Europe

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Embodied carbonRetrofitAdaptive reusePortugalDecarbonisation

Transformar edifícios: porque a reabilitação, e não a demolição, é a chave da descarbonização

Liliana Soares, Cláudia Sousa Monteiro, André Caiado, Marcus Cerdeira & Rodrigo Félix

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Closed-cavity façadeBuilding physicsSolar shadingGlassPortugal

Thermal behaviour in closed cavities: why a low g-value isn’t enough

Robert Weitlaner

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal ProjectsCladdingPortugalStructural engineeringStadiums

Engenharia da pele dos maiores estádios da Europa: Bernabéu, Everton e Camp Nou

Hugo Tavares

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Fire safetyLightweight façadesCladdingLow-carbonPortugal

Reinventar a pele do edifício: da fachada pesada à envolvente leve em gesso

João Telmo Gabriel

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Embodied carbonAdaptive reusePortugalFifth façadeCertification

Oriente Green Campus: keep, edit, add, a concrete ruin turned into a campus

John Bushell, Tiago Sallas & Miguel Barbas

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Embodied carbonGlassSustainabilityCircularityPortugal

Fechar o ciclo do vidro: float de baixo carbono e o argumento do casco

João Daniel

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal AluminiumProjectsPrefabricationPortugalIndustrialisation

Fachadas em transformação: porque a industrialização é agora inevitável

Sergio Domingos

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Façade engineeringCurved glassReuseStructural glassPortugal

O engenho da transparência: quando o vidro deixa de ser revestimento e passa a ser estrutura

Nuno Barbedo

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Fire safetyMaterialsAluminiumCladdingPortugal

Liberdade para criar: o painel compósito de alumínio como ferramenta de desenho de fachada

Victor Fortanete

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Façade engineeringCeramicsPortugalGeometryStructural engineering

Geometrias complexas: da visão arquitetónica à realidade construtiva

Jorge Moreira

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Embodied carbonAluminiumRetrofitSustainabilityPortugal

Building with intent: where a building’s carbon really is

Guillaume Nijdam & Filip Van Mieghem

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal Solar shadingProjectsSustainabilityGeothermalPortugal

A building you can see being sustainable: the diamond ‘veil’ of Fidelidade’s new headquarters

Timothy Poell, Miguel França Santana & Pedro Appleton

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal BIMProjectsCeramicsUrban regenerationPortugal

Do Braço de Prata à frente ribeirinha: uma fachada cerâmica que reinterpreta o azulejo

Ivo Henriques & Luís Gamboa

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal IdentityComplex geometryCompositePortugalStadiums

Arena Liga Portugal: uma bola, um campo verde, e uma fachada hexagonal difícil de fabricar

João Simões, João Jesus, Pedro Rodrigues, Pedro Pinhal & Jorge Gonçalves

ZWOF Lisbon 2026 Portugal ProjectsArchitectureFaçade designDesignPortugal

Todos os edifícios têm fachadas: tradição, classicismo e vanguarda

Nuno Brandão Costa

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus CyprusTerracottaCeramicsPrefabricationStainless steel

Wrapped in terracotta: the Catalan vault, reinvented as a ceramic fabric

Nikos Kolintzas

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus Façade engineeringFire safetyCyprusComplianceFaçade consultancy

Where vision meets reality: the first Cypriot façade consultancy

George Sergiou

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus Solar controlFaçade engineeringBuilding physicsDaylightCyprus

A filter designed for performance, not for people

Petros Karatzas

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus Building physicsCyprusCladdingCeramicsVentilated façades

Stoneware, ventilated: a façade as a system, not a product

Roberto Sprocati

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus High-riseResidentialCyprusArchitectureFaçade design

From the icon to the everyday: façade realities in the Mediterranean

Ioanna Agiomamitou

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus CyprusTestingVentilated façadesRainscreenAluminium systems

The hidden half of a rainscreen: sub-structure as a kit of parts

Andreas Reinhardt

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus CyprusMock-upsPerformanceTestingDigital fabrication

Performance and safety in façades: test it before you build it

Jaime Cavazos, Odysseas Georgiou, Tasos Poulokefalos, Yiannis Pericleous & Dimitrios Moustakidis

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus CyprusTerracottaGlazingRainscreenCeramic façades

A façade that still shows the clay

Patrick Beul

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus GRCCyprusMaterialsFaçade designCladding

GRC: the strength of concrete without its limitations

Michalis Vrachimis

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus High-rise façadesCyprusArchitectureStructural expressionShading

The façade is a result, not a starting point

Eraclis Papachristou

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus Wind engineeringCyprusStructural glassComplex geometryFaçade testing

Engineering the envelope: complex geometry, long-term performance, and a contractor’s responsibility

Rodolphe El Asmar

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus Façade engineeringCyprusReuseRetrofitBuilding safety

From concept to compliance: the envelope as one interdisciplinary problem

Ioannis Gkikas

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus GRCHigh-rise façadesResidentialBIMParametric design

A decade of Cyprus, read through its façades

Gonçalo Martins Pinheiro

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus High-riseUrban designCyprusBuilding codesCost

A decade of towers: what changed in Cyprus, and what the state still has to do

George Sergiou, Antonis Kakoullis, George Kallis, Elena K. Tsolakis, Paris Cotsapas & Rodolphe El Asmar

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus Solar shadingCyprusArchitectureFaçade designPassive design

Form follows energy: designing with climate in the Mediterranean

Hakim Khennouchi

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Mock-upsNetherlandsMaterial reuseCircular designMaterial passports

Circular design is learned in real projects

Tim Brans

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsNatural ventilationTimber façadesBuilding identityIntegrated design

Architecture can make innovation legible

Ron Bakker

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Embodied carbonNetherlandsArchitectural glassDigital design toolsGlass performance

Digital glass selection works best with context

Nasser Labidi

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands AutomationNetherlandsDigital fabricationFaçade deliveryAerospace technology

Aerospace thinking can accelerate façades

Mourad El Garci

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Embodied carbonFaçade engineeringNetherlandsDigital fabricationTimber construction

Carbon-driven façade engineering needs to start early

Marc de Winter & Rouven Nieuwenburg

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Façade engineeringNetherlandsProcurementComplianceCircularity

Dutch façades are engineered through constraints

Leonie van Ginkel & Joep Hovels

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Embodied carbonNetherlandsLaminated glassInterlayersEPDs

Generic EPDs can hide the real carbon

Jochen Regenauer

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsDesign for disassemblyCircular façadesMaterial passportsService life

Circular façades need reversible decisions

Jeroen Boersma

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Embodied carbonNetherlandsLow-carbon glassArchitectural glassMaterial specification

Lower-carbon glass is a design variable

Hilal Ucar

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsMaintenanceDurabilityPowder coatingMetal façades

Coatings need a life-span strategy

Gerd De Lathauwer

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsComplex geometryFenix MuseumStainless steelDigital fabrication

Fenix makes complexity buildable through shared models

Alessandro Fisalli, Andreas Vermeeren, Arnoud Herder, Darko Andric & Paul Korthagen

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsLaminated glassStructural glassLoad pathsRedundancy

Structural glass needs honest load paths

Erwin ten Brincke

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsTestingMaterial reuseLow-carbon designCircular construction

Low-carbon design starts with what exists

Do Janne Vermeulen

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsAdaptive reuseWhole-life carbonUrban densityValue chain

Carbon decisions extend beyond the building

Boudewijn Thomas, Gideon Maasland, Joris Winters, Mattijs van Ruijven & Stefan Prins

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands NetherlandsSurface finishesFaçade identityDurabilityAnodised aluminium

Anodising can tell a story

Bart Mispelblom Beyer

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Embodied carbonNetherlandsAdaptive reuseFaçade optimizationProcurement

Optimize before you procure

Ana Araújo & Anke Rollenhagen

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Urban façadesClimate-responsive designPublic realmFaçade valueNetherlands

The façade as an urban interface

Alexey Boev

ZWOF Rome Italy ProgettiItalyStampa 3DIdrogeno

Blocchi stampati in 3D e geometria a compressione: le stazioni a idrogeno per il Mediterraneo

Filippo Innocenti

ZWOF Rome Italy Façade engineeringHeritageRefurbishmentSustainabilityItaly

Migliorare il futuro senza tradire il passato: tre criteri per progettare l’involucro nei contesti storici

