Architectural design

Design of a Single Span Nine Metre Long Glass Bridge

David Wittenberg, Michal Krynski

Halcrow Yolles was retained to conceptualize ideas for a glass bridge designed to span across the main lobby of a new hotel. Its defining feature, laminated glass balustrades, span continuously over the entire nine metre opening. Design work for the bridge was completed using a finite element model ...

Sears Tower – Energy Assessment of Façade Improvements

John Kooymans

The landmark Sears Tower building in Chicago, Illinois was constructed in the 1970’s with a non-thermally broken façade system and with single lite glazing panels. As a result, the structural resistance of the glass and the building envelope performance needed to be improved upon if the commercial t...

The Sustainable Highway

L. (László) I. Vákár

Air pollution is high on the political agenda worldwide. Emissions have to be reduced. Tighter legislation is making noise nuisance and air quality increasingly important when it comes to obtaining environmental permits for new or expanded infrastructure, especially in densely populated urban areas....

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F.A.Veer, Delft University of Technology
T. Romein, H van Ginkel, Van Noordenne group
Michael Preindl
Markus Kramer, IB KRAMER Structural Engineering FEM-Analysis
Scott Bondi
Xuesong Zhang
Rob Nijsse
Johann Sischka , Hans Frey
Silke Warchold
Peter Tückmantel
Tim Foster
John Kooymans, Jens Schneider
Mick Eekhout, Luis Weber, Stephan Niderehe
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