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POHL Metal Systems GmbH
The POHL Group of companies is a supplier of custom made architectural metal components with world-wide operations.
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Invert Auto-Shading
Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to
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Realizing Bespoke Structural Glass Facades
In the very earliest stages of a design, an architect imagines a unique glazed facade form and wonders, “Is this possible?” and “What will it cost?”
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Transfer Topologies
This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.
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Determining the Optimal Opening for Multi Skin Facade with External Ventilation
The envelope of the Harbin Bank Building in Beijing has a Multi-Skin Facade where the outer cavity is naturally ventilated. During the design the
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Put Your Sweater On!
During the particularly cold first months of 1977 President Jimmy Carter, in what some call “The Sweater Speech,” famously noted how much energy
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Paper Reviewers Needed for the 2020 World Congress
Want to get more involved in Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI)? We are looking for volunteers to serve as paper reviewers for Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress. If you would like to be a paper reviewer, please continue reading the instructions below.
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FTI Extends Abstract Submission Deadline: Topics are Unconstrained!
The Facade Tectonics Institute announces an extension to the abstract submission period for the call for papers for its 2020 World Congress (FTI WC2020) to be convened in Los Angeles on March 25-26. A significant number of inquiries indicated a perception that paper topics were limited to those
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Call for Posters: Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress
We are pleased to announce that for the first time, the Facade Tectonics Institute will include a poster presentation at their 2020 World Congress. The poster presentation will serve as a graphic representation of each poster author's research and findings.
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Call for Papers: Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress
We are at a critical moment in the evolution of the built environment. In the face of multiple challenges confronting civilization, the transition to sustainable buildings and urban habitat is happening far too slowly and inefficiently. Central to achieving this transition is the facade system
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Call for Papers: Facade Tectonics 2016 World Congress
The Facade Tectonics Institute has issued a call for papers for its 2016 Annual Conference and inaugural World Congress, which will include speaking and poster presentations, panel discussions, workshops and exhibitors.
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2019 Request for Research concept Briefs
The FTI Research Committee is requesting Research Concept Briefs describing a team and approach for evaluating industry needs and challenges surrounding four key topic areas in which FTI has identified a need to accelerate innovation. The proposed research will clearly identify knowledge gaps and ba
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Facade Tectonics Institute Issues 2016 World Congress Call for Papers
The Facade Tectonics Institute has issued a call for papers for its 2016 Annual Conference and inaugural World Congress on October 10th-11th in Los Angeles. The two-day summit will feature speaking and poster presentations, panel discussions, workshops and exhibitors.
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Facade Tectonics Room at CTBUH 2015 International Conference Assembles World-Class Lineup of Building Facade Specialists
On October 26th and 27th, the Facade Tectonics Institute assembled a world-class lineup of building facade specialists at the CTBUH 2015 International Conference in New York City. The host room, titled Skinning the Tall Building: Framing the Future of Building Facade Technology, featured a series of
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Face Time: Introducing the Facade Tectonics Institute
There is history to this new enterprise. Facade Tectonics started as a series of invited roundtable discussions at the University of Southern California School of Architecture in 2007 as a strategic response to the escalating importance and complexity of building facade technology. These roundtable
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Introducing FacadeRetrofit.org
Los Angeles, CA – July 16, 2015 - While most of the green building dialog focuses on new construction, many have recognized that the fastest and most effective way to improve energy efficiency of the building sector is by remedying our existing building stock.
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Facade Tectonics Institute Announces Second World Congress
The Facade Tectonics Institute will convene its second World Congress on March 12-13, 2018, in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California. The theme of this year’s conference, “Skins on Campus: Bridging Industry and Academia in Pursuit of Better Buildings and Urban Habitat,” focuses on the
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Facade Tectonics Institute Inducts New Special Advisory Council to Drive Growth and Engagement
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) is pleased to announce its new Special Advisory Council (SAC). The Council is comprised of 28 individuals selected through a competitive application process and embody the disciplinary and geographic demographics of the Institute’s membership...
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Facade Tectonics Institute Call for Abstracts
The Institute has announced its Annual Conference 2018, mid March in Los Angeles on the USC campus, and published a Call for Abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference program.
