Structural Skin
Many prominent, recent buildings feature forms suggesting structural surface while their enclosures are really non-load-bearing curtain wall. At the…
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Reglaze or Replace?
Originally known as The Master Building, 310 Riverside Drive in Manhattan's Upper West Side is a 28-story tower completed in 1929 as an apartment
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EVA Interlayers in Hardened Facades
Explosions can result in very high loads of extremely short durations. Protective design to mitigate the effects of blast loading requires façade… -
Spandrel Thermal Simulation Techniques
Glazed wall systems, such as curtain walls and window walls, are one of the most commonly used façade systems in modern buildings in North America.… -
Exploring Interoperability between Rhino and Revit through Rhino.inside
This paper presents a comprehensive interoperability workflow achieved between Rhino and Revit through Rhino-Inside. The study focuses on two case… -
Facades for High-Performance Workplaces
How has the role of the façade evolved in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing fight to combat the climate change crisis? As companies grapple… -
Unitized Cavity Wall Design and Implementation
Double Skin Facades (DSF), constructed from individual aluminum framed curtain wall assemblies, provide a means of achieving acoustic and thermal… -
Efficiency-Driven Facade Optimization
As overall project schedules continue to contract and rising costs impact our design decisions, the importance of the design-assist phase for facades… -
Investigating Heat Development in Shadow Box Façade Systems
The prevalence of fully glazed facades in modern office buildings has been steadily increasing, primarily driven by architects' focus on aesthetic… -
Advanced Simulation for Thermal Stress Assessment
In recent years, the desire for increased performance, transparency and visual flatness of glazing elements in curtain walls has generated renewed… -
Attention to Overheating in Curtainwall Buildings
Several years ago, Technoform and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) researched the thermal performance of different aluminum… -
ACT Facade
Due to material and technological advancement during the last century, transparency has become a prominent trend in contemporary architecture.… -
The Facade and Energy Codes
Ever-increasing performance requirements in the latest version of the energy codes are compelling project teams to consider the thermal performance… -
The Carbon Footprint of Aluminum Fenestration
The historical focus on reducing the carbon footprint of a building has recently shifted to include more emphasis on embodied carbon, the carbon… -
Spandrel Glass Design
Currently, most spandrel glass in commercial curtain walls comprises insulating glass fabricated using an interior heat strengthened glass lite that… -
Structural Silicone Glazing
The recent 50 year anniversary of the first use of silicone sealant in a 4-sided structural silicone glazing application marks a sustainable and… -
Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
U-shaped annealed profiled glass, or U channel glass is used in both the interior and exterior glass façade for decades, as it has long and durable… -
Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts
Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate… -
Glass Spandrels and Shadow Boxes
Glass spandrels are a common design strategy utilized to opacify floor levels in building facades. These opaque glass assemblies are integrated into
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Inside the Box
The trend towards modular and unitized facades continues to grow in popularity due largely in part to the efficiencies gained in terms of cost and…