Laminated Security Glazing
<p>Glass is an essential component for any type of building. Its transparency enhances daylighting and provides occupants a view to the outside.…
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Addressing Embodied Carbon
<p>Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and…
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Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts
<p>Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate…
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Glass Spandrels and Shadow Boxes
<p>Glass spandrels are a common design strategy utilized to opacify floor levels in building facades. These opaque glass assemblies are integrated…
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Episode 07: 2020 World Congress Series | The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
Dive deeper into the top papers from the 2020 World Congress! We invite you to tune in to the final episode of the series with Roman Schieber, Associate Director ppa. at Knippers Helbig GmbH, who will be speaking about his winning paper, "The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA."
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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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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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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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Integration of Structural Glass in Historic Religious Buildings
St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s Lady Chapel glass wall and the Trinity Church glazed canopy demonstrate that structural glass can be a great solution to improve the functionality of a historic building without competing with its original fabric.
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Fully Tempered Glass in Spandrel Applications
<p>Recent years have seen an increase in the use of insulated glazing units (IGUs) in spandrel applications to visually blend the appearance between…
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Designing Structural Laminated Glass
Laminated glass with standard PVB has long been used for safety and security due to its ability to adhere the broken glass fragments together. As the
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Contextual Envelopes
<p>Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to…
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Anisotropic Effects in Architectural Glass
Iridescence effects, quench marks, leopard marks… The names given to optical anisotropy in toughened and heat-strengthened glass are diverse and
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Adaptable Glazing Shields
<p>Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from…
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designed a 290,000 sf museum celebrating the artistry and technology of film, becoming the world’s first museum and
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Undulated Glass Self-shading
<p>The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher…
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Thermal Stress Analysis in Glass
The use of glass in windows and curtain walls in residential as well as in commercial buildings needs to be designed very carefully. In addition to
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Solar Reflection Mitigation
<p>Glass by nature is a reflective material, and it is well-known and documented that issues of glare can occur due to solar reflection. This…