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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Paper by Roman Schieber, Thorsten Helbig,
Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both projects…

March 14, 2018
Glass Strength Under Point Loading
- Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP, John Knowles, PE SE, Kedar Malusare,
Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to accoun…

March 14, 2018
Glass and Electromagnetic Eavesdropping Protection
- Paper by Eric Stein,
Glass is a key component in building design. Benefits of utilizing Insulating Glass Units (IGUs) within a building facade are well understood, includ…

March 14, 2018
Designing Structural Laminated Glass
- Paper by Vaughn Schauss
Laminated glass with standard PVB has long been used for safety and security due to its ability to adhere the broken glass fragments together. As the…

March 14, 2018
Adaptive Facades
- Paper by Walter Haase · Werner Sobek · Enrica Oliva · Michele Andaloro
Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries …

March 12, 2018
Simplicity is Deceiving
- Paper by Giovanni De Mari, BSc(Hons) MScEng Ing CEng MICE, Senior Engineer Kerry Hegedus, architect (WA, AZ), architect, senior associate
The case study presented is a 195 meters tall office tower with a raised podium made of 16 meters full height glass panels (and smaller). The panels …

March 22, 2020
The Glass Failure Prediction Model
- Paper by James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE · Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM · H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM
ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…

February 21, 2020
Glazing Design By ASTM E 1300
- Paper by H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM · Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM · James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE
ASTM E 1300 “Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings” defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being th…

January 29, 2020

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