Building facades are no longer simple exterior walls. In modern architecture, the facade is a highly engineered system that controls light, heat, safety, and visual identity. It is the first element ...

As energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming ...

Who says the façade for a renovation and restoration project needs to be stodgy? Certainly not New York-based architecture firm ODA, which recently finished its conversion of the former Arbuckle Sugar ...

What if we could design buildings that could heat and cool themselves? What if we do this by repurposing existing technology? And what if we could seamlessly integrate this technology into a ...

Learn how SolarLab's BIPV systems redefine energy integration in architecture, enhancing aesthetics and efficiency.

In the past, you could build any old steel-and-glass box and sell it for big bucks. But the all-glass façde is so 20th century — unless it’s formed into the shape of billowing sails, like on the Frank ...

It’s raining Tetris buildings in Brooklyn! We spied another Tetris like facade going up on yet another Bushwick building at 1138 Bushwick Avenue, pictured above. The frame building was undergoing a ...

When a credit union in Tennessee decided to build a new branch, it chose to incorporate the latest technology in the construction process. “Several years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Branch ...

The Life and Mind Building’s rippling concrete exterior is actually based on a researcher’s brain scan. As researchers ...