s well as achieving a desired aesthetic, façades must be structurally adequate. Iconic schemes may require a greater demand on their geometry and thus their associated materials. These materials must act together to ensure that configurations respond to the building structure in both performance and serviceability criteria, whilst ensuring integrity in adverse wind pressure conditions, impact, design against premature failure, repeat maintenance and even fire. Implementing intelligent analysis packages enables accurate representation of the proposed façade form and subject the framework to the onerous combinations of physical loading criteria, including building maintenance and access conditions.