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  • The Monash Woodside Building

    • Paper by Alberto Sangiorgio · Andrew Cortese · Walter van der Linde

    Today’s environmental challenges highlight the necessity of a holistic approach to façade design and construction, key to achieve the ambitious 2030 …

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    Low-Carbon Cladding and Shading Design

    • Paper by Prateek Jain, LEED, Senior Environmental Designer Isabelle Hens, LEED GA, WELL AP, EIT,

    In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available for …

  • Shaping Skin

    • Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB

    The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on th…

  • CTBUH 2021 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference

    • Event by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

    This conference explores and celebrates the very best in innovative tall buildings, urban spaces, building technologies, and construction practices from around the world. Incorporating what was previously known as the CTBUH Annual Awards Event, this conference will see the owner/developers and...

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    Separating Direct From Diffuse

    • Paper by Nick Novelli, PhD, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev,

    An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s fenestration…

  • Coupling Facade and Structure

    • Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis, PhD, PE · Jessica Chen, PE

    Traditional approach for engineering the facade is building an isolated analysis model. However, it inhibits a dynamic design process where architect…

  • Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place

    • Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E. · David Dunham P.E · Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E.

    Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications, …

  • 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…

  • Managing Constraints

    • Paper by Vincent IP, LEED AP BD+C

    On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants with a…

  • Building by Numbers

    • Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis PhD | PE | FRSA

    This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project…

  • Catalytic Conversion

    • Paper by Damon Caldwell

    Nowadays, the power of images is seductive. Bold and complex facades often have an innovative appearance but superficial tectonic depth; experiential…

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    Vertical Louvered Solar Control

    • Paper by Clifton Fordham, RA, LEED AP,

    Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern hemispher…