Double skin façades (DSFs ... thermal performance and energy efficiency across different building types. Double Skin Façade (DSF): An architectural element featuring two layers of façade ...

Operating a building is often costly given the price of heating and energy usage, accounting for 37% of global CO 2 emissions. As more commercial and mixed-use buildings are constructed across ...

and acoustic quality Emerging technologies in facade design, including smart materials, double-skin facades, and facades as energy generators Case studies on building orientation and facade design, ...

An elevated subway track along the east facade generated 88 dB of noise, which needed to be significantly reduced for occupant comfort. To achieve this, the architects created a double skin facade ...

Working together, the project team developed a closed cavity facade (CCF) system in which each shingle would comprise a double-skin assembly with a hermetically sealed air plenum and integrated ...

Distinguishing characteristics of the simple exterior are the efficient supporting framework and an innovative facade concept. In contrast to the abundance of double facades favoured in the past, the ...

Related: Architects envision a green, solar-powered skyscraper While the base of the building is treated with stamped concrete, the body of the project is made up on a unified double-facade.

Completed in 1998, the double-skin glass façade building is a nod ... At each story, a climate buffer corridor circulates fresh air between facades allowing natural ventilation for 60% of the ...

Cube Berlin is a sculptural office building with a double-skin reflective facade at the centre of Washington Platz in Berlin. The studio's intention was to explore new ways that the office ...