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The Thermal Blanket Concept
- Paper by Bharat Patel, PE, CEM, LEED AP, Michael Bulander, AIA, LEED AP,
This paper tells the story of a Double Skin Facade (DSF), where high performance and multi-disciplinary collaboration saves a library concept of…
March 14, 2018
Retrofit Options for Historic Facades
- Paper by Carrie Davis, P.E., LEED Green Assoc., George Kantrales, Ph.D., Matt Barsotti, Andrew Schoenheit, Ty Vandergriff,
Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact…
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…
June 28, 2020
Facade Wind Loading
- Paper by Timothy Brewer, CEng, MICE, George Kantrales, Ph.D., Eric Sammarco, Ph.D., P.E., Carrie Davis, P.E., LEED Green Assoc.,
Wind induced pressure is a major design consideration for building facades. However, the effects of facade geometry and urban terrain on wind loading…
March 14, 2018
Design Considerations and the Complex Facade
- Paper by Stan Su,
The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture…
March 14, 2018
Collaborative Methodology for Fastracking Challenging Facade Concepts
- Paper by Stuart Berriman, Peter Simmonds, Ph.D., FASHRAE, FIBPSA, FFTI,
The goal is to explore the role and methodology employed between the architect and engineer as they look to resolve the opposing demands of design…
March 14, 2018
Simplicity is Deceiving
- Paper by Giovanni De Mari, BSc(Hons) MScEng Ing CEng MICE, Senior Engineer Kerry Hegedus, architect (WA, AZ), architect, senior associate
The case study presented is a 195 meters tall office tower with a raised podium made of 16 meters full height glass panels (and smaller). The panels…
March 22, 2020
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
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
The Glass Failure Prediction Model
- Paper by James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE, Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…
February 21, 2020
Building by Numbers
- Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis PhD | PE | FRSA, Principal
This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project…
March 15, 2020
From Design to Experiment
- Paper by E. Yagdir CELIKER, MSc., Research Assistant Oguz C. CELIK, PhD., Professor of Structural&Earthquake Engineering
Flat cable-net facades are form-active structures which provide maximum transparency by means of point fixing components, tensioned cables, and…
March 22, 2020
Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades
- Paper by Andrea Zani, Project Engineer Carmelo Guido Galante, Senior Project Engineer Lisa Rammig, Senior Associate
Closed cavity facades (CCF), a configuration of Double Skin Facade (DSF), consists of a double-glazed unit on the inner layer and single glazing on…
January 22, 2020

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