Asia-Pacific

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Façade consultancyBuilding codesPhilippinesTyphoon loadingSpecifications

Half the wall operable, in a city where nobody opens a window

Desiree Manlapaz, Theodore Khoury, Daniel C. Go, Adam Lee & Myra Zamora

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Unitised curtain wallPhilippinesAluminium extrusionsStructural optimisationEmbodied energy

Two numbers in a specification that cost a quarter of the metal

Adam Lee

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Curtain wallStructural siliconePhilippinesDurability testingLife cycle cost

Eighteen years on a 440 metre tower: what the joint still does

Michael Zhang

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Embodied carbonParametric designDigital fabricationUnitised curtain wallPhilippines

From three panels to thirteen hundred, without an Excel sheet

Jack Cruzado

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Mixed usePhilippinesExpressive formOffice towersPassive cooling

What actually decides the shape: six projects, six constraints

David Zaballero

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Public realmAdaptive reuseMaterialityPhilippinesGreen certification

Belonging in three parts: look like it, perform like it, feel like it

Carmelo Arancon, Ian Fulgar, Richard M. Garcia, Dominic Galicia, Cathy Saldaña & John Patrick Anthony L. Buensalido

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Value engineeringHigh-rise residentialPhilippinesPhased developmentAdaptive floor plates

The sacred core: what stays fixed while a tower changes for a decade

Edgar E. Cozzio

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Fire safetyBuilding codesCavity barriersPhilippinesPerimeter firestopping

Nine minutes to melt: what still holds once the aluminium is gone

Donel Dippi

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Public realmCivic architecturePlacemakingPhilippinesSocial architecture

The first ten metres: the part of a façade the city actually meets

William Ti

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Quality controlProcurementPerformance mock-upSupply chainPhilippines

The forgotten link: what a façade survives before it arrives

Pegs Elumba

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Value engineeringPerformance mock-upPhilippinesConstruction administrationShop drawings

Catch it on paper, not on site: holding a façade to its drawings

Ronald Diaz

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Green façadesMixed useNatural ventilationPhilippinesVernacular architecture

Cut into seven: how Davao Global Township stays open to the air

Barbra Anne del Castillo-Go

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand PlacemakingStone façadesThailandHong KongPublic roofscape

The roof you can walk on: designing façades as public ground rather than elevation

Richard Wood

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Solar controlPassive designBalconiesThailandGreen wall

Shade, not cooling: three Bangkok projects that cut solar load at the envelope

Taj Phitakraxanti Tandem

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Value engineeringConstructabilityFaçade designCollaborationThailand

Bangkok's façade weaknesses lie in expectation and sequencing, not in technology

Cory M. Ticktin, Phaithaya Banchakitikun, Assawin Choochottavorn & Andrew Snalune

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Quality controlThailandOptical distortionGlass defectsHeat treatment

The gap between allowable and acceptable in architectural glass

Andrew Snalune

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Value engineeringFaçade maintenanceAluminium compositeThailandTotal cost of ownership

Cheaper panels cut the budget, not the cost of owning a façade

Andrew Lu

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand High-riseSeismic designCurtain wallingBuilding movementFaçade testing

Seismic damage to façades comes from movement, not collapse

RV Kheem N. Domingo

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Parametric designDouble-skin façadesCurtain wallingThailandEnergy conservation

Curtain walling's next phase: diversified structures, intelligent skins and lower energy demand

Dean Ming

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Façade engineeringMuseum architectureThailandCurved glazingFire-rated façades

Curved glass and locked-down galleries: the façade logic behind an open art depot

Achim Heinzle

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Solar shadingComputational designFaçade designThailandParametric workflows

When geometry is described rather than drawn, the cost of change collapses

Jak Drinnan

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Façade designHospitalityThailandHeritage reinterpretationGFRC precast

Recognition before novelty: how the rebuilt Dusit Thani Bangkok carries its identity in the façade

Somkiat Lo-chindapong

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Laminated glassStructural glassThailandFlood resilienceMaterial authenticity

Interlayer stiffness, open edges and counterfeit risk: where ionoplast lamination is heading

Malvinder Singh Rooprai

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Seismic designCurtain wallingStructural siliconeFaçade testingThailand

Silicone bonds survive seismic drift long after the frame stops helping

Jayrold Bautista

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Seismic designQuality controlProcurementCurtain wallingBuilding movement

Why façades must be designed to move, and why the lowest bid rarely shows what is missing

Rajan Govind

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia AluminiumAustraliaDurabilityCoatingsSelf-cleaning

Clean by sunlight: inorganic self-cleaning anodised aluminium

Fan Lee

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Façade engineeringAustraliaComplianceRegulationProfessional practice

What is a façade engineer? The DBPA scope-and-competency panel

Tom Donald, Gareth Winstanley, Elizabeth Carpenter, Vera Tchikina & Alison Potter

