Edge Lighting Glazing with Hidden Fixtures
Dynamic architectural lighting in urban areas is a key element in creating attractive nighttime icons in addition to potentially generating
Dynamic architectural lighting in urban areas is a key element in creating attractive nighttime icons in addition to potentially generating
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designed a 290,000 sf museum celebrating the artistry and technology of film, becoming the world’s first museum and
<p>During the postwar era, and before the universal adoption of air-conditioning in the United States, leading architects participated in the design…
<p>In order to get to a carbon neutral building stock – which is e.g. required by the EU Carbon roadmap by 2050 – our efforts need to be smart and…
Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to
It may be difficult for modern man to believe that what is known as handicraft was once the advanced manufacturing of the day. These techniques were
Wind induced pressure is a major design consideration for building facades. However, the effects of facade geometry and urban terrain on wind loading
Explosions can result in very high loads of extremely short durations. Protective design to mitigate the effects of blast loading requires façade
At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form
Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent
In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what most
A proposed design for a compact, closed cavity, double-skin curtain wall system in the Marine climate of the West Coast raises questions of potential
This paper describes the development of an interactive map that highlights case studies of advanced facade design strategies and technologies from
While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight
In 2015, Australia’s largest embassy complex in the world was built in Jakarta, Indonesia, to provide an official residence for Australia’s permanent
<p>Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “<em>a new standard for a sports arena in the US</em>”, and “<em>the…
<p>In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available…
Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact
<p>Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale…
The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately