Facades 24
Facades
Case Study Special Section
The Architect’s Newspaper May 2020
HUF TON + CROW
Our annual facade supplement explores the state of building skins in the United States today and what they’ll look like tomorrow. One of the biggest trends we’re seeing is the growth of custom repetitive manufacturing, which is making bespoke cladding systems more attainable for a wider array of projects than ever before. A panel of international leaders in facade engineering discusses the capabilities and long-term implications of the technology in a series of interviews. Case studies of innovative projects from across the country cover a variety of materials and applications, including the spacecraftlike glass fiber–reinforced plastic facade of Los Angeles’s Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and the ETFE pillows of The Bloomberg Building (home of The Shed) in New York City. Product listings round up the latest in customizable cladding systems, biophilic tensile screening, coatings, and curtain wall systems. We also dissect the vogue for exoskeletal towers to understand what the future of facades has in store. By Gabrielle Golenda and Matthew Marani