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ZWOF Manchester 2026

Manchester · United Kingdom · 3 June 2026

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ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom HeritageProjectsUKSustainabilityCarbon

Reimagining Tate Liverpool: opening up a heritage warehouse without trapping moisture

John Ross & Chiara Faliva

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom ProjectsUKPlacemakingRegeneration

Shaping everyday wonder: regrowing Manchester

Lucy Head & Daniel Onions

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom UKSustainabilityCarbonResilience

The power of ten: AHR's ten steps to a more resilient façade

Robert Hopkins

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom ProjectsTerracottaUKAcoustics

Heritage at height: engineering a terracotta tower on Whitworth Street

Paul Crowther & Elena Giraldi

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom ProjectsUKCostPanel

Greater Manchester rising: identity, cost, and who really decides the façade

Giovanni Gori, Adam Thornton, Daniel Mossman-Clark, Aaron Dehara & Damien Bourke

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Façade engineeringFire safetyComplianceUKUnitised curtain wall

Engineering fire safety into a complex façade: the NESST case study

Camille Destres & Iain Gray

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Façade engineeringCurtain wallUKMovement

A façade that moves: engineering for deflection

Andrew Bird

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom High-riseResidentialProjectsArchitectureUK

Form, colour, texture: three residential towers on two Manchester sites

James Hind

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom UKSustainabilityCarbonDigital

Double or triple glazed? Ramboll's data-driven answer

Amaldev Premkumar

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Building physicsUKSustainabilityAirtightness

Move the airtight line outside: condensation and air-tightness

Nick Backhouse

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom MaterialsUKCladdingDesign

Beyond performance: the psychology of a façade

Ian Wilson

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Fire safetyBuilding safetyComplianceUK

Getting through the gateways: what the Building Safety Regulator actually wants

Sean Robinson & Craig Renton