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  • Facades+ NYC

    • Event by The Architect's Newspaper

    Facades+ bring together some of the world’s most productive building professionals. Be inspired and learn how to innovate all steps of facade implementation, from systems and materials to designs and delivery strategies.

  • FTI DIALOGUES: Collaborative Project Delivery Reloaded

    The Facade Tectonics Institute kicked off their first installment of FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors Series virtually on Friday, March 19th. High-performance facade systems are recognized as a key element in achieving sustainable building performance while also being tasked with providing

  • Facade Tectonics Forum: TORONTO

    The sold out 2019 Toronto Forum brought together AECO industry thought leaders to confront themes central to ever-evolving facade technology, themes engaging facade design, delivery, renewal, materiality, sustainability and resilience.

  • Working With Big Data

    • Paper by Cristobal Correa

    Big data is having a noticeable impact on enclosure engineering design. With continuing advancements that liberate the geometrical form and the

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    Towards Net Zero Enclosures

    • Paper by Jessica Santonastaso, AIA, Architect, Associate Alan Estabrook, AIA, Architect, Associate
    As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis. Architecture2030…

  • Creating Transformational Geometry

    • Paper by Tom Peterson, System Designer Manager Austin Bensend, PE, SE, Director - Design Engineering
    Over the past two decades, the art of cold-forming glass has grown from an unknown approach to a widely accepted strategy for achieving an array of…
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    Elliptical Ways

    • Paper by Gustav Fagerström, Lia Tramontini, Kelly Burkhart, Jianing Song, Sanjeev Tankha,
    Construction projects almost invariably encounter a critical stage at the moment of handover between the designing and the executing party. At this…

  • OpenFacadeControl

    • Paper by Peter Grant, Technology Researcher II Tzu-Ching Su, Deputy Manager Luis Fernandes, Jordan Shackelford, Technology Researcher III Anand Prakash, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate Stephen Czarnecki, Software Developer Pei-Yu Yu, Deputy Division Director Feng-Yi Lin, Engineer
    Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,…

  • Building Scale Mock-up

    • Paper by Michael Martinez · Asim Tahir

    Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements

  • Terra Cotta Skins

    • Paper by Laura B. Garofalo

    This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will

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    CR∆CKİNG THЄ C󉘳DЄ // DYN∆MİC L∆B F∆C∆DЄS

    • Paper by Amanda King, AIA, LEED AP BD&C, CPHC, Dayita Kumar, LEED GA, Associate Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CPHC, Senior Associate
    The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office…
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    Targeted Enclosure Consulting

    • Paper by Karl Jones,
    As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more…