There were good why reasons early US Modernism first evolved in California– wide open sites with no constraints (physical or zoning), and effectively
Special guests Uta Pottgiesser of TU Delft and Angel Ayón of AYON Studio Architecture and Preservation discuss their recent book, Reglazing Modernism, where they explore facade intervention strategies on Modern-era buildings through international case studies.
Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern
In 1888 the art historian Heinrich Wölfflin proposed the notion that the primary characteristic of baroque architecture is the illusion of movement.
As facades become more sophisticated and complex, more detail-intensive and performance-critical, it's vital that architecture students develop a
Curtain wall is the prevailing type of enclosure on modern buildings because of its economy, its independence from structure that allows flexibility
St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s Lady Chapel glass wall and the Trinity Church glazed canopy demonstrate that structural glass can be a great solution to improve the functionality of a historic building without competing with its original fabric.
This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the American
The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the