Emily Taylor

With a wide variety of interests but deeply committed to community, Emily Taylor has crafted her career in architecture leading projects from beginning to end at Hutton Design+Build, an integrated design and construction firm headquartered in her hometown of Wichita, Kansas. Emily’s project work is locally rooted – almost all in the state of Kansas

Patrick Loughran

Patrick Loughran is a noted facade expert and the author of two facade books: Falling Glass and Failed Stone. Licensed as both an architect and an engineer, he serves in dedicated project leadership roles and is a key member of the firm’s technical group. He is an adjunct professor at IIT, a regular national presenter,

Isaac Campbell

AIA Campbell is a Co-founder of award-winning, OFFICE 52 Architecture. His creative energy and exceptional technical ability combined with an outside-the-box approach to problem solving has led to projects with a versatility of material applications and innovative solutions. Projects include Scott Hall at Carnegie Mellon University for the College of Engineering and the Wilton E.

Tom Wiscombe

Tom Wiscombe is Principal and Founder of Tom Wiscombe Architec- ture (TWA) in Los Angeles. Tom com- bines his renowned design expertise with a deep knowledge of construction and project de- livery– gleaned from a thirty-year professional career– to create projects with the highest level of care and craft. His recently released monograph Objects Models

Anne Yong

AIA, NCARB, LEED GA Coupling a strong technical background with rigorous creative investigation, Anne 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 of

Mindy Levine Archer

| Firmwide Design Leader / NBBJ Mindy Levine-Archer is a design leader for NBBJ’s commercial, corporate, and civic practices in the Puget Sound region. She works closely with clients to understand their mission, vision, and goals, and then to layer those over the potentials and constraints of a given site, to create inspiring environments. Throughout

Bill Xu

Bill is a Senior Associate atPerkins & Will with 19 yearsof experience. His innovativedesigns and successful projects have beenrealized in the commercial, civic and cultural,science and technology, higher education, andmixed-use sectors. He is a passionate designerand consensus builder, who led teams oncomplex projects ranging from single buildingto multi-million-square-foot multi-buildingcampuses

Dan Maginn

Dan Maginn, FAIA, LEED AP Dan has been practicing in the Kansas City market since 1989, focusing on straightforward, resourceful solutions to innovatively defined problems. Dan is the Civic market leader at Dake Wells Architecture, and in his role as Director of the Kansas City office he leads a wide variety of project types including

Ann Thompson

Ann Thompson, FAIA, is Executive Vice President of Architecture and Design at Related Midwest. Since joining Related in 1995, she has led the creative oversight and planning of projects across the company’s portfolio of mixed-use, mixed-income, affordable and luxury developments, as well as all engineering, zoning and entitlement efforts.  A proven thought leader on architectural

Boston, October 17 – Sponsors

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Los Angeles, December 11+12 – Agenda

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Los Angeles, December 11+12 – Sponsors

Methods & Materials Expo Grow your materials knowledge, get hands-on with new products and valuable face time with industry experts in the Methods & Materials Expo. Register Interested in Sponsoring? Participating Exhibitors Interested in Sponsoring? Facades+ conferences are prime informational and networking events for architects, general contractors, engineers, fabricators, material suppliers, building owners and developers,

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David Rader

David is an Architect with a passion for improving urban environments with experience in many project types – from masterplans to museums. His interests in higher education and urban design culminated in David’s graduate thesis completed at Rice University. Titled Public Infrastructure, this project proposed a partnership between two public entities- the Los Angeles Community

Carl D’Silva

Carl D’Silva is a Principal Architect at Perkins&Will in Chicago, and a licensed architect in Illinois. Carl has honed his knowledge of technically-advanced façade and enclosure systems through design and construction efforts on complex projects around the world, including Sony Center in Berlin, Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, O’Hare Airport terminal renovations in Chicago, the Doha

Andreas Hafner

Andreas Hafner is Managing Director of seele GmbH, responsible for strategic development, sales, and innovation. He joined seele in 1993 as a student trainee and advanced through roles in project and sales management as well as international leadership positions. In 2016, he became Managing Director of seele GmbH and, in 2018, President of seele, Inc.

San Francisco, January 25, 2024

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New York City, April 4-5, 2024

The premier conference on high-performance building enclosures New York City calendar_month April 4-5, 2024 location_on Join Us at the Washington Metropolitan Pavilion and the New York Law School Earn Up to 12 AIA HSW CEUs This event has ended. Sign up to be notified of our upcoming events. Themes we’ll explore: Co-Chairs Featured Speakers What

Dieter Janssen

With over twenty years of experience as a practicing architect, Dieter’s work and curiosity have led to a broad range of collaborations with media & textile artists, photographers, dance and theatre groups, structural engineers, landscape architects, furniture designers, and graphic designers. These relationships have contributed to a unique expertise in a range of building types

Michael Leckman

Michael Leckman demonstrates strong leadership and consensus building both within the firm and in the field. His design of college and university buildings has transformed academic life across Canada. He champions sustainable innovation, which has enabled new approaches to green building design. As Principal at Diamond Schmitt, Michael pioneered two important initiatives of knowledge exchange:

Austin, October 31, 2024

The premier conference on high-performance building enclosures Austin calendar_month October 31, 2024 location_on Join us at the Fairmont Austin Earn 6 AIA HSW CEUs This event has ended. Sign up to be notified of our upcoming events. Themes we’ll explore: Co-Chairs Featured Speakers What to Expect at Facades+ The Premier Conference for High-Performance Building Enclosures

Arno Matis

Arno Matis has over 29 years of experience delivering award-winning architectural projects in greater Vancouver and internationally.A former Senior Director of Bing Thom Architects, he actively designed and managed numerous award-winning landmark projects, including Arena Stage in Washington and the Sunset Community Centre in Vancouver. Under BTA, Mr.Matis led Hotel Georgia through the first rezoning

Washington DC, October 14, 2021

WE ARE LIVE IN Washington DC October 14, 2021 The Washington Plaza 6 AIA HSW CEUs PRESENTED BY We are back in person! Facades+ Washington D.C., hosted by The Architect’s Newspaper, is an event filled with tailor-made presentations and robust dialogue on high-level detailing of all things building skin. We invited leading specialists to present