Claire is a building performance modeler and analyst with a passion for deep green building design. Her holistic approach to sustainability leverages climate-based passive and active building strategies, whole-building energy simulation, daylighting analysis, thermal comfort analysis, and whole-building life-cycle assessment. Her Masters in Sustainable Architecture from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology and undergraduate

Facades+ returns to Denver on September 21-22 for its annual gathering of AEC professionals for an event featuring the latest in building enclosure technology and high-performance facades from around Colorado and further afield. Organized by AN and the Colorado Building Enclosure Council (COBEC), this year’s event will showcase a new wave of facade design in

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Coupling a strong technical background with rigorous creative investigation, Anne Yong, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA strives to bring designs to life in a creative, innovative and thoughtfully detailed manner. An extraordinarily versatile architect and skilled technical designer, Anne is known for her analytical problem-solving skills and cohesive leadership style. She possesses more than 15 years

Jack Rusk is a Climate Strategist for EHDD, an architecture firm with offices in San Francisco and Seattle. In addition to my involvement in the firm’s design and planning projects, I’m the lead technical developer of EHDD’s EPIC tool. In the last few years, I’ve presented research at the International Mass Timber Conference, applied machine

Marcus V. A. Bianchi, Ph.D., P.E. is a senior research engineer with the Building Technologies and Science Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where he also leads the business development activities to coordinate external funding and collaborations with other research institutes. He is a thermal energy expert and conducts research in modeling, analysis, and

Andrew Dillenbeck primarily consults on the design and constructability of high-rise building enclosures for new construction. He also performs condition assessments and leak investigations of existing buildings and assists in the rehabilitation and retrofit of existing buildings. His building science interests include high-performance unitized glazing systems, historic masonry facades, and 3D evaluation and modeling of

Victoria Ereskina is a Facades Design Professional at HOK with an educational background in mechanical engineering and architecture. She’s the lead THERM modeler at HOK, she analyses the performance of exterior wall systems in the metrics of the weighted overall U-value, condensation resistance at critical transitions, LEED Daylight Autonomy, irradiation with potential for photovoltaic capacity,

Chris is a LEED-accredited professional with a specialty in Building Science. He brings over 15 years of sustainable design expertise to a wide range of work in the institutional, residential and commercial sectors, with a focus on building envelope and roofing renewal. Chris has extensive experience in the design, specification, inspection and testing of complex

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Architect Scalar Architecture Location New York City Completion Date September 2021 Composite Metal Panels PE by Alpolic Structural Fiberglass Enduro PVC Windows Drutex Taking the name of the solar phenomenon ‘Manhattanhenge’, Scalar Architecture’s recently completed facade intervention in Kips Bay brings a dynamic relationship between facade and sunlight to a 20th-century building. The brick and

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Molly began her career at Gehry Partners, where she spent seven years creating and realizing challenging architectural designs and building systems. As an AutoCAD Director, she oversaw drawing set production and the coordination and interface between 2D documents and 3D BIM data. At SURFACE DESIGN, Molly continues her focus on developing elegant design solutions and

A skilled project manager, Jill has contributed to the design and delivery of high-performance building enclosures for buildings around the world. Our clients benefit from the depth of her technical knowledge – especially in building performance modeling – as well as the breadth of her project experience. Jill’s work has focused in particular on balancing

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

Building energy codes are becoming stringent around the world. cove.tool allows users to cut construction cost by 2% to 3% while meeting these new codes. It’s machine-learning algorithms to look through thousands of alternatives to help pick the best one for the project and budget. It is easy to use and learn, allowing every designer

Tarek Rakha joined Georgia Tech as Assistant Professor of Architecture in 2019 and was appointed Director of the High Performance Building Lab (HPBL) in 2021. His research and teaching aims to transform climate-responsive and sustainable architectural design decisions to advance racially and socially just solutions using robotics, sensing, modeling, machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).