History Crespo, claims that, the first instance of a Double Skin Curtain Wall appears In 1903 Otto Wagner won the competition for the Post Office Savings Bank in Vienna in Austria. The building, built in two phases from 1904 to 1912 has a double skin skylight in the main hall. At the end of the 1920’s double skins were being developed with other priorities in mind. Two cases can be clearly identified. In Russia, Moisei Ginzburg experimented with double skin stripes in the communal housing blocks of his Narkomfin building (1928). Also Le Corbusieur was designing the Centrosoyus, also in Moschow. A year later he would start the design for the Cite de Refuge (1929) and the Immeuble Clarte (1930) in Paris. Little or no progress is made in double skin glass construction until the late 70’s, early 80’s. During 80’s this type of facades they started gaining momentum. Most of these facades are designed using environmental In the 90’s two factors strongly influence the proliferation of double skin facades. The increasing environmental concerns start influencing architectural design both from a technical standpoint but also as a political influence that makes “green buildings” a good image for corporate architecture. [Harris Poirazis: Double Skin Façades for Office Buildings – Literature Review. Division of Energy and Building Design, Department of Construction and Architecture, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, 2004. Report EBD-R--04/3] |
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