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Episode 10: Modular Prefab & Offsite Manufacturing
- Podcast by Graham Finch · Vincent Davenport
Special guests Graham Finch, Senior Building Science Specialist at RDH Building Science, and Vincent Davenport from EllisDon's Construction Sciences Group join us to explore the relevance, issues and developments of modular prefabrication and offsite construction practices.

November 18, 2020
Digital Medium, Tangible Message
- Paper by Nathaniel Barlam
The reaches of architecture are inherently linked to the efficacy of communication, and as emerging technology broadens the conceptual horizon of the

March 14, 2018
Curved Forming Panel Facades
- Paper by Roger Schroeder
The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that

March 14, 2018
Architectural Ceramic Assemblies
- Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)…
March 14, 2018
Hydroformed Shading
- Paper by Michelle Siu-Ching Lee, Architect Robert Matthew Noblett, Partner Roman Schieber, Associate Director
New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of…
March 13, 2020
Build Test Iterate Repeat
- Paper by Elizabeth L McCormick, RA, CPHC, LEED AP, Assistant Professor
The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing need…
March 19, 2020
Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls
- Paper by Brock DeSmit, Partner Jessica Hong, Lead Designer Becher Eli Neme, Principal, Founder
Apertures is a six-story, commercial building in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City–a neighborhood severely impacted by the 1985 and 2017…
March 17, 2020

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