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Building Skins: Double Skin Facades - US Examples - Occidental Chemical

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Double Skin Facades - US Examples - Occidental Chemical. This is a series of listings of currently constructed double skin buildings in the North America. I'll make a separate post for each example as there is a good bit of information out there to highlight. The Occidental Chemical Building - 1982. Also called the Hooker Chemical Building). Niagara Falls, New York. Approx. 200,000 sf. From Cannon Design's website. A description of what this building aspired to be. And a nice night image. A masters thesi...

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Building Skins: Double Skin Facades - US Examples - 601 Congress, Boston MA

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Double Skin Facades - US Examples - 601 Congress, Boston MA. Manulife Financial - John Hancock. 601 Congress, Boston MA. This building is fascinating on several counts. It was the first example of this type of double skin construction in the US, the entire envelope is a double skin as opposed to one elevation of the building, and it is simply a very beautiful object in person. The facade system fabricated by Permasteelisa is an 8" "active" facade. The exterior light is a . Beautifully lit interior space.

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Building Skins: GSW Headquarters - Facing East-West Facades

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GSW Headquarters - Facing East-West Facades. Many architects face the prob. Lem of what to do when site or other factors force the major axis of a building to face east and west. The solution for GSW Headquarters in Berlin by sauerbruch-hutton. Of Berlin was to deal with the problem face on. The west facade is a double skin which acts a thermal buffer, and a thermal flue which draws fresh air through the building. Image from Flickr: Uploaded by runningforasthma. Note: Plan image north is down). For some ...

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Building Skins: Double Skin Facades - Canadian Examples - Manitoba Hydro

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Double Skin Facades - Canadian Examples - Manitoba Hydro. Manitoba Hydro Headquarters - 2008 Sche. Approx. 695,000 sf. This is probably the most interesting North American high performance project un. Der way. Coupled with the. Of Stuttgart, Germany, this project pushes the technical design aspects of a high performance project beyond any ssen in the US to date. There is an excellent supply of information available both on Manitoba Hydro's website,. And on consulting engineer's AEI's web site. In Detail ...

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Building Skins: February 2008

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GSW Headquarters - Facing East-West Facades. Many architects face the prob. Lem of what to do when site or other factors force the major axis of a building to face east and west. The solution for GSW Headquarters in Berlin by sauerbruch-hutton. Of Berlin was to deal with the problem face on. The west facade is a double skin which acts a thermal buffer, and a thermal flue which draws fresh air through the building. Image from Flickr: Uploaded by runningforasthma. Note: Plan image north is down).

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Building Skins: October 2007

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Double Skin Facades - Canadian Examples - Manitoba Hydro. Manitoba Hydro Headquarters - 2008 Sche. Approx. 695,000 sf. This is probably the most interesting North American high performance project un. Der way. Coupled with the. Of Stuttgart, Germany, this project pushes the technical design aspects of a high performance project beyond any ssen in the US to date. There is an excellent supply of information available both on Manitoba Hydro's website,. And on consulting engineer's AEI's web site. Has a good...

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Building Skins: September 2007

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Double Skin Facades - US Examples - Occidental Chemical. This is a series of listings of currently constructed double skin buildings in the North America. I'll make a separate post for each example as there is a good bit of information out there to highlight. The Occidental Chemical Building - 1982. Also called the Hooker Chemical Building). Niagara Falls, New York. Approx. 200,000 sf. From Cannon Design's website. A description of what this building aspired to be. And a nice night image. A masters thesi...

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Building Skins: Double Skin Facades - Canadian Examples - Telus

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Double Skin Facades - Canadian Examples - Telus. Telus William Farrell Building - (Original Construction 1947) Renovation 2000. Approx. 130,000 sf. Has some good photos of the building. An interesting Underfloor Air study can be found at Berkley's site. Has a good summary of the project and systems. And some good diagrams of how the wall operates were found here. I am an architectural student from india. my name is sai. It will be helpfull for my studies. My mail id is ssaisatish@gmail.com.

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Building Skins: November 2007

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Shingle Glass Curtain Wall. This $100mil building at 1099 New York Ave. NW. In DC has what is described on Davis Construction's Website. Facades are custom curtainwall systems that appear shingled. The typical intersection of four glazing units results in the individual glass panels occurring in four different horizontal planes, with each unit being sloped horizontally and vertically.". No mention is made on architect Thomas Phifer and Partners. Website or Developer Tishman Speyer's website. Ilding. ...

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Building Skins: Forward

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Was started as a supplement to an in-house seminar presented in September 2007. The postings and links here are meant to serve as a repository and forum for discussions relating to high performance and well designed buildings with a focus on their envelopes. We are most interested in the place where elegant technical solutions become poetic moments. As authors study and embrace grammar, we as designers study the details and systems of our compositions. But, it is the keen observations of glass artist.