Precast concrete and plaster find coherence in Southern Utah Museum of Art

“When you look around the building, it’s more about what you don’t see than what you do,” Larry Scarpa, founding partner of Brooks + Scarpa, said of the Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA) in Cedar City, Utah. The museum has no back facade and as such, the traditional mechanical requirements were approached intentionally to

Ultrathin concrete roof to cap a net-positive energy rooftop apartment

A full-scale prototype of the design was the culmination of a four-year research project by ETH Zürich, and now the thin-shell integrated system’s concrete roof is under construction. The razor-thin assembly, built over the course of six months, tapers to an impressive one-inch thickness at the perimeter, averaging two inches thick across its more than 1,700 square feet

Diana Hun

Diana Hun’s research includes integrating the latest developments in materials and manufacturing techniques into building envelopes. For instance, she leads several interdisciplinary teams that are developing autonomous self-healing sealants; pre-installed sealants for prefab construction; overclad panels for building envelope retrofits; low-carbon, recyclable, biobased foam insulation; and lighter and thinner precast insulated panels. She is also

Daryll Mendoza

Daryll Mendoza serves as a preconstruction manager at Clark Pacific, a leading manufacturer of prefabricated building systems headquartered in California. At the start of her career, Daryll specialized in managing distinctive precast façade buildings, employing materials such as architectural precast and glass fiber reinforced concrete. Notably, she contributed to skyline-defining projects, including the Mission Rock

Amandine Cersosimo

Amandine Cersosimo is a Senior Project Engineer at Thornton Tomasetti and brings experience in façade and specialty structural design as well as project management. Her portfolio includes a wide range of project, of varying scales and programs, with comprehensive involvement at various stages of design through construction including performance testing. She specializes in the design

Koning Eizenberg Architecture designs University of Melbourne Student Pavilion

Brought to you by: Architect: KoningEizenberg Architecture Location: Melbourne, Australia Completion Date: February 2023 Los Angeles–based design studio KoningEizenberg Architecture (KEA) has completed construction on a new student pavilion for the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Circulation on the new concrete building was pushed to the exterior, which is detailed with extruded balconies, wood

Hiroshi Okamoto

Hiroshi Okamoto is a member of the American Institute of Architects and a LEED Accredited Professional, licensed in New York and New Jersey. He graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1992 and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Science degree in Architectural Studies in 2000. From

These are the top facades AN covered in 2023

Brought to you by: This week, we’ve gathered AN’s picks for the best facades covered in 2023. These projects were sourced from around the globe and exhibit a wide variety of material expressions, ranging from woven carbon and glass fiber to precast concrete and reclaimed brick. Check out our list to discover facades as diverse as

Miller Hull’s new health sciences building features an opaque facade

Brought to you by: Architect: Miller Hull Partnership Location: Seattle Completion Date: 2023 The Miller Hull Partnership’s new Health Sciences and Education Building (HSEB) for the University of Washington (UW) utilizes sustainable strategies to deliver co-disciplinary research, classroom, and collaborative spaces for the next generation of healthcare professionals. Featuring an innovative composite structural system consisting

Dave Rossi

Dave Rossi has over 30 years of structural engineering experience including project management, design, and analysis of both new and existing buildings and other structures. He excels in conceptual and detailed design, as well as field investigations to assess potential seismic hazards. Dave develops solutions by integrating the building’s structural demands with the functional and

OLI creates a floating campus in Suzhou with facades realized in glass and GFRC

Brought to you by: Design Architect: OLI Architecture Location: Suzhou, China Completion Date: 2023 Floating over a reflecting pool in Suzhou, China, the Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters, designed by New York–based OLI Architecture, stretches upward beneath a unique, parametric exterior facade. Created for a young Hong Kong pharmaceutical company, the glass facade references the hexagonal structure

David Young

Dave Young has over 30 years of experience as a building enclosure consultant with extensive experience in building enclosure commissioning (BECx), design peer review as well as the evaluation, analysis, and repair of distressed and deteriorated building envelope components and systems. Projects have required an in-depth understanding of the detailing and installation requirements for various

MVRDV reproduces rock forms for the facade of The Canyon

Brought to you by: Architect: MVRDV Location: San Francisco, California Completion Date: January 2022 View More Project Info Architect: MVRDV Location: San Francisco, California Completion Date: 2023 MVRDV’s The Canyon, a 23 story mixed-use building is one part of a larger master plan to redevelop a former parking lot near San Francisco’s waterfront into a

Pelli Clarke & Partners emulates mountain topography for facade of Chengdu Natural History Museum

Brought to you by: Architect: Pelli Clarke & Partners Location: Chengdu, China Completion Date: 2022 Pelli Clarke & Partners (PCP) recently completed work on the Chengdu Natural History Museum, a new institution for science and culture in China’s fourth-most populous city. The building’s complex, multifaceted form evokes the rugged topography of the Sichuan region’s mountain

Michael Trosset

Michael works with design teams and contractors to ensure cost-effective best practices are used in the design of prefabricated concrete systems. Since joining GATE in 2009, he has gained extensive experience managing precast projects while serving as project manager at the Kissimmee, FL plant for six years and as the manager of sales in the

Cristobal Correa

Cristobal Correa joined BuroHappold’s New York office in 1998. Throughout his career he has been at the forefront of innovative design in structural engineering. Cristobal has led the design of tension structures, facades, art installations, long span structures, stadiums, and temporary buildings as well as more traditional buildings of concrete and steel. In the process