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    Detailing For Distance

    • Paper by Daniel Kelso,
    Quickly exceeding new facade service life expectations for tall buildings imposed by increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures have…
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    Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

    • Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,
    This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)…

  • Facade Design Beyond Buildings

    • Paper by Michele Andaloro, Associate Enrica Oliva, Partner and COO Lucio Blandini, Managing Director
    At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form…
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    Adaptive Facades

    • Paper by Walter Haase, Werner Sobek, Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro,
    Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries…
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    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,…

  • Mixed Reality in Facade Education

    • Paper by Phillip Anzalone AIA · Amber Bartosh, RA LEED AP BD+C

    Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design

  • Lithic Revival

    • Paper by Alex Terzich

    The recently completed Capital One Hall performing arts center located in the Washington DC metro area is defined by a pleated exterior of glass and

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    European Facade Networks

    • Paper by Ulrich Knaack, Uta Pottgiesser, Tillmann Klein, Andreas Luible, Siebe Bakker,
    The European climate and energy targets for 2020 demand significant improvement of the energy performance of buildings since one third of the…

  • Historical Evolution of Responsive Facades

    • Paper by Negar Heidari Matin, Ph.D. Candidate, LEED GA · Ali Eydgahi, Ph.D. · Shimming Shyu, Ph.D., RA, LEED AP BD+C · Payam H. Matin, Ph.D.

    Responsive facade system is considered a major component of high-performance building envelope that is capable of responding to environmental stimuli

  • Envelope For Service

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Miren Juaristi · Stefano Avesani · Giulia Santoro · Matteo Orlandi

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

  • City Development and Cladding Design

    • Paper by Hadil Abdallah · Girma Bitsuamlak · Hamid Vossoughi, PE, P. ENG.

    High-rise buildings in growing cities could become more vulnerable to variations in wind flow due to the continuous changes in urban topology. The

  • Thermoelectric Facades

    • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT · Zlatan Aksamija, PhD · Mahsa Farid Mohajer · Meenakshi Upadhyaya · Guy Vigneau

    This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE)