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North Capitol Building Case Study
- Paper by Jeremy Simmonds, Project Manager at KEPCO+ Bruce Knaphus, President
The Utah State Capitol North Building, currently under construction, features 80,000 SF of classically designed cubic granite detailing, including…
September 18, 2024
Facade Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies
- Paper by Isabelle Hens, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, Senior Environmental Designer
Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the embodied…
August 23, 2024
Rainscreen Association in North America
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Member since: January 10, 2025
The Vertical Campus Facade
- Paper by Mayine Yu, AIA, Principal | Davis Brody Bond / Page Cooper Schilling, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal | KieranTimberlake Jessica Young, RA, Principal
Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale to…
September 2, 2024
Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place
- Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E. · David Dunham P.E · Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E.
Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications,

October 11, 2022
Kinetic Shading Systems
- Paper by Alireza Jahanara, Negar Kalantar,
This study focuses on experiments in kinetics and architectural skins. More extensively, it introduces a solution for environmental design issues and…
March 14, 2018
Coupling Facade and Structure
- Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis, PhD, PE, Jessica Chen, PE,
Traditional approach for engineering the facade is building an isolated analysis model. However, it inhibits a dynamic design process where…
March 14, 2018
Environmentally Responsible Wood Cladding
- Paper by Pratibha Chauhan · Doug Bergert, AIA, LEED AP
This case study focuses on the solutions provided for the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. Our design team worked with the client to

January 29, 2020
Optimized Green Wall
- Paper by Algis Lencus
A Catmull-Clark algorithm (used in 3D computer graphics for smoothing polygon surfaces) was used to create a unique design for an over 208ft by 30ft

March 14, 2018