The A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building, a 32-story office building in Cleveland, Ohio, was built in the late 1960s for the U.S. General Services Administration. As with many early generation window ...

Think of the wind whipping around office buildings at street level. Because wind circling a building creates a pressure differential (between the outside air and the inside air) and because that ...

Boulder Community Health’s West Medical Building, with its hybrid vacuum-insulated glass installation and two inches of continuous rigid insulation, and the Lubber Run Community Center, Arlington, Va.

Sustainable construction begins with an efficient building envelope. As the single largest building element, the building envelope or building shell separates the interior of the building from the ...

The main role of architecture is to create structures that protect us from the environment and create spaces that are safe and comfortable for all types of needs and activities. By providing shelter, ...

Students from the Technical University of Denmark designed the home for two by combining passive and active technological solutions. The building’s thermal envelope shelters only the necessary area ...

Dubai, UAE: Balancing high-performance building envelopes with efficient Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems is crucial in the pursuit of cost-effective design and ongoing ...