Building Scale Mock-up
<p>Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both
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Adaptive Building Envelope
<p>Designing a multi-functional building envelope as an architectural façade, environmental interface and solar collector is a multi-objective…
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A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade
<p>Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations…
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Localized Rigidification of PCM Envelopes
This is an experimental and computational exploration of structural systems that transform between states of rigidity and flexibility. The goal is to
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Optimized Adaptive Re-Use
Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal
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Kinetic Shading Systems
<p>This study focuses on experiments in kinetics and architectural skins. More extensively, it introduces a solution for environmental design issues…
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Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades
Closed cavity facades (CCF), a configuration of Double Skin Facade (DSF), consists of a double-glazed unit on the inner layer and single glazing on
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Mixed Reality in Facade Education
<p>Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design…
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ACT Facade
<p>Due to material and technological advancement during the last century, transparency has become a prominent trend in contemporary architecture.…
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Novel Active Facade Systems and Their Energy Performance in Commercial Buildings
<p>This article presents results of a research study that focuses on understanding energy performance of novel facade systems that integrate…
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Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds
Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight
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Smart Colored Window Technology
Traditional architecture can be a valuable source of inspiration for designers. Sustainable design concepts in traditional architecture have been
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City Development and Cladding Design
High-rise buildings in growing cities could become more vulnerable to variations in wind flow due to the continuous changes in urban topology. The
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Thermal Comfort Assessment of Multi-Zone Electrochromic Window
Access to natural daylight and connection to the outdoor environment is one of the key elements of contemporary architecture. This design concept is
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Targeted Enclosure Consulting
As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more
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Influence of Performance and Design of Structural Silicone Joints on the Resilience of Curtain Wall Units Exposed to Seismic Impacts
Facade failure due to seismic event represents a potential hazard to people and can cause serious damages to buildings with consequent high-cost
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The Double Skin Facade
<p>The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants…