After harassing many of you into responding, I promised to report on the survey results for the August World Congress. Great thanks to the 162 responses that we received, representing over 30% of registered attendees, enough to thrill most survey providers.
Facades Month and the World Congress, long delayed and virtually conducted, is now in the rear-view mirror with some of us still recovering from the experience. It was an intensive undertaking. And I tell you this, my friends: it was stupendous!
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) is pleased to announce our half-day NYC Forum will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2020, hosted by the Ornamental Metal Institute of New York.
Deadline: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 Qualification and application details are outlined below. We welcome nominations from all current FTI members for candidates currently playing a leadership role in the facade engineering/consulting/building science profession.
The Facade Tectonics Institute is pleased to announce our first biennial Vitruvian Honors & Awards Program, scheduled to take place April 29, 2021 in Los Angeles. The premiere celebration seeks to recognize unprecedented innovation and achievement in the field of facade design and delivery.
<p>This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation…
<p>The tragic fire of June 14, 2017 at the Grenfell Tower in London, England has brought to a very public global forum issues related to the impact…
<p>Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection,…
<p>Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to…
John Neary describes a collaborative Advanced design Studio at City Tech that involved Permasteelisa, Skanska and Onyx Solar, with links to the published student works.
Ajla Aksamija, the chair of FTI’s education committee, reports on a virtual education experience bringing students and professionals together. The outcome exceeded all expectations and points to a new model for facades education.
I’ve heard a little of this from some people and it bugs me! We are going to have the best World Congress event in the history of mankind! The prospect of taking FTI’s signature World Congress event to a digital platform is nothing but opportunity for the Institute. Let me tell you why
<p>Construction projects almost invariably encounter a critical stage at the moment of handover between the designing and the executing party. At…
<p>Facades developed in response to climactic factors increase performance and human comfort while reducing energy loads. A single building envelope…
<p>Architects specify curtain wall thermal performance criteria and usually identify simple modeling software, like THERM, to perform thermal…
<p>Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern…