This book presents sustainable design guidelines and case studies to help students and professionals concerned with building facade engineering, building physics, and architecture to develop high-performance facades for tall buildings. The book examines key design principles, façade materials and assembly, performance characteristics, fabrication/construction processes--illustrated with analytical drawings and facade detailing of tall buildings--and includes specific attention to the unique challenges of tall building enclosures in hot climates. As the growing trend in urban buildings is glass construction, Dr. Kim integrates a variety of sustainable design strategies for retrofitting buildings and new construction, including as-built façade tectonics and sustainable performance matrix, that emphasize climate responsive design, building energy conservation, and occupant comfort.
Continuity load path.- Continuity thermal envelopes.- Continuity waterproofing.
Dr. Kyounghee Kim is a Professor of Architecture at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She is a licensed architect and founding principal of EcoClosure, a practice focused on regenerative architectural technologies, and HK DnA PLLC, an architectural design practice.
