Glass

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 High-riseGlassDubaiEngineeringUAE

Same material, different physics: a façade across extreme scales

Celeste Gariando

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates GlassPerformanceDubaiSustainabilityUAE

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

Ahmed Abuhashem

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 Embodied carbonGlassSustainabilityCircularityPortugal

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

João Daniel

ZWOF Limassol 2026 Cyprus Solar controlFaçade engineeringBuilding physicsDaylightCyprus

A filter designed for performance, not for people

Petros Karatzas

ZWOF Vancouver 2026 Canada GlassMaterialsCanadaVisualizationRendering

A clear vision of the future: predicting how glass will really look, before it’s built

Ravneet Saini & Martin Durivage

ZWOF Vancouver 2026 Canada GlassCanadaBiophilic designColourVancouver

Beyond transparency: how colour in glass can bring a building to life

Bryce Given

ZWOF Vancouver 2026 Canada GlassCurved glassMaterialsFabricationCanada

Bending glass to shape: multi-curved architectural glass and a Zaha Hadid megaproject

Bob Zhang

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 Calgary 2026 Canada Façade engineeringBuilding physicsGlassCanadaResilience

A fifth barrier: the enclosure as the last line against wildfire

Brian Hubbs

ZWOF Barcelona 2026 Spain GlassAISpainDigital designPerformance modelling

Las herramientas digitales deben afinar las decisiones sobre vidrio

Eva Muñoz & Juan Imaz

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia GRCFaçade engineeringGlassCurved glassAustralia

A veil of curved glass: the Paula Fox Melanoma Centre

Anne-Laure Chappat

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Embodied carbonGlassAustraliaComplianceCircularity

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

Rob Buck

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia GlassAustraliaPublic realmResidential façadesSubtropical design

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

Daniel Liddy

ZWOF London 2025 United Kingdom Embodied carbonGlassUKEPDsBIPV

Glass data is becoming part of the design material

Moujehed Neffoussi

ZWOF London 2025 United Kingdom GlassCurved glassComplex geometryUKManufacturing

Curved glass moves beyond the mould

Joan Tarrús

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada DaylightGlassCanadaWellbeingHealthcare

Ten minutes of nature: what biophilia asks of the glass

Matias Reyes