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  • SSG and Seismic featured image

    SSG and Seismic

    • Paper by Jon Kimberlain, Senior Scientist Valerie Hayez, Senior Scientist Jie Feng, Research Scientist Mark Mirgon, R&D Technologist
    With the advent of more sophisticated analysis methods and the desire to optimize geometries of structural silicone joints in high performance…
  • Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade featured image

    Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade

    • Paper by Victoria Ereskina, Façade Design Professional John Neary, Sr. Façade Specialist
    Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been…
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    Lithic Revival

    • Paper by Alex Terzich,
    The recently completed Capital One Hall performing arts center located in the Washington DC metro area is defined by a pleated exterior of glass and…

  • PowerSKIN Conference

    • Event by TU Delft, TU Darmstadt

    The next PowerSKIN Conference will be held virtually in Munich on April 9th. The focus of the 2021 conference deals with the question of whether simplicity and robustness are in contradiction to good performance or whether they even complement each other: Simplicity vs. Performance?

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    Subjective Perception and Objective Measurement

    • Paper by Caroline Lama, Antonio Luz, Ashley Reed,
    Current glass industry standards provide clear tolerances for readily quantifiable physical properties to assist with the evaluation of visual…
  • Specifying Commercial Aluminum Finishes featured image

    Specifying Commercial Aluminum Finishes

    • Paper by Ben Mitchell, MBA,
    Many factors will influence coating selection, but to achieve the desired performance level for a given situation, coatings must be specified based…

  • Exo-Skins

    • Paper by Nick Braaksma · Malini Srivastava, AIA · Chad Ulven

    Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings

  • Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass

    • Paper by Francis Serruys · Dr. Romain Decourcelle

    Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when

  • Anisotropic Effects in Architectural Glass featured image

    Anisotropic Effects in Architectural Glass

    • Paper by Luis M. Hidalgo, Michael Elstner,
    Iridescence effects, quench marks, leopard marks… The names given to optical anisotropy in toughened and heat-strengthened glass are diverse and…

  • Saving Face

    • Paper by Xsusha CarlyAnn Flandro, FAIC, APT-RP

    In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of

  • Invert Auto-Shading

    • Paper by Jae Yong Suk · Doris Sung

    Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to

  • Transfer Topologies

    • Paper by Nada Tarkhan

    This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.