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rat[LAB] Studio Presents Advanced Façade Design

Parametric and Algorithmic Design Techniques can help develop smarter facades that can perform a multitude of tasks in an optimized way, in fact, parametric design opens up vast...

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Audit & Forensics

Façade is a dynamic industry where there is continuous learning and innovation, with a fair amount of experimentation that happens at most project sites. Sometimes, things do not...

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Instant Wall Cladding by Insta Build

Insta Build, a new entrant in the interior design space, is offering a new product from Korea called 3D Foam Wall Cladding, under the brand name Insta Walls. The claddings come...

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PMC For Facades

The most striking attribute of a modern high-rise building is its appearance – the first visible contact being its façade. But what happens if the façade is not implemented in a...

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CMC Introduces Translucent Stones

Classic Marble Company (CMC) has introduced six new luminous products in its latest collection of translucent stones – Stone & Luce. Launched under the company’s popular...

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Wood's Timeless Appeal

Despite an influx of new materials for facades, wood continues to find a major number of takers in the premium class of buildings. Why is wood still coveted as a façade material?...

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First Impression

From eliminating use of silicon sealants in ACP façade construction, to using media façade system to make buildings communicate, creating a façade to cleverly convey a building's...

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Architects SHAU Design a Façade by upcycling 2000 Icecream Buckets

SHAU, a multi-awarded rising architecture practice, started a mission: to rekindle interest in books by offering a designed place for reading, paired with multiple community...

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Beyond Good Looks

Going beyond eye-catching exteriors, facades are being designed for transparency, sustainability, thermal insulation, protection against high winds, and even...

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IMBA in Vienna renovates for improved energy usage with EControl dimmable glass

The dimmable solar control glass from EControl-Glas (Plauen, Germany) provides shading without stopping all the daylight from entering the building. And with solar factors below...

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The Smart Envelope

With India's extreme temperature, the choice of façade material is as important as the architectural design. Besides enhancing the urban image, facades play a big role in...

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Building Envelopes Embracing Design Technology

Visual mosaics of building envelopes form skylines and aerial frames of our cities today. Conceived in varying scales, shimmers and ages, to envelope a building is to add visual...

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Sustainable Façade- Materials Lead to Green Buildings

When it comes to the façade of a building, however grand or humble, builders as well as end users mostly realize that it's no more about just the looks. A killer look or an awe...

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Emerging Trend Tensile Facades

Facade of a building remains undoubtedly the most important from the perspective of designers & developers, as it sets the first impression of the building. For every known...

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Parametrically Designed Facades for Climatic Adaptability

Facades and building envelopes determine visual identity, character and expression of architecture. Design and aesthetics of building skins impart a character to a place,...

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Innovative Cladding/Duct Cover Solutions from ACCUCEL

Accura polytech is a leading manufacturer of uPVC rigid foam profiles using patented celuka process with breakthrough technology from Italy. The company offers an elegant and...

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ALUPLEX - Redeveloping Facade Design Sphere

Aluplex, a specialist in design, engineering, manufacturing, and installation of curtain walls and other architectural facade systems, has secured a leadership position by...

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Sustainable Façades for the Indian Market Criteria, concepts, components, tools, and services

Across centuries, building forms and types have been adapted to local climatic conditions. Only in the 20th century did the development of the technology of mechanical...

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Smart Walling

Smart is the wonder word for today's development. It won't be wrong to mention that the inspiration here is the smart phones that have changed the way we live. From a tool for...

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Green Building Facades and Railings from Ozone!

Modern day façade engineers, designers & architects are increasingly becoming aware about creating a sustainable & safe building structure. Glass plays a critical role in...

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