Papers

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  • ACT Facade

    • Paper by Paul-Rouven Denz · Daniel Arztmann · Natchai Suwannapruk

    Due to material and technological advancement during the last century, transparency has become a prominent trend in contemporary architecture.

  • ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies

    • Paper by Audrey L Worden, ISSF · Kihong R. Ku, DDes · Alexander G. Worden, RA NCARB

    Airflow within the cavity of double-skin facades is a key component of adaptive building envelopes which change thermophysical properties to meet

  • Breathing Lessons

    • Paper by Xaver Nuiding · Thomas Lorenz · Philipp Herreiner, MSc. · Dr.-Ing. Michael Engelmann

    For a new corporate headquarters in San Francisco’s Mission Bay district, SHoP Architects designed a semi-conditioned atrium space inside the

  • Translation from Concept to Construction

    • Paper by Ryan Donaghy, AIA · Matthew Spahr, PE

    Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent

  • The Double Skin Facade

    • Paper by Lee A. Fithian, AIA, AICP, NCARB, LEED AP

    The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants produced

  • Xilinx Case Study

    • Paper by Michael Martinez, LEED AP · Stet Sanborn, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC

    The transformation of a dark and inhumane 1970s tilt-up concrete office building into a high performance, light-filled modern workplace was enabled