As energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming ...
Who says the façade for a renovation and restoration project needs to be stodgy? Certainly not New York-based architecture firm ODA, which recently finished its conversion of the former Arbuckle Sugar ...
A building's façade acts as a first impression of the contents within. Is it chic and minimalist, or bold and expressive? Each year we're seeing more products hit the market that differentiate and ...
Top honors were awarded to Villas on 24th, a 340,000-square-foot student housing development near the University of Texas. The project's façade is composed of 490 prefabricated EIFS panels, ...
Facades are the faces of commercial buildings. They can be bold or bland, striking or dull, indifferent or engaging. They can build a brand or simply serve as functional fronts, especially in ...
Featuring dramatic cuts in the facade or portions of floor plates sliced away—a new kind of architectural detail is reshaping the exterior of high-rise towers on a global scale. Distinctive gashes are ...
When a credit union in Tennessee decided to build a new branch, it chose to incorporate the latest technology in the construction process. “Several years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Branch ...
Think of the wind whipping around office buildings at street level. Because wind circling a building creates a pressure differential (between the outside air and the inside air) and because that ...