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  • In Factory Commissioning featured image

    In Factory Commissioning

    • Paper by Robert Golda,

    <p>Factory inspection visits are vital, yet they unfortunately have a habit of being overlooked. The factory inspection process during the Building…

  • Addressing Embodied Carbon featured image

    Addressing Embodied Carbon

    • Paper by Helen Sanders, PhD, General Manager Adam Nizich, Senior Consulting Engineer

    <p>Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and…

  • Sculptural Facades

    • Paper by Matthew A. Trimble · Matthew Culver

    In the vein of mass production, manufacturers leverage repeatable parts and modular construction in an effort to maximize quality control while

  • 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

  • ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies featured image

    ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies

    • Paper by Audrey L Worden, ISSF, Principal + Founding Partner Kihong R. Ku, DDes, Associate Professor, Design Technology and Architectural Innovation, Adaptive Envelopes Alexander G. Worden, RA NCARB, Principal + Founding Partner

    <p>Airflow within the cavity of double-skin facades is a key component of adaptive building envelopes which change thermophysical properties to meet…

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    Build Test Iterate Repeat

    • Paper by Elizabeth L McCormick, RA, CPHC, LEED AP, Assistant Professor

    <p>The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing…

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    Exo-Skins

    • Paper by Nick Braaksma, Malini Srivastava, AIA, Chad Ulven,

    <p>Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings…

  • The Myth of Simplicity

    • Paper by Gerry Lang

    There were good why reasons early US Modernism first evolved in California– wide open sites with no constraints (physical or zoning), and effectively

  • Towards Net Zero Enclosures

    • Paper by Jessica Santonastaso, AIA · Alan Estabrook, AIA

    As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis. Architecture2030

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    Infinite Panel System

    • Paper by Mike Ryan, Director of Product Development Facades Division Brian Stern, Regional Energy Director Michael Adams, Senior Energy Analyst

    <p>Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope…

  • ACT Facade

    • Paper by Paul-Rouven Denz · Daniel Arztmann · Natchai Suwannapruk

    Due to material and technological advancement during the last century, transparency has become a prominent trend in contemporary architecture.

  • Honing the Craft

    • Paper by Patrick Delorey

    Finishing of custom-fabricated architectural façade components represents one of the most significant components to their cost. Manually driven

  • Air Spaces Changed Everything featured image

    Air Spaces Changed Everything

    • Paper by Gerry Lang, M.Arch., (Penn, 2008), B. Arch (hons., Toronto, 1978) OAA, AIA,TSA, Senior Associate, Leader of Facades Group

    <p>This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create…

  • Fire Safety in High Rise Exterior Facades

    • Paper by Angela M. Ogino

    One of the most complex yet least understood areas where fire can spread is at the perimeter of a building. Fire can not only spread from

  • Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades featured image

    Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades

    • Paper by Andrea Zani, Project Engineer Carmelo Guido Galante, Senior Project Engineer Lisa Rammig, Senior Associate

    <p>Closed cavity facades (CCF), a configuration of Double Skin Facade (DSF), consists of a double-glazed unit on the inner layer and single glazing…

  • Design Considerations and the Complex Facade featured image

    Design Considerations and the Complex Facade

    • Paper by Stan Su,

    <p>The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture…

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    Transparent Aerogel Window

    • Paper by Bryan Toton, ENV SP, CEO

    <p>Incorporating a novel, transparent monolithic aerogel into insulated glass units (IGUs) for windows and building enclosures will provide the…