Asia-Pacific

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia AluminiumDurabilityCoatingsSelf-cleaning

Clean by sunlight: inorganic self-cleaning anodised aluminium

Fan Lee

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Façade engineeringComplianceRegulationProfessional Practice

What is a façade engineer? The DBPA scope-and-competency panel

Tom Donald, Gareth Winstanley, Elizabeth Carpenter, Vera Tchikina & Alison Potter

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia CondensationWindowsWeatherproofingWind Load

From risk to resilience: awning windows, wind loads and condensation

Elissa Stirling

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Building physicsStructural glassCondensationWaterproofing

A pool with a view: keeping water out, in, and off the glass

Brian Hubbs

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia GRCFaçade engineeringGlassCurved Glass

A veil of curved glass: the Paula Fox Melanoma Centre

Anne-Laure Chappat

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Fire safetySustainabilityBIPVSolar Facades

PV and solar façades, from design to delivery: the Melbourne panel

Oliver Ng, Pete Kennon, Bobby Wei, Blair Stratton & Stefan Brey

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Façade engineeringFabricationStructural glassComplex Geometry

The world’s most complex façades: hanging glass and structural trusses

Andreas Geyer

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Fire safetySustainabilitySteelWindows

The master of materials: steel façades, windows and doors

Philippe Juliard

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Embodied carbonGlassComplianceCircularity

Halloween horror stories: façade failures and the façade as an asset

Rob Buck

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Embodied carbonAluminiumArchitectureSustainability

‘Design a place, not a building’: Harborside’s low-carbon façade

Gumji Kang

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia HeritageArchitectureTerracottaLow-Carbon

Crafting cities with terracotta: an ancient material, reinvented

Johan Hermijanto

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia Embodied carbonReuseCircularityFiber Cement

The circular façade: refuse, reduce, reuse and design for disassembly

Cedric Pinto

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia CladdingSteelPrefabricationTesting

Built for speed: steel cladding that fixes on two sides

Michael Lette

ZWOF Melbourne 2026 Australia AluminiumDurabilityCladdingTimber Look

The beauty and longevity of aluminium: timber-look metal

Allan Ramsay

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaMaintenanceForensic engineeringFacade testingWaterproofing

Why façades keep leaking: the feedback loop the industry keeps missing

Todd Grice

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AluminiumAustraliaSurface finishesTimber-look façadesNon-combustible materials

Timber appearance without timber maintenance: the case for sublimated aluminium

Allan Ramsay

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaCompliancePrefabricationTestingSteel façades

From sketch to robotic fold: where steel façades gain speed without losing compliance

Michael Lette

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Parametric designAustraliaDigital fabricationAcousticsStadium façades

Stadium skins at the scale of a city: why collaboration makes complexity buildable

Simon Barnes

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Air barriersAustraliaRainscreensWeatherproofingPressure equalisation

Pressure, drainage and the wall behind the cladding: making rainscreens actually work

Jesse Clarke

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia HeritageAustraliaPublic realmPlacemakingSubtropical design

When the façade becomes civic infrastructure: Queen’s Wharf and Brisbane’s subtropical identity

Naveen Dath

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Unitised façadesAustraliaComplex GeometryCeramicsPorcelain cladding

Porcelain beyond the panel: unitised façades, triangles and seismic movement

Bernat Miñana

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia GlassAustraliaPublic realmResidential façadesSubtropical design

From Queenslander edges to billowing glass: making façade and form one idea

Daniel Liddy

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaBiophilic designShadingTimberResidential façades

Naturalising the façade: from lakefront hills to dancing balconies

James Perry

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaPrefabricationTestingFaçade deliveryAluminium systems

Closing the handovers: what an integrated façade supply chain changes

Colin Niland

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaForensic engineeringMass timberFaçade riskInsulating glass

Façade risk is often hidden in movement, moisture and the things standards do not test

Brian Hubbs

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaFire engineeringNCCCavity barriersFaçade compliance

From combustible cladding to cavity barriers: how façade fire compliance changed

Scott Young

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia Façade engineeringAustraliaProfessional competencyAccountabilityEarly contractor involvement

When façade engineering has no clear owner: the case for competency, accountability and early involvement

Balesh Baleshan, Taryn McQueen, Anne Kovachevich, Richard Fairhead & Alex Ward

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia AustraliaReuseCircularityFibre cementDesign for disassembly

Circular façades start before recycling

Christy Irish

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia ETFETimber structuresLightweight façadesWeather testingAircraft hangars

A 98-metre timber hangar under ETFE: reducing joints, moving loads and controlling light

Angus Macleod