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Remembering Peter Rice
What does an engineer do? An engineer imagines. What are your sources of inspiration? Mic Patterson remembers Peter Rice and discusses his enduring legacy.
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FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors
The virtual event series featured a panel among industry experts followed by a networking happy hour on the last two Fridays in March 2021.
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Drawdown: Paul Hawken Gets Real with Climate Change
Drawdown is an inspiring new effort to manage atmospheric carbon and the resulting climate impacts. This brief reveiw discusses the book, the movement, and the potential.
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Facade Futures 2018: Considering long-term trends in curtainwall technology
Mic Patterson unpacks his crystal ball and looks ahead to the forces that will shape buildings over upcoming decades. Expect some surprises down the road…
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The Circadian Curtain Wall by John Neary
Reviewing John Neary's Circadian Curtain Wall, one is confronted with an insistent question: why hasn't anyone started construction on this intriguing building design yet? John has provided FTI with a presentation to explain the thinking behind the Circadian Curtain Wall in greater detail.
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Digital Designers in NYC Providing a Unique Facade Procurement Experience
A small team of digital designers at the Schüco Virtual Construction Lab (VCL) in NYC is developing a new way for clients to experience and evaluate facade products. The VCL will be demonstrating the technology at the conference in Los Angeles on March 12-13.
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3rd Annual ACAW Ceramic Workshop 2018 Recap
2018 teams included; Morphosis, SHoP Architects, Sasaki/Studio NYL, University at Buffalo, AECOM, and Radical Matter. The ACAWorkshop is an outstanding model of industry-academia partnership aimed at the ongoing education of students and practitioners alike.
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Beyond Glass (literally or metaphorically): Trends, drivers, and future trajectories
The age-old trend of more and larger lites of glass in the building skin dates back to the Roman Empire. Despite the challenges of highly glazed facades, it appears we just can’t get enough. Is there a “beyond” glass? If so, what does it look like?
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Material Matters: Embodied Carbon Considerations Impacting Design Practices for Facade Systems, Buildings, and Urban Habitat
Awareness of embodied carbon impacts is surging like hurricane-driven floodwaters and altering the landscape of everything in its path. What are the implications for buildings, the facade system and urban habitat? FTI is taking this on with its 2019 Forum series.
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Facade Tectonics Forum: CHICAGO
More details will be announced soon. Make sure you're signed up to receive event updates.
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Facade Tectonics Forum: NYC
The topic of the Forum is Carbon Crisis: Leveraging the Façade System for Carbon Reduction in Buildings
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