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2021 Construction Forecast
- Article by Valerie Block
Sustainababble: Moving beyond talk and taking action!
- Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+
Skin Stuff: Expanding the facade materials palette
- Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+, Executive Editor, SKINS
Facades Education in the Time of the Pandemic—Perhaps We Can Learn Something from This?
- Article by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT

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Sustainable Facades book cover photo only Ajla

Article by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT

Summer Sessions at UMass: Sustainable, High-Performance Facades

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Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration

Material Matters: Embodied Carbon Considerations Impacting Design Practices for Facade Systems, Buildings, and Urban Habitat

Facade Futures

Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration

Facade Futures 2018: Considering long-term trends in curtainwall technology

Interior view of Puma facade

Article by Karine Charlebois, PE, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate

Building Facade as a Branding Vehicle

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Skin Deep: Health, Wellness, and the Facade System
- Article by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, SKINS Content Editor
Here we are, a full year after the initial COVID-19 surge rocked the United States. It’s hard to believe we’ve been living through the pandemic for a full year at this point; and yet it also feels like it’s been multiple years. We are beginning to see glimmers of hope on the horizon as more people..

March 30, 2021
FTI DIALOGUES: Pushing Change
- Article by Valerie Block, FTI Board of Directors
Pushing Change: R&D Innovation Processes in Construction Building Products, the second installment of the FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors Series, took place virtually on Friday, March 26th.

March 26, 2021
FTI DIALOGUES: Collaborative Project Delivery Reloaded
- Article by April Rawson, FTI Special Advisory Council
The Facade Tectonics Institute kicked off their first installment of FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors Series virtually on Friday, March 19th. High-performance facade systems are recognized as a key element in achieving sustainable building performance while also being tasked with providing

March 19, 2021
Tree Magic - The Overstory
- Article by Valerie Block
In this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Richard Powers a series of fables is woven through a narrative populated by an expansive cast of unlikely characters, trees paramount among them; one a giant redwood named Mimas. Redwoods can live for thousands of years and grow to well over 300 feet tall.

February 25, 2021
Talking Trees & Timber: In Buildings, Facades and Urban Habitat
- Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+, SKINS Executive Editor
Okay, okay; I have a tree-thing going on. This issue was supposed to be about green facades, but it morphed on me as I laid it out. But here’s the thing: if you don’t have a tree-thing going on, you should. I read The Overstory (graciously reviewed here by our Val Block) followed by a viewing of...

February 24, 2021

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