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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…
October 11, 2022
Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control
- Paper by Klaus Reuschle · Robert Matthew Noblett · Michelle Siu-Ching Lee · Roman Schieber
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
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…
October 11, 2022
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…
October 11, 2022
The First Triple Certified Facade
- Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific

January 22, 2020
Execution Ways
- Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E., Senior Engineer Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E., Senior Structural Engineer
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…
March 22, 2020