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Rain-Screen Facades Are More Than Skin Deep.

The article deals with the use of architectural technologies by interior designers in the U.S. Many architects have capitalized on the freedom that the separation of the cladding and weather-resistant barrier allows by reinterpreting cavity-wall construction. One recent example is the Diller Scofidi...

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Published in:Architectural Record Vol. 195; no. 2; pp. 44 - 45
Main Author: Gonchar, Joann
Format: Article
Published: BNP Media Feb2007
Subjects:
Technological innovations
Architecture
Architectural design
Interior decorators
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article deals with the use of architectural technologies by interior designers in the U.S. Many architects have capitalized on the freedom that the separation of the cladding and weather-resistant barrier allows by reinterpreting cavity-wall construction. One recent example is the Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed Institute of Contemporary Art, in Boston, Massachusetts.