Papers

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    Shaping Skin

    • Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB, Sr. Associate
    The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on…

  • EVA Interlayers in Hardened Facades

    • Paper by Nicholas Oberts, PE, Associate Principal Mark K. Weaver, PE, SE, Principal Phillip Benshoof, PE, Physical Security Engineer
    Explosions can result in very high loads of extremely short durations. Protective design to mitigate the effects of blast loading requires façade…
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    Infinite Panel System

    • Paper by Mike Ryan, Director of Product Development Facades Division Brian Stern, Regional Energy Director Michael Adams, Senior Energy Analyst
    Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.…
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    Solid Surface Material for Facades

    • Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Associate
    Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building…
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    A Burning Question Revisited

    • Paper by Stéphane Pierre Hoffman, shofffman@morrisonhershfield.com
    In recent decades the use of unitized glazing systems has become increasingly common especially for high-rise construction. The opaque panels in…
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    Form Follows Well-Being

    • Paper by David Bjelland M.Sc., Research Assistant Prof. Dr. sc. hum. MArch Dipl.-Ing. Timo Schmidt, Professor
    Recent planning recognizes a growing demand for buildings that provide higher levels of occupant well-being. Often, well-being in buildings is…
  • Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control featured image

    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…
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    Green Façade/Roofs Design Tool

    • Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari, Researcher and Building Physics Expert Morteza Kasravi, Computer Scientist
    Climate change and related thermal issues, draw attention to the impact of green facades and roofs on energy savings and thermal comfort. Besides, by…
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    The Myth of Simplicity

    • Paper by Gerry Lang,
    There were good why reasons early US Modernism first evolved in California– wide open sites with no constraints (physical or zoning), and effectively…
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    The First Triple Certified Facade

    • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate
    Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific…

  • Execution Ways

    • Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E. · Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E.

    Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “a new standard for a sports arena in the US”, and “the state-of-the-art arena