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ZWOF Toronto 2025

Toronto · Canada · 22 October 2025

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ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Curtain wallQuality controlCanadaPrefabricationStainless steel

Hand-bent, 7,500 times: the stainless façade at Forma

Kamilah Bannister, Abel Gill, Dan Francis & Richard Orser

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada MaterialsCanadaDurabilityCircularityStainless steel

Chromium, chlorine and a linen finish: specifying stainless

Jörn Teipel

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada HeritageCurtain wallThermal bridgingAdaptive reuseCanada

Where the catalogue stops: thermal bridging at 950 King West

David Wach

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Embodied carbonCurtain wallCanadaAir tightnessPrecast concrete

A carbon budget for the envelope: 80 kilos, and what survives it

Andrew Geldard & Jelena Madzarevic

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Curtain wallCanadaSteelPrefabricationCircularity

The grid outlives the glass: an argument against unitized

Eric Claeys

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada HeritageAdaptive reuseCanadaSteelCircularity

Keep the 1928 look, add the performance: Battersea’s steel windows

Robert Miller

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada DaylightCanadaMass timberNatural ventilationAcoustics

Nothing but stack effect: how Limberlost Place breathes

Krista Palen

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada HeritageCurtain wallCanadaPrefabricationPrecast concrete

Same window, different panel: the taper at Schwartz Reisman

Matthew Ferraro

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Embodied carbonCanadaAcousticsPrecast concreteAffordable housing

Thirty-six moulds down to six: the precast at Kennedy Green

Jennifer Mallard

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Embodied carbonCurtain wallCanadaCostSupply chain

Procurement is a design choice: the Red Deer Justice Centre

Peter Dushenski

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Embodied carbonMaterialsAluminiumCanadaCircularity

No bad materials: what actually decides which one you use

Adrian Betanzos

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada RetrofitCanadaDurabilityAcousticsBalconies

Wanted but never used: what glazing does to a balcony

Kristoph Karbach

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada DaylightGlassCanadaWellbeingHealthcare

Ten minutes of nature: what biophilia asks of the glass

Matias Reyes

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada Curtain wallAluminiumCanadaPrefabricationDigital twin

Four inches instead of five: settling 89 Avenue Yorkville in VR

Tobiasz Staszak

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada High-riseFaçade engineeringCurtain wallCanadaCost

Fifty to eight hundred: choosing a façade before you draw it

Brian Hubbs & David Stanton

ZWOF Toronto 2025 Canada DaylightWorkplaceCanadaMetal panelConstruction tolerances

Not a box: Bombardier’s Pearson plant as a workplace for 2,000

Lilia Koleva & Marco Chow