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  • Differentiated Building Skin featured image

    Differentiated Building Skin

    • Paper by James Warton,
    The Los Angeles Stadium’s doubly curved skin is composed of over 35,000 unique triangular panels covering 296,502 square feet of surface area. The…

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    Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop — ACAW 2023

    • Buffalo, USA

    ACAW is a hands-on research and development workshop for architects and facade engineers to explore the use of terra cotta in high-performance facade design.

    Industry Event by Boston Valley Terra Cotta

  • Detailing For Distance

    • Paper by Daniel Kelso

    Quickly exceeding new facade service life expectations for tall buildings imposed by increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures have

  • Reconfigurable Terracotta Facade

    • Paper by Jin Young Song · Dan Vrana · Jonathan Hopp · Shawn Murrey · Jiatao Wu · Jongmin Shim

    The traditional building facade as a permanent construction does not actively respond to the differing needs from varying weather conditions.

  • Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance featured image

    Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance

    • Paper by Brian Fraumeni, Associate, Project Designer Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Adam Moqrane, Intern
    High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy…
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    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…

  • Orientation Specific Solar Control

    • Paper by Clifton Fordham

    During the postwar era, and before the universal adoption of air-conditioning in the United States, leading architects participated in the design of

  • Prototyping with Ultra-Thin Glass featured image

    Prototyping with Ultra-Thin Glass

    • Paper by Sophie Pennetier, Associate Director - Specialty Design Josephine Stoddard, Master of Building Science, Structural and Environmental Analysis and Design Karen Kensek, Professor
    This paper proposes system concepts and fabrication methods for the use of ultra-thin glass in facades. It documents the team's research on…
  • Digital Lifecycle of Building Envelopes featured image

    Digital Lifecycle of Building Envelopes

    • Paper
    “The digital transformation will change everything” – with this quote in mind a deep look into the current facade business will be given with a…
  • Undulated Glass Self-shading featured image

    Undulated Glass Self-shading

    • Paper by Nebojsa Jakica, Assistant professor in Facade Design and Engineering Mikkel K. Kragh, Professor, Head of Civil and Architectural Unit
    The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher…

  • Shape Memory Alloy Activated Shading

    • Paper by Alberto Speroni · Lorenzo Vercesi · Andrea Giovanni Mainini · Tiziana Poli

    A novel shading device for facade application was developed by combining innovative geometry elements (twisting cylinders) with a smart use of

  • Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes featured image

    Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes

    • Paper by Sridharan Gandhi, Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C, Karen Kensek, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C,
    Facades developed in response to climactic factors increase performance and human comfort while reducing energy loads. A single building envelope…
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    Active and Energy Autonomous Window

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro, Leire Minguez Hilera, Stefano Avesani,
    Reducing GHG emissions related to energy use in buildings is a prominent obligation given their impact in terms of climate change. In this light,…