Papers

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  • Hurricane-acoustic Glazing Barriers Using New Interlayer Technology

    • Paper by Stephen J Bennison, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D. · Alejandro G Gonzalez · Charles Anthony Smith · Rebecca L Smith · Takuya Kobayashi · Toshiyuki Iguchi

    In the last twenty years we have seen the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass where the resin compositions have been optimized for

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    Managing Constraints

    • Paper by Vincent IP, LEED AP BD+C, vip@nbbj.com

    <p>On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants…

  • Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP · Neil Katz, AIA

    Facade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors like:

  • Building by Numbers

    • Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis PhD | PE | FRSA

    This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project

  • Developments in Gridshell Design

    • Paper by Cristobal Correa P.E. · Craig Schwitter P.E.

    In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what most

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    ETFE Canopy at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta

    • Paper by Bjoern Beckert, Managing Director

    <p>In 2015, Australia’s largest embassy complex in the world was built in Jakarta, Indonesia, to provide an official residence for Australia’s…

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    Shaping Skin

    • Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB, Sr. Associate

    <p>The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on…

  • Passive House Facade Design and Construction

    • Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD

    Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on

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    Facade Games

    • Paper by James Tice, Professor of Architecture

    <p>This paper provides an overview of a course focusing on the façade as taught to architecture students over a twenty-year period. The need for…

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    The First Triple Certified Facade

    • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate

    <p>Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific…

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    Managing Solar Reflections from the Building Envelope

    • Paper by Ryan Danks, B.A.Sc., P.Eng., Senior Engineer Joel Good, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Principal

    <p>Understanding how a building will reflect sunlight has gone from a rare requirement to a key consideration during the planning permission process…

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    Solid Surface Material for Facades

    • Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Associate

    <p>Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building…

  • Performance-based Facade Framework

    • Paper by Mahsa Minaei · Ajla Aksamija

    Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design.

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    Air Spaces Changed Everything

    • Paper by Gerry Lang, M.Arch., (Penn, 2008), B. Arch (hons., Toronto, 1978) OAA, AIA,TSA, Senior Associate, Leader of Facades Group

    <p>This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create…

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    The Tectonics of Flimsiness

    • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI, Associate Professor

    <p>Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural…

  • From Design to Experiment

    • Paper by E. Yagdir CELIKER, MSc. · Oguz C. CELIK, PhD.

    Flat cable-net facades are form-active structures which provide maximum transparency by means of point fixing components, tensioned cables, and

  • Doubling Mies

    • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI

    Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw

  • Carbon-Dioxide-Inhaling Facade

    • Paper by Prof. Dr. Timo Schmidt · Carmen Herrmann · Dr. Michael Lakatos · Daniel Zabicki · Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wahl · Kai Scherer

    3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria created the foundation for life on Earth by producing the oxygen basis for our atmosphere. Should we once again

  • Designing with Photovoltaics

    • Paper by Wayne Walker · Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C · Sam Crawford

    Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With

  • Reduce, Reuse, Reclad

    • Paper by Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP · Jessica Santonastaso · Jennifer Sze, RA, USGBC LEED AP

    Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered precious metal, is a practice of celebrating the life and history of an