Honing the Craft
Finishing of custom-fabricated architectural façade components represents one of the most significant components to their cost. Manually driven
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Performance Based Generative Facade Workflow for Large Scale Projects
Over the last two decades, in what has been coined “The Digital Turn”, the introduction of parametric design software has afforded increased
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Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework
Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events
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Vertical Louvered Solar Control
Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern… -
Green Façade/Roofs Design Tool
Climate change and related thermal issues, draw attention to the impact of green facades and roofs on energy savings and thermal comfort. Besides, by… -
DC Water Headquarters Case Study
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance
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The Vertical Campus Facade
Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale to
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Lightning Protection as Building Envelope
A building’s envelope mitigates the effects of meteorological phenomena – including lightning – upon the structure and its occupants and contents.… -
Sustainable Façades
Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent… -
Facade Technology in Educational Methodology
With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design
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The Carbon Footprint of Aluminum Fenestration
The historical focus on reducing the carbon footprint of a building has recently shifted to include more emphasis on embodied carbon, the carbon
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International Facade Education
Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to take… -
Facade Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies
Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the embodied
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Glazing Design By ASTM E 1300
ASTM E 1300 “Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings” defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being
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Sustainable Materials
Stainless steel has been successfully used in building envelopes since the completion of the Chrysler building in 1928. Today, it is used as both a… -
Low-Carbon Cladding and Shading Design
In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available for… -
New Course on Building Façade Design Developed at Oklahoma State University
A façade, which is also called a ‘secondary structural system’, typically separates the exterior from the interior of a building. In recent times,…