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  • Renewing Two Saarinen Icons

    • Paper by David N. Fixler, FAIA · Gary Tondorf-Dick, AIA, LEED AP · Katherine S. Wissink, PE · Matthew B. Bronski, PE

    Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols

  • Invert Auto-Shading

    • Paper by Jae Yong Suk · Doris Sung

    Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to

  • Doubling Mies

    • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI

    Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw

  • Shaping Skin

    • Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB

    The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on

  • Fit for the Future

    • Paper by Julia Koerner-Al-Rawi

    Wearables protect us from climatic conditions, they provide privacy, comfort and they also reflect our style and personality. Building facades in the

  • Sustainable Façades

    • Paper by Dr. Thomas Henriksen, Jean-Marc Moulin Norsk, Dr. Jacopo Montali,
    Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent…

  • 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

  • OpenFacadeControl

    • Paper by Peter Grant · Tzu-Ching Su · Luis Fernandes · Jordan Shackelford · Anand Prakash · Stephen Czarnecki · Pei-Yu Yu · Feng-Yi Lin

    Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,

  • The Tectonics of Flimsiness

    • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI

    Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural

  • Orientation Specific Solar Control

    • Paper by Clifton Fordham

    During the postwar era, and before the universal adoption of air-conditioning in the United States, leading architects participated in the design of

  • Generative Design Tool

    • Paper by Amir Hosseinzadeh Zarrabi · Mona Azarbayjani · Maryam Tavakoli

    The piezoelectric facade as a self-sustained technology can generate a considerable amount of energy by converting swaying motions (actuated by the

  • Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building featured image

    Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building

    • Paper by Scott Murray,
    This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the American…
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    Form as Energy

    • Paper by Matthew Fineout,
    All too often, high-performance building envelopes are considered in terms of new materials and technologies that push specific systems to improve…
  • Green Façade/Roofs Design Tool featured image

    Green Façade/Roofs Design Tool

    • Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari, Researcher and Building Physics Expert Morteza Kasravi, Computer Scientist
    Climate change and related thermal issues, draw attention to the impact of green facades and roofs on energy savings and thermal comfort. Besides, by…