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  • 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…

  • Sustainable Façades

    <p>Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent…

  • Combustible Cladding

    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

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

  • The Tectonics of Flimsiness

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

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    Predictive Modeling in an Automated Building Facade

    <p>Computer simulations of an automated dynamic facade in a passively heated and cooled building by using predictive modeling of short-term future…

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    Orientation Specific Solar Control

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

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    Generative Design Tool

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

  • Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building

    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

    <p>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

    Climate change and related thermal issues, draw attention to the impact of green facades and roofs on energy savings and thermal comfort. Besides, by

  • Mapping Advanced Facades

    This paper describes the development of an interactive map that highlights case studies of advanced facade design strategies and technologies from

  • A Burning Question Revisited

    In recent decades the use of unitized glazing systems has become increasingly common especially for high-rise construction. The opaque panels in

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    EUI of Building Clusters

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