Our multidisciplinary team of building skin specialists has decades of experience designing, engineering, and constructing innovative, award-winning exterior systems. We assist in the design development from concept until completion of state-of-the-art, constructible, sustainable building skin solutions that address project design, function, budget, and scheduling goals. Our services include detailed design, bidding and negotiation, value engineering, contractor’s design review, manufacturing and testing monitoring, and site installation supervision. Our skin and structural designs are integrated in new building projects and in existing building renovations.

Building skins vary as widely as an architect’s imagination, with solutions by engineers, contractors, and manufacturers that are equally diverse. Our expertise ranges from traditional unitized and stick curtain walls to custom and innovative design solutions. We are skilled in the use of structural glass, stone, metal cladding, steel-framed systems, grid shells, cable systems, fabrics, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) and Mylar films. Our 3D parametric and building information modeling allows us to work directly with a variety of manufacturers worldwide on the design, engineering, testing, and installation of these systems.

With projects in more than 40 countries, we understand the different requirements of cold-weather climates, tropical climates, and hot desert locations. Our team brings a unique sense of pragmatic innovation to building skin design, enabling us to tailor a solution to the specific needs of your project.

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> Winter 2012 – What is a Building Skin Consultant?
> Fall 2011 – The Value of Curtain Wall Testing
> Summer 2011 – Four Things You Need To Know About Engineering Tall Building Façades
> Spring 2011 – Thermal Analysis: A Key to Efficient Skin Design
> Winter 2010 – The Benefits of Prefabricated Building Skins
> Fall 2010 – Minimizing Glass Distortion While Maximizing Clarity
> Summer 2010 – ETFE Moves Mainstream
> Spring 2010 – BIM For Building Skin