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Design & Preservation Resource Roundup!
A collection of available public assets to assist in your resilient and sustainable building design and delivery.

March 18, 2024
Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus
- Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter
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
Optimized Green Wall
- Paper by Algis Lencus
A Catmull-Clark algorithm (used in 3D computer graphics for smoothing polygon surfaces) was used to create a unique design for an over 208ft by 30ft

March 14, 2018
Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework
- Paper by Fabio Favoino · Adèle Chalumeau · Audrey Aquaronne
Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events

October 11, 2022
Cities under Climate Threat - Philadelphia, Rome and Venice
- Paper by Edgar Stach, Dr., Ing, AIA/IA, Professor Shreya Kanther, Ph.D Candidate Alexis Manfre, Student
The impacts of climate change, driven by increasing extreme temperature, sea-level rise, and heavy precipitations, interact and play an essential…
June 28, 2024
Façade Resilience Evaluation Framework
- Article by Fabio Favoino · Adèle Chalumeau · Audrey Aquaronne
This paper discusses façade resilience and presents a novel qualitative evaluation framework that assesses potential risks associated with façade design and suggests way of reducing such design risk in a climate change scenario. Authors Fabio Favoino, Adèle Chalumeau, and Audrey Aquaronne.

December 09, 2022
Episode 13: Resilience
- Podcast by Gail Napell AIA LEED AP BD+C · Rives T. Taylor FAIA, LEED Fellow
Special guests Gail Napell AIA LEED AP BD+C and Rives T. Taylor FAIA, LEED Fellow of Gensler join us to address engineering and design considerations for new construction, as well as the need for adaptability of existing buildings. This episode is co-hosted by Mic Patterson and Ted Kesik.

April 18, 2022
Influence of Performance and Design of Structural Silicone Joints on the Resilience of Curtain Wall Units Exposed to Seismic Impacts
- Paper by Viviana Nardini, Market Field Engineer Facade / Insulating Glass Florian Doebbel, Business Development Manager, Facades
Facade failure due to seismic event represents a potential hazard to people and can cause serious damages to buildings with consequent high-cost…
January 29, 2020
The Monash Woodside Building
- Paper by Alberto Sangiorgio, Principal Façade Engineer Andrew Cortese, Managing Partner and Design Director - Sydney Office Walter van der Linde, Lead Engineer, Buildings Mechanical
Today’s environmental challenges highlight the necessity of a holistic approach to façade design and construction, key to achieve the ambitious 2030…
October 11, 2022
Process of Repair Evaluation
- Paper by Linda Fu, RA, LEED AP, Associate Christopher Morgan, P.E., California Office Manager
As the building stock ages around the country and the consequences of design and/or construction that are deficient or lack resiliency become…
March 22, 2020
Environmentally Responsible Wood Cladding
- Paper by Pratibha Chauhan · Doug Bergert, AIA, LEED AP
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
HydroSKIN
- Paper by Christina Eisenbarth, M.Sc., Research Associate Walter Haase, Dr.-Ing., Managing Director of CRC1244, Head of Working Groups Lucio Blandini, Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch., Professor and Head of the Institute Werner Sobek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c., Senior Professor
Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate…
October 11, 2022