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Façade Resilience Evaluation Framework
This paper discusses façade resilience and presents a novel qualitative evaluation framework that assesses potential risks associated with façade design and suggests way of reducing such design risk in a climate change scenario. Authors Fabio Favoino, Adèle Chalumeau, and Audrey Aquaronne.
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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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Facade Tectonics Institute Recognizes Industry Leaders with the Vitruvian Honors & Awards
In this first 2022 issue of SKINS, we pause to look back on 2021 through our most-read stories of the year, which we’ve recycled here in case you missed them. The very first thing we see is the inaugural Vitruvian Honors & Awards (VH&A) program conducted virtually. It was a spectacular event!
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Facade Tectonics Forum: NYC
The topic of the Forum is Carbon Crisis: Leveraging the Façade System for Carbon Reduction in Buildings
Forum by Facade Tectonics Institute, Inc.
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Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress
This year's World Congress was presented online through a virtual platform providing a unique forum for a diverse cross section of the design and real estate communities to discuss the innovations and advancements revolutionizing the design and delivery of the building skin.
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Façade Systems and Embodied Carbon
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of
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Facade Tectonics Institute Delivers Fifth Regional Forum at Rice University
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) hosted its fifth 2019 Regional Forum in the Material Matters series at Rice University. FTI is widely recognized for producing the leading technical events focused on buildings and urban habitat through the lens of the building skin.
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Facade Tectonics Institute Conducts Regional Forum at the University of Washington
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) is pleased to announce the organization hosted its fourth Regional Forum, Material Matters at the University of Washington
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Facade Tectonics Institute Hosts Sold-Out Regional Forum at University of Toronto
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) is a premier member organization for building industry professionals, academic, government, and nonprofit organizations and institutions focusing on healthy and livable communities. FTI recently hosted a sold-out Forum at University of Toronto
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Facade Tectonics Institute Hosts Second Regional Forum at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities Alumni Center
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) hosted the second event of its 2019 Regional Forum Series Phase Change at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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Facade Tectonics Hosts Inaugural Regional Forum at The University of Miami School of Architecture
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) hosted the first of its 2019 Regional Forum Series, Material Matters, at the University of Miami School of Architecture of
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Facade Tectonics Forum: NYC
FTI's half-day NYC Forum will take place virtually on Thursday, November 5, 2020, hosted by the Ornamental Metal Institute of New York. Join us for this year’s virtual event themed Pandemic Pantry: Digesting Covid-19 and Understanding the Lessons for Building and Facade Systems..
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Facade Tectonics Forum: SEATTLE
FTI's celebrated Forum in Seattle explored the "facade effect" on buildings and urban habitat with industry and academic thought leaders.
Forum by Facade Tectonics Institute, Inc.
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Facade Expansion Joint Systems
As awareness around the seismic performance of buildings grows, it is becoming increasingly necessary to integrate seismic expansion joint cover
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Facade Tectonics Institute Issues 2016 World Congress Call for Papers
The Facade Tectonics Institute has issued a call for papers for its 2016 Annual Conference and inaugural World Congress on October 10th-11th in Los Angeles. The two-day summit will feature speaking and poster presentations, panel discussions, workshops and exhibitors.