Building skins play a pivotal role in architecture. Other than the aesthetical and architectural aspects, facades are key to the climate performance,
The recent Forum— Outside the Lines: Building Facades Redefine Urban Living in NYC —hosted by the Ornamental Metals Institute of New York was a rousing event that featured what is certainly among the best speaker programs ever organized by the Facade Tectonics Institute.
What does the fourth industrial revolution mean to the design and engineering of facades of the future? We are experiencing a global technological
What is the difference between artwork and facadework? How can artwork be integrated into building façades? What are the possibilities when a façade
NYCCT Architecture Program Chairman Sanjive Vaidya, asked HOK facades architect John Neary to give a design studio focused on detailing the building skin system. With HOK designer Michael Miller, Neary led a group of students through the facade system design development process.
As overall project schedules continue to contract and rising costs impact our design decisions, the importance of the design-assist phase for facades
Special guests David De Rose from Synergy Partners and Jennifer Sze from Vidaris join us to discuss maintenance, inspection, and service life of building facades.
This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create