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In pursuit of nothing: Leveraging the facade system for net-zero-carbon
- Article by Rodrigo Borghino, Partner
August 06, 2024
Things to do in Utah
- Article by Val Block
June 16, 2024
Terra cotta today: An ancient material is new again
- Article by Mic Patterson
May 22, 2024
Deep green skins: Façade assembly design for adaptive capacity, durability, and disassembly
- Article by Mic Patterson PhD
The façade system is a potent potential lever for bringing transformative change to buildings and urban habitat in the pursuit of carbon reduction and net zero carbon goals. Nothing in architecture combines attributes of appearance and performance as does the building façade.

March 26, 2024
Design & Preservation Resource Roundup!
A collection of available public assets to assist in your resilient and sustainable building design and delivery.

March 18, 2024
Appropriate Repair and Retrofit for Carbon Reductions: OSCAR
- Article by Cory Rouillard, AIA, APT RP, LEED AP, Senior Associate
March 18, 2024
Exploring Heritage: Building on the Past
- Article by Mic Patterson
Welcome to this edition of the SKINS newsletter, which is all about carbon! As guest editor this month, I am representing FTI’s embodied carbon (EC) working group. This issue highlights several important topics relative to embodied and the trade-offs with operational carbon.

March 14, 2024
Leveraging Avoided Emissions Through Retrofit and Reuse: the CARE Tool
- Article by Lori Ferriss, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C
March 07, 2024
Guidelines for the Treatment of Aging Composite Materials and Assemblies
- Article by Caroline Alderson, FAPT
March 07, 2024
A Break From The Past: How the Guggenheim Renovation Made Thermally Broken Steel Windows a New Normal
- Article by Angel Ayón, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, Principal
March 07, 2024
The Energy Performance of Mid-Century Metal-and-Glass Curtain Walls
- Article by David Artigas, P.E.
March 07, 2024
Repainting the Existing Curtain Wall at Toronto Dominion Centre
- Article by Adrienne Cressman · Melissa Patterson · Michael McClelland · Liisa Morley
March 07, 2024
Stop Relying on Myths – Energy Efficient and Durable Heritage Building Enclosures
- Article by David Kayll, FMA, P.Eng, President and senior building science specialist
March 07, 2024
Building Rehab/Reuse, Decarbonization and Modern-Era Precast Facades
- Article by Mark Thompson Brandt, OAA, RAIC, FAPT-RP, LEED AP, CAHP,, Founding Partner
March 06, 2024
Introduction to APT
- Article by David Fixler, FAIA, FAPT LEED, Architect
March 12, 2024
Focus on carbon: Unlocking embodied carbon reductions in facade systems
- Article by FTI Embodied Carbon Working Group
January 28, 2024
Embodied Carbon
- Article by Helen Sanders
Welcome to this edition of the SKINS newsletter, which is all about carbon! As guest editor this month, I am representing FTI’s embodied carbon (EC) working group. This issue highlights several important topics relative to embodied and the trade-offs with operational carbon.

January 19, 2024
Focus on Facades Education
- Article by Ajla Aksamija
October 30, 2023
Creating equity in a built environment
- Article by Alexandra Blakeslee
July 10, 2023
Facade Futures: Building Resilience is Skin Deep
- Article by Ted Kesik, Ph.D., P.Eng.
May 26, 2023