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  • Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems

    The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within one

  • Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing featured image

    Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing

    <p>The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately…

  • Seismic Movements featured image

    Seismic Movements

    <p>A common building upgrade to add value to existing commercial real estate is the renewal of the entrance lobby. The lobby facade is replaced to…

  • Kinematic Structural Glass featured image

    Kinematic Structural Glass

    <p>The structural glass storefront facade at 111 Main Street in Salt Lake City lends itself as a case study in accommodating large building…

  • Adaptive Facades

    Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries

  • Facade Mock-ups featured image

    Facade Mock-ups

    <p>Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite…

  • The Seismic Capability of Curtainwalls featured image

    The Seismic Capability of Curtainwalls

    <p>The testing of aluminum/glass curtainwalls for seismic capability, mainly inter-story drift, has been carried out on many curtainwalls over the…

  • Seismic Design of Jumbo Glass Structures featured image

    Seismic Design of Jumbo Glass Structures

    <p>The design of structural glass systems continues to evolve with the parallel development of new manufacturing technology. Improvements in the…

  • Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls featured image

    Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls

    <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…

  • Steel As A Curtain Wall Framing Material featured image

    Steel As A Curtain Wall Framing Material

    <p>This paper will explore steel forming methods other than cold drawn or hot rolled processes, and how they allow steel to be utilized as the…

  • The Evolution of AEC Professional Silos featured image

    The Evolution of AEC Professional Silos

    <p>Healthcare projects in northern California require specialized knowledge to navigate regulation, technological advancements, and project execution…

  • Preserving a Historic Facade featured image

    Preserving a Historic Facade

    <p>Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former…

  • Transfer Topologies featured image

    Transfer Topologies

    <p>This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.…