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OpenFacadeControl
- Paper by Peter Grant, Technology Researcher II Tzu-Ching Su, Deputy Manager Luis Fernandes, Jordan Shackelford, Technology Researcher III Anand Prakash, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate Stephen Czarnecki, Software Developer Pei-Yu Yu, Deputy Division Director Feng-Yi Lin, Engineer
Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,…
September 2, 2024
Facade Design Beyond Buildings
- Paper by Michele Andaloro, Associate Enrica Oliva, Partner and COO Lucio Blandini, Managing Director
At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form…
September 2, 2024
Facade Maintenance Access
- Paper by Carmen Chun, MEng, P.Eng., LEED® AP, Associate Leonard Pianalto MSc (Civil), P.Eng., LEED® AP, FEC, Managing Principal
Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must be…
October 11, 2022
Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place
- Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E. · David Dunham P.E · Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E.
Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications,

October 11, 2022
Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade
- Paper by Victoria Ereskina, Façade Design Professional John Neary, Sr. Façade Specialist
Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been…
October 11, 2022
The Craft of Building Enclosures
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Project Architect
This paper will provide case studies of two high-performance building envelopes in the San Francisco Bay Area where the fabrication of bespoke façade…
October 11, 2022
Inside the Box
- Paper by Michael Plewacki,
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…
October 11, 2022
Performance-based Facade Framework
- Paper by Mahsa Minaei, Ph.D. Candidate-Author Ajla Aksamija, Associate Professor-Co Author
Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design.…
March 15, 2020
Air Spaces Changed Everything
- Paper by Gerry Lang, M.Arch., (Penn, 2008), B. Arch (hons., Toronto, 1978) OAA, AIA,TSA, Senior Associate, Leader of Facades Group
This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create…
March 19, 2020