A facade influenced by modernism adds dimensionality to ETH Zurich’s campus

Brought to you by: Zurich-based Boltshauser Architekten turned to modernist influences when designing ETH Zurich’s GLC Research Building. The structure is located near the city center on the ETH’s main campus, which is anchored by a main Neoclassical building expanded with 20th-century additions. The GLC is part of the first phase of realizing a 2014

Facades+ returns to Houston with a program focused on prominent local buildings

Facades+ returns to Houston for the first time since 2015 on April 13. After successful events in Austin and Dallas in 2022, Facades+ is excited to present a technical program that caters to Houston’s local audience. AN has worked with co-chairs Luisina Basilico, principal at Page, and Rives Taylor, principal and co-director of design resilience

Chris Andreacola

Chris has over 35 years of experience in architecture and over 10 years at DS+R where he has held key technical roles in the design and execution of a number of award winning projects. He currently serves as the Technical Director for the upcoming renovation of the Metropolitan Storage Warehouse into the new home for

Facades+ to bring envelope excellence back to New York City

Brought to you by: Facades+ returns to New York for AN’s largest conference of the year on March 30 and 31. In its 11th edition, the conference will feature a full-day symposium on March 30 and workshop sessions on March 31. Highlighting the best in envelope design, the conference will emphasize the importance of embodied carbon,

John Rovi

John Rovi has nearly two decades of progressive experience in the fenestration and exterior façade industry. His roles in project management, facade consulting, and most recently in architectural business development for Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope® provide a wide breadth of industry expertise. John frequently presents technical yet easy-to-understand topics to the architectural community, engineers, developers, and owners.

Emily Losego

Emily Losego is Vitro’s director of commercial innovation, where she works with Vitro’s Marketing & Innovation Team to bring new glass product ideas from the drawing board to the production line. A former practicing architect, National Architectural Manager and magnetron sputter vacuum deposition (MSVD) product manager for Vitro, Losego is responsible for defining the vision

Danielle Tyson

Danielle Tyson is the Architectural Design Manager covering the New York City area for Guardian Glass. In her current position she works directly with design professionals to assist with project review and provide guidance on glass and glazing selections for large commercial project work to ensure building envelope enclosures meet all aesthetic and performance requirements.

OldCastle

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope®, Inc. is North America’s leading vertically integrated manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of architectural hardware, glass and glazing systems. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, OBE is a world-class building products company with significant presence in every major market in the U.S. and Canada. OBE manufactures high-performance architectural glass products and aluminum framing systems and distributes

Facades+ will come to Atlanta on March 2

The Architect’s Newspaper is bringing Facades+ back to Atlanta on March 2. Featuring the latest projects across the Southeast, the conference will feature a full-day symposium. AN has worked with NELSON Worldwide director Henry Cantwell and regional mixed-use leader Tom Arsovski as co-chairs to bring together a program that spans from media facades to high-performing

Julie Freund

Julie Freund is an architectural sales representative for YKK AP covering the greater Houston area and surrounding counties, as well as Lake Charles, LA. She has over ten years of experience in residential and commercial glass and glazing. In her role, Julie provides sales and customer support to the glazing community. Additionally, she provides design

Brian R. White, Ph.D.

Brian White is the Technical Manager for the Americas Insulating Glass team at H.B. Fuller Company, where he manages research and development and technical service for North America. Brian has been with H.B. Fuller for 10 years, starting as a scientist developing insulating glass sealants and gaining experience and familiarity within the fenestration industry. Currently,

Eskew + Dumez + Ripple draws from quarries for Bruce Museum addition

Brought to you by: At the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, science and art intertwine in more ways than one. New Orleans–based firm Eskew + Dumez + Ripple has designed a new wing for the museum faced with precast concrete panels and glass. The addition’s stonework references the striated geological bedrock found in local quarries

Chris Fronsoe

Chris Fronsoe is the National Architectural Team Manager for the Western USA and Western Canada at Vitro Architectural Glass for commercial projects in the Northwest Region. Chris has years of experience working with general contractors, glaziers, architects and glass fabricators. For the commercial glass market, he brings design knowledge for both vertical and sloped glazing

Julia Schimmelpenningh

Julia Schimmelpenningh is the architectural technical engagement manager at Eastman, in Springfield, Massachusetts, a global specialty material and chemical company. Her work includes new product development, qualification and commercialization of laminated glazing solutions, regulatory development and industry education and association support. Julia also manages the America’s Customer Applications and Support Laboratories in Springfield MA and

Stefan Zimmermann

Stefan Zimmermann leads Gartner’s branch office in Wuerzburg, Germany, and has been with Josef Gartner for 15 years. During this time he was responsible for about 75 high profile projects in many different countries such as the US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, France, UK, Ireland, Qatar, UAE, Chile and Russia. With his engineering expertise, his main

Katherine Miller

Katherine Miller has a unique technical background, specializing in curtain wall and building façade detailing. She started her career as a façade consultant in New York City, developing expertise in a range of exterior cladding, including all-glass curtain walls, metals, stone, terracotta and precast concrete cladding systems. Since joining EHDD in 2006, Katherine has led

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

Frans de Witte

Frans de Witte (Rotterdam, 1973) joined MVRDV in 1996, before joining the company he briefly worked at JP van Eesteren contractors. He is currently leading projects in the Netherlands, the USA and South America, including a 26,500-square-metre mixed-use high rise located in New York and six residential towers ranging from 92 to 143 metres in

Frameless Hardware

Frameless Hardware Company LLC (FHC) Experience and Innovation is a manufacturer and supplier to the glass, glazing, and fenestration industries. We provide a complete range of tools, supplies, and innovative architectural hardware for frameless shower doors, all-glass entrances, aluminum storefronts and entrances, architectural railings, and transaction windows. As a privately owned, American based company, our

TJC Products

TJC Worldwide specializes in the sales and distribution of modern building materials. Our commitment is to provide the highest quality materials with unparalleled customer service. TJC Products is a North American Independent Sales Organization that focuses on the outside of your building. Some of our products include TerraCORE Panel Systems: Large Format Porcelain and Honeycomb

Nori Architects retrofits an office building facade with recycled materials

Brought to you by: Nori Architects’ renovation of the Asanuma Corporation’s Nagoya Branch Office has given a 30-year-old, nearly all-glass office building in Aichi, Japan a new facade with primarily recycled natural materials. The Tokyo-based architecture firm was tasked with revamping the 8-story tower into a modern office space. As the firm described, “this project

Architects will present the faces of Denver’s rapid growth at Facades+

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

SOM’s green terra-cotta facade for Disney’s headquarters takes shape

Brought to you by: Architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill Location New York, New York Completion Date 2024 Developer/Owner’s Representative Silverstein Properties Sustainability Atelier Ten Facade Consultant R.A. Heintges & Associates Structural Engineer Thornton Tomasetti Facades Maintenance Entek Engineering, LLC Construction Manager Lendlease  Curtain Wall Contractor New Hudson Facades Terra-cotta Supplier NBK Glass Supplier Interpane Bird

Rieder

The Rieder Group is specialized in the manufacture of solution-oriented, environmentally friendly and economical facade products from glassfibre reinforced concrete. The elements have a thickness of only 13 mm and are available in various colors, surfaces and formats, providing a great deal of scope for designing individual building covers.