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  • Sacramento Capitol Annex Skylights

    • Paper by Sophie Pennetier · Houston Drum

    This article documents the development or the design of two skylights on the Sacramento Capitol Annex Project throughout Design Assist and sheds

  • Blast Performance

    • Paper by Jon Kimberlain · Jie Feng · Will Wholey · Dan Aggromito · Valérie Hayez

    Designing for blast performance for glazing units can be very complex. The test methods for evaluating performance include subjecting units to actual

  • Building by Numbers

    • Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis PhD | PE | FRSA

    This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project

  • Deconstructing the Window

    • Paper by Helen Sanders · Jörg Lenz · Petra Sommer

    Over the years, the industry has relied heavily on the increasing performance of low-e coatings to drive window U-factors (thermal transmittance)

  • Hybrid Timber

    • Paper by Stacey Hooper, AIA, LEED BD+C

    This case study provides an overview of building hybrid curtain wall system and future opportunities for the use of timber. It will also review the

  • The Thermal Blanket Concept

    • Paper by Bharat Patel, PE, CEM, LEED AP · Michael Bulander, AIA, LEED AP

    This paper tells the story of a Double Skin Facade (DSF), where high performance and multi-disciplinary collaboration saves a library concept of

  • Addressing Embodied Carbon

    • Paper by Helen Sanders, PhD · Adam Nizich

    Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and

  • Sisteccer XIII — International Facade Conference

    • Event by SISTECCER — International Facades Congress

    SISTECCER, a joint production of ALUAR, DOW and VASA, has been consolidated through its previous twelve editions as a meeting place of excellence with experts from the country and abroad, to expand knowledge in technologies for building envelopes.

  • Attention to Overheating in Curtainwall Buildings

    • Paper by Yuzhen Zhou NFRC CS, LEED AP

    Several years ago, Technoform and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) researched the thermal performance of different aluminum

  • Form as Energy

    • Paper by Matthew Fineout

    All too often, high-performance building envelopes are considered in terms of new materials and technologies that push specific systems to improve

  • BuildingNY 2021

    • Event by New York Build

    High Performance Façades: Delivering Better Thermal, Safety, and Acoustical Performance, Presented by the Facade Tectonics Institute

  • Towards Net Zero Enclosures

    • Paper by Jessica Santonastaso, AIA · Alan Estabrook, AIA

    As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis. Architecture2030

  • 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

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    Facade Tectonics Forum: MINNEAPOLIS

    • Minneapolis, United States

    FTI touched down in Minneapolis to confront themes central to the ever-evolving facade: energy-efficiency and sustainability, digital technology, kinetic and dynamic components, and material evolution.

    Forum by Facade Tectonics Institute, Inc.