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Facade with Innovation
- Paper by YU Hui, Director JIN Shihui, Project Manager
<p>Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for…

March 15, 2020
Addressing Embodied Carbon
- Paper by Helen Sanders, PhD · Adam Nizich
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and

October 11, 2022
Solid Surface Material for Facades
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP
Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building

March 19, 2020
Shaping Skin
- Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB, Sr. Associate
<p>The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on…

March 21, 2020
Glass Strength
- Paper by Nabhajit Goswami, PhD · Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP · Patrick Ferro, PhD, PE, MBA · Stephen M Morse, PhD, PE
The use of glass in the exterior facades provides greater light transmission into the building and improved views for occupants. Coastal areas in

August 21, 2024