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Performance-based Facade Framework
- Paper by Mahsa Minaei · Ajla Aksamija
Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design. Build…

March 15, 2020
Air Spaces Changed Everything
- Paper by Gerry Lang, M.Arch., (Penn, 2008), B. Arch (hons., Toronto, 1978) OAA, AIA,TSA, Senior Associate, Leader of Facades Group
This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create ven…

March 19, 2020
Facade Engineering for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Paper by Mikkel K. Kragh,
What does the fourth industrial revolution mean to the design and engineering of facades of the future? We are experiencing a global technological re…

March 23, 2020
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 s…

March 20, 2020
Building Scale Mock-up
- Paper by Michael Martinez, Associate Asim Tahir, District & Renewable Energy Lead
Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements we…

January 22, 2020
Digital Medium, Tangible Message
- Paper by Nathaniel Barlam,
The reaches of architecture are inherently linked to the efficacy of communication, and as emerging technology broadens the conceptual horizon of the…

March 14, 2018

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