Saverio Pasetto

ZWOF Rome Italy ReuseTraceabilityItalyCircularityRecycling

Dalla città come miniera alla facciata come banca di materiali: cosa serve per rendere operativo il riuso

Camilla Rigamonti, Claudia Sacristán Pérez, Anna Maria Pacini, Michele Versaci, Matteo Cipollini, Renato Luciani & Roberto Galante

ZWOF Rome Italy Curtain wallRetrofitCeramicsItalyRome Office Complex

Rome Office Complex: due edifici, due strategie di involucro, un solo obiettivo di rigenerazione

Marlice Anisia Imparato & Alessio Pierdomenico

ZWOF Rome Italy Unitised façadesSolar shadingRetrofitItalyCollaboration

RAI Viale Mazzini: aggiornare la facciata senza cancellarne il ritmo

Marco Brambilla & Paolo Franco

ZWOF Rome Italy Unitised façadesPrefabricationItalyTorri EURTravertine

Torri dell’EUR: il travertino torna industriale senza perdere la memoria di Ligini

Luca Piraino & Paolo Ermeti

ZWOF Rome Italy ResidentialBuilding envelopeUrban identityItalyShading

La facciata tra pelle e abito: quando il contesto decide quanto l’involucro deve mostrare

Lorenzo Langella

ZWOF Rome Italy Fire safetyItalyFibre cementCavity barriersInsulation

La facciata ventilata come sistema integrato: rivestimento, isolamento e sicurezza antincendio

Giuseppe Pugliese

ZWOF Rome Italy RetrofitSteelItalyStainless steelSpecial profiles

Quando il profilo standard non basta: acciaio su misura tra precisione, snellezza e retrofit

Giulia Zarrella

ZWOF Rome Italy MaterialsLightweight façadesItalyPolycarbonateDaylighting

Costruire con la luce: cosa può fare davvero un involucro in policarbonato

Gabriele Zorino

ZWOF Rome Italy Solar shadingRetrofitSteelItalyFiumicino

Molo D di Fiumicino: rinnovare l’involucro mentre l’aeroporto continua a funzionare

Alberto Ferrari, Alessandro Ferreri, Vittorio Banella, Luca Mastropierro & Elisa Faretina

ZWOF Rome Italy AluminiumFaçade geometryItalyACPForming

When vision meets ACP: shaping aluminium around architecture rather than flattening the idea

Efthimios Zizos

ZWOF Rome Italy ProgettiFacciateSostenibilitàItaly

Una facciata che cattura lo scintillio del mare: il Centro delle Culture del Mediterraneo

Filippo Innocenti

ZWOF Rome Italy Life-centric designDouble skinPublic spaceMASEWell-being

La facciata come spazio da vivere: tre progetti che partono dalle persone

Alessandro Terzi

ZWOF Rome Italy Mock-upsConstructabilityEarly involvementOptioneeringRetrofit

Prima dell’appalto, prima del problema: il valore dell’ingegneria di facciata coinvolta presto

Alessandro Massarotto

ZWOF Rome Italy Façade engineeringRefurbishmentReusePerformanceConstructability

Riqualificare senza ricominciare da zero: l’involucro come progetto di equilibrio

Alessandro Baldini

ZWOF Rome Italy GlassVakıfBankIstanbulTwisted façadesProduction quality

VakıfBank: trasformare una torre rettangolare in una stella senza perdere il controllo del vetro

Alberto Lago & Nicola Pasquetti

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaBuilding safetyMaintenanceFaçade accessReplacement strategy

Access belongs in façade design

Pat Duffy, Silvia Ilardi & Sofía Galán Rivera

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaLaminated glassAcoustic glazingInterlayersStructural glazing

One interlayer cannot do every job

Sandro Casaccio

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania Façade engineeringParametric designAlbaniaComplex geometryPrefabrication

Complex façades need early engineering

Pietro Pavesi

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaQuality controlFaçade mock-upsProductionInstallation sequencing

Mock-ups turn ambition into agreement

Carlo Zaka, Elvi Xhaxho, Enea Bedo, Raniel Sulaj & Stavros Gargaretas

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaUrban developmentFaçade cultureExisting buildingsConstruction quality

