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Engineering & Performance

Façade engineering sits where architecture, structural engineering and building physics meet — the discipline that resolves the aesthetic, environmental and structural demands placed on a building envelope. Five areas, from first principles to testing and standards.

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What Is Engineering

What engineering means, where the word comes from, and what a façade engineer actually does.

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Facade Engineering

The discipline in depth — building envelope, functions, design challenges, typologies and metrics.

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Facade Engineering Process

From concept and design through fabrication, installation, commissioning and handover.

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Performance & Tests

How façades are verified — air, water, wind, structural, acoustic and thermal testing.

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Standards

The EN, ISO and TS-EN standards that govern façade design, performance and certification.

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