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ZWOF Chennai 2026

Chennai · India · 17 July 2026

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ZWOF Chennai 2026 India IndiaSustainabilityFenestrationThermal breakEnergy efficiency

Where the heat gets in: the thermal break, now required by code

Abhishek Shukla

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India High-riseFire safetyIndiaRainscreenSintered stone

The tested skin: sustainable cladding for high-rise buildings

TS Aditya

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Fire safetyIndiaSustainabilityInsulationPassive fire protection

System, not product: what actually gives a façade its fire rating

G Subham

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 engineeringCurved glassArchitectureIndiaAcoustics

Precision by design: keeping faith with the render, all the way to site

Yogesh Tantia

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India IndiaSustainabilityACPMetal claddingStandards & compliance

Metal cladding, held to account: speed, standards and the EPD

Uday V Shetty

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Green façadesBiophilic designIndiaSustainabilityKeynote

The living façade: when a building’s skin becomes a threshold, not a boundary

James Tan

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India WorkplaceArchitectureIndiaHuman experienceGCC

Experience is everything: designing the workplace from the inside out

Naseera Razak & Aditya Goel

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India ArchitectureBiophilic designIndiaSustainabilityEcological design

Inside out: dissolving the line between building, landscape and life

Dhurgai Kumaran

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India ResidentialMaterialsValue engineeringArchitectureIndia

The face of the building: visual impact and climate, on a realistic budget

Prashanth S Kharche

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India IndiaEngineeringCollaborationChennaiDelivery

From concept to delivery: closing the gap between the drawing and the building

Shrikrishna Ginde, Sruthi Reddy, R. Vijayan, Ajay Sethi, Rohit Sharma & Pratik Doshi

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Value engineeringIndiaCladdingFaçade consultingCost & delivery

Engineering value, not cost: halving a façade’s price without losing its face

Nandakumar BS

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India PerformanceIndiaDesignClimateChennai

When design decides performance: orientation, climate and the façade as a first move

Subbiah Sivasubramaniam, Suraksha Acharya, Gurunathan Ramakrishnan, Prasana Kesavan, Kosalraman CJ & Shripal Munshi

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Façade engineeringFire safetyCurtain wallIndiaBuilding codes

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

KR Suresh