TY - JOUR TI - Technological aesthetics of modern facades AU - Tymkiewicz, Joanna TI - Technological aesthetics of modern facades AB - The beauty of modern architecture and especially its external image, is achieved by various means, but one can venture to say that real beauty is created only in accordance with the current state of technical knowledge. The author specifies elements which characterize contemporary facade solutions, namely: modern, ecological materials, energy-efficient systems of double glass facades, sun shading devices and multimedia technologies, creating desirable features of facades in the modern world, such as dynamics, movement and information transfer. The aesthetical impact of the elements listed above, as well as their utility functions and relationships with the creation of sustainable architecture, was traced on the example of the Museum of Modern Art Building in Bolzano. Remarks and conclusions contained in the paper are based on the research literature and the author’s own observations. VL - 2014 IS - Architektura Zeszyt 7 A (14) 2014 PY - 2014 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 257 EP - 263 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/technological-aesthetics-of-modern-facades KW - double skin facades KW - media facades KW - sun-shading systems