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Architectural Ceramic Assemblies
- Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)…
March 14, 2018
European Facade Networks
- Paper by Ulrich Knaack · Uta Pottgiesser · Tillmann Klein · Andreas Luible · Siebe Bakker
The European climate and energy targets for 2020 demand significant improvement of the energy performance of buildings since one third of the

March 23, 2020
This August, the 2020 World Congress is coming to you, virtually!
- Announcement
We are excited to announce the Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress will take place virtually, and to share with you how we're designing this to bring opportunities we've never been able to have before.

June 18, 2020
Cool precast concrete enclosure studies from Washington U. in St. Louis
- Article by Pablo Moyano Fernandez, Assistant Professor
Precast Concrete Enclosures is an elective course taught by Assistant Professor Pablo Moyano Fernandez at Washington University in St. Louis. The primary goal of the course is to enable students to envision and materialize full-scale building envelopes using precast concrete.

September 27, 2021
A Study on the Impact of Hospital Facade Opening Focusing Outdoor Exposure on Waiting Room Experience
- Paper by Iftekhar Rahman
The paper will try to study the impact of window opening on waiting room experience of patients in an eye hospital along with their attendants. As

March 21, 2020
Embodied Carbon
- Article by Helen Sanders
Welcome to this edition of the SKINS newsletter, which is all about carbon! As guest editor this month, I am representing FTI’s embodied carbon (EC) working group. This issue highlights several important topics relative to embodied and the trade-offs with operational carbon.

January 19, 2024
Exploring Heritage: Building on the Past
- Article by Mic Patterson
Welcome to this edition of the SKINS newsletter, which is all about carbon! As guest editor this month, I am representing FTI’s embodied carbon (EC) working group. This issue highlights several important topics relative to embodied and the trade-offs with operational carbon.

March 14, 2024
The Monash Woodside Building
- Paper by Alberto Sangiorgio, Principal Façade Engineer Andrew Cortese, Managing Partner and Design Director - Sydney Office Walter van der Linde, Lead Engineer, Buildings Mechanical
Today’s environmental challenges highlight the necessity of a holistic approach to façade design and construction, key to achieve the ambitious 2030…
October 11, 2022
Creating Transformational Geometry
- Paper by Tom Peterson, System Designer Manager Austin Bensend, PE, SE, Director - Design Engineering
Over the past two decades, the art of cold-forming glass has grown from an unknown approach to a widely accepted strategy for achieving an array of…
June 13, 2024