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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Paper by Roman Schieber, Thorsten Helbig,
Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both projects…

March 14, 2018
Let Thin Glass in the Facade Move
- Paper by Prof. DI Dr. Jürgen Neugebauer, DI Dr. Markus Wallner-Novak,
Facades play an important role in the control of energy flow and energy consumption in buildings as they represent the interface between the outdoor …

March 14, 2018
Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing
- Paper by Adrian Turcato, Chris Stutzki, Erik Olsen,
The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately dete…

March 14, 2018
Design of Double Curved Self Spanning Horizontal Laminated Glass
- Paper by Beres Dowdle
There is a desire in architecture to design and achieve transparent canopies and glazed rooves that are free from the visual clutter and the structur…

January 27, 2020
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
- Paper by Roman Scheiber, Associate Director ppa. Florian Meier,
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designed a 290,000 sf museum celebrating the artistry and technology of film, becoming the world’s first museum and eve…

January 22, 2020
Facade with Innovation
- Paper by YU Hui · JIN Shihui
Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex …

March 15, 2020
DC Water Headquarters Case Study
- Paper by Sven Shockey, Leland Curtis, David Fersh,
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance requirem…

March 14, 2018
The First Triple Certified Facade
- Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate
Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific Re…

January 22, 2020
Execution Ways
- Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E., Senior Engineer Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E., Senior Structural Engineer
Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “a new standard for a sports arena in the US”, and “the state-of-the-art arena …

March 22, 2020
Retrofit Options for Historic Facades
- Paper by Carrie Davis, P.E., LEED Green Assoc., George Kantrales, Ph.D., Matt Barsotti, Andrew Schoenheit, Ty Vandergriff,
Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact conditi…

March 14, 2018