Kinetic Solar Envelope
Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact,
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The Butterfly
Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology
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Reglaze or Replace?
Originally known as The Master Building, 310 Riverside Drive in Manhattan's Upper West Side is a 28-story tower completed in 1929 as an apartment
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Architectural Shape Optimization
This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary… -
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Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass, part of Vitro, North America’s largest glass producer, is exclusively dedicated to glass innovation and fueled by the same people, plants and products that made PPG Glass one of the industry’s most respected and reliable commercial glass manufacturers.
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Anisotropic Effects in Architectural Glass
Iridescence effects, quench marks, leopard marks… The names given to optical anisotropy in toughened and heat-strengthened glass are diverse and
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Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms
Facade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors like:
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Episode 14: Diversity & Inclusion in the Architectural Profession
Sharon Egretta Sutton of the Parsons School of Design joins us to address and discuss diversity and inclusion in the architectural profession. This episode is hosted by Alexandra Blakeslee of TECHNOFORM.
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Book Review of Research Methods for the Architectural Profession
The concept of research has been hashed and rehashed by the architectural profession for decades, but the dialogue has failed to provide a systemic platform for implementation. Akšamija cuts through the confusion and controversy like a sharp blade through soft fruit in a book released last month.
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Observations on Collaborative Process and Materiality from the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop
As an industry, we talk a lot about collaboration but the walk, not so much. This ceramics workshop is a stellar example of industry/academic/professional collaboration and worthy of the highest praise. We need more of this!
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Thermal and Fire Characteristics of FRP Composites for Architectural Applications
The advantages and challenges for FRP in architectural applications as discussed in our 2015 paper are still very much true today. As the advantages of FRP are discussed comprehensively elsewhere in this issue of SKINS, I will focus my comments on FRP fire behavior.
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TAKTL Llc
Manufacturer of Architectural Ultra High Performance Concrete (A|UHPC®) Facade Panels & Elements
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Aarhus University, Denmark
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University
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Permasteelisa Group
Permasteelisa Group is a worldwide leading contractor, specialized in the engineering, project management, manufacturing, and installation of architectural envelopes and interior systems.