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  • Adaptive Building Envelope

    • Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari · Jochen Lam

    Designing a multi-functional building envelope as an architectural façade, environmental interface and solar collector is a multi-objective

  • Thermoelectric Facades

    • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT · Zlatan Aksamija, PhD · Mahsa Farid Mohajer · Meenakshi Upadhyaya · Guy Vigneau

    This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE)

  • Digital Enablement for Manufacturing

    • Paper by Melody Rees

    Architectural design freedom achieved on high-end projects currently costs over $1,000/sq. Ft. Building materials have long been relegated to plane

  • MODESTEhouseTEST: August 7-17, 2017

    A design-build class at the University of Louisiana explores the territory of the “tiny-house.” Professor Geoff Gjertson describes the 216 square foot MODESTEhouse and shares his personal experience of living small.

  • Systems Thinking

    • Paper by Gabrielle Brainard, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC

    This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A

  • Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP · Neil Katz, AIA

    Facade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors like:

  • Silicone Spandrel Glass Opacifiers

    • Paper by Scott Norville · Samir Blanchet · George Torok · Kris Vockler · John Swanson · Chris Barry · Lawrence Carbary · Stephane Hoffman · Timothy Krytenberg · Chris Fronsoe

    Curtain wall design commonly uses insulating glass units for vision and spandrel glazing to provide better visual harmonization of building facade

  • Retrofit Options for Historic Facades

    • Paper by Carrie Davis, P.E., LEED Green Assoc. · George Kantrales, Ph.D. · Matt Barsotti · Andrew Schoenheit · Ty Vandergriff

    Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact

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    Towards Net Zero Enclosures

    • Paper by Jessica Santonastaso, AIA, Architect, Associate Alan Estabrook, AIA, Architect, Associate

    <p>As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis.…

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    Doubling Mies

    • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI, Associate Professor

    <p>Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw…

  • No timid steps: Be bold and generous!

    ...the design and construction industries are notoriously resistant to change, putting them on a collision course with the many cities, states, and provinces that are moving ahead of national standards in keeping with declared intentions to dramatically cut their carbon emissions this decade.

  • Duplex Stainless Steel Cladding

    • Paper by Fred Deuschle · Jim Halliday

    It was a challenging design problem: supply a sustainable material for roofing, soffit and fascia panels that would perform in close proximity to the

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    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    • Paper by Roman Schieber, Thorsten Helbig,

    <p>Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both…

  • Contextual Envelopes

    • Paper by Zoltan Neville

    Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address

  • Autonomous or Appropriate

    • Paper by Katrin Terstegen

    This paper examines two profoundly different design approaches: one, herein called ‘autonomous’, where the building’s design is governed by internal

  • Net Zero Tower

    John Neary describes a collaborative Advanced design Studio at City Tech that involved Permasteelisa, Skanska and Onyx Solar, with links to the published student works.

  • Facade Wind Loading

    • Paper by Timothy Brewer, CEng, MICE · George Kantrales, Ph.D. · Eric Sammarco, Ph.D., P.E. · Carrie Davis, P.E., LEED Green Assoc.

    Wind induced pressure is a major design consideration for building facades. However, the effects of facade geometry and urban terrain on wind loading

  • BioFacades Classification

    • Paper by Mary Ben Bonham · Kyoung Hee Kim · Christiane M. Herr

    Coauthors: Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA [corresponding] [presenting at the

  • Printed Facades?

    • Paper by Philipp L. Rosendahl · Chris Borg Costanzi · Philipp A. Chhadeh · Robert Akerboom · Benedikt Waldschmitt · Alexander Wolf · Marvin Kehl · Ulrich Knaack

    While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight