Curtain wall

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 Chennai 2026 India Curtain wallIndiaSustainabilityAluminium systemsHospitality

The strategic envelope: bespoke engineering, transomless glass and green aluminium

Harsharaj Shetty K S

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Unitised façadesCurtain wallIndiaPrefabricationDouble-skin façades

Scaling smart skins: jumbo panels, a cantilevered glass box, and stone on a unitised wall

Rohan Keswani

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Façade engineeringFire safetyCurtain wallIndiaBuilding codes

Beyond compliance: what a fire really asks of a high-rise façade

KR Suresh

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Façade engineeringCurtain wallUKMovement

A façade that moves: engineering for deflection

Andrew Bird

ZWOF Vancouver 2026 Canada Curtain wallArchitectureCanadaDesignVancouver

Ten façades, one question: how do you protect an idea all the way to completion?

Venelin Kokalov

ZWOF Vancouver 2026 Canada Curtain wallCanadaSupply chainNet zeroFibreglass

Zero-tariff, net-zero: how a locally-made fibreglass façade de-risked the Red Deer courthouse

Peter Dushenski

ZWOF Vancouver 2026 Canada Curtain wallArchitectureCanadaVancouverEngineering

Crafting intricate forms: engineering the twisting fins of Burrard Gateway Tower 2

Mahsa Adib

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 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 Calgary 2026 Canada Curtain wallCanadaProcurementSupply chainInsulating glass

Cold-climate net zero starts at the façade

Peter Dushenski

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Solar shadingCurtain wallHigh-rise façadesUSAOffice design

Orientation makes transparency work at Century City Center

John Gralewski & Todd Thongeiam

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Embodied carbonCurtain wallUSAStructural siliconeGlazing systems

Structural silicone can reduce façade metal

Frank Zhong

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Curtain wallUSAWashington DCUltracompact stoneMaterial lifecycle

Stone façades through a lifecycle lens

Dean White

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Curtain wallSaudi ArabiaCircularityHybrid steelOperational carbon

Hybrid steel, and the case for façades you can upgrade

Eric Claeys

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Curtain wallQuality controlCanadaPrefabricationStainless steel

Hand-bent, 7,500 times: the stainless façade at Forma

Kamilah Bannister, Abel Gill, Dan Francis & Richard Orser

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada HeritageCurtain wallThermal bridgingAdaptive reuseCanada

Where the catalogue stops: thermal bridging at 950 King West

David Wach

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Embodied carbonCurtain wallCanadaAir tightnessPrecast concrete

A carbon budget for the envelope: 80 kilos, and what survives it

Andrew Geldard & Jelena Madzarevic

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Curtain wallCanadaSteelPrefabricationCircularity

The grid outlives the glass: an argument against unitized

Eric Claeys

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada HeritageCurtain wallCanadaPrefabricationPrecast concrete

Same window, different panel: the taper at Schwartz Reisman

Matthew Ferraro

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Embodied carbonCurtain wallCanadaCostSupply chain

Procurement is a design choice: the Red Deer Justice Centre

Peter Dushenski

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Curtain wallAluminiumDigital twinsCanadaPrefabrication

Four inches instead of five: settling 89 Avenue Yorkville in VR

Tobiasz Staszak

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada High-riseFaçade engineeringCurtain wallCanadaCost

Fifty to eight hundred: choosing a façade before you draw it

Brian Hubbs & David Stanton

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAWindowsEnergy codesThermal performance

Slowing the heat: how a window's thermal performance is measured and won

Gary Tongco

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAPhotovoltaic façadesEnergy generationNFPA 285

262 Fifth Avenue: wrapping a tower core in photovoltaic glass

Diego Cuevas, Carmelo Guido Galante, Leo Henke & Yan Torres

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAFire-rated glazingLife safetyBallistic glazing

Rated, but you'd never know: steel fire and security systems evolved

Ben Haigh

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Embodied carbonCurtain wallUSASteel façadesFaçade systems

Steel over aluminium: the case for a hybrid curtain wall

Eric Claeys

ZWOF New York 2025 United States High-riseCurtain wallUSAFaçade expressionNatural ventilation

Making the curtain wall breathe: hiding, and showing, the window

Hugh Trumbull

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallFabricationUSAVirtual realityWindows

89 Avenue Yorkville: deciding the façade before it is built

Tobiasz Staszak

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAQuality controlCladdingTesting

A ceramic look in cast concrete: the GFRC façade at 600 West 125th

Joseph Madaghiele & Melissa Wong

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallCurved glassUSACeramic fritAnti-reflective glass

From wind tunnel to window: automotive parallels in a façade

Jamison Guest & Nathan McRae

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Office buildingsCurtain wallEnergy performanceDesign assistWorkplace

Buildings for people: rethinking the office tower at 70 Hudson Yards

Hagen Scutt, Rok Lee, Michael Lin, Breen Mahony & Andrew Black

ZWOF Hong Kong 2025 Greater China Curtain wallStructural glassComplex geometryCable netTolerances

Making a folded X meet exactly at the corner

Vivian Ngo & Yanchee Lau