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ZWOF Washington DC 2026

Washington DC · United States · 19 March 2026

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ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCFaçade geometryGlazingSolar reflectivity

Designing out dangerous solar reflections

Vicente Montes

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAAdaptive reuseWashington DCDurabilitySustainable façades

Sustainable façades start with long service

Robert Miller

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCHistoric preservationStone conservationTemporary works

Modernising heritage without erasing it

Rence Gill, Johann Mordhorst, Amanda Edwards & Morgan Reynolds

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCPrefabricationPanelised façadesFRP composites

Prefabrication turns façade design into production

Reginald Truxon, Dean Mouritzen & Andy Loff

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCCavity barriersCurtain wall fire safetyPerimeter containment

Curtain-wall fire safety needs continuity

Peter Schmitt

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCStainless steelRainscreen attachmentsThermal bridges

Stainless steel strengthens rainscreen performance

Natasha Appel

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Embodied carbonUSAWashington DCLaboratory façadesExternal shading

A laboratory façade tuned to climate

Michelle Lee & Roman Schieber

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAAdaptive reuseWashington DCLife science façadesLaboratories

Healthy laboratories need differentiated envelopes

Matt O'Malley, John Barbara, Tyler Grimshaw & Daniel Lucenti

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Computational designUSAWashington DCGRC panelsPanelisation

Computational design rationalises complex GRC

Deniz E. Arslan & Timothy Logan

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Curtain wallUSAWashington DCUltracompact stoneMaterial lifecycle

Stone façades through a lifecycle lens

Dean White

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCFire testingNFPA 285ASTM E2307

Fire testing has to assess assemblies

Daniel A. Martin

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCHistoric preservationMuseum façadesDaylight control

Preserving an icon through envelope renewal

Colin MacKillop

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Building enclosureUSAOffice-to-residentialAdaptive reuseCondition assessment

Conversion feasibility starts at the enclosure

Amanda Stacy