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Towards Net Zero Enclosures
- Paper by Jessica Santonastaso, AIA, Architect, Associate Alan Estabrook, AIA, Architect, Associate
As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis. Architecture2030…
October 11, 2022
Bringing an Icon Into the Future: Willis Tower
- Paper by Stephen Katz
Few buildings are as iconic as Willis Tower. Generations of Chicagoans have a collective memory of this building playing a role in their entire

October 11, 2022
Sustainable Façades
- Paper by Dr. Thomas Henriksen, Jean-Marc Moulin Norsk, Dr. Jacopo Montali,
Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent…
October 11, 2022
Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus
- Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter
The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right

December 16, 2019
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

October 11, 2022
Form as Energy
- Paper by Matthew Fineout
All too often, high-performance building envelopes are considered in terms of new materials and technologies that push specific systems to improve

March 14, 2018
Facades for High-Performance Workplaces
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Assoc. DBIA
How has the role of the façade evolved in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing fight to combat the climate change crisis? As companies grapple

September 02, 2024