Canadian Sustainable Building Case Studies: Double Facade Buildings


	Grand Valley Society of Architects building communities	school of architecture

Advanced Case Studies in Sustainable Design

Terri Meyer Boake B.E.S. B.Arch. M.Arch.

Associate Professor School of Architecture University of Waterloo

Double Facade Case Studies

Double Facade Construction in Canada:

Double facade construction is becoming increasingly more common in International building examples. Some of the justification behind using this innovative type of facade arrangement in "other countries" comes from different economies, the cost of energy, government incentives and milder climates. Examples of this type of construction in the Canadian climate are uncommon. This page is devoted to following the current examples of this type of technology.

For additional research and publication on double facade construction:

Arch 484: Double Facade Construction, research website

National Building Envelope Council Conference, Vancouver, February 2003
ACSA Technology Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 2002

ARCC/EAAE International Conference on Architectural Research, Montreal, May 2002

CANADIAN ARCHITECT JULY 2003

CANADIAN ARCHITECT AUGUST 2003

Image Gallery Links:	Building Name, Location:	Masters Level Research PDF Links:	Undergraduate Level Research PDF Links:
Image Gallery Links	Double Skin Facade Applications:	Masters Level Author and Links:	Undergraduate Level Powerpoint presentation and research essay links:
	An Introduction to Double Skin Facade Building Technology		The powerpoint presentations below have been saved in Adobe PDF format to limit filesizes. To view as a powerpoint, go to "View" and select "Full Screen" on your Acrobat menu!
	Telus Building Busby and Associates, Vancouver, British Columbia Canadian Green Building Challenge Submission 2000 gbc 2K link	Andrew's work is based on a study done for the Double Skin course. Additional info is welcome to be added. GBC 2000 brochure (814 KB pdf) article in Canadian Architect January 2001 images in Canadian Architect January 2001	Allison Boyes, Kerri Henderson, Andrea Krejcik, Bronwyn Sibbald
	Caisse du Depots et Placement: Eric Gauthier Architect, Montreal, Quebec	article in Canadian Architect January 2004
	Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto Benisch, Benisch and Partner with Architects Alliance, Toronto, Ontario		Anne Marie Armstrong, Philipe Ashby, Elizabeth Myers, Gregory Beck Rubin
	Occidental Chemical Building (Hooker Building), Niagara Falls, New York Cannon Associates
images added December 2007	Seattle Justice Center NBBJ Architects Seattle, Washington	LEED Silver Double skin facade system


last updated December 9, 2007

December 9, 2007