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ZWOF Phoenix 2026

Phoenix · United States · 14 May 2026

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ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAPrototypingHistoric preservationTaliesin WestFabric roofs

Preserving Wright's experiment: redesigning Taliesin West's roof for another generation

John Anderson

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Embodied carbonAluminiumUSATraceabilityCircular design

Sustainable façades need more than recycled content

Jordi Marasse

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAColourResidential façadesGridSolar depth

Extreme consistency: making grid, depth and colour do the work at Ray Phoenix

Nicholas Hofstede

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar shadingDesign assistParametric designUSAView quality

Optimising shade without sacrificing the view

Chris O'Hara

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAPublic realmLow-rise façadesMaterial choicesPreconstruction

Low-rise façades are city-making decisions, not material selections

Diane Jacobs, Sin Hei Kwok, Peter W. Rutti & Cassie Saba

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar shadingDesign assistUSALife sciencesHealthcare façades

Critical envelopes, civic buildings: why life-science façades need whole-system thinking

John Meredith, Alex Korter, Xandon Keating, James Hatch & Joe Lisiewski II

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar controlUSAPublic realmHuman comfortPost-occupancy

Measure comfort, not just heat: putting the human condition back into façade performance

Rachel Green Rasmussen

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USADurabilityPowder coatingFEVELifecycle cost

Durability is a sustainability strategy: the lifecycle case for FEVE powder coatings

Donald Lawson

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Curved glassUSAQuality controlTempered glassOptical quality

Curved glass quality is an optical problem, not just a geometry problem

Bob Zhang

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAPublic realmPrefabricationTransit-oriented developmentDesert shade

Spend the façade budget on depth: Central Station as civic desert infrastructure

Steve Valev

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar controlUSAPublic realmAdaptive reuseDesert design

Beyond shade: designing desert façades as environmental infrastructure

Jay Silverberg & Martha DePlazaola Abbott

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Air barriers2024 IECCBuilding enclosureAirtightness testingThermal bridging

Air leakage is a systems problem: designing now for 2024 IECC verification

Brian Davie