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http://www.enclos.com/newsletter/newsletter_03.html

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41 Cooper Square, Morphosis

The building reverberates with light, shadow and transparency via a high performance exterior double skin whose semi-transparent layer of perforated stainless steel wraps the building's glazed envelope to provide critical interior environmental control, while also allowing for transparencies to reveal the creative activity occurring within.

http://morphopedia.com/projects/cooper-union

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0-14 Tower, Dubai

The building was designed for Dubai’s Business Bay and features 22 floors covered in a double skin facade. That is, outermost skin is constructed from 40c, thick perforated concrete. The one meter space between the skins creates a chimney effect, cooling the building.

Read more: http://www.unp.me/f8/amazing-future-projects-of-dubai-38659/#ixzz2nnyUZpaE

O-House's Cut-Out Double Skin Protects it From the Sun's Rays Designed for a very wealthy client, the glass

structure is encapsulated with a circular cut-out

skin. Resembling port holes, the heavy concrete

façade filters light into the glass interior, while also

reflecting the lake, mountains and greenery of the

site. The outside skin creates privacy for the

interior, while also blocking the sun’s rays and

reducing solar heat gain. In the winter, it helps hold

in hot air, keeping the interior nice and toasty.

Read more: O-House's Cut-Out Double Skin

Protects it From the Sun's Rays | Inhabitat -

Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture,

Green Building

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Tehran Stock Exchange Proposal”

The second prize winning proposal for the Tehran Stock Exchange, designed by Hadi Teherani

Office +Design Core [4S], is a two-part structure enveloped with a double-skin façade that has a lacey

appearance of the traditional Iranian architecture. The 66-meter high building is based on the historic

Iranian “wind-catcher” structures that act as natural cooling systems.

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The facade is designed as a double skin, where the inner layer is a curtain wall with triple insulating

glazing with sun blinds on the outside. The glass proportion is max 70% in order to reduce the heat

penetration to a minimum. The second layer is another curtain-wall, comprised of perforated metal plate

elements. Thanks to the various sizes of perforation holes, from a distance the superimposed figures of

a sample Iranian traditional motif are recognizable. The cleaning of the façade is effected via a 60 cm

maintenance catwalk in the interim space between the double layers. This “pixel façade” lends the

building a special character. The façade changes when observed from different angles and from a

specific distance the image becomes even sharper.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/tehran-stock-exchange-proposal-hadi-teherani-office-design-core-4s/

The Westarkade, West Arcade building of the Frankfurt KfW Banking Group

is one of the first office sky-rises in the world requiring just 98 kilowatt hours per sq. meter to operate.

Compression ring facade: The double skin facade of

the Westarkade is built as a compression ring in order

to balance the wind forces at the windows.

Facade modules: Tilt and turn windows with insulated

glazing. The windows are planned by the architects of

sauerbruch hutton and manufactured by Wicona.

http://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/sauerbruch-hutton/contributions

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Piraeus Tower, Athens.

The existing structure of the tower is used

as a canvas for the emplacement of two

different kinds of double skin facade. The

skin is used as a means of expressing the

function of the interior. The perforated

facade covers the workspace area i.e. 60%

of each floor, while the glass double facade

covers the common spaces (approximately

20% of the floor plan). Two basic types of

plan rotated and mirrored provide the

variations that result to the tower’s new

facade design.

http://evp-arch.com/Piraeus-Tower

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Terrace house in Bratislava http://www.cgarchitect.com/2012/02/terrace-house-in-bratislava2

Shot of facade made from perforated steel

12 storey building situated near the small river in main city of Slovakia. Designed with a lot of terraces

and with special facade consist of many pieces made from perforated steel.

Harold Wood, House & Housing, India

This residential scheme in Kolkata, India, for Tata Steel

and Bengal Shrachi draws equally on the local tradition of

open, expressive architecture and global advances in

building technology. A delicate veil of steel unites cutting

edge environmental systems and modular technology

with a uniquely Indian identity. “SymHouse Mk1 extended

[Piercy&Company's] proven track record of innovative

housing design, however, their proposal went one stage

further with an ingenious spatial strategy. By proposing a

conditioned inner core set within a peripheral layer of

more responsive inside /outside spaces, this scheme

satisfied not only the environmental aspirations of the

brief, allowing both ‘natures’ to successfully co-exist, but

also the social aspirations.”

