Here, comparisons are made with numerical analyses, performed by implementing an ad hoc routine in the software Straus7, developed by Maffeis Engineering.
Tag - Glass Facades
AB-AR and EVALAM VISUAL play a decisive role on the façades of this new business case with 7,300 square meters of laminated glass. The modernization of the Morelia Convention and Exhibition Center (CECONEXPO), inaugurated in September 2021, was carried out by the state administration. It responds to the need to have a...
To kick off the new year, Glasstech Asia and PERAFI successfully held the 5th webinar of the series titled “Façade beyond Glass and Metal”. The webinar introduced the latest innovations that enhance current glass and metal building exteriors. The presenters provided a glimpse into the future of façade...
A new 290-bed public hospital recently open its doors in Solothurn, Switzerland The striking base structure as well as the patients’ ward above it are fitted with triple insulating glass by Glas Trösch, which creates an ideal room climate. Inside, around 3.5 kilometres of glass partition walls and doors were used...
In this first 2022 issue of SKINS, we pause to look back on 2021 through our most-read stories of the year, which we’ve recycled here in case you missed them (more original content coming in 2022!). Looking back, the very first thing we see is the Institute’s inaugural Vitruvian Honors & Awards (VH&A) program...
Serrated building envelopes are a very eye-catching element of contemporary architecture. This type of façade in plan resembles the edges of a serrated blade, hence the name.
Theoretical Study on a Highly Transparent Building Made with Long-Spanned TVT Portals Braced with Hybrid Glass-Steel Panels
The determination of interlayer modulus data is complex.
Global population is growing alongside increasing urbanisation and construction activities. Even today, modern architecture could not do without the material that is glass and its many innovative properties. Glass in Modern Architecture Cities are growing worldwide. Even today, the earth is populated by just under 8...
Source: Challenging Glass 7 Conference on Architectural and Structural Applications of GlassBelis, Bos & Louter (Eds.), Ghent University, September 2020.Copyright © with the authors. All rights reserved.ISBN 978-94-6366-296-3, Authors: Peter van de Rotten (Octatube)Michele Arinze AkiloWouter van der Sluis Since...