Honing the Craft
<p>Finishing of custom-fabricated architectural façade components represents one of the most significant components to their cost. Manually driven…
<p>Finishing of custom-fabricated architectural façade components represents one of the most significant components to their cost. Manually driven…
Complex freeform architectural enclosures are becoming increasingly popular and easy to model and design with the help of modern computational tools.
<p>Tokyo’s prestigious Ginza District, is home to innovative architectural design. One of the most recent examples is Ginza Six (GSIX), the largest…
Daylighting is often an important component of architectural design and heavily influenced by a building’s facade and enclosure systems. Unlike many
This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will
<p>Designing a multi-functional building envelope as an architectural façade, environmental interface and solar collector is a multi-objective…
<p>This study focuses on experiments in kinetics and architectural skins. More extensively, it introduces a solution for environmental design issues…
New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of
With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design
The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately
<p>Large master planned developments such as Battery Park City in Manhattan, Mission Bay in San Francisco, and Playa Vista in Los Angeles were built…
The goal is to explore the role and methodology employed between the architect and engineer as they look to resolve the opposing demands of design
Factory inspection visits are vital, yet they unfortunately have a habit of being overlooked. The factory inspection process during the Building
Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high
Recently, building envelopes have been exhibiting complex shapes and patterns, a trend supported by current digital technologies. Likewise, the
<p><em>Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The…
Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent
<p>ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as…
<p>The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing…
<p>This paper will explore steel forming methods other than cold drawn or hot rolled processes, and how they allow steel to be utilized as the…