ZWOF Brisbane 2026

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