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia AustraliaCondensationWindowsWeatherproofingWind load

From risk to resilience: awning windows, wind loads and condensation

Elissa Stirling

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Building physicsAustraliaStructural glassCondensationWaterproofing

A pool with a view: keeping water out, in, and off the glass

Brian Hubbs

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia GRCFaçade engineeringGlassCurved glassAustralia

A veil of curved glass: the Paula Fox Melanoma Centre

Anne-Laure Chappat

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Fire safetyAustraliaSustainabilityBIPVSolar façades

If it has to be solid, make it work: PV façades from design to delivery

Oliver Ng, Pete Kennon, Bobby Wei, Blair Stratton & Stefan Brey

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Façade engineeringFabricationAustraliaStructural glassComplex geometry

The world’s most complex façades: hanging glass and structural trusses

Andreas Geyer

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Fire safetyAustraliaSustainabilitySteelWindows

The master of materials: steel façades, windows and doors

Philippe Juliard

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Embodied carbonGlassAustraliaComplianceCircularity

Halloween horror stories: façade failures and the façade as an asset

Rob Buck

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Embodied carbonAluminiumAustraliaArchitectureSustainability

‘Design a place, not a building’: Harborside’s low-carbon façade

Gumji Kang

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia HeritageAustraliaArchitectureTerracottaLow-carbon

Crafting cities with terracotta: an ancient material, reinvented

Johan Hermijanto

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Embodied carbonAustraliaReuseCircularityFibre cement

The circular façade: refuse, reduce, reuse and design for disassembly

Cedric Pinto

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia AustraliaCladdingSteelPrefabricationTesting

Built for speed: steel cladding that fixes on two sides

Michael Lette

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia AluminiumAustraliaDurabilityCladdingTimber look

The beauty and longevity of aluminium: timber-look metal

Allan Ramsay

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Solar shadingAustraliaPublic realmSustainabilityClimate resilience

Six of nine boundaries crossed: designing for the planet, not only for people

Viggo Haremst

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia AustraliaTerracottaColourAsset repositioningRecladding

Design to shape perception: a Perth recladding and a Canberra campus

John Czechowski

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Air barriersAustraliaRainscreenWeatherproofingPressure equalisation

The wind-tight layer: pressure equalisation behind the cladding

Jesse Clarke

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Curved glassAustraliaQuality controlArchitectural glassWarm edge

Twenty-four metres in one piece: jumbo and 3D curved glass

Sammy Hui

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaMaintenanceForensic engineeringFaçade testingWaterproofing

Why façades keep leaking: the feedback loop the industry keeps missing

Todd Grice

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AluminiumAustraliaSurface finishesTimber-look façadesNon-combustible materials

Timber appearance, aluminium behaviour: the case for sublimation

Allan Ramsay

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaCompliancePrefabricationTestingSteel façades

Sketch to robotic fold: where formed steel façades gain speed

Michael Lette

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Parametric designAustraliaDigital fabricationAcousticsStadium façades

Kai Tak and the Bernabéu: what makes a stadium skin buildable

Simon Barnes

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Air barriersAustraliaRainscreenWeatherproofingPressure equalisation

Behind the rainscreen: the layers that actually shed the water

Jesse Clarke

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia HeritageAustraliaPublic realmPlacemakingSubtropical design

Queen’s Wharf Brisbane: the envelope as civic infrastructure

Naveen Dath

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Unitised façadesAustraliaComplex geometryCeramicsPorcelain cladding

Porcelain in a unitised frame: triangles and seismic movement

Bernat Miñana

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia GlassAustraliaPublic realmResidential façadesSubtropical design

Walan, Thornton and The Eaves: façade and form as a single idea

Daniel Liddy

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaBiophilic designShadingTimberResidential façades

Naturalising the façade: from lakefront hills to dancing balconies

James Perry

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaPrefabricationTestingFaçade deliveryAluminium systems

Closing the handovers: what an integrated façade supply chain changes

Colin Niland

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaForensic engineeringMass timberFaçade riskInsulating glass

What the standards do not test: where a good façade still fails

Brian Hubbs

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaFire engineeringNCCCavity barriersFaçade compliance

Beyond combustibility: how façade fire compliance moved to systems

Scott Young

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Façade engineeringAustraliaProfessional competencyAccountabilityEarly contractor involvement

No clear owner: the case for façade engineering as a discipline

Balesh Baleshan, Taryn McQueen, Anne Kovachevich, Richard Fairhead & Alex Ward

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaReuseCircularityFibre cementDesign for disassembly

Refuse, reuse, reduce: where a circular façade is really decided

Christy Irish

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia ETFETimber structuresLightweight façadesWeather testingAircraft hangars

