<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>It is increasingly common in the architecture/building industry that glass is placed in the front of the proper façade and serves as a protective layer for the wall behind. This type of external glazing is also used as an envelope for timber façades. External protection by glass slows down timber decomposition and weathering as it screens out potentially dangerous climatic factors like rain, moisture, and frost. Timber-behind-glass is becoming one of the most promising typologies in façade design from a sustainability perspective. The presented paper discusses this new emerging architectural trend. The combination of timber and glass is expected to produce both very durable (long service-life) and simultaneously environmentally friendly façade as timber locks CO<sub>2</sub> into its substance.</p></abstract>

It is increasingly common in the architecture/building industry that glass is placed in the front of the proper façade and serves as a protective layer for the wall behind. This type of external glazing is also used as an envelope for timber façades. External protection by glass slows down timber decomposition and weathering as it screens out potentially dangerous climatic factors like rain, moisture, and frost. Timber-behind-glass is becoming one of the most promising typologies in façade design from a sustainability perspective. The presented paper discusses this new emerging architectural trend. The combination of timber and glass is expected to produce both very durable (long service-life) and simultaneously environmentally friendly façade as timber locks CO2 into its substance.

Glass Protected Timber Façades – New Sustainable Façade Typology

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

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It is increasingly common in the architecture/building industry that glass is placed in the front of the proper façade and serves as a protective layer for the...

Glass Protected Timber Façades – New Sustainable Façade Typology

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: May 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.050.10574

Keywords
timber façade, building glass, double leaf façade

© 2020 Marcin Brzezicki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Glass Protected Timber Façades – New Sustainable Façade Typology

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: May 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.050.10574

Keywordstimber façade, building glass, double leaf façade

© 2020 Marcin Brzezicki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
timber façade, building glass, double leaf façade