Blurred Edges
Sealed indoor environments have created artificial, homogeneous ecosystems that sever ties between humans and the natural world. This paper
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Collaborative Methodology for Fastracking Challenging Facade Concepts
The goal is to explore the role and methodology employed between the architect and engineer as they look to resolve the opposing demands of design
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Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems
The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within one… -
Systems Thinking
This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A… -
Seismic Movements
A common building upgrade to add value to existing commercial real estate is the renewal of the entrance lobby. The lobby facade is replaced to give… -
Advanced Simulation for Thermal Stress Assessment
In recent years, the desire for increased performance, transparency and visual flatness of glazing elements in curtain walls has generated renewed… -
Ceramic Precast Composite Panels
An innovative lightweight ceramic precast composite panel is introduced in this paper that offers the unique benefits of prefabricated off-site… -
Towards A Data Driven Fabrication Process
Today's evolving digital tools allow designers to be more creative in designing new forms and geometries. Adapting similar tools to the fabrication… -
Form as Energy
All too often, high-performance building envelopes are considered in terms of new materials and technologies that push specific systems to improve… -
Bringing an Icon Into the Future: Willis Tower
Few buildings are as iconic as Willis Tower. Generations of Chicagoans have a collective memory of this building playing a role in their entire… -
Iconic Buildings
The iconic building principal incentive is to be visually attractive or stand out, for this purpose three main features must be accomplished: have a… -
Process of Repair Evaluation
As the building stock ages around the country and the consequences of design and/or construction that are deficient or lack resiliency become
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Contextual Envelopes
Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address
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Facade Games
This paper provides an overview of a course focusing on the façade as taught to architecture students over a twenty-year period. The need for this
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Lithic Revival
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… -
Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing
The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately… -
Unitized Curtain Wall
Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection, lower
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Facade with Innovation
Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex
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Delivering Beauty
Amidst the critical conversations about the need to build better and more efficient building skins, designers are also mindful of the need for the… -
Daylighting Post-Occupancy Evaluation Study
Daylighting is a key strategy to energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort, health, and productivity in buildings. However, providing desired