Glenbow Museum | 43m | 9s | DIALOG

[trtcttc]

Maybe related to the use of those buildings? Curtain walls would shine into an outer hallway, but the programmable areas would have controlled light levels. Just a thought...

That's true but many other facilities combine hallways/atrium on the exterior with natural light and the exhibit areas facing inwards. The Royal Alberta Museum and War Museum definitely have more natural light. Not all museums are like that but it's just interesting that many of our facilities are built with opaque exteriors.

With all the hail damage recently maybe that goes into factoring during design nowadays? Look at the airport and all the windows in Concourse B that were damaged. You’d think some of those designs in Calgary would be prone to damage/flooding.

That's possible, but buildings like the Municipal building, Brookfield, The Bow, seem to do fine in the hail.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Does it have anything to do with efficiency, perhaps it is more efficient to heat a space that isn't curtain wall?

 

[Mountain Man]

Cladding definitely offers a far superior R value to glass. Also the cooling loads are reduced by not having solar heat gain.

I'm cool with cladding and funky roof lines, our downtown is full of glass boxes.