This presentation will explore how the details of iconic historic houses, both traditional and modernist, have contributed to their durability or lack thereof, and what we can learn from their successes and failures for both preservation and new design. Case studies will include the speaker’s assessment or restoration work on these six details from six iconic houses:

A failure of an installed curtain wall on a commercial project can be costly and time consuming. A failure can do more that physical property damage. It can have an impact on all parties involved in the project and repercussions could last years. Most failures can be tracked to simple mistakes that were preventable.

This course will review the myriad attachment methods for single ply membranes, including different membrane types, substrates, and structures. Advantages and disadvantages of the various attachment methods will be discussed as well as various criteria which may dictate a certain attachment type.