Press Release

Architectural Workshop Redefines the Future of Terra Cotta Façades

The annual event advocates design-assist collaboration to advance new technologies and encourage the use of architectural terra cotta in performative facades.

Press Release

Architectural Workshop Redefines the Future of Terra Cotta Façades

The annual event advocates design-assist collaboration to advance new technologies and encourage the use of architectural terra cotta in performative facades.

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Together with invited thought leaders, we take on all things building skin!

• Architectural Workshop Redefines the Future of Terra Cotta Façades

• Facade Tectonics Institute Completes Regional Forum Series With NYC Forum Hosted By The Ornamental Metal Institute of NY

• Facade Tectonics Hosts Inaugural Regional Forum at The University of Miami School of Architecture

• Facade Tectonics Institute Delivers Fifth Regional Forum at Rice University

  

• Facade Tectonics Institute Conducts Regional Forum at the University of Washington

• Facade Tectonics Institute Inducts New Special Advisory Council to Drive Growth and Engagement

• Facade Tectonics Institute Hosts Sold-Out Regional Forum at University of Toronto

• Facade Tectonics Institute Hosts Second Regional Forum at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities Alumni Center

• Facade Tectonics Institute Announces Second World Congress

• Facade Tectonics Institute Issues 2016 World Congress Call for Papers

• Facade Tectonics Room at CTBUH 2015 International Conference Assembles World-Class Lineup of Building Facade Specialists

• Face Time: Introducing the Facade Tectonics Institute

• Introducing FacadeRetrofit.org

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A searchable database of research papers with focus on building facade technology

• Changes to FTI Staff & Leadership

  

• Call for Board Nominations

  

• 2022 World Congress Abstract Submission Deadline Extended Until July 13

  

• FTI Announces the Inaugural Vitruvian Honors & Awards Program

  

• Call for Abstracts: Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress

  

• Introducing the FTI Video Library

  

• 2020 Year in Review

  

• Welcoming FTI's Newest Leadership

  

• Call for Board Nominations: Facade Engineer/ Consultant/ Building Scientist

  

• Save the Date for our 2020 NYC Forum – Nov. 5

  

• Explore the top papers from the 2020 World Congress

  

• DOE Announces Request for Information on DRAFT Window Technologies and Systems R&D Opportunities

  

• SKINS Podcast – Latest episode released, "DOE Does Windows"

  

• This August, the 2020 World Congress is coming to you, virtually!

  

• 2020 World Congress FAQ

  

• FTI Announces New SKINS Podcast

  

• FTI World Congress Postponed Until August 5-6, 2020

  

• 2020 Educational Workshop Program

  

• 2019 Year in Review

  

• FTI's Advocacy Committee Submits LEED v4 Proposal to Improve Facade Performance and Occupant Comfort

  

• Call for Board Nominations

  

• 2019 Request for Research concept Briefs

  

• The Facade Tectonics Institute announces Facades Week: LA!

  

• Call for Posters: Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress

  

• Paper Reviewers Needed for the 2020 World Congress

  

• FTI Inducts New Special Advisory Council to Drive Growth and Engagement

  

• FTI Extends Abstract Submission Deadline: Topics are Unconstrained!

  

• Call for Papers: Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress

  

• Facade Tectonics Institute Call for Abstracts

  

• Facade Tectonics Forum: CHICAGO

  

• Institute Seeks Paper Review Volunteers For 2016 World Congress

  

• Blind Peer Review Underway for 2016 World Congress

  

• Call for Papers: Facade Tectonics 2016 World Congress

  

• Introducing FacadeRetrofit.org

  

Articles See all Articles

The archive of featured original articles from the SKINS newsletter

• Simulation vs. reality: FTI Forum recap

  

• Facade performance in the absence of fossil fuel

  

• Simulation vs. reality: Insight and inspiration

  

• Positive impact: A strategic plan for building retrofit implementation

  

• Simulation vs. reality: Measurement and verification

  

• Energy conservation code updates promise to reshape the way facades are designed

  

• Thermal bridging: The missing key to low energy building design

  

• No timid steps: Be bold and generous!

  

• Building Buildings, Community, and Wellbeing

  

• Spotlight on Research: R&D and Innovation in Building Skins

  

• Research Collaboration between Industry and Academia as a Driver for Facades Innovation

  

• Book Review of Research Methods for the Architectural Profession

  

• The Perkins&Will Research Journal: Contributions from Practice-Based Design Research

  

• Research and Life-Long Learning Opportunities for Practitioners: Perspectives of Professional PhD Students

  

• New Challenges – New Facades!

