Balustrade Design Loads
A review of balustrade practices from around the world, and why practices in United States and countries using ICC code/ASCE 7 designs are failing to
A review of balustrade practices from around the world, and why practices in United States and countries using ICC code/ASCE 7 designs are failing to
With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight
Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern
There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the
As facades become more sophisticated and complex, more detail-intensive and performance-critical, it's vital that architecture students develop a
It may be difficult for modern man to believe that what is known as handicraft was once the advanced manufacturing of the day. These techniques were
The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the
The reaches of architecture are inherently linked to the efficacy of communication, and as emerging technology broadens the conceptual horizon of the
Tokyo’s prestigious Ginza District, is home to innovative architectural design. One of the most recent examples is Ginza Six (GSIX), the largest
This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A
This paper examines two profoundly different design approaches: one, herein called ‘autonomous’, where the building’s design is governed by internal
In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what most
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
This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create