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ZWOF Manchester 2026

Manchester · United Kingdom · 3 June 2026

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ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom HeritageProjectsSustainabilityCarbon

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

John Ross & Chiara Faliva

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom ProjectsUKZWOF Man 26PlacemakingRegeneration

Shaping everyday wonder: regrowing Manchester

Lucy Head & Daniel Onions

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom UKZWOF Man 26SustainabilityCarbonResilience

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

Robert Hopkins

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom ProjectsTerracottaUKZWOF Man 26Acoustics

Heritage at height: engineering a terracotta tower on Whitworth Street

Paul Crowther & Elena Giraldi

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom ProjectsUKZWOF Man 26CostPanel

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 safetyUKZWOF Man 26

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

Camille Destres & Iain Gray

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Façade engineeringCurtain wallUKZWOF Man 26Movement

A façade that moves: engineering for deflection

Andrew Bird

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom High-riseResidentialProjectsArchitecture

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

James Hind

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom UKZWOF Man 26SustainabilityCarbonDigital

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

Amaldev Premkumar

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Building physicsUKZWOF Man 26SustainabilityAirtightness

Move the airtight line outside: condensation and air-tightness

Nick Backhouse

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom MaterialsUKZWOF Man 26CladdingDesign

Beyond performance: the psychology of a façade

Ian Wilson

ZWOF Manchester 2026 United Kingdom Fire safetyBuilding safetyComplianceUKZWOF Man 26

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

Sean Robinson & Craig Renton