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  • Translation from Concept to Construction

    Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent

  • International Facade Education

    Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to take

  • BioFacades Classification

    <h3><strong>Coauthors:</strong><br /></h3> <p>Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA…

  • Reglaze or Replace?

    <p>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…

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    Slipping through the Cracks

    <p>We construct building enclosures to keep the elements out, but sometimes air and water infiltrate the building envelope, causing several problems…

  • Delivering Beauty

    Amidst the critical conversations about the need to build better and more efficient building skins, designers are also mindful of the need for the

  • Façade Systems and Embodied Carbon

    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of

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    Active and Energy Autonomous Window

    <p>Reducing GHG emissions related to energy use in buildings is a prominent obligation given their impact in terms of climate change. In this light,…