Facade Intern Summer 2024
Buro Happold has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and dedicated Façade Intern to join our inclusive and talented team. This full-time façade role comes with the chance to join a welcoming and diverse workplace culture.
As a Façade Intern, you will work with some of the brightest minds in the industry, contributing to unique and innovative projects that inspire awe, transform communities, and help to combat climate change. You will also perform structural, thermal, and energy modeling of building enclosure details and systems.
To give you an idea of how this Façade Intern role would look and feel, here are some things you could expect to do:
· Utilize advanced analysis programs and techniques to understand building envelope physics and façade design
· Undertake engineering façades calculations with various materials, including structural glass, aluminum, stainless steel, wood, stone, and precast concrete
· Produce details and drawings using multiple 2D and 3D CAD and graphics software packages
· Perform technical reviews of shop drawings and construction administration submittals to ensure air, water, thermal, seismic, acoustic, and structural performance
· Participate in site visits to projects and prepare site observation reports.
To apply for this façade internship, you will need to be currently pursuing a degree in architecture, architectural engineering, structural engineering, or a related science discipline.
- Coursework in façade materials and assemblies, façade engineering, building envelope physics, and/or thermal modeling skills beneficial
- AutoCAD or 3D modeling skills (Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp, etc) preferred
- Interest in the façade industry with emphasis on detailing and engineering
- Good sketching skills
- Ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas in an accessible manner
- Eagerness to learn and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Interested? Intrigued? Inspired?
Please apply with Buro Happold today if Facade Intern job sounds right for you.