Middle East, Africa, Turkey & CIS

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates Façade engineeringProjectsArchitectureDubaiUAE

TeamLab Phenomena: an envelope asked to keep changing

Tony Abi Gebrayel

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates MaterialsDubaiDurabilityCoatingsUAE

Where surfaces shape skylines: building a coating to beat the benchmark

Prathush Sreedharan

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates GlassWell-beingDubaiResearchUAE

Solar control glass and wellbeing: optimised for energy, not for us

Benjamin Beer, Arwa Alzaabi, Jasmin Hodzic, Renato Cilento & Subraya Kalkura

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates DubaiEngineeringComputationAccessUAE

Smart façades, smarter access: panel families and a worker’s reach

Gizelle Javidan & Shyam Chand

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates MaterialsAluminiumSustainabilitySelf-cleaningUAE

Self-cleaning aluminium: an anodised skin that uses sunlight to stay clean

Fan Lee

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates High-riseGlassDubaiEngineeringUAE

Same material, different physics: a façade across extreme scales

Celeste Gariando

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ProjectsDubaiSustainabilityDeliveryUAE

Net zero and climate resilience: the façade on a risk register

Nandan Tavkar

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ParametricDubaiSustainabilityEngineeringUAE

Parametric modelling for the whole façade: the loop run backwards

Jincy Mariam Rinu & Elia Galatolo

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates DubaiInnovationEngineeringKinetic façadeUAE

kinetIQ: making the façade move

Ralph Damköhler

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ArchitectureDubaiDesignEngineeringUAE

Inevitable design: when the right idea makes its own form

Oana Fayyad & Marina Kindelan Calvo

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates GlassPerformanceDubaiSustainabilityUAE

A few stickers will not do it, and the standard is not enough either

Ahmed Abuhashem

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates PerformanceDubaiCollaborationDeliveryUAE

The façade mindset: quality is settled before design begins

Osama Abbas

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ProjectsArchitectureDubaiComputationUAE

The Mukaab’s façade: storytelling first, rationalisation after

Edward McIntosh & Alejandro Garcia Gadea

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ArchitectureAIDubaiInnovationUAE

Architect + AI: ninety per cent usable, ten per cent valuable

Drew Gilbert, Alina Valcarce, Amir Shurafa, Christine Espinosa-Erlanda, Khaled Iskandar, Nic Holmes & Maya Cochrane

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Fire safetyTurkeyInsulationAdhesivesMaterial compatibility

Yalıtım camında kimyasal uyumluluk ve cephede yangın güvenliği

Tolga Aycı

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Urban designHeritageRefurbishmentPublic spaceTurkey

Working with heritage by making the waterfront public again

Nicola Scaranaro

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Building physicsTurkeyGlazingThermal performanceWarm edge

Cam aynı kaldı, Uw düştü: gerçek enerji performansı neden bütün sistemden ölçülür?

Naz Fenercioğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey MaterialsDurabilityCladdingTurkeyUltra-compact surfaces

İki buçuk Eyfel Kulesi basınç: ultra kompakt yüzeyin cepheye yolu

Pınar Aydın

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey RefurbishmentTurkeyTestingFaçade strategyResponsibility

Deeper, not wider: taking façade expertise into execution

Lars Anders

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Adaptive reuseTurkeyMixed useRetailFlexible façades

Perakendeden karma kullanıma: değişen program için esnek cepheler

Enis Öncüoğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Solar controlParametric designAluminiumTurkeyNatural ventilation

Parametrik alüminyum kanatlar: biçimden önce yerel performans

M. Vedat Sancakdar

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey DurabilityColourTurkeyPowder coatingFinishes

Günde dört yüz ton su: toz boya eloksalın yerini nasıl aldı?

