renovations
- Paper by Alfonso E. Lopez, P.E., Principal & CEO David Dunham, P.E., Director of Business Development Andrew Duncan, Pre-Construction Design Consultant
The contemporary renovation of historic buildings often includes all-glass structures that allow architects to preserve the original building design…
September 2, 2024
Reglaze or Replace?
- Paper by Angel Ayón, AIA, LEED AP, Principal Laura Boynton, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Associate
Originally known as The Master Building, 310 Riverside Drive in Manhattan's Upper West Side is a 28-story tower completed in 1929 as an apartment…
September 2, 2024
Go Big or Go Home!
- Paper by Patrick Loughran, FAIA, PE, LEED AP, Richard Barrett, AIA, Senior Associate
This paper will focus on the design and detailing of large-format glass enclosures intended to maximize transparency using state-of-the-art materials…
October 11, 2022
Innovative Façades for a Sustainable Architecture
- Paper by Lucio Blandini
Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy can

October 11, 2022
Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place
- Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E., Principal and CEO David Dunham P.E, Director of Business Development Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E., Director of Engineering
Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications,…
October 11, 2022
Sustainable Retrofit Strategies for an Existing Laboratory Building
- Paper by Suncica Milosevic · Ajla Aksamija
This paper analyzes sustainable retrofit strategies for an existing research laboratory building, located in a cold climate. This facility is

October 11, 2022
Positive impact: A strategic plan for building retrofit implementation
- Article by Hamid Vossoughi
Hamid Vossoughi talks facade retrofits: the importance of and how to

July 13, 2021