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Shaping Skin
- Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB, Sr. Associate
The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on…
March 21, 2020
Architectural Ceramic Assemblies
- Paper by Omar Khan · Bill Pottle · Mitchell Bring
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

March 14, 2018
Algorithmic Patterns for Facade Design
- Paper by Inês Caetano, António Leitão,
Recently, building envelopes have been exhibiting complex shapes and patterns, a trend supported by current digital technologies. Likewise, the…
March 12, 2018
Facades Education in the United States
- Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, Professor and Distinguished Chair for Resilient Places Suncica Milosevic, PhD Candidate Gabrielle Brainard, Associate Principal Timothy Brown, Associate Professor
This paper presents the results of a research study, outlining the state of facades education at higher-education institutions across the United…
September 3, 2024
Stainless Steel 101
- Paper by Michael Mulhern
This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation

March 14, 2018
Orbit Tower
- Paper by Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro, Werner Sobek,
While most of high-rise buildings feature a core surrounded by a spatial frame defining the volume, one could envision a column-free plan where the…
March 14, 2018
Facade Games
- Paper by James Tice
This paper provides an overview of a course focusing on the façade as taught to architecture students over a twenty-year period. The need for this

January 24, 2020
Mixed Reality in Facade Education
- Paper by Phillip Anzalone AIA · Amber Bartosh, RA LEED AP BD+C
Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design

March 22, 2020
Targeted Enclosure Consulting
- Paper by Karl Jones,
As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more…
March 14, 2018