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Differentiated Building Skin
- Paper by James Warton
The Los Angeles Stadium’s doubly curved skin is composed of over 35,000 unique triangular panels covering 296,502 square feet of surface area. The

March 14, 2018
EUI of Building Clusters
- Paper by Srinivas M. Rao, AIA, AICP, LEED AP,
Large master planned developments such as Battery Park City in Manhattan, Mission Bay in San Francisco, and Playa Vista in Los Angeles were built…
March 14, 2018
Designing with Photovoltaics
- Paper by Wayne Walker, Associate, Project Architect Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Sam Crawford, Intern
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With…
March 15, 2020
Preserving a Historic Facade
- Paper by Maria Mohammed, S.E. · John Fidler, RIBA, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT
Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former

March 15, 2020
Shade and Spectacle
- Paper by Warren Techentin, FAIA, NCARB, LEED, Adjunct Associate Professor
This paper will look at the different facades of the Elysian Fields apartment building designed by Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH] and…
March 26, 2020
Orientation Specific Solar Control
- Paper by Clifton Fordham
During the postwar era, and before the universal adoption of air-conditioning in the United States, leading architects participated in the design of

March 11, 2020
Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades
- Paper by Andrea Zani · Carmelo Guido Galante · Lisa Rammig
Closed cavity facades (CCF), a configuration of Double Skin Facade (DSF), consists of a double-glazed unit on the inner layer and single glazing on

January 22, 2020