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  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    • Paper by Roman Schieber · Thorsten Helbig

    Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both

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    Glass Strength Under Point Loading

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP, John Knowles, PE SE, Kedar Malusare,

    <p>Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to…

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    Designing Structural Laminated Glass

    • Paper by Vaughn Schauss,

    <p>Laminated glass with standard PVB has long been used for safety and security due to its ability to adhere the broken glass fragments together. As…

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    Adaptive Facades

    • Paper by Walter Haase, Werner Sobek, Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro,

    <p>Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the…

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    Simplicity is Deceiving

    • Paper by Giovanni De Mari, BSc(Hons) MScEng Ing CEng MICE, Senior Engineer Kerry Hegedus, architect (WA, AZ), architect, senior associate

    <p>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…

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    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

    <p>ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as…

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    Glazing Design By ASTM E 1300

    • Paper by H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM, Professor Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE, Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering

    <p>ASTM E 1300 “Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings” defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…