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Structural Skin
- Paper by John Neary, Sr. Façade Specialist
Many prominent, recent buildings feature forms suggesting structural surface while their enclosures are really non-load-bearing curtain wall. At the…
December 13, 2016
Effective Facade Modularization
- Paper by Kais Al-Rawi
Facade systems of various transparent and opaque materials and systems are increasingly becoming integrated components of modularized facade

September 02, 2024
Facade Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies
- Paper by Isabelle Hens, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, Senior Environmental Designer
Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the embodied…
August 23, 2024
Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control
- Paper by Klaus Reuschle, Project Director Robert Matthew Noblett, Partner Michelle Siu-Ching Lee, Roman Schieber, Associate Director ppa.
The Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) on the Allston Campus is the largest new building at Harvard University in recent decades with a footprint…
October 11, 2022
Finally
- Paper by Michael Mulhern,
For over 60 years architects, engineers, and consultants have been specifying stainless steels for use in building skins and in some structural…
October 11, 2022
Bringing an Icon Into the Future: Willis Tower
- Paper by Stephen Katz, Technical Director
Few buildings are as iconic as Willis Tower. Generations of Chicagoans have a collective memory of this building playing a role in their entire…
October 11, 2022
Structuring Skin
- Paper by John Neary,
Curtain wall is the prevailing type of enclosure on modern buildings because of its economy, its independence from structure that allows flexibility…
March 14, 2018