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/04/01/restello-by-piercy-conner-architects/

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The use of steel for this project was influenced by the high levels of humidity that the area

experiences, which can cause structures made from less robust materials to deteriorate and

decay quickly. Steel’s imperviousness to moisture means that it will not shrink or swell, and

exposed areas can be galvanised or treated to reduce corrosion. Aimed at the growing market

of high-income professionals, the apartments retain the aspirational qualities of light and space

that steel and glass structures offer, while combatting the issues posed by the harsh sunlight,

providing a comfortable and luxurious living environment.

H Arquitectes' Triangular House The perforated brick façade may enhance the geometric home’s façade, but they also boast an

advantage over regular bricks. Behind the perforated façade sits an air chamber that increases natural

ventilation and circulation inside the structure. The perforations also help channel rain, allowing it to

naturally drain off the façade and into built-in cavities.

Read more: H Arquitectes' Unique Triangular House 712 is Constructed From Perforated Bricks |

Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

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YINCHUAN EXHIBITION CENTER IN NORTHWEST CHINA Yinchuan Exhibition Center is designed to unite the Chinese and Arabic Axis while also

functioning as a premier cultural institution. The building’s perforated facade features carved

patterns that allow natural ventilation and daylight to enter the building.

http://inhabitat.com/yinchuan-exhibition-centers-perforated-facade-reflects-the-regions-chinese-and-islamic-

influence/sure-architecture-yinchuan-exhibition-center-2/

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Orange Cube in Lyon

Perforations large and small give the Orange Cube in Lyon its distinctive personality. Designed

by Paris-based practice Jakob + Macfarlane as a design showroom and office complex, its

coloured metal mesh façade is covered in an irregular pattern of perforations and is

dramatically punctured by two large openings.

Visually, the perforated surface references the dappled effect of light reflecting on the surface of

the nearby river, while its russet hue is inspired by the harbour-side location. The functional

performance of the patterned façade is achieved by careful research into optimal light levels

and thermal performance.

Umimirai Library by Coelacanth K&H Architects, JAPAN

http://www.architonic.com/ntsht/hole-lot-of-sense-smart-uses-for-perforated-facades-and-partitions/7000629

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DQZ Cultural Center / Holm Architecture

Office

The perforated steel façade allows for natural ventilation. The building is designed to integrate

geo-thermal heating for heating and cooling as well the integration of PV cells in parts of the

roof and in areas of the public plaza.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/dqz-cultural-center-holm-architecture-office/

BLOCK 53

The storefront system is a 2 sided structurally glazed curtainwall system manufactured by YKK

and fabricated and installed by PenaAlum. We used low-iron glass to provide ultra clear glazing

for viewing merchandise, http://block53.wordpress.com/

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Wellington council

apartments

As part of Wellington City

Council’s 20-year social housing

upgrade, the apartments are

being seismically strengthened,

refurbished, ventilated,

insulated, double glazed and

upgraded to meet the latest

Building Code

requirements. The buildings

have gained street appeal as

well as functionality and safety.

http://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/making-a-comeback/

The Lofts at Cherokee Studios

At Cherokee the main architectural feature of this project is the building’s owner-controlled

operable double façade system. The perforated anodized aluminum panels of the building

creates an ever- changing screen that sparkles in the sun and glows at night, while

simultaneously providing shade to cool the building, reducing noise, enhancing privacy, and still

allowing for spectacular views, great natural light and ventilation from ocean breezes which

pass through its millions of perforations even when all panels are closed. The material

reappears as a strategic arrangement of screens on the east, west and south-facing walls,

lending a subtle rhythm to the exterior circulation. South-facing screen walls filter direct sunlight

that lends unexpected visual depth while creating a sense of security for the occupants.

strategies include: locating and orienting the building to control solar cooling loads;

shaping and orienting the building for exposure to prevailing winds; shaping the

building to induce buoyancy for natural ventilation; designing windows to maximize day

lighting; shading south facing windows and minimizing west-facing glazing; designing

windows to maximize natural ventilation