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ZWOF Riyadh 2025

Riyadh · Saudi Arabia · 9 December 2025

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ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Embodied carbonSaudi ArabiaReuseSustainabilityStructural glazing

Silicone's quiet role in a lower-carbon façade

Valeriya Chernikova

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaMiddle EastKinetic façadeMoving architectureGlass structures

kinetIQ: engineering façades that move

Oliver Rohde

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaCoordinationWeatherproofingAir tightnessFaçade interfaces

Where façades fail: the gaps between the trades

Miguel Costa Freire & Moutaz Kaddourah

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Façade engineeringSaudi ArabiaKAFD metroSteel structureCoordination

Building the KAFD Metro Station, told by the people who made it

Filippo Innocenti, George Kanj, Azat Tatygulov, Mark Storm & Rawan Alderjem Aldossari

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Curtain wallSaudi ArabiaCircularityHybrid steelOperational carbon

Hybrid steel, and the case for façades you can upgrade

Eric Claeys

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia BIMSaudi ArabiaProcurementSupply chainEarly engagement

Why the façade contractor belongs in schematic design

Faisal Alghamdi, Marwan Abbas, Samer Mohammed Abdullah, Waleed Elsayed, Jafar Abualrob & Bassam Hilal

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaLaminated glassAcoustic glazingInterlayersBird-friendly glass

Quieting the façade, and making it visible to birds

Davide Malizia

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaMembrane structuresCable netKinetic roofMiddle East

Three Middle East façades: stone, membrane, and one that disappears

David Sommer

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Fire safetySaudi ArabiaForensic engineeringCondensationFaçade defects

Forensic lessons from façades that failed

Austen Smith

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Façade integrationDesign coordinationValue engineeringBuilding envelopeSaudi Arabia

Decided before it is drawn: the case for early façade integration

Ahmad Fuad Marrwa