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ZWOF Bangkok 2026

Bangkok · Thailand · 20 August 2026

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ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand PlacemakingStone façadesThailandHong KongPublic roofscape

The roof you can walk on: designing façades as public ground rather than elevation

Richard Wood

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Solar controlPassive designBalconiesThailandGreen wall

Shade, not cooling: three Bangkok projects that cut solar load at the envelope

Taj Phitakraxanti Tandem

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Value engineeringConstructabilityFaçade designCollaborationThailand

Bangkok's façade weaknesses lie in expectation and sequencing, not in technology

Cory M. Ticktin, Phaithaya Banchakitikun, Assawin Choochottavorn & Andrew Snalune

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Quality controlThailandOptical distortionGlass defectsHeat treatment

The gap between allowable and acceptable in architectural glass

Andrew Snalune

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Value engineeringFaçade maintenanceAluminium compositeThailandTotal cost of ownership

Cheaper panels cut the budget, not the cost of owning a façade

Andrew Lu

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand High-riseSeismic designCurtain wallingBuilding movementFaçade testing

Seismic damage to façades comes from movement, not collapse

RV Kheem N. Domingo

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Parametric designDouble-skin façadesCurtain wallingThailandEnergy conservation

Curtain walling's next phase: diversified structures, intelligent skins and lower energy demand

Dean Ming

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Façade engineeringMuseum architectureThailandCurved glazingFire-rated façades

Curved glass and locked-down galleries: the façade logic behind an open art depot

Achim Heinzle

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Solar shadingComputational designFaçade designThailandParametric workflows

When geometry is described rather than drawn, the cost of change collapses

Jak Drinnan

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Façade designHospitalityThailandHeritage reinterpretationGFRC precast

Recognition before novelty: how the rebuilt Dusit Thani Bangkok carries its identity in the façade

Somkiat Lo-chindapong

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Laminated glassStructural glassThailandFlood resilienceMaterial authenticity

Interlayer stiffness, open edges and counterfeit risk: where ionoplast lamination is heading

Malvinder Singh Rooprai

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Seismic designCurtain wallingStructural siliconeFaçade testingThailand

Silicone bonds survive seismic drift long after the frame stops helping

Jayrold Bautista

ZWOF Bangkok 2026 Thailand Seismic designQuality controlProcurementCurtain wallingBuilding movement

Why façades must be designed to move, and why the lowest bid rarely shows what is missing

Rajan Govind