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  • Thermoelectric Facades featured image

    Thermoelectric Facades

    • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT, Associate Professor Zlatan Aksamija, PhD, Associate Professor Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Ph.D. Candidate & Teaching Assistant Meenakshi Upadhyaya, PhD Student Guy Vigneau,

    This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE) mat…

  • Terra Cotta Skins

    • Paper by Laura B. Garofalo

    This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will creat…

  • Contextual Envelopes

    • Paper by Zoltan Neville

    Aesthetic and technical capabilities of façade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address …

  • Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP · Neil Katz, AIA

    Façade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors like: …

  • End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design featured image

    End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design

    • Paper by Rebecca Hartwell, PhD Candidate Mauro Overend, Professor of Structural Design & Mechanics

    In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building en…

  • Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus

    • Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter

    The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right …

  • Facade Mock-ups featured image

    Facade Mock-ups

    • Paper by Andy Lang, AScT, Principal / Facade Specialist

    Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite st…

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    Green Wall Rainscreen

    • Paper by Stephan Wurster, Business Development Manager Till Jackenkroll, Product and Innovation Manager

    Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic ap…

  • Feasibility of Measuring Stress in Glass with a SCALP featured image

    Feasibility of Measuring Stress in Glass with a SCALP

    • Paper by Nabhajit Goswami, Student Stephen M Morse, P.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

    The SCALP device is designed to measure the residual compressive surface stress of glass. As the SCALP does not rely on the birefringence properties …

  • Breathing Lessons

    • Paper by Xaver Nuiding · Thomas Lorenz · Philipp Herreiner, MSc. · Dr.-Ing. Michael Engelmann

    For a new corporate headquarters in San Francisco’s Mission Bay district, SHoP Architects designed a semi-conditioned atrium space inside the externa…

  • Blast Performance of TSSA

    • Paper by Jon H. Kimberlain · Lawrence D. Carbary

    Architectural preferences for commercial building continue towards increased transparency resulting in large lites of glass with minimal visual obstr…

  • 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 proces…

  • Curved Forming Panel Facades

    • Paper by Roger Schroeder

    The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that …

  • Solid Surface Material for Facades featured image

    Solid Surface Material for Facades

    • Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Associate

    Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building facad…