
Sustainable Materials
Stainless steel has been successfully used in building envelopes since the completion of the Chrysler building in 1928. Today, it is used as both a s…
Stainless steel has been successfully used in building envelopes since the completion of the Chrysler building in 1928. Today, it is used as both a s…
Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high le…
Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by …
Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and re…
Connections, those transitions between systems and materials, are critically important when the surfaces are curved or complex. Well-designed connect…
Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural express…
All too often, high-performance building envelopes are considered in terms of new materials and technologies that push specific systems to improve en…
The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that …
Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries …
This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE) mat…
Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building facad…
Heat transfer through building facades can occur by any combinations of conduction, convection, and/or radiation. Conductive heat transfer depends on…
This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation ha…
Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight pr…
When it comes to the subject of building enclosure in Australia, one topic has eclipsed all others in recent years: combustible cladding. It has even…
Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal geometri…
In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building en…
This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A rev…
There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the abili…
This case study focuses on the solutions provided for the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. Our design team worked with the client to creat…