Palais Kursaal, San Sebastián, Spain © Uta Pottgiesser Today, at the beginning of 21st century we can see increasing and interesting combinations of traditional climate adapted concepts with high-tech components and technologies: digital fabrication allows for new design solutions and constructions, sensors…
Peak-Load Plant KLC2, Copenhagen Airport The theoretical testing of the facade which is what the designer does while designing should encompass all relevant aspects of the facade. Does it fulfill the climatic challenges, how sustainable is it, how does it relate to…
Phoenix Biomedical Campus Health Sciences Education Building and Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, Phoenix, AZ, by CO Architects with Ayers Saint Gross © Bill Timmerman Beyond helping to minimize the negative impact of buildings on the environment, facades are also the physical, visual,…
