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All-Glass Bearing Facades
- Paper by Erwin ten Brincke, MSc
The Green Village at the TU Delft is a living lab for sustainable innovations. The Co Creation Centre (CCC) will be their new meeting center (13.5 x…
October 11, 2022
Sustainable simplicity and the future of exterior wall for research and education buildings
- Paper by Carl Knutson, AIA - Principal, Design Director Andrei Koshelev, dipl. Arch. SIA AIA - Head of Asset Management
Today, there is a shift towards sustainable simplicity in facades, embracing material innovations and thermal design strategies for long-term…
December 3, 2024
A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade
- Paper by Alex Cox, LEED AP, James Hock, LEED AP BD+C, Laura Ziegler, Karin Lamberts,
Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations…
March 12, 2018
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
Addressing climate change through façade design - Vaclav Hasik
- Article by Vaclav Hasik
There is a growing awareness and interest in understanding the carbon footprint of material manufacturing, opening doors to new opportunities in facade design and manufacturing innovation. There are steps and decisions we can make today to help fight climate change.

September 20, 2021
Rethinking Building Skins
- Article by Eugenia Gasparri · Arianna Brambilla, PhD · Gabriele Lobaccaro · Francesco Goia · Annalisa Andaloro · Alberto Sangiorgio, MEng, MArch
Authors and educators Eugenia Gasparri, Arianna Brambilla, Gabriele Lobaccaro, Francesco Goia, Annalisa Andaloro, and Alberto Sangiorgio address the major challenges and opportunities ahead for the construction (and façade) sector, with a focus on product and process innovations.

December 09, 2022