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The First Triple Certified Facade
- Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate
Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific…
January 22, 2020
Artwork Becomes Facadework: A Collaboration with Olafur Eliasson
- Paper by Stephen Katz, Technical Director
What is the difference between artwork and facadework? How can artwork be integrated into building façades? What are the possibilities when a façade…
October 11, 2022
Reduce, Reuse, Reclad
- Paper by Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Senior Associate Jessica Santonastaso, Associate Jennifer Sze, RA, USGBC LEED AP, Principal and Director of Special Inspections
Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered precious metal, is a practice of celebrating the life and history of an…
March 22, 2020
Towards Net Zero Enclosures
- Paper by Jessica Santonastaso, AIA · Alan Estabrook, AIA
As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis. Architecture2030

October 11, 2022
CR∆CKİNG THЄ C󉘳DЄ // DYN∆MİC L∆B F∆C∆DЄS
- Paper by Amanda King, AIA, LEED AP BD&C, CPHC, Dayita Kumar, LEED GA, Associate Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CPHC, Senior Associate
The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office…
October 11, 2022
Solid Surface Material for Facades
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Associate
Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building…
March 19, 2020
Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance
- Paper by Brian Fraumeni, Associate, Project Designer Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Adam Moqrane, Intern
High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy…
May 22, 2020
Facades for High-Performance Workplaces
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Assoc. DBIA, Senior Associate
How has the role of the façade evolved in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing fight to combat the climate change crisis? As companies grapple…
September 2, 2024
The Craft of Building Enclosures
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Project Architect
This paper will provide case studies of two high-performance building envelopes in the San Francisco Bay Area where the fabrication of bespoke façade…
October 11, 2022
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