In contrast to the abundance of double facades favoured in the past, the new construction consists of a closed cavity facade made from self-contained elements. Their use here is interesting given the ...

GSA designs for new Celebrezze building facades will mute the 1960s look of the tower. Updated: Jan. 27, 2011, 5:00 p.m. ... Double-skin office towers are more unusual in America ...

German architecture firm Allmannwappner completed a tower within Berlin’s new Europacity quarter that features a double-skin facade with an outer layer of folding aluminum rods that modulate in ...

Ultimately, the 33-story building that opened a year ago exceeded LEED Platinum certification standards. Its state-of-the-art double-skin facade, solar chimney, energy recovery wheel and radiant ...

The second skin will create an insulating cushion of air in the 2.5-foot gap between the old and new facades. The renovation will take place from late this year to late 2014, while the tower is ...

Double-skin facades like that pioneered in Foster + Partners‘ 1997 Commerzbank tower (Frankfurt), “perform as environmental ‘switches’ and provide for natural ventilation, while mediating ...

A building's skin should be a power generator rather than an energy liability. Although glass curtain walls are becoming more and more thermally efficient, says Glass Facades Go Beyond Skin Deep ...

This striking new tower in the town of Irun, Spain features a double skin and series of rooftop gardens to set it apart from other mundane office buildings.

Double-skin building façade that contains microalgae and uses machine learning to generate energy. Story by Science X staff • 1mo. O perating a building is often costly given the price of ...

The pioneering design would feature a 3D-printed facade with a dual skin that would weave butterfly conservation strategies through the building as well as its facade and roof. The interior would ...

The 71-story Pearl River Tower, described as one of the most energy-efficient skyscrapers in the world, has reached its topping out milestone on the way to its planned completion later this year.

Completed in 2014 in Shanghai, China. On schedule to be China’s tallest and the world’s second tallest skyscraper, the Gensler -designed Shanghai Tower has topped out at 632 meters (2,074 ...