The tragic fire of June 14, 2017 at the Grenfell Tower in London, England has brought to a very public global forum issues related to the impact of
Facades play an important role in the control of energy flow and energy consumption in buildings as they represent the interface between the outdoor
Projecting imagery onto building facades is not only becoming a marketing necessity for successful urban spectacles but is also altering social urban
This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will
Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight
The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the
Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource harvesting
This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary
Window glass design using ASTM E 1300 entails determining glass thickness(es) and types so that the window glass construction load resistance
Glass structural elements have become increasingly common to the point of ubiquity; however, there currently is no universally recognized and
The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants produced
During the particularly cold first months of 1977 President Jimmy Carter, in what some call “The Sweater Speech,” famously noted how much energy