Beyza Sarıeyyupoğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Façade designFaçade consultancyTurkeyEngineeringCollaboration

Taşıyıcıyı dışarı almak: mimarın fikrini ayakta tutan mühendislik

Haldun Yılmaz

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Building envelopeTurkeyEngineeringMaterial scienceHigh-performance façades

Malzemeden kabuğa: yüksek performanslı cepheyi yaşam döngüsüyle düşünmek

Esra Aydınoğlu, Buğrahan Şirin, İlayda Öner Mermerbaş & Demet Sürücü

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey TurkeyComputational engineeringSimulationStructuralWind

Hesaplamalı cephe mühendisliği: modelden üretime tek veri akışı

Ibrahim Ayaz

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey RefurbishmentTurkeyAsset repositioningRiskFaçade strategy

Façade renovation from risk assessment to asset repositioning

Necdet Bahadır Buluk & Hearan Kim

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Urban designHeritageSustainabilityTurkeyDouble-skin façades

Double skins as a dialogue between context and performance

Gökhan Avcıoğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Curtain wallComplex geometryTurkeyProject deliveryEngineering

Making the Central Bank of Iraq’s complex façade buildable

Mustafa Alkan, Victor Orive, Mustafa Arslan & Beni Kohen

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey DesignFaçade lightingExperienceTechnologyTurkey

Building façades with light-transmitting concrete

Andreas Roye

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Embodied carbonSaudi ArabiaReuseSustainabilityStructural glazing

Silicone's quiet role in a lower-carbon façade

Valeriya Chernikova

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaMiddle EastKinetic façadeMoving architectureGlass structures

kinetIQ: engineering façades that move

Oliver Rohde

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaCoordinationWeatherproofingAir tightnessFaçade interfaces

Where façades fail: the gaps between the trades

Miguel Costa Freire & Moutaz Kaddourah

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Façade engineeringSaudi ArabiaKAFD metroSteel structureCoordination

Building the KAFD Metro Station, told by the people who made it

Filippo Innocenti, George Kanj, Azat Tatygulov, Mark Storm & Rawan Alderjem Aldossari

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Curtain wallSaudi ArabiaCircularityHybrid steelOperational carbon

Hybrid steel, and the case for façades you can upgrade

Eric Claeys

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia BIMSaudi ArabiaProcurementSupply chainEarly engagement

Why the façade contractor belongs in schematic design

Faisal Alghamdi, Marwan Abbas, Samer Mohammed Abdullah, Waleed Elsayed, Jafar Abualrob & Bassam Hilal

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaLaminated glassAcoustic glazingInterlayersBird-friendly glass

Quieting the façade, and making it visible to birds

Davide Malizia

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaMembrane structuresCable netKinetic roofMiddle East

Three Middle East façades: stone, membrane, and one that disappears

David Sommer

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Fire safetySaudi ArabiaForensic engineeringCondensationFaçade defects

Forensic lessons from façades that failed

Austen Smith

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Façade integrationDesign coordinationValue engineeringBuilding envelopeSaudi Arabia

Decided before it is drawn: the case for early façade integration

Ahmad Fuad Marrwa

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaTbilisiHeritageTraditional typologyBaniani

ტრადიციული ტიპოლოგია წარსულის კოპირების გარეშე

Otar Sulaberidze

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaFaçade designAluminium systemsGlazed façadesEngineering model

Светопрозрачные фасады: доводы в пользу общей инженерной модели

Павел Бальцевич

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaMock-upsRenderingGlass appearanceSpectral simulation

Render versus reality: predicting a glass façade before it is built

Karim Amrouche & Ahmet Mumcuoğlu

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaBuilding physicsPerformance mock-upFaçade consultancyResponsibility

Mind the gap: carrying façade responsibility from design to site

Thomas Eschenbach

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaLaminated glassStructural glassInterlayersBalustrades

The safety is in the interlayer: laminated glass in heat and salt

Anton Novozhilov

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaWind engineeringMaterial efficiencyAdaptive façadesTextile façade

Heavier loads, lighter skins: designing façades for Tbilisi’s wind

Mustafa Alkan

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaHigh-riseGlass balustradesLife safetyHeat-strengthened glass

