The seele group, with headquarters in Gersthofen in Bavaria, is one of the world’s top companies specializing in the design and construction of facades and complex building envelopes made from glass, steel, aluminum, membranes and other high-tech materials.
Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,
Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must be
<p>Facades play an integral role in defining the experience of modern life. As rising populations gravitate from rural to urban communities, they…
Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.
Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the embodied
Facades developed in response to climactic factors increase performance and human comfort while reducing energy loads. A single building envelope
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance
Projecting imagery onto building facades is not only becoming a marketing necessity for successful urban spectacles but is also altering social urban
Kinetic or responsive facades have been developed to improve buildings' daylighting conditions while mitigating energy consumption. Still, these
Double-Skin Facades (DSF) are well-known to boost the thermal performance of a façade: they can provide extra insulation in the wintertime and lower
With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design
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!
Building facades for flagship stores play an important role in people’s perception of a brand. Facade system and material selection as well as detailing therefore have to take careful consideration of the image to be conveyed. - Karine Charlebois PE, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Flat cable-net facades are form-active structures which provide maximum transparency by means of point fixing components, tensioned cables, and
Facades play an important role in the control of energy flow and energy consumption in buildings as they represent the interface between the outdoor
Large format, steel-stud framed “megapanel” facades with rainscreen cladding create uniquely complicated requirements for digital documentation and