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  • Sustainable Silicone

    • Paper by Jon Kimberlain · Adrienne Bowman-Grittini · Stanley Yee

    Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by

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    The Butterfly

    • Paper by Venelin Kokalov, Design Principal Shinobu Homma, Architect AIBC, AAA, MRAIC, Technical Principal Amirali Javidan, Associate Director Zhuoli Yang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, Architect
    Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology…

  • The ABCs of ZNE

    • Event by Verdical Group

    The journey to a zero net energy (ZNE) future starts with renovating the current paradigm of building design. The way buildings are designed today needs a retrofit in thinking so new projects meet the challenges of the global climate crisis.

  • The ABCs of ZNE

    • Event by Verdical Group

    The journey to a zero net energy (ZNE) future starts with renovating the current paradigm of building design. The way buildings are designed today needs a retrofit in thinking so new projects meet the challenges of the global climate crisis.

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    The ABCs of ZNE

    The journey to a zero net energy (ZNE) future starts with renovating the current paradigm of building design. The way buildings are designed today needs a retrofit in thinking so new projects meet the challenges of the global climate crisis.

    Industry Event by Verdical Group

  • The ABCs of ZNE

    • Event by Verdical Group

    The journey to a zero net energy (ZNE) future starts with renovating the current paradigm of building design. The way buildings are designed today needs a retrofit in thinking so new projects meet the challenges of the global climate crisis.

  • The ABCs of ZNE

    • Event by Verdical Group

    The journey to a zero net energy (ZNE) future starts with renovating the current paradigm of building design. The way buildings are designed today needs a retrofit in thinking so new projects meet the challenges of the global climate crisis.

  • The ABCs of ZNE

    • Event by Verdical Group

    The journey to a zero net energy (ZNE) future starts with renovating the current paradigm of building design. The way buildings are designed today needs a retrofit in thinking so new projects meet the challenges of the global climate crisis.

  • Structural Skin

    • Paper by John Neary

    Many prominent, recent buildings feature forms suggesting structural surface while their enclosures are really non-load-bearing curtain wall. At the

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    Catalytic Conversion

    • Paper by Damon Caldwell, Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
    Nowadays, the power of images is seductive. Bold and complex facades often have an innovative appearance but superficial tectonic depth;…

  • TimberCon

    • Event by The Architect's Newspaper

    TimberCon 2021, hosted in partnership with the Mass Timber Institute will foreground exemplary timber projects across North America; identify best-case practices for their assembly; and spotlight emerging technologies within this exciting field.

  • Green Wall Rainscreen

    • Paper by Stephan Wurster · Till Jackenkroll

    Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic

  • Digital Enablement for Manufacturing

    • Paper by Melody Rees

    Architectural design freedom achieved on high-end projects currently costs over $1,000/sq. Ft. Building materials have long been relegated to plane

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    BuildingNY 2021

    • New York City

    High Performance Façades: Delivering Better Thermal, Safety, and Acoustical Performance, Presented by the Facade Tectonics Institute

    Industry Event by New York Build

  • Crucial Conversations of Diversity & Inclusion

    • Article by William Green

    In architecture, the façade is often the defining aspect of a building’s appearance, establishing the building’s public persona. From an engineering perspective, the façade is an assembly of building components with a critical impact on a range of performative metrics.