Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
U-shaped annealed profiled glass, or U channel glass is used in both the interior and exterior glass façade for decades, as it has long and durable…
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Modeling Megapanels
Large format, steel-stud framed “megapanel” facades with rainscreen cladding create uniquely complicated requirements for digital documentation and… -
Novel Active Facade Systems and Their Energy Performance in Commercial Buildings
This article presents results of a research study that focuses on understanding energy performance of novel facade systems that integrate… -
Systems Thinking
This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A
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Developments in Gridshell Design
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… -
United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum
Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the boundaries
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The Double Skin Facade
The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants produced… -
Designing with Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With… -
Blurred Edges
Sealed indoor environments have created artificial, homogeneous ecosystems that sever ties between humans and the natural world. This paper… -
Architectural Ceramic Assemblies
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)… -
Hydroformed Shading
New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of
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Execution Ways
Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “a new standard for a sports arena in the US”, and “the state-of-the-art arena… -
Vintage Vinyl
Mid-century through 1980’s buildings with lock-strip or “zipper-gasket” glazing systems are an ever present part of the urban landscape in many… -
Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts
Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate
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Facade Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies
Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the embodied… -
Modern Heritage and Facade Improvements
Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern
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Evaluating Additive Manufacturing for Metallic Facade Components
The state-of-the-art of Additive Manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D printing, shows its prospective future in the
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Reglaze or Replace?
Originally known as The Master Building, 310 Riverside Drive in Manhattan's Upper West Side is a 28-story tower completed in 1929 as an apartment… -
CR∆CKİNG THЄ CDЄ // DYN∆MİC L∆B F∆C∆DЄS
The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office
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Hybrid Timber
This case study provides an overview of building hybrid curtain wall system and future opportunities for the use of timber. It will also review the