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Stainless Steel 101
- Paper by Michael Mulhern,
This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation…
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
Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass
- Paper by Francis Serruys, Dr. Romain Decourcelle,
Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when…
March 14, 2018
Green Wall Rainscreen
- Paper by Stephan Wurster, Business Development Manager Till Jackenkroll, Product and Innovation Manager
Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic…
March 22, 2020
The Tectonics of Flimsiness
- Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI, Associate Professor
Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural…
March 22, 2020
Facade with Innovation
- Paper by YU Hui, Director JIN Shihui, Project Manager
Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex…
March 15, 2020

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