University of Southern California

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A global conference about the design, engineering, manufacturing, construction and management of building enclosures. Blind peer-reviewed papers and presentations by more than 75 speakers including many faculty members from architecture programs around the country:  covering structural glass, intelligent facades, new materials and methods, daylighting, energy, sustainability, resilience, retrofit, double-skins, heritage facades, and more.   Target audience includes professors, architects, engineers, facade designers, manufacturers, contractors, suppliers, owners, etc. The Facade Tectonics Institute is a member-based, volunteer organization founded in 2007 at the University of Southern California and dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in the field of building envelopes.