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John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 2010 designed by ZGF Architects

Sustainability is an integral part of the project, as the double-wall building system helps modulate the indoor ambient temperature. Natural ventilation and daylighting are additional features. -- architect's web site

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ThyssenKrupp Quarter in Essen, Germany designed by JSWD Architekten and Chaix & Morel et Associés.

A complex sunshading system makes the lack of air conditioning possible in the glazed structures. Stainless steel louvers and fins open and close based on the sun’s path to maximize views out, while reducing glare and cutting down on heat gain. But the sunshading system—with its triangular, square, and trapezoidal fins—also serves to give the campus buildings their signature appearance. -- ARCHITECT October 2010.

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Croatian Bishop Conference Building, Zageb, Croatia, 2011 designed by Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

The front of the building faces the main road which provides access to the building. It also functions as the external side of the atrium covering the internal courtyard and the ground floor. Its white onyx slats cladding acts at the same time as an effective shading device.  -- ArchDaily

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1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia, 2011 designed by Architectus and Ingenhoven Architects

Kerryn Coker, the façade engineer in charge of the 1 Bligh Street façade for Arup says, “The interior wall of the façade is a double-glazed insulating [glass] unit with a very high-performance low-E coating. It has a visible light transmittance (VLT) of about 60 percent. Most commercial office buildings in Sydney have a VLT of about 35 to 40 percent.”The outer wall of the façade is composed of a single layer of uncoated, but laminated, low-iron glass.  -- ARCHITECT Magazine

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Showroom and offices for Keifer Technic, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria designed by Ernst Giselbrecht & Partners

Key to the 545 square metre scheme is the showroom’s sweeping, fully-glazed south-facing elevation. The 7.8 metre-high aluminium curtain wall is protected from the sun by 56 pairs of perforated white aluminium louvre panels.

The louvre panels can be programmed to provide a wide range of different configurations, responding to changing light conditions and user comfort levels, and animate the building both inside and out: ‘The facades change continuously’, says Giselbrecht. ‘Each day, each hour shows a new face – the facade is turning into a dynamic sculpture.’ -- Architecture Today

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