Rise of the Consultant
This paper is a Case Study focused on Professional Services and will cover the past 25 years and the evolution of what is commonly referred to as the
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Spandrel Glass Design
Currently, most spandrel glass in commercial curtain walls comprises insulating glass fabricated using an interior heat strengthened glass lite that
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The Aesthetics of Big Tech
The San Francisco Bay Area is synonymous with leading edge technology and innovation. Many of the biggest and wealthiest tech giants have huge
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FTI DIALOGUES: Pushing Change
Pushing Change: R&D Innovation Processes in Construction Building Products, the second installment of the FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors Series, took place virtually on Friday, March 26th.
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Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes
Facades developed in response to climactic factors increase performance and human comfort while reducing energy loads. A single building envelope… -
Working With Big Data
Big data is having a noticeable impact on enclosure engineering design. With continuing advancements that liberate the geometrical form and the… -
Silicone Spandrel Glass Opacifiers
Curtain wall design commonly uses insulating glass units for vision and spandrel glazing to provide better visual harmonization of building facade
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Shadow Box Design
Shadow boxes are commonly used in curtain wall construction, but can be problematic if not designed and detailed correctly and appropriately for the
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Performance Criteria for Museum Enclosure Design
This paper develops a framework of considerations for the development of project specific performance criteria for the design of art museums and… -
Patchwork
It may be difficult for modern man to believe that what is known as handicraft was once the advanced manufacturing of the day. These techniques were… -
Novel Techniques for Facade Optimization
Complex freeform architectural enclosures are becoming increasingly popular and easy to model and design with the help of modern computational tools.… -
Fire Safety in High Rise Exterior Facades
One of the most complex yet least understood areas where fire can spread is at the perimeter of a building. Fire can not only spread from… -
Facade Wind Loading
Wind induced pressure is a major design consideration for building facades. However, the effects of facade geometry and urban terrain on wind loading… -
EUI of Building Clusters
Large master planned developments such as Battery Park City in Manhattan, Mission Bay in San Francisco, and Playa Vista in Los Angeles were built… -
Direct Sun and Occupant Comfort
Direct sun on the body is a known potential cause of thermal discomfort for occupants, yet most thermal comfort simulations do not capture its… -
Digital Medium, Tangible Message
The reaches of architecture are inherently linked to the efficacy of communication, and as emerging technology broadens the conceptual horizon of the… -
Design Digital Recipes
Precision in digital workflow is necessary to deliver facade projects where there is a high design aesthetic or structural performance requirement.… -
Design Considerations and the Complex Facade
The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture… -
Design Considerations
Window glass design using ASTM E 1300 entails determining glass thickness(es) and types so that the window glass construction load resistance…
