Papers

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  • Translation from Concept to Construction featured image

    Translation from Concept to Construction

    • Paper by Ryan Donaghy, AIA, Senior Associate, Enclosure Design Matthew Spahr, PE, Associate / Facade Engineer

    <p>Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent…

  • International Facade Education featured image

    International Facade Education

    • Paper by James Doerfler, Uta Pottgiesser,

    <p>Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to…

  • BioFacades Classification

    • Paper by Mary Ben Bonham · Kyoung Hee Kim · Christiane M. Herr

    Coauthors: Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA [corresponding] [presenting at the

  • Reglaze or Replace?

    • Paper by Angel Ayón, AIA, LEED AP, Principal Laura Boynton, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Associate

    <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…

  • Slipping through the Cracks featured image

    Slipping through the Cracks

    • Paper by Jason Siwek P.E., Project Manager

    <p>We construct building enclosures to keep the elements out, but sometimes air and water infiltrate the building envelope, causing several problems…

  • Delivering Beauty

    • Paper by Michael Mulhern,

    <p>Amidst the critical conversations about the need to build better and more efficient building skins, designers are also mindful of the need for the…

  • Façade Systems and Embodied Carbon featured image

    Façade Systems and Embodied Carbon

    • Paper by Paulina Szpiech, Associate - Facade Engineering Valerie Leon-Green, Facade Engineer Shivanie Rambaran, Graduate Energy Analyst

    <p>Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of…

  • Active and Energy Autonomous Window

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Leire Minguez Hilera · Stefano Avesani

    Reducing GHG emissions related to energy use in buildings is a prominent obligation given their impact in terms of climate change. In this light,

  • Facade Maintenance Access

    • Paper by Carmen Chun, MEng, P.Eng., LEED® AP, Associate Leonard Pianalto MSc (Civil), P.Eng., LEED® AP, FEC, Managing Principal

    <p>Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must…

  • Saving Face

    • Paper by Xsusha CarlyAnn Flandro, FAIC, APT-RP

    In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of

  • The First Triple Certified Facade

    • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific

  • 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

    <p>Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale…

  • Preserving a Historic Facade featured image

    Preserving a Historic Facade

    • Paper by Maria Mohammed, S.E., Design Engineer John Fidler, RIBA, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT, President

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

  • Renewing Historic Facades

    • Paper by Christine Reynolds, PE · Hans Thummel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the

  • Saving Small Towns

    • Paper by Leah Kemp,

    <p>Small towns are dying, and it is not just because of their dwindling economies. The physical fabric of our communities is literally crumbling. A…

  • Modern Heritage and Facade Improvements

    • Paper by Uta Pottgiesser · Angel Ayón

    Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern

  • Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building featured image

    Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building

    • Paper by Scott Murray,

    <p>This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the…

  • Cities under Climate Threat - Philadelphia, Rome and Venice

    • Paper by Edgar Stach, Dr., Ing, AIA/IA · Shreya Kanther · Alexis Manfre

    The impacts of climate change, driven by increasing extreme temperature, sea-level rise, and heavy precipitations, interact and play an essential

  • 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

  • Architectural Ceramic Assemblies featured image

    Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

    • Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,

    <p>This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo…