Facing Density
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight …
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight …
Due to material and technological advancement during the last century, transparency has become a prominent trend in contemporary architecture. Howeve…
Designing a sustainable rainscreen wall assembly has become an essential part of most new construction projects. Industry principles and energy codes…
Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy can …
The Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) on the Allston Campus is the largest new building at Harvard University in recent decades with a footprint …
The building envelope is at the intersection of embodied and operational emissions. Curtain wall specifically could play an important role in reducin…
The Green Village at the TU Delft is a living lab for sustainable innovations. The Co Creation Centre (CCC) will be their new meeting center (13.5 x …
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and build…
For over 60 years architects, engineers, and consultants have been specifying stainless steels for use in building skins and in some structural appli…
The recent 50 year anniversary of the first use of silicone sealant in a 4-sided structural silicone glazing application marks a sustainable and prov…
Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate resil…
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of measur…
Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must be…
In this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Richard Powers a series of fables is woven through a narrative populated by an expansive cast of unlikely characters, trees paramount among them; one a giant redwood named Mimas. Redwoods can live for thousands of years and grow to well over 300 feet tall.
Special guests Jennifer O'Connor from Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, Anthony Pak from Priopta, and Stacy Smedley from Skanska join us to discuss embodied carbon.
Ajla Aksamija, the chair of FTI’s education committee, reports on a virtual education experience bringing students and professionals together. The outcome exceeded all expectations and points to a new model for facades education.
Dive deeper into the top papers from the 2020 World Congress! We invite you to tune in to the third episode of the series with Rebecca Hartwell, PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, who will be speaking about her winning paper, "End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design."
Dive deeper into the top papers from the 2020 World Congress! We invite you to tune in to the first episode of the series with Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C who will be speaking about his winning paper, "The First Triple Certified Facade: Merging sustainability and Building well-being."
Aging modern heritage buildings and structures face complex repair and reinvestment challenges. Manufactured composite materials and multi-material assemblies often cannot be cost-effectively repaired or replaced in kind.