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The Carapace Pavilion
- Paper by Douglas Noble, PhD, FAIA, Associate Dean Karen M. Kensek, DPACSA, Professor of Practice in Architecture
The Carapace Pavilion is a university-based, design-build, full-scale custom prototype for a possible replacement of the standard precast concrete to…

October 11, 2022
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
Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems
- Paper by Kristian Fosholt, LEED AP BD+C, Megan Koehler, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C,
The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within one…

March 14, 2018
The Butterfly
- Paper by Venelin Kokalov · Shinobu Homma, Architect AIBC, AAA, MRAIC · Amirali Javidan · Zhuoli Yang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
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
More Than a Facade
- Paper by Edward Losch, PhD, PE, SE, RA Marc Maguire, PhD, Assistant Professor
In 2014, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) as an accredited ANSI Standards D…

October 11, 2022
Infinite Panel System
- Paper by Mike Ryan · Brian Stern · Michael Adams
Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.…

March 15, 2020
Ceramic Precast Composite Panels
- Paper by Edward Rubio, Edward J. Rubio, Gregory Lucier, Ph.D., Brian Moskow, PE, Sami H. Rizkalla, Ph.D., FACI, FASCE, FEIC, FCSCE, FIIFC, FPCI,
An innovative lightweight ceramic precast composite panel is introduced in this paper that offers the unique benefits of prefabricated off-site const…

March 14, 2018
Hardened Facades Effects on Structural Systems
- Paper by Aldo E. McKay, PE, Cliff A. Jones, SE, PE, PSP, Phillip Benshoof, PE,
To ensure the safety of U.S diplomatic personnel overseas, the U.S Department of State (DoS) has developed facade retrofits capable of resisting high…

March 14, 2018
Optimized Adaptive Re-Use
- Paper by Matthew Parker · John Souleles
Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal geometri…

March 20, 2020
Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes
- Paper by Sridharan Gandhi, Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C, Karen Kensek, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C,
Facades developed in response to climactic factors increase performance and human comfort while reducing energy loads. A single building envelope wil…

March 14, 2018