Building Enclosure Systems
Shear cracks riddle the exterior wall of this urban parking structure. Courtesy Hoffmann Architects
We may think of the building envelope as an inanimate object, but in reality its components can b...
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At the top level of this energy-efficient building, an adhered air barrier provides the primary weather protection for a metal panel cladding system, to be installed. Photo courtesy Hoffmann Architects
On a national scale, the impetus to improve building energy performance is manifest in the latest...
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Among the best building envelope products included in BD+C's Top 101 Products report are Eldorado...
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Healthcare buildings need optimum building enclosures for efficiency and sustainability.
Sustainable healthcare facilities will need energy-efficient building enclosures from the outset....
The silyl-terminated polyether (STPE) liquid-applied air barrier does not wash off when exposed t...
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As building codes change, existing railings may need to be updated or replaced. Courtesy Hoffmann Architects
Lacking familiarity with current requirements, some owners or managers complete a roof or balcony...
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Courtesy Dow Corning
Should institutional and commercial buildings be built to last 100 years? Why not? There are plen...
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This course will describe how to select vapor retarders to control moisture migration and prevent...
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Building envelope expert Bradley Carmichael of Hoffmann Architects explains how rainscreen wall s...
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This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...
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Photo: Tracey Nicholls, CSIRO via Wikimedia Commons
Even the best-designed envelopes can be undermined by thermal bridging in areas where insulation...
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All images and charts courtesy Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Building enclosure shop drawings play a critical role in guarding against common performance, cos...
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Rendering: Zaha Hadid's proposed Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Japan Sport Council, Creative Commons
The country moves on from Zaha Hadid Architects, creators of the original stadium design scrapped...
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Combined transparent high performance low-e glass panels and opaque decorative panels in a clear anodized aluminum curtain wall frame.
Materials selected for the building envelope had to protect occupants from Wisconsin's weather, a...
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The ruling comes after a decade of litigation over the agency's proposed rules to determine municipalities' housing obligations for low- and moderate-income residents. Photo: Rgkleit via Wikimedia Commons
The court said the state’s affordable housing agency had failed to do its job, and effectively tr...
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The Cool Brick is made of porous ceramic bricks set in mortar. Photo credit: The Emerging Objects Corporation.
Cool Brick is made of porous ceramic bricks set in mortar. The bricks absorb water, which cools t...
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This course provides step-by-step prescriptive advice to architects, engineers, and contractors o...
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When it comes to cost, performance, and aesthetics—not to mention maintenance and long-term resil...
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The precision engineering of TGP’s Fireframes Aluminum Series creates narrow profiles and crisp s...
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The Urban Green Council addresses a concern that many "green" buildings in the U.S. have: poor in...
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The design team for the Third North apartment complex specified Nichiha’s Illumination Series arc...
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The book, co-authored by Arup's Russell Fortmeyer, illustrates the various ways architects, consu...
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The industry associations, with more than 700,000 members generating almost $1 trillion in GDP, h...
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In implementing Northwestern University’s Engineering Life Sciences infill design, Flad Architect...
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Aligning thermal breaks and applying air barriers are among the top design and installation trick...
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The new Bradford West Gwillimbury Leisure Centre features a 1,400-sf serpentine channel glass wal...
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Poor workmanship, impact damage, building movement, and incompatible or unsound substrate are amo...
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From a high-tech classroom lockdown system to an impact-resistant wide-stile door line, BD+C edit...
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The $85 million, 10-story vertical campus takes the shape of a massive, shimmering aircraft hanga...
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