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  • 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

  • Honing the Craft

    • Paper by Patrick Delorey

    Finishing of custom-fabricated architectural façade components represents one of the most significant components to their cost. Manually driven

  • Fire Safety in High Rise Exterior Facades

    • Paper by Angela M. Ogino

    One of the most complex yet least understood areas where fire can spread is at the perimeter of a building. Fire can not only spread from

  • CR∆CKİNG THЄ C󉘳DЄ // DYN∆MİC L∆B F∆C∆DЄS

    • Paper by Amanda King, AIA, LEED AP BD&C, CPHC · Dayita Kumar, LEED GA · Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CPHC

    The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office

  • Glazed Spandrels

    • Paper by Julien Schwartz, M.Eng. · Patrick Roppel, M.A.Sc, P.Eng. · Stéphane Hoffman, M.Eng, M.Arch, P.Eng, P.E. · Neil Norris, M.A.Sc, P.Eng, C.P.H.D.

    Recent years have seen an increased use of insulated glazing units in spandrel applications to visually blend the appearance between the vision and

  • Build Test Iterate Repeat

    • Paper by Elizabeth L McCormick, RA, CPHC, LEED AP

    The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing need

  • The Tectonics of Flimsiness

    • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI

    Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural

  • Unitized Curtain Wall

    • Paper by Brian Masuda · Kathleen Kulpa · Margaret Tyrpa

    Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection, lower

  • Edge Lighting Glazing with Hidden Fixtures

    • Paper by Dave McCarroll · Dan Weinreber · Lei Fu

    Dynamic architectural lighting in urban areas is a key element in creating attractive nighttime icons in addition to potentially generating

  • Kinetics in Building Facades

    • Paper by Sean Cullen · Professor Greg Keeffe

    The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the

  • The Evolution of AEC Professional Silos

    • Paper by David Olsen, AIA · Megan Leon, P.E. · Christopher Chiuchiolo, LEED AP · Andrea Bono, P.E., LEED AP BD+C · Nick Rustia, P.E. · Diane T Sands, MLIS, MFA, MS-GIST

    Healthcare projects in northern California require specialized knowledge to navigate regulation, technological advancements, and project execution

  • Parametric Facade Design

    • Paper by Patricia E. Camporeale · María del Pilar Mercader Moyano

    Parametric Design has become an invaluable tool for complex tasks like designing energy efficient buildings when joined to performance-based

  • Realizing Bespoke Structural Glass Facades

    • Paper by Ned Kirschbaum, FAIA, CCCA, LEED AP · Peter Koukos · Alfonso Lopez, P.E.

    In the very earliest stages of a design, an architect imagines a unique glazed facade form and wonders, “Is this possible?” and “What will it cost?”

  • 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

  • Thinking About Facades

    • Paper by Marc Schiler, FASES, LC

    There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the

  • Modern Heritage and Facade Improvements

    • Paper by Uta Pottgiesser · Angel Ayón

    Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern