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  Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  • Paper by Jerry Ma · Jason JS Lin

  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

  October 11, 2022
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  Modeling Megapanels

  • Paper by Elizabeth Bishop, AIA, LEED AP · Emily Green, NCARB, LEED GA · Lisa Podesto, PE

  Large format, steel-stud framed “megapanel” facades with rainscreen cladding create uniquely complicated requirements for digital documentation and

  October 11, 2022
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  Novel Active Facade Systems and Their Energy Performance in Commercial Buildings

  • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, Professor and Chair Mahsa Farid Mohajer, PhD Candidate Zlatan Aksamija, Associate Professor

  <p>This article presents results of a research study that focuses on understanding energy performance of novel facade systems that integrate…

  October 11, 2022
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  Systems Thinking

  • Paper by Gabrielle Brainard, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC, Lecturer

  <p>This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A…

  January 22, 2020
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  Developments in Gridshell Design

  • Paper by Cristobal Correa P.E. · Craig Schwitter P.E.

  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

  March 22, 2020
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  United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum

  • Paper by Ilja Aljoskin PMP, Project Manager Lee Pepin, Director of Virtual Design & Construction Neil Meredith RA, Modeler

  <p>Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the…

  March 15, 2020
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  The Double Skin Facade

  • Paper by Lee A. Fithian, AIA, AICP, NCARB, LEED AP,

  <p>The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants…

  March 14, 2018
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  Designing with Photovoltaics

  • Paper by Wayne Walker · Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C · Sam Crawford

  Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With

  March 15, 2020

• Blurred Edges

  • Paper by Elizabeth L. McCormick AIA, WELL AP, LEED AP, CPHC

  Sealed indoor environments have created artificial, homogeneous ecosystems that sever ties between humans and the natural world. This paper

  September 02, 2024
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  Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

  • Paper by Omar Khan · Bill Pottle · Mitchell Bring

  This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

  March 14, 2018
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  Hydroformed Shading

  • Paper by Michelle Siu-Ching Lee · Robert Matthew Noblett · Roman Schieber

  New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of

  March 13, 2020
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  A Break From The Past: How the Guggenheim Renovation Made Thermally Broken Steel Windows a New Normal

  • Article by Angel Ayón, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, Principal

  March 07, 2024
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  Execution Ways

  • Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E., Senior Engineer Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E., Senior Structural Engineer

  <p>Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “<em>a new standard for a sports arena in the US</em>”, and “<em>the…

  March 22, 2020
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  Vintage Vinyl

  • Paper by Michael S. Plewacki,

  <p>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…

  March 14, 2018