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facade design: January 2012
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Sunday, 15 January 2012. Shading in Ventilated Facades. Solar Shading and Intelligent Facades Conference (BRE, Watford, UK, 29 September 2011). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Shading in Ventilated Facades. Society of Facade Engineering. Advanced Building Skins, Graz, 14-15 June 2012. The Building Enclosure Science and Technology (BEST) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2-4 April 2012. The Future Envelope 6, Bath, 7 June 2012.
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facade design: December 2013
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Tuesday, 31 December 2013. The Value of Design - Part I. PUBLISHED BY INTELLIGENT GLASS SOLUTIONS. IN IGS ISSUE 4/2013. Good design doesn’t cost, but it pays.". Richard H. Driehaus]. What is the value of good design? Design as product, process, or both? This fascinating question triggers discussions of design and the relationship between aesthetics, quality, and architecture. Of a building or a space. When it comes to...
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facade design: Curtain Walling Energy Performance - Next Generation
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Tuesday, 25 September 2012. Curtain Walling Energy Performance - Next Generation. Energy consumption in buildings account for approximately 40 per cent of the global energy consumption and regulations are getting ever stricter in an effort to meet targets set at international and national level. Ultimately, near zero carbon emission buildings. We are talking about. The first projects have been realised already, spanni...
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facade design: June 2011
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Tuesday, 28 June 2011. What do façade engineers do? Concern themselves with everything to do with a building’s external envelope above ground level. Many names can be used to describe the envelope, for instance:. Other materials and cladding types. Some façade engineers are also skilled in roofing. Will consider the performance of such materials and systems in various respects:. Interaction with the primary structure.
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facade design: June 2013
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Thursday, 27 June 2013. 8220; Whenever you see the word ‘green’. In the name of a building code, cross it out and write the words ‘high performance’. For what we do. AIA Design:Art Science. Episode One. Hosted by Jennifer Devlin-Herbert, FAIA, Principal at EHDD]. Friday, 21 June 2013. We should be wary of focusing our argument on the bottom line. Architecture and design are fundamentally useless activities. Sixth Inte...
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facade design: The Decade of the Facade Engineer
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Tuesday, 25 September 2012. The Decade of the Facade Engineer. 8220;This could be the decade of the facade engineer.”. I took over the chair of the. Society of Facade Engineering. Is a term covering the specialist field, which bridges across more conventional disciplines and potentially both overlaps and integrates them. The successful integration in sector such as the construction industry is a big ask. The hope is t...
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facade design: Words #002
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Friday, 21 June 2013. We should be wary of focusing our argument on the bottom line. Architecture and design are fundamentally useless activities. When viewed through the lens of a project manager’s spreadsheet. Sam Jacob, FAT, column in Dezeen Magazine. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Society of Facade Engineering. Advanced Building Skins, Graz, 14-15 June 2012. Challenging Glass 3, Delft, 28-29 June 2012.
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facade design: Words #003
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Thursday, 27 June 2013. 8220; Whenever you see the word ‘green’. In the name of a building code, cross it out and write the words ‘high performance’. For what we do. AIA Design:Art Science. Episode One. Hosted by Jennifer Devlin-Herbert, FAIA, Principal at EHDD]. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Society of Facade Engineering. Advanced Building Skins, Graz, 14-15 June 2012. Challenging Glass 3, Delft, 28-29 June 2012.
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facade design: December 2012
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Views on facade engineering, building envelope technology, and architectural envelopes. Monday, 31 December 2012. EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM COMMENTARY PUBLISHED BY INTELLIGENT GLASS SOLUTIONS. IN IGS ISSUE 4/2012. The theme of this year’s Glass Supper is Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas. Firmness, Commodity, Delight) from Vetruvius’ elements of architecture. The strap line of the event is: Where will the architectural glass industry be in 100 years time? Is the overarching ambition. The devil is in the detail and ...
