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Thermal Stress Analysis in Glass
- Paper by Michael Elstner · Michaela Poláková · Steffen Schäfer
The use of glass in windows and curtain walls in residential as well as in commercial buildings needs to be designed very carefully. In addition to t…

January 22, 2020
Silicone Spandrel Glass Opacifiers
- Paper by Scott Norville, Samir Blanchet, George Torok, Kris Vockler, John Swanson, Chris Barry, Lawrence Carbary, Stephane Hoffman, Timothy Krytenberg, Chris Fronsoe,
Curtain wall design commonly uses insulating glass units for vision and spandrel glazing to provide better visual harmonization of building facade gl…

March 14, 2018
Glazed Spandrels
- Paper by Julien Schwartz, M.Eng., Patrick Roppel, M.A.Sc, P.Eng., Stéphane Hoffman, M.Eng, M.Arch, P.Eng, P.E., Neil Norris, M.A.Sc, P.Eng, C.P.H.D.,
Recent years have seen an increased use of insulated glazing units in spandrel applications to visually blend the appearance between the vision and s…

June 28, 2020
Fully Tempered Glass in Spandrel Applications
- Paper by Stéphane Hoffman, PE · Lawrence D. Carbary
Recent years have seen an increase in the use of insulated glazing units (IGUs) in spandrel applications to visually blend the appearance between the…

March 14, 2018
Glass Spandrels and Shadow Boxes
- Paper by John Jackson
Glass spandrels are a common design strategy utilized to opacify floor levels in building facades. These opaque glass assemblies are integrated into …

October 11, 2022
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, Director
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
Adaptive Building Envelope
- Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Jochen Lam,
Designing a multi-functional building envelope as an architectural façade, environmental interface and solar collector is a multi-objective explorati…

October 10, 2016
Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control
- Paper by Klaus Reuschle · Robert Matthew Noblett · Michelle Siu-Ching Lee · Roman Schieber
The Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) on the Allston Campus is the largest new building at Harvard University in recent decades with a footprint …

October 11, 2022