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<p>Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements…
<p>Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements…
<p>The reaches of architecture are inherently linked to the efficacy of communication, and as emerging technology broadens the conceptual horizon of…
<p>This paper develops a framework of considerations for the development of project specific performance criteria for the design of art museums and…
<p>Small towns are dying, and it is not just because of their dwindling economies. The physical fabric of our communities is literally crumbling. A…
<p><em>Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The…
3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria created the foundation for life on Earth by producing the oxygen basis for our atmosphere. Should we once again
<p>Thermal bridging through building façades have been overlooked by designers and building energy codes and standards in the past, which has led to…
<p>Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy…
<p>Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource…
<p>The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the…
<p>The building envelope is at the intersection of embodied and operational emissions. Curtain wall specifically could play an important role in…
<p>Responsive facade system is considered a major component of high-performance building envelope that is capable of responding to environmental…
<p>Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings…
<p>The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher…
<p>An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s…
During the particularly cold first months of 1977 President Jimmy Carter, in what some call “The Sweater Speech,” famously noted how much energy
This research unlocks the relationship between space, structure and light in nine unique museums developed by architect Renzo Piano. Renzo Piano uses
<p>The construction industry is one of the greatest sources of pollution, where 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions are attributed to…
<p>Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope…
As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the