Double Skin Facade - Why Not?

Abstract

For centuries architects focussed their artistics skills on the creation of a successful external appearance for their structures. This was often the subject of what the style to be chosen, but was also exploited as a medium for conveyong new artistics stances. The fact that facades are again becoming a subject for discussion is no doubt due to the growing importance of the building envelope with respect to energy consomption and options for exploiting natural forms of energy.