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  • Targeted Enclosure Consulting featured image

    Targeted Enclosure Consulting

    <p>As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more…

  • The Monash Woodside Building

    Today’s environmental challenges highlight the necessity of a holistic approach to façade design and construction, key to achieve the ambitious 2030

  • Daylighting Post-Occupancy Evaluation Study

    Daylighting is a key strategy to energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort, health, and productivity in buildings. However, providing desired

  • Process of Repair Evaluation

    As the building stock ages around the country and the consequences of design and/or construction that are deficient or lack resiliency become

  • Mixed Reality in Facade Education

    Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design

  • Building by Numbers

    This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project

  • Hybrid Timber

    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

  • Direct Sun and Occupant Comfort featured image

    Direct Sun and Occupant Comfort

    <p>Direct sun on the body is a known potential cause of thermal discomfort for occupants, yet most thermal comfort simulations do not capture its…

  • Realizing Bespoke Structural Glass Facades

    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?”

  • Facade Wind Loading featured image

    Facade Wind Loading

    <p>Wind induced pressure is a major design consideration for building facades. However, the effects of facade geometry and urban terrain on wind…

  • Systems Thinking

    This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A

  • Heat-Treated Glass featured image

    Heat-Treated Glass

    <p>What was once an accepted reality in heat-treated exterior glass, optical disturbances in glass are under increasing scrutiny by developers,…

  • Growing Myceliated Facades

    Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource harvesting

  • The Butterfly

    Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology

  • Facade Expansion Joint Systems

    As awareness around the seismic performance of buildings grows, it is becoming increasingly necessary to integrate seismic expansion joint cover

  • Comparison of Historical Weathered Annealed Glass Failure Data to ASTM E1300

    <p>Historical published weathered annealed failure data consisting of 13 samples were collected and glass failure prediction model surface flaw…

  • Fire Safety in High Rise Exterior Facades featured image

    Fire Safety in High Rise Exterior Facades

    <p>One of the most complex yet least understood areas where fire can spread is at the perimeter of a building. Fire can not only spread from…

  • 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