POWER PLAY The building can be an energy source instead of a liability. (Rendering courtesy of Kiss + Cathcart Architects) Product developers, building owners and designers are taking a new look at ...

Artificial intelligence continues to advance at a rapid pace, leading to calls to ensure that its capabilities and influence do not grow unchecked. In 2018, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Double skin façades: Almost a self-explanatory name for façade systems consisting of two layers, usually glass, wherein air flows through the intermediate cavity. This space (which can vary from 20 cm ...

Double skin façades (DSFs) represent an advanced building envelope technology designed to moderate thermal loads and improve energy efficiency through an additional insulating layer and a ventilated ...

The outer layer of the double-skin facade for the Design Hub at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) consists of more than 16,000 individually mounted translucent glass discs repeated on ...

Designed as a contemporary alternative to the granite facades of the city’s traditional civic architecture, the new Minneapolis Public Service Building features large spans of glass framed by aluminum ...

The modularity of the facade continues inside the building through the structure and provides the interior with a unique connection to nature in the middle of a dense urban area. The facade system ...

Builders and end-users alike recognise that a building’s façade is more than just appearance. A good design must also be functional, it must be energy-efficient, insulated, solid and stable, durable, ...