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Growing Myceliated Facades
- Paper by Thibaut Houette, M. Arch., Integrated Bioscience PhD student Brian Foresi, Biomedical Sciences (BS/MD) student Christopher Maurer, AIA, NCARB, Founder and Principal Architect Dr. Petra Gruber, Assoc. Prof.
Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource harvesting…
March 15, 2020
Detailing For Distance
- Paper by Daniel Kelso
Quickly exceeding new facade service life expectations for tall buildings imposed by increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures have

March 19, 2020
Lightning Protection as Building Envelope
- Paper by Jennifer Morgan, Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS,
A building’s envelope mitigates the effects of meteorological phenomena – including lightning – upon the structure and its occupants and contents.…
March 14, 2018
Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus
- Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter, Principal
The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right…
December 16, 2019
Orientation Specific Solar Control
- Paper by Clifton Fordham
During the postwar era, and before the universal adoption of air-conditioning in the United States, leading architects participated in the design of

March 11, 2020