Here are the top facades AN covered in 2022

Brought to you by: From terra-cotta to rammed earth and mass timber assemblies, AN has gathered its top facades highlights from 2022. Marking a year in which environmental standards continued to push the evolution of the building envelope, architects responded to energy concerns with a wide range of material palettes that offer envelope solutions across climate zones.

HWKN realizes a brick facade with angular cuts at a mixed-use complex in Jersey City

Brought to you by: In recent years, fast-paced high-rise development has given Jersey City, New Jersey, a notable skyline. Among this rapid vertical growth along the Hudson River is 351 Marin, a 38-story, mixed-use building in the formerly industrial Powerhouse Arts District. Its design is the work of New York City–based architecture office HWKN. Located

Mark Cavagnero Associates’ media arts building adapts to microclimate

Brought to you by: An amalgamation of glass, concrete, and steel coalesce to form the George and Judy Marcus Hall for the Liberal and Creative Arts, a single, virtuous structure comprising several boxy volumes at San Francisco State University. San Francisco– and Paris-based Mark Cavagnero Associates paid careful attention to the Bay Area’s temperamental microclimate

Facades+ wraps up its 2022 schedule in Seattle on December 2

Facades+ returns to the Pacific Northwest for its last conference of 2022. Co-chaired by NBBJ, Facades+ Seattle’s full-day program will cover the full gamut of facades, from the newest building codes, to material innovations, daylighting research, and thermal comfort. As Facades+ wraps up a fall schedule with high attendance and an outstanding range of projects,

Henning Larsen realizes a new face for Uppsala, Sweden’s town hall

Brought to you by: In Uppsala, a city north of Stockholm, architecture duo (and brothers) Erik and Tore Ahlsén proposed a four-building municipal complex in the early 1960s. The scheme consisted of a series of five-story, bar-like buildings that formed a rectangular perimeter, with an interior courtyard left open. It was largely realized, but construction

Longboard® Architectural Products

Longboard® cladding, soffit, and interior products are premium architectural-grade aluminum systems used for contemporary residential and commercial projects. With woodgrain, solid color, and specialty finishes, Longboard® has become a standard alternative to natural wood cladding materials such as cedar and is widely used in new building and renovation projects. Using a high-performance powder coat finish,

Renew Reuse, presented by AN, returns on November 16

The Architect’s Newspaper’s virtual conference series continues with Renew Reuse: Virtual Summit, on November 16. Featuring a full day of presentations, the event will bring together leaders in the architecture world whose work covers historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and the renewal of aging structures. Particularly amid larger discussions of embodied carbon, recycling materials, and the

Batlleiroig introduces charred wood to the Spanish office building

Brought to you by: Catalan architecture, landscape, and planning firm Batlleiroig has realized the first blackened timber facade in Spain. Its design for the Entegra building marks the first use of the material on an exterior in the country. Located within Barcelona’s 22@ district, a product of urban renewal within the city’s Sant Martí neighborhood,

Studio Bright designs facade with perforated brick screens in Sydney

Brought to you by: Studio Bright’s project at 8 Loftus Street has attempted to reinvigorate a city block in Sydney, Australia’s Circular Quay. Capped with a rooftop garden, and street-level arcade that connects the interior courtyard to the street, the building, part of a larger precinct named Quay Quarter Lanes, houses two floors of retail

Owens Corning

With a rich heritage in developing innovative insulating solutions, Owens Corning® is a leader in Thermal, Moisture, Fire, and Acoustic Solutions for many of the world’s greatest buildings. Our Building Science capabilities help you in designing the right solution for your project to meet Design Performance and Code Requirements. Building Science isn’t a part-time job

Automated Fenestration Inc.

We take automation to the next level. We offer true flagship solutions to commercial, institutional and residential markets. Innovating the fenestration industry for more than 30 years, Automated Fenestration Inc offers control over natural ventilation to any who need control. Whether basic environmental control or smoke & heat extraction, we offer fully integrated solutions including

Oslotre prioritizes material efficiency in cross-laminated timber building

Brought to you by: While Scandinavia already has a reputation for mass timber construction, including what was, until this year, the world’s tallest timber building, Oslotre’s St. Olavs vei 18 shows a continued innovation of timber projects in the region. Located in Kristiansand, on the southern tip of Norway, St. Olavs vei 18 is the

MAD Architects’ arts center in Aranya is under construction

Brought to you by: Taking inspiration from the massing of clouds, MAD Architects’ forthcoming public art space in Aranya Community, Qinhuangdao, China, is nearing completion. Called the Cloud Center, the building will include a grand hall, gallery, and theater across a footprint of 2,500 square meters (26,000 square feet). Aranya is a coastal town east

Valmont Structures

Since 1956 Locker, a Valmont company, has been an industry leading provider of perforated and expanded metal, woven wire, wire mesh and curtains. While initially we serviced the industrial sector, the architectural market has grown into one of our key areas of operation. We’ve developed our specialized range of metal products to meet the needs

TCJ Products

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GammaStone

GammaStone® is synonymous with creativity and excellence, the qualities that stem from our 50 years of experience in the stone industry and our tireless dedication in realizing high performance products. Clients from all over the world have certified our products in terms of quality, versatility, reliability and performance. With its extensive experience in the stone

EQUITONE facades

EQUITONE fiber cement facades are high-density, high-performance façade panels that come in a variety of textures and colors. Created for ventilated rainscreen systems, EQUITONE façade materials are designed by architects for architects. How EQUITONE is made: Ludwig Hatschek invented fibre cement in the late 19th century by combining the basic elements of the earth: mineral