For centuries, building walls had one basic purpose: to hold up a roof. The invention of the modern glass curtainwall in the 19th century expanded the capabilities of a building exterior to address issues such as site context, performance, and aesthetics. Four architects share the systems that have worked—or that they’ve made work—for their needs. […]

Jury: “Love the way it fits into the city. [They] took an existing building and renovated it, and did a very beautiful contextual addition to it that stitched a city back together. It feels like they healed a scar on the site and they reconnected this portion of the city with the river.” Architect: “The […]

To accommodate a recent project for the exterior of the Ennead Architects–designed National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Shildan created several specialized panels for its back-ventilated terra-cotta rainscreen system, which are now part of the company’s general line of rainscreen panels. The new collection includes cast, rounded-corner, scalloped, and curved baguette panels (not […]

Generation 06 Shildan/Moeding www.shildan.com Horizontal rainscreen system that supports terra-cotta – Single-leaf portion is 50% thicker than the previous system version, allowing for larger, hidden clips – Spans up to 60″ horizontally, reducing amount of fasteners required – Stainless-steel clip allows for nonsequential installation and easy replacement of damaged tiles