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Architectural Ceramic Assemblies
- Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY) a…

March 14, 2018
Renewing Historic Facades
- Paper by Christine Reynolds, PE, Principal Hans Thummel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C,
As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the envelo…

March 22, 2020
Preserving a Historic Facade
- Paper by Maria Mohammed, S.E., Design Engineer John Fidler, RIBA, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT, President
Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former Ma…

March 15, 2020
Saving Face
- Paper by Xsusha CarlyAnn Flandro, FAIC, APT-RP, Architectural Conservator
In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of wa…

March 20, 2020
Put Your Sweater On!
- Paper by Eric Haas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
During the particularly cold first months of 1977 President Jimmy Carter, in what some call “The Sweater Speech,” famously noted how much energy coul…

January 22, 2020

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