On March 8th, Facades+ returns to Philadelphia. It’s the second event of the Facades+ 2022 conference series, now in its 10th anniversary year, and follows a successful kickoff conference in Atlanta. Facades will visit San Francisco, New York City, and Toronto, among a total of 12 cities in 2022.  The morning program will feature three

Nonthaburi’s new Museum of Modern Aluminum (MoMA), designed by Hung And Songkittipakdee design and research (HAS) gives a new face to Thailand’s history as an aluminum manufacturing hub along one of the busiest thoroughfares outside of Bangkok. While the design team wanted to use the material throughout the building to reflect the museum’s content, the

  In 2012, AN launched the first Facades+ event based upon a simple but incontrovertible observation: buildings account for 40 percent of global carbon emissions and one of the best ways to mitigate that impact is through improving the energy performance of facades. We surveyed the field only to find that there were no conferences

A new Virgin Hotel has risen above Dallas’ growing Design District, with a diamond-patterned aluminum facade that envelopes 268 rooms and over 15,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space. Designed by the Dallas-based 5G Studio Collaborative, the hotel is only a block away from the Trinity River, whose future includes a major parks

On February 25th, Facades+ returns to Atlanta for the third time. It’s the first event of the Facades+ 2022 conference series, now in its 10th Anniversary Year. Facades will visit Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York City, for a total of 12 cities this year.  The morning program will be delivered in a unique three-session

Architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Location Gainesville, Florida Associate Architect Walker Architects Structural Engineer Walter P Moore Glazing Manufacturer Viracon (curtain wall); SageGlass (electrochromatic window glazing) Prefabricated Panel Manufacturer N-RG Cladding Panel Finish Manufacturer PPG In early August 2021, before the University of Florida in Gainesville commenced fall classes, a construction crew erected provisional elements of

With 71 facades articles published in 2021, it’s time to take a look at a few of AN ’s most popular and some whose projects feature unique materials and construction methods. Ranging from large dormitory projects by well-known firms to a projects that utilize local cork, thatch, and brick, the following list covers the full

  Architect ELASTICOFarm Location Turin, Italy Completion Date 2020 Structural Engineer Arching Srl Mechanical Engineer Projema Engineering Srl Construction Company Ruscalla Renato SpA Prefabricator Alciati Srl Installations Paolin Impianti Srl Using prefabricated concrete panels, Italian studio ELASTICOFarm was able to embed hidden messages on the facade of S-LAB at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Architect Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Location Shenzhen, China Completion Date 2021 Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural Engineering Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Contractors and Curtain Wall Jangho Group Construction Manager Shenzhen Vanke Real Estate Featuring a ‘breathable’ facade, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank headquarters achieves energy efficiency while allowing occupants to modify

Architect moss Design Location Buchanan, Michigan Completion Date 2019 Structural Engineer Rockey Structures General Contractor Holladay Construction Group Window Systems Tubelite Structural Insulated Panels Thermocore Truss Manufacturer Big C Lumber Light Fixtures Halo, Lithonia, Kichler Plumbing Fixtures: American Standard Evoking the rural Midwest’s industrial architectural vernacular, moss Design’s River Saint Joe Brewery is a contemporary

Architect Sameep Padora and Associates Location Hyderabad, India Completion Date 2019 Brick Uma Brick Mangalore Aluminum Frame Windows Technical Windows Granite Sadar Ali Granite Looking out over the city and an adjoining park, the Mumbai-based Sameep Padora and Associates’ Sienna offers a novel apartment experience in Hyderabad, India’s Jubilee Hills neighborhood. A four-story building with

Reynaers is a leading specialist in the development of innovative and sustainable aluminum solutions for windows, doors, curtain walls systems.

