Facade failure due to seismic event represents a potential hazard to people and can cause serious damages to buildings with consequent high-cost reme…
Architectural preferences for commercial building continue towards increased transparency resulting in large lites of glass with minimal visual obstr…
The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right …
The project described in this paper explores the integration of custom-made soft robotic muscles into a component-based surface. This project is part…
Quickly exceeding new facade service life expectations for tall buildings imposed by increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures have cr…
California is set to be drier and more drought prone with climate change. Wildfire and the subsequent loss of life and housing is a huge challenge. C…
A building’s envelope mitigates the effects of meteorological phenomena – including lightning – upon the structure and its occupants and contents. Th…
