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Managing Constraints
- Paper by Vincent IP, LEED AP BD+C
On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants with a…

March 22, 2020
Design of Double Curved Self Spanning Horizontal Laminated Glass
- Paper by Beres Dowdle, Director
There is a desire in architecture to design and achieve transparent canopies and glazed rooves that are free from the visual clutter and the structur…

January 27, 2020
Steel As A Curtain Wall Framing Material
- Paper by Charles Knickerbocker
This paper will explore steel forming methods other than cold drawn or hot rolled processes, and how they allow steel to be utilized as the primary f…

March 20, 2020
Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds
- Paper by Luca Papaiz · Lars Oliver Grobe · Giuseppe De Michele
Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight pr…

March 23, 2020
The First Triple Certified Facade
- Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate
Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific Re…

January 22, 2020

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