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  • When Facades Kill featured image

    When Facades Kill

    <p>The tragic fire of June 14, 2017 at the Grenfell Tower in London, England has brought to a very public global forum issues related to the impact…

  • Unitized Curtain Wall

    Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection, lower

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    Elliptical Ways

    <p>Construction projects almost invariably encounter a critical stage at the moment of handover between the designing and the executing party. At…

  • Curved Forming Panel Facades featured image

    Curved Forming Panel Facades

    <p>The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate…

  • Shade and Spectacle featured image

    Shade and Spectacle

    <p>This paper will look at the different facades of the Elysian Fields apartment building designed by Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH] and…

  • United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum featured image

    United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum

    <p>Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the…

  • Terra Cotta Skins featured image

    Terra Cotta Skins

    <p>This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will…

  • Green Wall Rainscreen featured image

    Green Wall Rainscreen

    <p>Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic…

  • Air Spaces Changed Everything

    This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create