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Sustainable simplicity and the future of exterior wall for research and education buildings
- Paper by Carl Knutson · Andrei Koshelev
Today, there is a shift towards sustainable simplicity in facades, embracing material innovations and thermal design strategies for long-term

December 03, 2024
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

March 15, 2020
Facade Engineering for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Paper by Mikkel K. Kragh
What does the fourth industrial revolution mean to the design and engineering of facades of the future? We are experiencing a global technological

March 23, 2020
Dynamic Shading Device
- Paper by Gabriel de Bem, Professor Eduardo Krüger, Professor Alexandre Augusto Alberto Moreira de Abreu, Professor
Responsive shading systems can dynamically improve indoor environmental conditions based on outdoor climate variations. Among the technologies,…
September 2, 2024
Low-Carbon Cladding and Shading Design
- Paper by Prateek Jain, LEED, Senior Environmental Designer Isabelle Hens, LEED GA, WELL AP, EIT,
In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available for…
October 11, 2022
Sustainable Façades
- Paper by Dr. Thomas Henriksen · Jean-Marc Moulin Norsk · Dr. Jacopo Montali
Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent

October 11, 2022
Separating Direct From Diffuse
- Paper by Nick Novelli, PhD, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev,
An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s fenestration…
March 14, 2018
Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade
- Paper by Victoria Ereskina, Façade Design Professional John Neary, Sr. Façade Specialist
Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been…
October 11, 2022
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

March 15, 2020
Coupling Facade and Structure
- Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis, PhD, PE, Jessica Chen, PE,
Traditional approach for engineering the facade is building an isolated analysis model. However, it inhibits a dynamic design process where…
March 14, 2018
Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place
- Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E., Principal and CEO David Dunham P.E, Director of Business Development Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E., Director of Engineering
Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications,…
October 11, 2022
DC Water Headquarters Case Study
- Paper by Sven Shockey, Leland Curtis, David Fersh,
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance…
March 14, 2018
Managing Constraints
- Paper by Vincent IP, LEED AP BD+C
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 with a

March 22, 2020
Catalytic Conversion
- Paper by Damon Caldwell, Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
Nowadays, the power of images is seductive. Bold and complex facades often have an innovative appearance but superficial tectonic depth;…
October 11, 2022
Vertical Louvered Solar Control
- Paper by Clifton Fordham, RA, LEED AP,
Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern…
March 14, 2018
Breathing Lessons
- Paper by Xaver Nuiding · Thomas Lorenz · Philipp Herreiner, MSc. · Dr.-Ing. Michael Engelmann
For a new corporate headquarters in San Francisco’s Mission Bay district, SHoP Architects designed a semi-conditioned atrium space inside the

March 19, 2020