David Baker Architects’s Blue Oak Landing was fully prefabricated, including the building’s Corten steel facade. (Bruce Damonte) Masonry is experiencing a resurgence following a precipitous decline in ...

The project focuses on developing innovative building envelope systems that integrate solar power generation, thermal performance enhancement and daylight control. These systems aim to overcome ...

Current efforts to improve building envelopes mostly focus on reducing energy demand by static measures such as insulation, selective glazing and shading. The resulting envelopes are limited in ...

With the proposed goals of “energy conservation, carbon reduction, and green development,” green and low-carbon lifestyles have gained significant attention. As a major sector of energy consumption, ...