Numerous innovations have been seen in the last decades concerning new façade technologies. These were driven by new materials or new applications of known materials, such as glued-on wall structures (structural glazing) in the ’60s and ’70s.
Today we see the closed cavity façade (CCF) as a promising and innovative way to develop new possibilities especially for high-rise buildings that may come to the same rank within the next years.
The following report will provide an overview of the existing systems. It will also point out the challenges and the chances of this advanced new façade system.