Execution Ways
Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “a new standard for a sports arena in the US”, and “the state-of-the-art arena…
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Recent Adaptive Textile Façade Systems
Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The interdisciplinary… -
Embodied Carbon
Welcome to this edition of the SKINS newsletter, which is all about carbon! As guest editor this month, I am representing FTI’s embodied carbon (EC) working group. This issue highlights several important topics relative to embodied and the trade-offs with operational carbon.
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Exploring Heritage: Building on the Past
Welcome to this edition of the SKINS newsletter, which is all about carbon! As guest editor this month, I am representing FTI’s embodied carbon (EC) working group. This issue highlights several important topics relative to embodied and the trade-offs with operational carbon.
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Next normal: Advanced composites for a changing industry
This issue of SKINS will attempt to introduce you to composite materials in an accurate, useful and fairly in-depth way. But it’s only an introduction; it’s a start but by no means a rigorous exploration of the full potential of this remarkable material technology.
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An Energy-harvesting Building Facade
In order to reduce energy consumption throughout the whole life-cycle of buildings and increase the comfort performance of building sectors, an
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Window in Wall: Back to the Future
In order to get to a carbon neutral building stock – which is e.g. required by the EU Carbon roadmap by 2050 – our efforts need to be smart and… -
Environmental Facade Perspective
Designing a sustainable rainscreen wall assembly has become an essential part of most new construction projects. Industry principles and energy codes… -
Process of Repair Evaluation
As the building stock ages around the country and the consequences of design and/or construction that are deficient or lack resiliency become… -
Shaping Skin
The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on… -
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… -
Saving Face
In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of
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Effective Facade Modularization
Facade systems of various transparent and opaque materials and systems are increasingly becoming integrated components of modularized facade
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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… -
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
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Facing Density
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight
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GlassBuild America
GlassBuild America is the largest annual gathering place for the entire glass, window and door industries in the Americas. Produced by the National Glass Association, GlassBuild America is where buyers and sellers meet and learn how to solve their most pressing challenges.
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Transfer Topologies
This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.