New York City April 13–14, 2022 | 12 AIA/OAA HSW CEUs Join us in person at the Metropolitan Pavilion The premier conference on high performance building enclosures In its 10th year, Facades+ continues to bring together the world’s most talented building professionals. We return to New York City for our biggest event of the year.

As a Façade Specialist, Felix has a deep knowledge in complex façade and glass design. He is a highly creative engineer and experienced team leader with over 15 years of experience in façade consulting and structural engineering. He enjoys designing structures and façades influenced by individual materials or products. He has worked with many cladding

Philadelphia March 8, 2022 | 6 AIA HSW CEUs Join us in person at the Sheraton Philadelphia The premier conference on high performance building enclosures In its 10th year, Facades+ continues to bring together the world’s most talented building professionals. We return to Philadelphia for the first time since 2019 to discuss the latest advances,

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

CUPACLAD® is a natural slate rainscreen cladding system which offers a range of cladding solutions, from traditional to contemporary, offering architects and specifiers a wide choice, suiting any individual design. CUPACLAD® uses high quality and durable slate and is installed using a new and efficient fixing system designed by CUPA PIZARRAS.

Mark Motonaga joined RIOS in 2009. His extensive experience architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design enable him to manage complex projects and has made him a leading voice in the design community for creating memorable experiences. His grasp of creative culture and placemaking has led him to speak at such events as the Fast Company

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

SanFrancisco March 23, 2022 | 6 AIA HSW CEUs Join us in personAt the Holiday Inn San Francisco-Golden Gateway The premier conference on high performance building enclosures In its 10th year, Facades+ continues to bring together the world’s most talented building professionals. We return to San Francisco for the first time since 2019 to discuss

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

Felipe Francisco, AIA is an Architect, Builder, and Fabricator with experience ranging from large-scale commercial and institution projects, medium scale Passive House residential projects, and small scale digital fabrication projects. At Studio NYL Felipe’s role is that of Technical Design Lead for the Boston Office. As part of the facades division, he works with architects,

An exceptional leader, Bradford J. Prestbo, FAIA, is advancing the profession through his practice, advocacy, and educational efforts in the use of cutting-edge design technologies, high-performance design, and the incorporation of maker culture into the design process. Bradford also finds time to share his knowledge of advanced design technologies, high-performance design, and how maker culture

With a history spanning nearly a thousand years, the University of Oxford is the oldest English-speaking institution of its kind. One might not be surprised, then, that its campus architecture has over time been subject to the buffeting winds of fashion. While the overriding mood may be Merrie Olde Englande or Jacobean—the best bits of

Revision and tweaking are central to the architectural process, but it is not often that a practitioner gets the chance to design the same project twice. When the Stuttgart, Germany–based firm Behnisch Architekten first won the commission for a new biomedical research facility at Harvard University, George W. Bush had just started his second presidential

Some may know of 425 Park Avenue as the Manhattan address of a buzzy new restaurant location from Eleven Madison Park Michelin-star owners, but it is also the site of the (partially) new 47-story office building designed by Foster + Partners for L&L Holding Company. Almost nine years after a winner of the invitation-only design

Up until the mid-20th century, the incorporation of glazing into any project was an exorbitantly expensive decision and potentially fraught with error due to the irregularity of manufacturing processes. The development of float glass through the Pilkington process, which can be roughly described as rolling molten glass over a tin bath, has enabled continually growing

Jeffrey Abramson, AIA, LEED AP has vast knowledge in the design, analysis and detailing of highly complex envelope systems. His project experience includes double skin façades, unitized and stick built curtain wall, and sloped glazing systems for institutional clients such as the Harvard Art Museums, Amherst College and University of Massachusetts Medical School. Jeff is