W&W Glass is expanding their market by offering their own Glass Engineered Solutions. Following the closing of Pilkington Architectural’s Planar™ system production in the United Kingdom at the end of 2021, W&W will be expanding their portfolio in order to offer “larger structurally glazed solutions with greater flexibility.” W&W will honor Pilkington’s warranty on existing

Architect Morris Adjmi Architects Location Brooklyn, New York Completion Date 2021 Facade Consultant Gilsanz Murray Steficek Construction Manager New Line Structures Curtain Wall Competition Architectural Metals Masonry Construction and GFRC Superframe Installation StructureTech New York Brick Manufacturer Glen-Gery Glazing Architectural Window Manufacturing Landscape Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Morris Adjmi Architects’ Front & York is an

Architect Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Facade Contractor Powers Construction Glazing Siber Façade Group General Contractor Powers Construction Location Ontario, Canada Completion Date February, 2021 Reflecting the deciduous forest around them, the Arcana cabins by the Vancouver, Canada-based Leckie Studio Architecture + Design intend to connect inhabitants to the landscape of rural Ontario. The exact

Architect Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners Architect of Record SLCE Architects Facade Engineer and Consultant SURFACE DESIGN GROUP Facade Contractor Custom Metalcrafters Facade Manufacturer Custom Metalcrafters / Pielle Italy Facade Products Custom Metalcrafters / Pielle Italy / Schuco Glazing systems Glazing Double Glazed, HS, Low emissivity coated- Custom Metalcrafters/ Valsugana Vetreria, Vicenza, Italy Structural Engineer

Architect Olson Kundig Glazing Manufacturer Fleetwood Location San Juan Island, Washington Completion Date 2010 Facade Products Exterior Siding: 16 gauge hot rolled steel; Window/Door: Fleetwood thermally broken aluminum windows Structural Engineer MCE Structural Consultants, Inc. General Contractor Lowe Construction Shutter Decks Turner Exhibits Steel Fabrication Gem Welding Landscape Architect Island Gardens Interior Design Sara Steinfeld

In August of 2020, John Wheaton, CEO of Wheaton Sprague Building Envelope, launched a podcast featuring wide-ranging conversations with leaders spread across the AEC industry. The Creating Structures podcast brings together personalities from all corners of the building and design world to celebrate the energy and ideas that drive our practice forward. From publishing, manufacturing,

Glorya Kaufman’s name is far from an unfamiliar one within the performing arts world of Los Angeles. From the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to the future Glorya Kaufman Theater at the Actors Fund’s Hollywood Arts Collective, to the Los Angeles Dance Center’s long-running Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance series, the Detroit-born philanthropist and dance

Architect Zaha Hadid Architects Facade Engineer Buro Happold Engineering Facade Contractor Jangho General Contractor Guangdong No.1 Construction Engineering Local Design Institute GDAD Structure RBS MEP Engineer BIAD, GDAD MEP Contractor Shijian Landscape Zaha Hadid Architects, Pubang Location Guangzhou, China Completion Date November 2021 Just days ago on November 9, Infinitus China inaugurated Infinitus Plaza, the

San Francisco State University has a new academic building for the first time in 25 years: The George and Judy Marcus Hall for the Liberal and Creative Arts. Designed by the San Francisco-based Mark Cavagnero Associates as a flexible learning and production environment, the four-story facility asserts the presence of the arts on campus. Located

The Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center (HAARC) at Colby College in Waterville, Maine is a sprawling, 350,000-square-foot complex containing a multiuse field house with a 656-foot track, tennis courts, an ice arena, an Olympic-sized pool, a competition gymnasium for basketball and volleyball, squash courts, a strength and fitness center, multi-purpose studios, locker rooms, sports

Nestled into an existing vertical garden designed by Patrick Blanc, the 35 Green Corner Building by local firm Studio Anne Holtrop makes a monolithic statement in Muharraq, Bahrain. The space, which acts as art collection storage for the Sheikh Ebrahim Center, has a very simple and shallow plan—four stories each consisting of two identical rooms

Of the 40 or so buildings operated by Ryerson University, a rapidly growing public university in Toronto, no others reach as high as the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex. The 28-story building spans roughly 300,000 square feet and accounts for a sizable chunk of the 800,000 Ryerson has added in the past decade as part