The Monash Woodside Building
<p>Today’s environmental challenges highlight the necessity of a holistic approach to façade design and construction, key to achieve the ambitious…
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Facade Technology in Educational Methodology
<p>With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design…
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Insulating Glass Unit Gas Loss
<p>Concerns over time-dependent argon permeation through the perimeter edge seals of insulating glass units (IGUs) led the authors to utilize two…
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Lightning Protection as Building Envelope
A building’s envelope mitigates the effects of meteorological phenomena – including lightning – upon the structure and its occupants and contents.
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Novel Techniques for Facade Optimization
<p>Complex freeform architectural enclosures are becoming increasingly popular and easy to model and design with the help of modern computational…
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Transfer Topologies
<p>This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.…
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The Myth of Simplicity
<p>There were good why reasons early US Modernism first evolved in California– wide open sites with no constraints (physical or zoning), and…
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Optimized Green Wall
<p>A Catmull-Clark algorithm (used in 3D computer graphics for smoothing polygon surfaces) was used to create a unique design for an over 208ft by…
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Separating Direct From Diffuse
<p>An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s…
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Nested Density
<p>Projecting imagery onto building facades is not only becoming a marketing necessity for successful urban spectacles but is also altering social…
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Lightweight Veneer in High-rise Unitized Facades
<p>Manufactured veneer panels such as glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), ultra high performance concrete (UHPC), sintered stone, and terracotta…
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Shadow Box Design
<p>Shadow boxes are commonly used in curtain wall construction, but can be problematic if not designed and detailed correctly and appropriately for…
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Historical Evolution of Responsive Facades
<p>Responsive facade system is considered a major component of high-performance building envelope that is capable of responding to environmental…
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Glass Strength Under Point Loading
Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to
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Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building
<p>This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the…
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Modern Heritage and Facade Improvements
<p>Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern…
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Fit for the Future
<p>Wearables protect us from climatic conditions, they provide privacy, comfort and they also reflect our style and personality. Building facades in…
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Integrating Soft Robotics into Architectural Assemblies
The project described in this paper explores the integration of custom-made soft robotic muscles into a component-based surface. This project is part
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The Vertical Campus Facade
Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale to
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Contextual Envelopes
Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address