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  • Structural Skin

    • Paper by John Neary

    Many prominent, recent buildings feature forms suggesting structural surface while their enclosures are really non-load-bearing curtain wall. At the

  • Vertical Louvered Solar Control

    • Paper by Clifton Fordham, RA, LEED AP

    Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern

  • Patchwork

    • Paper by Alexander G. Worden, AIA

    It may be difficult for modern man to believe that what is known as handicraft was once the advanced manufacturing of the day. These techniques were

  • Low-Carbon Cladding and Shading Design

    • Paper by Prateek Jain, LEED · Isabelle Hens, LEED GA, WELL AP, EIT

    In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available for

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    Autonomous or Appropriate

    • Paper by Katrin Terstegen, Assistant Professor
    This paper examines two profoundly different design approaches: one, herein called ‘autonomous’, where the building’s design is governed by internal…

  • The Myth of Simplicity

    • Paper by Gerry Lang

    There were good why reasons early US Modernism first evolved in California– wide open sites with no constraints (physical or zoning), and effectively

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    Designing with Photovoltaics

    • Paper by Wayne Walker, Associate, Project Architect Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Sam Crawford, Intern
    Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With…
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    Go Big or Go Home!

    • Paper by Patrick Loughran, FAIA, PE, LEED AP, Richard Barrett, AIA, Senior Associate
    This paper will focus on the design and detailing of large-format glass enclosures intended to maximize transparency using state-of-the-art materials…

  • Structuring Skin

    • Paper by John Neary

    Curtain wall is the prevailing type of enclosure on modern buildings because of its economy, its independence from structure that allows flexibility

  • 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…

  • Facade Tectonics Forum: TORONTO

    The sold out 2019 Toronto Forum brought together AECO industry thought leaders to confront themes central to ever-evolving facade technology, themes engaging facade design, delivery, renewal, materiality, sustainability and resilience.

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    Facade Mock-ups

    • Paper by Andy Lang, AScT, Principal / Facade Specialist
    Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite…

  • Facade Tectonics Forum: NYC

    .FTI's 2019 NYC Forum was an intimate, provocative and forward-looking dialogue with thought leaders from all sectors of the building industry; owners, architects, consultants, contractors and more.

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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.