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9 results

Facade Games
- Paper by James Tice, Professor of Architecture
This paper provides an overview of a course focusing on the façade as taught to architecture students over a twenty-year period. The need for this…
January 24, 2020
Facade Technology in Educational Methodology
- Paper by Roger Schroeder, Lecturer Joseph A. Ebert, Professor
With facades becoming increasingly more complex, and performance a key objective, expertise becomes an important component of successful design…
October 11, 2022
Architectural Ceramic Assemblies
- Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)…
March 14, 2018
New Course on Building Façade Design Developed at Oklahoma State University
- Paper by Bodhisatta Hajra, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering John Phillips, PE,
A façade, which is also called a ‘secondary structural system’, typically separates the exterior from the interior of a building. In recent times,…
September 18, 2024
The Vertical Campus Facade
- Paper by Mayine Yu, AIA, Principal | Davis Brody Bond / Page Cooper Schilling, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal | KieranTimberlake Jessica Young, RA, Principal
Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale to…
September 2, 2024
Mapping Advanced Facades
- Paper by David Russell Lehrer, CBE's Communications Director Vito Lamberti, Visiting Ph.D. Student
This paper describes the development of an interactive map that highlights case studies of advanced facade design strategies and technologies from…
August 15, 2024
Behind the Surface
- Paper by Damon Caldwell,
The architectural facade, like clothing for a building's form, serves as both an aesthetic expression and a protective veil, concealing the inner…
September 2, 2024
Fit for the Future
- Paper by Julia Koerner-Al-Rawi, Associate Adjunct Professor, Director of Summer Programs, Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Wearables protect us from climatic conditions, they provide privacy, comfort and they also reflect our style and personality. Building facades in the…
September 2, 2024
Teaching Facades
- Paper by Alex Terzich,
As facades become more sophisticated and complex, more detail-intensive and performance-critical, it's vital that architecture students develop a…
March 14, 2018