Detailing & Engineering Of Complex Geometry Copper Panels
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Detailing and Engineering of copper panels with complex geometries:
A case study in developing a…
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Terracotta 1912 to 2018
Center Three is a 100-year-old, one million square-foot building in Long Island City, New York that was constructed over the course of one year. It
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Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing
The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately… -
Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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… -
Design Considerations and the Complex Facade
The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture
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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
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The Myth of Simplicity
There were good why reasons early US Modernism first evolved in California– wide open sites with no constraints (physical or zoning), and effectively… -
European Facade Networks
The European climate and energy targets for 2020 demand significant improvement of the energy performance of buildings since one third of the… -
Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls
Apertures is a six-story, commercial building in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City–a neighborhood severely impacted by the 1985 and 2017… -
Stainless Steel 101
This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation… -
New Course on Building Façade Design Developed at Oklahoma State University
A façade, which is also called a ‘secondary structural system’, typically separates the exterior from the interior of a building. In recent times,… -
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
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Kinematic Structural Glass
The structural glass storefront facade at 111 Main Street in Salt Lake City lends itself as a case study in accommodating large building… -
Facade Mock-ups
Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite… -
Efficiency-Driven Facade Optimization
As overall project schedules continue to contract and rising costs impact our design decisions, the importance of the design-assist phase for facades
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Structural Silicone Sealant and Glass Fins
Structural silicone sealant is commonly used in glass fin applications, both as a weatherseal and as for structural attachment. A common concern for… -
Structural Silicone Glazing
The recent 50 year anniversary of the first use of silicone sealant in a 4-sided structural silicone glazing application marks a sustainable and… -
A Structural Glass Design Manual
Other than limited special cases, there is a lack of standards providing guidance on the design of structural glass. This has resulted in an ad-hoc… -
Designing Structural Laminated Glass
Laminated glass with standard PVB has long been used for safety and security due to its ability to adhere the broken glass fragments together. As the… -
Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade
Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been