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Reduce, Reuse, Reclad
- Paper by Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Senior Associate Jessica Santonastaso, Associate Jennifer Sze, RA, USGBC LEED AP, Principal and Director of Special Inspections
Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered precious metal, is a practice of celebrating the life and history of an…
March 22, 2020
Facade Engineering for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Paper by Mikkel K. Kragh,
What does the fourth industrial revolution mean to the design and engineering of facades of the future? We are experiencing a global technological…
March 23, 2020
Combustible Cladding
- Paper by Juliet Landler
When it comes to the subject of building enclosure in Australia, one topic has eclipsed all others in recent years: combustible cladding. It has even

March 22, 2020
Modern Heritage and Facade Improvements
- Paper by Uta Pottgiesser · Angel Ayón
Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern

March 23, 2020
Contextual Envelopes
- Paper by Zoltan Neville
Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address

March 14, 2018
Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing
- Paper by Adrian Turcato · Chris Stutzki · Erik Olsen
The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately

March 14, 2018
DC Water Headquarters Case Study
- Paper by Sven Shockey, Leland Curtis, David Fersh,
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance…
March 14, 2018
Carbon-Dioxide-Inhaling Facade
- Paper by Prof. Dr. Timo Schmidt · Carmen Herrmann · Dr. Michael Lakatos · Daniel Zabicki · Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wahl · Kai Scherer
3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria created the foundation for life on Earth by producing the oxygen basis for our atmosphere. Should we once again

March 15, 2020
Printed Facades?
- Paper by Philipp L. Rosendahl · Chris Borg Costanzi · Philipp A. Chhadeh · Robert Akerboom · Benedikt Waldschmitt · Alexander Wolf · Marvin Kehl · Ulrich Knaack
While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight

October 11, 2022
Passive House Facade Design and Construction
- Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD, Project Architect
Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on…
March 22, 2020