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  • Creating Transformational Geometry

    <p>Over the past two decades, the art of cold-forming glass has grown from an unknown approach to a widely accepted strategy for achieving an array…

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    Unitized Curtain Wall

    <p>Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection,…

  • Facing Density

    <p>The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly…

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    Rethinking Building Skins

    <p>Building skins play a pivotal role in architecture. Other than the aesthetical and architectural aspects, facades are key to the climate…

  • Academic Wood Tower Choreography

    With an ever-growing interest in mid- and high-rise mass timber construction, this paper highlights the insights and lessons learned across global

  • EUI of Building Clusters

    Large master planned developments such as Battery Park City in Manhattan, Mission Bay in San Francisco, and Playa Vista in Los Angeles were built

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    Green Wall Rainscreen

    <p>Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic…

  • Reglaze or Replace?

    <p>Originally known as The Master Building, 310 Riverside Drive in Manhattan's Upper West Side is a 28-story tower completed in 1929 as an apartment…

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    Facade Technology in Educational Methodology

    <p>With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design…

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    Teaching Facades

    <p>As facades become more sophisticated and complex, more detail-intensive and performance-critical, it's vital that architecture students develop a…

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    Window in Wall: Back to the Future

    <p>In order to get to a carbon neutral building stock – which is e.g. required by the EU Carbon roadmap by 2050 – our efforts need to be smart and…

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    Parametric Facade Design

    <p>Parametric Design has become an invaluable tool for complex tasks like designing energy efficient buildings when joined to performance-based…

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    Go Big or Go Home!

    <p>This paper will focus on the design and detailing of large-format glass enclosures intended to maximize transparency using state-of-the-art…

  • Fit for the Future

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

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    Envelope For Service

    <p>Envelope-for-Service (E4S) is a novel business model developed with the aim of converting the building façade from a traditionally traded good to…

  • Preserving a Historic Facade

    Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former