  

• Skin Deep: Health, Wellness, and the Facade System

  

• FTI DIALOGUES: Pushing Change

  

• FTI DIALOGUES: Collaborative Project Delivery Reloaded

  

• Tree Magic - The Overstory

  

• Talking Trees & Timber: In Buildings, Facades and Urban Habitat

  

• 2021 Construction Forecast

  

• Sustainababble: Moving beyond talk and taking action!

  

• Skin Stuff: Expanding the facade materials palette

  

• Turning Up the Heat: Back to the Basics with Thermal Performance

  

• FTI and the Ornamental Metal Institute Host NYC Forum

  

• World Congress 2020: A Home Run!

  

• Survey Response: Attendees Rate the World Congress

  

• Net Zero Tower

  

• Facades Education in the Time of the Pandemic—Perhaps We Can Learn Something from This?

  

• Virtual World Congress? Bah, humbug!

  

• Why SKINS?

  

• Integration of Structural Glass in Historic Religious Buildings

  

• Surfing Uncertainty

  

• Building Facade as a Branding Vehicle

  

• Going Viral: Engaging in the age of C-19

  

• Summer Sessions at UMass: Sustainable, High-Performance Facades

  

• The Circadian Curtain Wall by John Neary

  

• Material Matters: Embodied Carbon Considerations Impacting Design Practices for Facade Systems, Buildings, and Urban Habitat

  

• 3rd Annual ACAW Ceramic Workshop 2018 Recap

  

• Bridging Aesthetics and Technology: Balancing Building Concept with Details in the Design Development Process of the Facade System

  

• Enhancing an Icon: 71 Above at the US Bank Tower

  

• Beyond Glass (literally or metaphorically): Trends, drivers, and future trajectories

  

• Architectural Glass Institute Sponsors Second Annual Architectural Glass Student Design Competition

  

• Digital Designers in NYC Providing a Unique Facade Procurement Experience

  

• Facade Futures 2018: Considering long-term trends in curtainwall technology

  

• MODESTEhouseTEST: August 7-17, 2017

  

• Drawdown: Paul Hawken Gets Real with Climate Change

  

• Remembering Peter Rice

  

Events See all Events

• Test Forum

• Facade Tectonics Forum: CHICAGO

• APT Washington 2021: Preservation Beyond Politics

• GPD Glass Performance Days Finland

• GlassBuild America

• Building Innovation Conference - Call for Speakers

• 8th International Buildings Physics Conference 2021

• 2021 Vitruvian Honors & Awards Ceremony

• 2021 ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference

• AIA Conference on Architecture 2021

• DOCOMOMO 2021 National Symposium Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America

• BESTfest

• Abstracts Deadline: Wagdy Anis Symposium on Building Science 2021

• Wagdy Anis Symposium on Building Science 2021

• Facade Tectonics Forum: Simulation vs. Reality

• 2nd International NEXT Facade Summit: Think Globally, Build Locally

• Facade Tectonics Forum: CTBUH 2015 New York

• FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors

• Living Future '21 Inclusion + Unity

  

• Top Glass Conference & Exhibits 2021

  

• ACSA 109th Annual Meeting

  

• TimberCon

  

• The Future Envelope 13 – Conference on Building Envelopes

  

• ANFA 2021 Call for Presenters

• ANFA 2021: QUANTIFIED BUILDINGS, QUANTIFIED SELF

• PowerSKIN Conference

• High-Performance Building Facades

• ICSA 2022

• The ABCs of ZNE

• The ABCs of ZNE

• The ABCs of ZNE

• The ABCs of ZNE

• The Net Zero Webinar Series

• The ABCs of ZNE

• The Net Zero Webinar Series

• The Net Zero Webinar Series

• The ABCs of ZNE

• Facade Tectonics Forum: NYC

• Imagining Future Innovative Facades

• GlassCon Global VE-Glass Virtual-EX

• BIM BOP 2020

• Net Zero 2020 Conference

• Architectural Glass Bootcamp 2020

• Building Innovation 2020: Virtual Edition

• BuildingsNY

• Living Future '20

• Greenbuild Virtual | International Conference and Expo

• Advanced Building Skins

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FTI is a non-profit member organization for the AECO industry and a research and education institution focused on healthy buildings and livable urban habitat. The Institute’s mission is to accelerate transformative change in the built environment toward common goals of resilience and sustainability. FTI members share recognition of the building facade as the lynchpin of this endeavor.