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  • Ceramic Precast Composite Panels featured image

    Ceramic Precast Composite Panels

    • Paper by Edward Rubio, Edward J. Rubio, Gregory Lucier, Ph.D., Brian Moskow, PE, Sami H. Rizkalla, Ph.D., FACI, FASCE, FEIC, FCSCE, FIIFC, FPCI,
    An innovative lightweight ceramic precast composite panel is introduced in this paper that offers the unique benefits of prefabricated off-site…

  • Renewing Historic Facades

    • Paper by Christine Reynolds, PE · Hans Thummel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the

  • Renewing Two Saarinen Icons

    • Paper by David N. Fixler, FAIA · Gary Tondorf-Dick, AIA, LEED AP · Katherine S. Wissink, PE · Matthew B. Bronski, PE

    Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols

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    Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress

    • Los Angeles, United States

    The Facade Tectonics Institute's biennial World Congress, hosted October 12-13, 2022 in Los Angeles, gathers the built environment’s most influential players to discuss advancements revolutionizing the design and delivery of the building skin.

    World Congress by Facade Tectonics Institute, Inc.

  • Delivering Beauty

    • Paper by Michael Mulhern,
    Amidst the critical conversations about the need to build better and more efficient building skins, designers are also mindful of the need for the…
  • A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade featured image

    A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade

    • Paper by Alex Cox, LEED AP, James Hock, LEED AP BD+C, Laura Ziegler, Karin Lamberts,
    Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations…

  • BioFacades Classification

    • Paper by Mary Ben Bonham, Kyoung Hee Kim, Professor, Director of IDRL | Founder of EcoClosure Christiane M. Herr, Professor at the School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen
    Coauthors: Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA [corresponding] [presenting at the…

  • Daylighting Post-Occupancy Evaluation Study

    • Paper by Jae Yong Suk, Ph.D. · Helena Zambrano, AIA

    Daylighting is a key strategy to energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort, health, and productivity in buildings. However, providing desired

  • Facade with Innovation featured image

    Facade with Innovation

    • Paper by YU Hui, Director JIN Shihui, Project Manager
    Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex…
  • Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing featured image

    Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing

    • Paper by Adrian Turcato, Chris Stutzki, Erik Olsen,
    The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately…

  • Curved Forming Panel Facades

    • Paper by Roger Schroeder

    The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that

  • Thermal Stress Analysis in Glass

    • Paper by Michael Elstner, Director of Technical Advisory Service Michaela Poláková, TAS Engineer Steffen Schäfer,
    The use of glass in windows and curtain walls in residential as well as in commercial buildings needs to be designed very carefully. In addition to…

  • Kinetic Solar Envelope

    • Paper by Christina Koukelli · Alejandro Prieto · Serdar Asut

    Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact,

  • United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum

    • Paper by Ilja Aljoskin PMP · Lee Pepin · Neil Meredith RA

    Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the boundaries