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  • Determination of Surface Flaw Parameters for Annealed and Fully Tempered Glass Exposed to NaCl

    • Paper by Nabhajit Goswami, PhD, Senior Facade Engineer Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP, Associate Professor Patrick Ferro, PhD, PE, MBA, Professor Stephen M Morse, PhD, PE, Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Affiliated Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
    The use of glass in the exterior facades provides greater light transmission into the building and improved views for occupants. Coastal areas in…

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    FTI LA-hub: CircuClarity!

    Our upcoming FTI Student Forum explores the intersection of Facades, Carbon, and Circularity. In a fast paced spitfire format, architecture students present their recent work and research.

    Forum by Facade Tectonics Institute, Inc.

  • BM Windows Joint Stock Company

    • Organization

    BM Windows is a leading façade specialist in Vietnam, delivering advanced aluminum and glass solutions for high-performance buildings.

  • GPD South America

    • Event by Glass Performance Days, NürnbergMesse Brasil

    The 2020 edition of Glass Performance Days South America (GPD SAME) will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the 24th and 25th of March 2021. The event is expected to attract participants from different parts of the world.

  • seele

    • Organization

    The seele group, with headquarters in Gersthofen in Bavaria, is one of the world’s top companies specializing in the design and construction of facades and complex building envelopes made from glass, steel, aluminum, membranes and other high-tech materials.

  • Solar Reflection Mitigation

    • Paper by Kais Al-Rawi, AIA

    Glass by nature is a reflective material, and it is well-known and documented that issues of glare can occur due to solar reflection. This phenomenon

  • Laminated Security Glazing

    • Paper by Vaughn Schauss,
    Glass is an essential component for any type of building. Its transparency enhances daylighting and provides occupants a view to the outside. Whether…
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    Design Considerations

    • Paper by Stephen M. Morse, Ph.D., Kayla Natividad, Ph.D., H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D.,
    Window glass design using ASTM E 1300 entails determining glass thickness(es) and types so that the window glass construction load resistance…
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    Subjective Perception and Objective Measurement

    • Paper by Caroline Lama, Antonio Luz, Ashley Reed,
    Current glass industry standards provide clear tolerances for readily quantifiable physical properties to assist with the evaluation of visual…
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    The Seismic Capability of Curtainwalls

    • Paper by Peter Lalas MIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus), Principal Facade Engineer
    The testing of aluminum/glass curtainwalls for seismic capability, mainly inter-story drift, has been carried out on many curtainwalls over the last…

  • Transparent Aerogel Window

    • Paper by Bryan Toton, ENV SP

    Incorporating a novel, transparent monolithic aerogel into insulated glass units (IGUs) for windows and building enclosures will provide the

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    Integrating Structure and Cladding

    • Paper by Jerome Engelking, Christian Stutzki, Principal
    The project represents a successful integration of a glass facade with the primary structure of the building. The choice of the building material is…
  • Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan featured image

    Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    • Paper by Jerry Ma, jerry.t.ma@dow.com Jason JS Lin, Project Manager
    U-shaped annealed profiled glass, or U channel glass is used in both the interior and exterior glass façade for decades, as it has long and durable…

  • Lightweight Veneer in High-rise Unitized Facades

    • Paper by Michael Chen, P.E. · Antonio Luz, R.A.

    Manufactured veneer panels such as glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), ultra high performance concrete (UHPC), sintered stone, and terracotta are

  • Creating Transformational Geometry

    • Paper by Tom Peterson, System Designer Manager Austin Bensend, PE, SE, Director - Design Engineering
    Over the past two decades, the art of cold-forming glass has grown from an unknown approach to a widely accepted strategy for achieving an array of…