The Global Hub’s undulating facade turns toward Lake Michigan for inspiration

The newest major addition to Northwestern University in Chicagoland, the 415,000 square-foot Kellogg School of Management’s Global Hub, establishes a formidable cornerstone for the campus’s border with Lake Michigan. KPMB Architects, a Toronto-based firm with a significant background in sustainable institutional design, addressed the region’s weather extremes with a well-executed layout and an undulating triple-glazed glass curtain wall. Facade Manufacturer Guardian

Morphosis founder Thom Mayne on the future of facades

From October 25 to October 26, The Architect’s Newspaper is hosting its Facades+ conference in Los Angeles for the fourth year in a row. The conference features leading architects based in Los Angeles, including Heather Roberge, Principal and Founder of Murmur Architects; Tammy Jow, Associate Director of AC Martin; Thom Mayne, Founding Principal of Morphosis Architects; and Stan Su, Director

Airport parking garage animated by resilient, kinetic facade

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has big plans for Boston’s Logan International Airport, ranging from the modernization of Terminal E to the expansion of adjacent runways. In 2016, as part of these modernization efforts, Boston-firm Arrowstreet delivered a dynamic expansion of its West Garage featuring a kinetic aluminum facade. Facade Manufacturer EXTECH Exterior Technologies, Inc. ArchitectsArrowstreet Inc. Facade Installer Ipswich

Miami’s Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science celebrates one year anniversary

In June, Miami’s Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science celebrated its one year anniversary. The four-building complex was designed by London-based firm Grimshaw Architects, and led by Global Managing Partner Vincent Chang. Facade Manufacturer Gate Precast, Trenwyth (Astra-Glaze), Victor Insulators, Radius Track, Viracon, Harmon Architects Grimshaw Architects Facade Installer Gate Precast, Formrite, Kenpat w/

Historic Louisville architecture gets a sleek new look by de Leon & Primmer

The Owsley Brown II History Center is just one part of a unified campus expansion for The Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky. Located in the historic neighborhood of Old Louisville, the project reinterprets the surrounding Italianate architecture in a contemporary way. de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop (DPAW) played with proportionality, depth, and layering of materials to

Parking garage receives razzle-dazzle camouflage-inspired cladding

Inspired by a military camouflage technique dating back nearly 100 years, DAZZLE is a permanent public artwork commissioned by San Diego County Regional Airport Authority for San Diego International Airport’s Rental Car Center. The project, delivered by art team Ueberall International (Nikolaus Hafermaas, David Delgado, Dan Goods, and Jeano Erforth), was made possible through a

Rehabilitating Lookout Mountain’s historic “Castle in the Clouds”

Originally built as a resort hotel, Carter Hall is a Tudor style concrete-framed stucco structure on the Covenant College campus outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Following a late-1970s recladding project, the landmark building was covered up in an effort to address ongoing moisture and thermal concerns. This rehabilitation project, led by Atlanta-based Lord Aeck Sargent (LAS),

Dynamic Glass makes appearance in overhaul of Swiss hotel

Electrochromic glass by SageGlass allows for facade shading without impeding views. This technology is perhaps most beneficial in a place like downtown Geneva, Switzerland, where mid-rise housing and office blocks frame distant views to snow-capped mountains and Lake Geneva. Recently, the Warwick Geneva Hotel became the first hotel in the world to be fitted with

Shelter Subterfuge by ASK Studio

Architectural sleight of hand transforms a FEMA safe room from bunker to glass box. Tasked with designing a community center on a shoestring budget, Des Moines–based ASK Studio was unsure how to fit the program to the project’s finances. Then an attendee at a community feedback session suggested applying for FEMA funds to build a

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

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

Facades+ returns to NYC this April for its 10th anniversary

Facades+ largest event of the year returns to New York City on April 13 and 14. Featuring a full first day of in-person presentations, and a second day of virtual workshops, Facades+ will celebrate its 10th anniversary in the city where the conference series started. With Blake Middleton, partner at Handel Architects, serving as co-chair,

Chris O’Hara

O’Hara is facade director for the Skins Group, a division of Studio NYL, established to provide full service facade design specializing in thermal modeling, moisture/condensation analysis, and in-depth detailing. Although Studio NYL is recognized for its skins work with cutting-edge glass and glazing, their team also specializes in digitally fabricated metal skins, GFRC, reinforced polymers,

Altus Group — Denver

An exclusive partnership of the leading precasters in North America dedicated to “innovation powered by collaboration”. Members work together to speed and perfect technologies that improve the build environment. Products and Technologies offered by AltusGroup members include CarbonCast® high performance sandwich walls and architectural cladding, ARCIS® ultra-thin prestressed concrete panel products, and Graphic Concrete imaging

Altus Group — Enterprise

An exclusive partnership of the leading precasters in North America dedicated to “innovation powered by collaboration”. Members work together to speed and perfect technologies that improve the build environment. Products and Technologies offered by AltusGroup members include CarbonCast® high performance sandwich walls and architectural cladding, ARCIS® ultra-thin prestressed concrete panel products, and Graphic Concrete imaging

detail photo of the facade shows the handmade bricks flush with the lintels and window casings at 11-19 Jane Street

David Chipperfield Architects brings a contemporary approach to the West Village

On Jane Street between Manhattan’s West 4th Street and Greenwich Avenue, a handsome, textured Venetian-red brick building sits unassumingly. On its left, it abuts a brick building painted pale-yellow, home to an architectural hardware firm and metal foundry. On its right, it’s separated from a faded red brick Greek Revival townhouse by means of a