Tirana needs a façade culture

Andi Eftimi, Edlira Basha, Enrique Mascort del Pozo & Nikelina Bineri

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaFaçade designAdaptive reuseMaterial identityWeathering

Material gives architecture its memory

Marco Casamonti

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania Solar shadingAlbaniaFaçade designUrban identityBuildability

Identity and performance can share one skin

Luis Garcia

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania Curved glassAlbaniaLaminated glassLarge-format glassStructural glazing

Glass changes when scale changes

Ferran Figuerola

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania Solar shadingAlbaniaAdaptive reuseEnvironmental designFaçade expression

Expression starts with environmental logic

Catherine Huang

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaPublic realmCivic architectureFaçade patternUrban identity

A façade can teach the city

Beat Huesler

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaFaçade fire safetyCladding systemsMaterial traceabilitySystem testing

Fire safety is multiparametric

Angelos Zografos

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaFaçade maintenanceInspectionQuality controlBuilding safety

Tirana’s next challenge is maintenance

Ana Vesho

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania Solar controlAlbaniaFaçade performanceSeismic designSystem design

Performance can reshape the form

Alexander Riemer

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania Custom façadesMock-upsFire-rated glazingSystem integrationAlbania

Thinking outside the glazing box

Akis Valalis

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Façade engineeringFabricationConstructabilityBarcelonaSpain

La tecnología empieza por las dimensiones

Xavier Ferrés Padró

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain FabricationSpainAluminium compositeFolded façadesPerforation

El aluminio plegado necesita una geometría disciplinada

Victor Fortanete

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Fire safetyCircularitySpainVentilated façadesAluminium composite

La fachada ventilada exige alinear cuatro sistemas

Sergi Vargas Torvisco

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Digital twinsAutomationSpainConstruction roboticsWorker safety

Los robots cambiarán el trabajo de fachada antes de sustituirlo

Miguel Ángel Núñez Díaz, Alexandre Dubor, Jorge Escribano Troncoso, Julen Astudillo Larraz, Meritxell Moyà Vilalta, Mr. Pepper & Xabier García Rodríguez

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain HeritageUrban identityCircularitySpainBarcelona architecture

Las fachadas de Barcelona deben equilibrar memoria y cambio

Jordi Torres Quintana, Albert Sagrera Cuscó, Jordi Vilà Alsina, Luis Delgado, Maria Cedó & Pablo Garrido

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain RetrofitNatural ventilationSpainConcrete repairBio-based insulation

Ligereza y masa pueden convivir en una rehabilitación

Miquel Rodriguez

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Green façadesBarcelonaSpainUrban retrofitParty walls

Las medianeras pueden convertirse en fachadas urbanas activas

Maria Buhigas San José

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain BarcelonaDurabilityWindowsSpainSteel façades

Los perfiles de acero pueden hacer más precisa la rehabilitación

Manuel Castro

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Embodied carbonAluminiumRetrofitSpainLifecycle

Las fachadas de bajo carbono exigen controlar todo el ciclo de vida

Juan Grau Iglesias

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Lightweight façadesSpainInsulationDry constructionWall systems

Las paredes ligeras redistribuyen las prestaciones de fachada

Jorge Peña

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain AluminiumBuilding envelopeWhole-life carbonCircularitySpain

La sostenibilidad exige mirar la envolvente completa

Jesús Bona

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain GlassAISpainDigital designPerformance modelling

Las herramientas digitales deben afinar las decisiones sobre vidrio

Eva Muñoz & Juan Imaz

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain SteelSpainGridshellsFree-form façadesGlazing

Las gridshells complejas dependen de la precisión de sus conexiones

Eva Arrieta Vergara

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Adaptive reuseBarcelonaSpainIndustrial heritageMedia facilities

Reutilizar empieza por conservar espacio útil

Esteban de Backer

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Adaptive reuseSpainOffice retrofitClimate responseCircular design

La fachada más verde puede ser la que ya existe

Enrique Molinero & Lars Sorensen

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain SteelGeometryStructural façadesArenaSpain

La envolvente puede ser la estructura: Roig Arena

Enrique Goberna

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain Green façadesHigh-riseBiophilic designMaintenanceBarcelona

Una torre vegetal necesita una ecología diseñada

Anna Lloret Papaseit