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A searchable database of research papers with a focus on building facade technology.

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The First Triple Certified Facade
- Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Put Your Sweater On!
- Paper by Eric Haas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design
- Paper by Rebecca Hartwell · Mauro Overend
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
- Paper by Roman Scheiber · Florian Meier

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Paper by James Tice

Facade Games

Paper by Jon Kimberlain · Adrienne Bowman-Grittini · Stanley Yee

Sustainable Silicone

Paper by Fangliang Chen, Ph.D., PE · Qiliang Lin, Ph.D. · Tejav DeGanyar, Ph.D., PE · Huiming Yin, Ph.D., PE,

An Energy-harvesting Building Facade

Paper by Ned Kirschbaum, FAIA, CCCA, LEED AP · Peter Koukos · Alfonso Lopez, P.E.

Realizing Bespoke Structural Glass Facades

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Facade Games
- Paper by James Tice
This paper provides an overview of a course focusing on the façade as taught to architecture students over a twenty-year period. The need for this s…

January 24, 2020
Sustainable Silicone
- Paper by Jon Kimberlain · Adrienne Bowman-Grittini · Stanley Yee
Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by …

January 24, 2020
An Energy-harvesting Building Facade
- Paper by Fangliang Chen, Ph.D., PE · Qiliang Lin, Ph.D. · Tejav DeGanyar, Ph.D., PE · Huiming Yin, Ph.D., PE,
In order to reduce energy consumption throughout the whole life-cycle of buildings and increase the comfort performance of building sectors, an energ…

January 24, 2020
Realizing Bespoke Structural Glass Facades
- Paper by Ned Kirschbaum, FAIA, CCCA, LEED AP · Peter Koukos · Alfonso Lopez, P.E.
In the very earliest stages of a design, an architect imagines a unique glazed façade form and wonders, “Is this possible?” and “What will it cost?” …

January 23, 2020
More Than a Facade
- Paper by Edward Losch, PhD, PE, SE, RA · Marc Maguire, PhD
In 2014, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) as an accredited ANSI Standards D…

January 23, 2020

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