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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Paper by Roman Schieber · Thorsten Helbig
Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both

March 14, 2018
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
- Paper by Roman Scheiber, Associate Director ppa. Florian Meier,
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designed a 290,000 sf museum celebrating the artistry and technology of film, becoming the world’s first museum and…
January 22, 2020
Design Principles For Museum Daylight Systems
- Paper by Edgar Stach, PhD, Professor, Director Michael Esposito, Senior Building Analyst
This research unlocks the relationship between space, structure and light in nine unique museums developed by architect Renzo Piano. Renzo Piano uses…
October 11, 2022
Performance Criteria for Museum Enclosure Design
- Paper by Karen Brandt,
This paper develops a framework of considerations for the development of project specific performance criteria for the design of art museums and…
March 14, 2018
United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum
- Paper by Ilja Aljoskin PMP, Project Manager Lee Pepin, Director of Virtual Design & Construction Neil Meredith RA, Modeler
Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the boundaries…
March 15, 2020
Episode 07: 2020 World Congress Series | The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
- Podcast by Roman Schieber
Dive deeper into the top papers from the 2020 World Congress! We invite you to tune in to the final episode of the series with Roman Schieber, Associate Director ppa. at Knippers Helbig GmbH, who will be speaking about his winning paper, "The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA."

July 29, 2020
Environmentally Responsible Wood Cladding
- Paper by Pratibha Chauhan, Workplace Strategist Doug Bergert, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Project Designer, Associate
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…
January 29, 2020
Reglaze or Replace?
- Paper by Angel Ayón, AIA, LEED AP, Principal Laura Boynton, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Associate
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…
September 2, 2024
Preserving a Historic Facade
- Paper by Maria Mohammed, S.E., Design Engineer John Fidler, RIBA, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT, President
Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former…
March 15, 2020
A Break From The Past: How the Guggenheim Renovation Made Thermally Broken Steel Windows a New Normal
- Article by Angel Ayón, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, Principal
March 07, 2024
Connections – Tolerance, Adjustability, Geometric Accuracy
- Paper by Jeff Montague, RA, Vice President Scott Abukoff, Vice President
Connections, those transitions between systems and materials, are critically important when the surfaces are curved or complex. Well-designed…
December 10, 2019
Realizing Bespoke Structural Glass Facades
- Paper by Ned Kirschbaum, FAIA, CCCA, LEED AP, kirschbaum@fentressarchitects.com Peter Koukos, Director of Strategic Process Alfonso Lopez, P.E., Principal and CEO
In the very earliest stages of a design, an architect imagines a unique glazed facade form and wonders, “Is this possible?” and “What will it cost?”…
January 23, 2020
Facade Design Beyond Buildings
- Paper by Michele Andaloro · Enrica Oliva · Lucio Blandini
At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form

September 02, 2024