The Passive House Standard has driven a global shift in the performance expectations of what a fenestration system can and should provide, and as demand grows is transforming fenestration manufacturing from Ireland to China.
Special guests Graham Finch, Senior Building Science Specialist at RDH Building Science, and Vincent Davenport from EllisDon's Construction Sciences Group join us to explore the relevance, issues and developments of modular prefabrication and offsite construction practices.
This year’s ACSA 109th Annual Meeting will be held virtually from March 24 – 26, 2021. The virtual conference is designed for educators, practitioners, researchers, and students to explore and discuss the latest research, ideas, and practices in architecture, education, and allied disciplines.
What environmental impact does one object have on the world? This is the question at the core of life cycle assessments (LCA); the embodied carbon lens. ...the current architectural practice rarely provides enough time to explore this type of examination.
Daylighting is a key strategy to energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort, health, and productivity in buildings. However, providing desired a…
This case study provides an overview of building hybrid curtain wall system and future opportunities for the use of timber. It will also review the b…
This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation ha…
Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology s…
TimberCon 2021, hosted in partnership with the Mass Timber Institute will foreground exemplary timber projects across North America; identify best-case practices for their assembly; and spotlight emerging technologies within this exciting field.
The advantages and challenges for FRP in architectural applications as discussed in our 2015 paper are still very much true today. As the advantages of FRP are discussed comprehensively elsewhere in this issue of SKINS, I will focus my comments on FRP fire behavior.
Facades+ bring together some of the world’s most productive building professionals. Be inspired and learn how to innovate all steps of facade implementation, from systems and materials to designs and delivery strategies.
As the building stock ages around the country and the consequences of design and/or construction that are deficient or lack resiliency become apparen…
A building’s envelope mitigates the effects of meteorological phenomena – including lightning – upon the structure and its occupants and contents. Th…
Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to take…
What does the fourth industrial revolution mean to the design and engineering of facades of the future? We are experiencing a global technological re…
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…
Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design proces…
The Simulation vs. Reality Forum proved to be the most popular yet hosted by FTI, in person or virtual, emphasizing the importance and sensitivity of this topic in our professional work and its impact on the built environment.
For over 60 years architects, engineers, and consultants have been specifying stainless steels for use in building skins and in some structural appli…