Papers

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  Transformation as Movement

  • Paper by Vytenis Gureckas

  In 1888 the art historian Heinrich Wölfflin proposed the notion that the primary characteristic of baroque architecture is the illusion of movement.

  March 14, 2018
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  Contextual Envelopes

  • Paper by Zoltan Neville,

  <p>Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to…

  March 14, 2018
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  Renewing Historic Facades

  • Paper by Christine Reynolds, PE, Principal Hans Thummel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C,

  <p>As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the…

  March 22, 2020
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  Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls

  • Paper by Brock DeSmit, Partner Jessica Hong, Lead Designer Becher Eli Neme, Principal, Founder

  <p>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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  Carbon Lean Facades

  • Paper by Stefanie Schober, Senior Project Director Jonce Walker, LEED AP, Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, and Fitwel Ambassador, Senior Associate

  <p>With net zero and carbon neutral mandates on the near horizon, New York City has pushed the green building envelope by leveraging incentive-based…

  March 19, 2020
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  Passive House Facade Design and Construction

  • Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD, Project Architect

  <p>Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure…

  March 22, 2020
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  Process of Repair Evaluation

  • Paper by Linda Fu, RA, LEED AP, Associate Christopher Morgan, P.E., California Office Manager

  <p>As the building stock ages around the country and the consequences of design and/or construction that are deficient or lack resiliency become…

  March 22, 2020