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Terracotta 1912 to 2018
- Paper by Carol Loewenson, FAIA, LEED AP, Stephen Dietz, AIA, LEED AP,
Center Three is a 100-year-old, one million square-foot building in Long Island City, New York that was constructed over the course of one year. It…
March 14, 2018
Adaptable Glazing Shields
- Paper by Anas Al Kassas,
Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from…
March 14, 2018
Execution Ways
- Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E., Senior Engineer Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E., Senior Structural Engineer
Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “a new standard for a sports arena in the US”, and “the state-of-the-art arena…
March 22, 2020
Terra Cotta Skins
- Paper by Laura B. Garofalo, Assistant Professor
This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will…
March 17, 2020
Integrating Soft Robotics into Architectural Assemblies
- Paper by Vera Parlac, Associate Professor
The project described in this paper explores the integration of custom-made soft robotic muscles into a component-based surface. This project is part…
March 19, 2020
The Versatile Envelope Garden
- Paper by Nathaniel Barlam, Architectural Design Lead Yunyao Lin, Assistant Designer Ben Silverman, CTO + Cofounder at Edenworks
Facades play an integral role in defining the experience of modern life. As rising populations gravitate from rural to urban communities, they bring…
January 22, 2020
Saving Face
- Paper by Xsusha CarlyAnn Flandro, FAIC, APT-RP, Architectural Conservator
In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of…
March 20, 2020
Heat-actuated Auxetic Facades
- Paper by Amira Abdel-Rahman, Elnaz Tafrihi,
Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and…
March 14, 2018

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