A railing is a safety system: designing glass balustrades for high-rises

Necdet Bahadır Buluk

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaMaterialsLocal relevanceRooted modernityRenovation

ფესვგადგმული თანამედროვეობა: ადგილობრივი რელევანტურობის ძიება ფასადში

Gvantsa Chubinidze, Sofia Gasviani, Maria Pelangia, Goga Gugava & David Gogichaishvili

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaTbilisiPlacemakingFaçade memoryTypology

დიალოგი კონტექსტთან: თბილისის ფასადური მეხსიერება როგორც ორიენტირი

Natalia Nebieridze

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaPublic realmAdaptive reuseUrban regenerationPlacemaking

Design for good: giving more back to place

Jan Dijkema

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaSolar controlWind engineeringParametric designCityZen Tower

From fluid form to buildable skin: CityZen Tower in Tbilisi

Manuela Gatto

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaCladdingRainscreen claddingAluminium substructureWind load calculation

Что скрывается за облицовкой навесного фасада

Евгений Чернышёв

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaWind engineeringDaylightFaçade performancePerformance mock-up

Beyond aesthetics: the criteria that make a façade perform

Haldun Yılmaz

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Green façadesEmbodied carbonGeorgiaMasterplanningGlass-reinforced concrete

Street first, then a façade a quarter the weight

Nicolas Guichard & Ioannis Gkikas

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Fire safetyBuilding codesUzbekistanSeismic glazingConformity assessment

Один пункт на весь фасад

Olga Kudrevich, Botir Dusatov, Dmitry Shcherbitsky & Ekaterina Urizchenko

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan UzbekistanLow-iron glassSelective coatingsReflective glassOversize insulating units

Стекло, которое выбирают, чтобы здание исчезло

Aigana Tashmatova

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Curved glassUzbekistanOversize glassSelf-supporting glazingGlass processing

Стекло, которому больше не нужны рёбра

Timur Abishev

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Wind-tunnel testingBuilding physicsFaçade consultancyWind loadUzbekistan

Rüzgar yükü rüzgar hızı değildir: yükü bulmanın üç yolu

Haldun Yılmaz

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan High-riseMasterplanningPrecast façadesUzbekistanNational idiom

Malzemenin yüzde doksan ikisi ithal: cephe için kurulan yeni firmalar

Uğur Özer Özgüven

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan UzbekistanWindow hardwareGap ventilationConcealed hingesLarge sashes

Как воздух попадает в герметичный фасад

Alexey Shchavlev & Alexey Kolykhalin

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Adaptive reuseCondensationUzbekistanBrick façadeWashed concrete

Кирпич, открытый с двух сторон

Ivan Tomovic & Valentin Grudskiy

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Parametric designPrefabricationUzbekistanExoskeletonConstruction tolerances

The node that could move six hundred millimetres

Paolo Matteuzzi

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan GRC panelsAdaptabilityUzbekistanDesign conceptCourtyard landscaping

Из одного и того же кирпича

Lyubov Safronova

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Solar controlUzbekistanVentilationWindow ventsAir quality

Дом, в который не заходит воздух

Mikhail Balagurov

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Laminated glassStructural interlayersUzbekistanSafety glazingThermal loads

После тридцати градусов плёнка перестаёт держать

Anton Novozhilov

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan HeritageFaçade consultancyThermal performanceUzbekistanMock-up testing

Фасад как костюм, который лучше подогнать заранее

Victor Zhilinsky

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Unitised façadesAluminium systemsFaçade testingUzbekistanEngineering centre

Типовых проектов почти не осталось

Pavel Baltsevich

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Seismic designAdaptive façadesUzbekistanCommercial real estateModernist heritage

Чего требует от фасада Ташкент

Maria Sultanova

ZWOF Tashkent 2025 Uzbekistan Façade maintenanceFaçade consultancyTender documentationDesign intentUzbekistan

Разрыв между чертежом и стройкой

Thomas Eschenbach