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  • The Performative Double-Skin featured image

    The Performative Double-Skin

    • Paper by Jeffrey Abramson, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal Alejandra Menchaca, PhD, LEED AP, WELL AP, Vice President
    Double-Skin Facades (DSF) are well-known to boost the thermal performance of a façade: they can provide extra insulation in the wintertime and lower…
  • Facade Technology in Educational Methodology featured image

    Facade Technology in Educational Methodology

    • Paper by Roger Schroeder, Lecturer Joseph A. Ebert, Professor
    With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design…

  • World Congress 2020: A Home Run!

    Facades Month and the World Congress, long delayed and virtually conducted, is now in the rear-view mirror with some of us still recovering from the experience. It was an intensive undertaking. And I tell you this, my friends: it was stupendous!

  • Building Facade as a Branding Vehicle

    • Article by Karine Charlebois, PE, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate

    Building facades for flagship stores play an important role in people’s perception of a brand. Facade system and material selection as well as detailing therefore have to take careful consideration of the image to be conveyed. - Karine Charlebois PE, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

  • From Design to Experiment featured image

    From Design to Experiment

    • Paper by E. Yagdir CELIKER, MSc., Research Assistant Oguz C. CELIK, PhD., Professor of Structural&Earthquake Engineering
    Flat cable-net facades are form-active structures which provide maximum transparency by means of point fixing components, tensioned cables, and…
  • Let Thin Glass in the Facade Move featured image

    Let Thin Glass in the Facade Move

    • Paper by Prof. DI Dr. Jürgen Neugebauer, DI Dr. Markus Wallner-Novak,
    Facades play an important role in the control of energy flow and energy consumption in buildings as they represent the interface between the outdoor…

  • Modeling Megapanels

    • Paper by Elizabeth Bishop, AIA, LEED AP · Emily Green, NCARB, LEED GA · Lisa Podesto, PE

    Large format, steel-stud framed “megapanel” facades with rainscreen cladding create uniquely complicated requirements for digital documentation and

  • Unitized Cavity Wall Design and Implementation

    • Paper by Dan Bettenhausen, Ph.D., Director of Mechanical Engineering
    Double Skin Facades (DSF), constructed from individual aluminum framed curtain wall assemblies, provide a means of achieving acoustic and thermal…
  • Inside the Box featured image

    Inside the Box

    • Paper by Michael Plewacki,
    The trend towards modular and unitized facades continues to grow in popularity due largely in part to the efficiencies gained in terms of cost and…
  • Shade and Spectacle featured image

    Shade and Spectacle

    • Paper by Warren Techentin, FAIA, NCARB, LEED, Adjunct Associate Professor
    This paper will look at the different facades of the Elysian Fields apartment building designed by Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH] and…

  • ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies

    • Paper by Audrey L Worden, ISSF · Kihong R. Ku, DDes · Alexander G. Worden, RA NCARB

    Airflow within the cavity of double-skin facades is a key component of adaptive building envelopes which change thermophysical properties to meet

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    Catalytic Conversion

    • Paper by Damon Caldwell, Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
    Nowadays, the power of images is seductive. Bold and complex facades often have an innovative appearance but superficial tectonic depth;…

  • Structural Skin: Integrating Structure and Cladding

    From gothic masonry to the sculptural building facades of today, exposed structural surfaces are often the most defining element of architecture. Increasingly, however, designers sit at a nexus of these aesthetic considerations and performance-driven design.

  • Investigating Heat Development in Shadow Box Façade Systems

    • Paper by Ahmet Faruk Cakir, Master's Student in Facade Engineering and Werkstudent at Schüco Prof. Daniel Arztmann, Head of Custom Design International and Professor at TH OWL
    The prevalence of fully glazed facades in modern office buildings has been steadily increasing, primarily driven by architects' focus on aesthetic…

  • Facade Wind Loading

    • Paper by Timothy Brewer, CEng, MICE · George Kantrales, Ph.D. · Eric Sammarco, Ph.D., P.E. · Carrie Davis, P.E., LEED Green Assoc.

    Wind induced pressure is a major design consideration for building facades. However, the effects of facade geometry and urban terrain on wind loading

  • The Great Spandrel Glass Debate

    • Paper by Richard Green SE PE P.Eng CPEng IntPE APEC Engineer M.ASCE M.IEAust, Principal / Owner
    As we change the rules of thermal performance for facades, we are changing the conditions the glass is subject to in shadow boxes and glazed spandrel…

  • Hydrophobic Stainless Steel Surfaces

    • Paper by Fred Deuschle · Jim Halliday · Mike McGuire

    There is no doubting the longevity of stainless steel building facades. The Chrysler Building and numerous buildings that followed have stood the