
In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of
Daylighting & Solar Glare control, which affect both the energy consumption of the building as well as the comfort of the occupants, become
Calling all local facade geeks and urban architecture fans! It'll be a short walk, a matter of just a few blocks, but it affords the opportunity to view and discuss 6 buildings of considerable historical and architectural interest.
Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address
With the developments in production, industrial facilities lost their function and were abandoned over time. The most frequent and often the most
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
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
BEST6 - The Next Generation of Building Technology
Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern
Aging modern heritage buildings and structures face complex repair and reinvestment challenges. Manufactured composite materials and multi-material assemblies often cannot be cost-effectively repaired or replaced in kind.
The impacts of climate change, driven by increasing extreme temperature, sea-level rise, and heavy precipitations, interact and play an essential
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight
Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural
Sealed indoor environments have created artificial, homogeneous ecosystems that sever ties between humans and the natural world. This paper
The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the
Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols
Small towns are dying, and it is not just because of their dwindling economies. The physical fabric of our communities is literally crumbling. A