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  • Duplex Stainless Steel Cladding

    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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    Printed Facades?

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

  • Facade Design Beyond Buildings

    At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form

  • Growing Myceliated Facades

    Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource harvesting

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    Integrating Structure and Cladding

    <p>The project represents a successful integration of a glass facade with the primary structure of the building. The choice of the building material…

  • Behind the Surface

    The architectural facade, like clothing for a building's form, serves as both an aesthetic expression and a protective veil, concealing the inner

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    SSG and Seismic

    <p>With the advent of more sophisticated analysis methods and the desire to optimize geometries of structural silicone joints in high performance…

  • Generative Design Tool

    The piezoelectric facade as a self-sustained technology can generate a considerable amount of energy by converting swaying motions (actuated by the

  • Laminated Security Glazing

    <p>Glass is an essential component for any type of building. Its transparency enhances daylighting and provides occupants a view to the outside.…

  • Façade Systems and Embodied Carbon

    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of

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    Nested Density

    <p>Projecting imagery onto building facades is not only becoming a marketing necessity for successful urban spectacles but is also altering social…

  • The Scope of the Structural Glass Design Manual

    <p>The technology of glass now allows glass to be fabricated in sizes and structural configurations not previously conceivable. The standards and…

  • Lightweight Veneer in High-rise Unitized Facades

    Manufactured veneer panels such as glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), ultra high performance concrete (UHPC), sintered stone, and terracotta are

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    Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building

    <p>This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the…

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    Hurricane-acoustic Glazing Barriers Using New Interlayer Technology

    <p>In the last twenty years we have seen the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass where the resin compositions have been optimized…

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    Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls

    <p>Apertures is a six-story, commercial building in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City–a neighborhood severely impacted by the 1985 and 2017…

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    Embodied Carbon Of Timber Unitized Curtain Wall

    <p>The building envelope is at the intersection of embodied and operational emissions. Curtain wall specifically could play an important role in…

  • Preserving a Historic Facade

    Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former

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    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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