Facade Maintenance Access
<p>Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must…
<p>Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must…
<p>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…
<p>The Utah State Capitol North Building, currently under construction, features 80,000 SF of classically designed cubic granite detailing, including…
<p>The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within…
<p>The iconic building principal incentive is to be visually attractive or stand out, for this purpose three main features must be accomplished: have…
<p>An innovative lightweight ceramic precast composite panel is introduced in this paper that offers the unique benefits of prefabricated off-site…
As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the
<p>Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful…
<p>Amidst the critical conversations about the need to build better and more efficient building skins, designers are also mindful of the need for the…
<p>Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations…
<h3><strong>Coauthors:</strong><br /></h3> <p>Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA…
<p>Daylighting is a key strategy to energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort, health, and productivity in buildings. However, providing…
<p>Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for…
<p>The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately…
<p>The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate…
<p>The wonder of nature is the abundance of unique forms she creates based on a few simple physical principles or laws. No two snowflakes are alike.…
<p>The use of glass in windows and curtain walls in residential as well as in commercial buildings needs to be designed very carefully. In addition…
<p>Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental…
<p>Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the…
<p>As overall project schedules continue to contract and rising costs impact our design decisions, the importance of the design-assist phase for…