Air New Zealand’s Hangar 4: a 98-metre timber span under ETFE

Angus Macleod

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China RetrofitResilienceHong KongClimate riskInsurance

Climate risk reaches the façade through the insurance market first

Lizette McNeill, Edward Farrelly, Woody Chan, Grace Kwok & Marius Mariano

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Mock-upsProcurementHeat-strengthened glassUnitised curtain wallHong Kong

No spare glass: replacing a double curved pane in seven hours, without sealant

Yanchee Lau, Kevin Ng, Kaloyan Erevinov, Simon Chan & Nicolas Wachter

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Embodied carbonRetrofitAir leakageExisting buildingsHong Kong

Forty-two per cent, from replacing a gasket

Shevonne Kok

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China MaintenanceColourSelf-cleaningHong KongAnodised aluminium

The contact angle that decides whether rain cleans a façade

Fan Lee

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Building physicsDaylightSimulationHong KongGlare

Why white paint reflects 90 per cent of the light and dazzles nobody

Leo Li

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Embodied carbonTerracottaBIPVHong KongStructural bracing

Where a façade's carbon actually hides, and the cladding you can delete

Ujjal Roy

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Curved glassStructural glassCoatingsHong KongTempering

What the oven decides about a curved pane

Joan Tarrús

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China ResidentialStandardsGlass qualityHong KongAnisotropy

The buyer stands 20 centimetres away: where the glass standard stops working

Andreas Hiersemenzel

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China BIMUnitised curtain wallTolerancesHong KongCold bending

What a double curved unit will not forgive: the aluminium, not the glass

Simon Chan

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Laminated glassTraceabilityInterlayersSupply chainQuality assurance

Trust and traceability: proving the interlayer in your glass

Sunnie Shen

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Fire safetyInsulating glassBIPVCertificationHong Kong

Before it generates anything, it has to behave like façade glass

Eric Chen Lei

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Curtain wallStructural glassComplex geometryCable netTolerances

Making a folded X meet exactly at the corner

Vivian Ngo & Yanchee Lau

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China AluminiumSurface finishesDigital fabricationUnitised curtain wallHong Kong

Leaving the aluminium bare, and holding one model all the way to the factory

Michael Min Ra

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Façade engineeringAustraliaRegulated designsDesign and Building Practitioners ActProfessional indemnity insurance

Regulated designs, not just weatherproofing: what the DBP Act now asks of façade practitioners

John Perry, Jonathan Lynch, James Perry, Vera Tchikina & Simon Gray

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia AustraliaSolar control glassElectrochromic glazingBuilding-integrated photovoltaicsLow carbon buildings

Coatings, dynamic tints and façade-integrated PV, working as one low-carbon system

Anthony Breach

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Fire safetyAustraliaInsulationBuilding regulationsRainscreen façades

Why the ventilated cavity turns cladding fires into a chimney, and what that means for insulation choice

Will Wigfield

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia AustraliaFaçade procurementSupply chainQuality assuranceOffshore manufacturing

Buying façades offshore rewards the teams that do the homework first

Michael O'Reilly, Winnie Sun, Tran Van Tien & Giuseppe Michael Schmidt

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia AluminiumAustraliaBIPVNet zeroSolar façades

Shading elements become generators as solar moves off the roof and onto the façade

Marc Nakhle

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Unitised façadesAustraliaCeramicsPorcelain claddingCo-design

Porcelain in unitised modules: what sintering measures and how far panels can be cut

Bernat Miñana & David Mahon

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Embodied carbonSolar shadingAustraliaSteel façadesCurtain walling

Cold-formed steel and the case against the unitised curtain wall

Eric Claeys

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia AustraliaPrefabricationSteel façadesRainscreenNCC compliance

A steel cassette panel detailed for rainscreen walls, and why the drawings come first

Jess Lindsay

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Façade engineeringAustraliaTerracottaBiophilic designPassive ventilation

The envelope as the first thing the eye touches: craft, terracotta and the making of place

William Sharples

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Wind engineeringAustraliaFaçade screeningAeroacousticsTesting standards

Why porous façade screening needs its own wind test regime

Shane Hart

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Façade engineeringArtificial intelligenceAustraliaBuilding safetyBird-safe design

Façade design as imagination bounded by competence

Robert Moisy

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Façade engineeringHeritageAustraliaAdaptive reuseWeatherproofing

Adaptive reuse puts façade engineers in the business of proving what already exists

Neil Kendrick

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Solar shadingParametric designAustraliaFaçade designTerracotta façades

Environmental performance stops hiding behind the glass tower

Marko Damic

ZWOF Sydney 2025 Australia Embodied carbonAustraliaWhole-life carbonStructural façadesCurtain walling

Collapsing structure and skin into one plane gives the lowest whole-life carbon

Scott Duncan