Will Babbington

Facade Design Director

Studio NYL


Will specializes in the merging of high performance and aesthetics for building enclosures. Working most often embedded within the architectural team, he is an enabler for the designer's vision, an extension of the architect's technical team, and a technical translator between Design and Construction Team members. As both an architect and an engineer, he has designed, realized, written, and presented on award-winning and high-performance building enclosures on local, national, and international levels and assemblies and materials of all types.
Will is also a leader and active participant in numerous professional organizations such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the National Institute of Building Science (NIBS) and its Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council (BETEC), and the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) where he is a voting member on the E06 Performance of Buildings Committee. He is the current Past-Chair of AIA National’s Building Performance Knowledge Community (BPKC), an AIA National representative on the ASHRAE’s 90.1 Envelope Subcommittee, and Past Chair of the National Building Enclosure Council.