India

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India SustainabilityFenestrationThermal BreakEnergy Efficiency

Where the heat gets in: the thermal break, now required by code

Abhishek Shukla

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India High-riseFire safetyRainscreenSintered Stone

The tested skin: sustainable cladding for high-rise buildings

TS Aditya

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Fire safetySustainabilityInsulationPassive Fire Protection

System, not product: what actually gives a façade its fire rating

G Subham

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Curtain wallSustainabilityAluminium systemsHospitality

The strategic envelope: bespoke engineering, transomless glass and green aluminium

Harsharaj Shetty K S

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Unitised façadesCurtain wallPrefabricationDouble-skin façades

Scaling smart skins: jumbo panels, a cantilevered glass box, and stone on a unitised wall

Rohan Keswani

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Façade engineeringCurved GlassArchitectureAcoustics

Precision by design: keeping faith with the render, all the way to site

Yogesh Tantia

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India SustainabilityACPMetal CladdingStandards & Compliance

Metal cladding, held to account: speed, standards and the EPD

Uday V Shetty

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Green façadesBiophilic designSustainabilityKeynote

The living façade: when a building’s skin becomes a threshold, not a boundary

James Tan

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India WorkplaceArchitectureHuman ExperienceGCC

Experience is everything: designing the workplace from the inside out

Naseera Razak & Aditya Goel

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India ArchitectureBiophilic designSustainabilityEcological Design

Inside out: dissolving the line between building, landscape and life

Dhurgai Kumaran

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India ResidentialMaterialsValue engineeringArchitecture

The face of the building: visual impact and climate, on a realistic budget

Prashanth S Kharche

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India EngineeringCollaborationChennaiDelivery

From concept to delivery: closing the gap between the drawing and the building

Shrikrishna Ginde, Sruthi Reddy, R. Vijayan, Ajay Sethi, Rohit Sharma & Pratik Doshi

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Value engineeringCladdingFacade ConsultingCost & Delivery

Engineering value, not cost: halving a façade’s price without losing its face

Nandakumar BS

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India PerformanceDesignClimateChennai

When design decides performance: orientation, climate and the façade as a first move

Subbiah Sivasubramaniam, Suraksha Acharya, Gurunathan Ramakrishnan, Prasana Kesavan, Kosalraman CJ & Shripal Munshi

ZWOF Chennai 2026 India Façade engineeringFire safetyCurtain wallBuilding Codes

Beyond compliance: what a fire really asks of a high-rise façade

KR Suresh

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaCold-bent glazingUnitised systemsSeismic detailingMuseum architecture

Cold-bent unitised glazing and seismic connection challenges at the International Co-operative Museum

Vicky Vora

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaSintered StoneDry claddingVentilated facadeHigh-rise cladding

Ventilated dry cladding and sintered-stone systems for high-rise applications

TS Aditya

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaClimate responseGIFT CityHigh-rise AhmedabadFacade regulation

High-rise façades in Ahmedabad and GIFT City: regulation, climate, maintenance and the next decade

Mitul Gajjar, Namrata Vaja, Ingit Anand, Pratik Doshi & Vinod Patel

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaUnitised curtain wallIntegrated sunshadesMixed-material facadesCommercial campuses

Scaling smart skins: unitised systems with integrated shading and mixed materials

Rohan Keswani

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India High-riseIndiaClimate responseDesign thinkingFacade evolution

Four decades of evolving façade design thinking

Reza Kabul

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaUnitised curtain wallHigh-rise facadeGIFT CityForm development

Designing high-rise façades across a portfolio from 45 to 153 metres

Brijesh Shah & Nitesh Shah

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaHigh-rise specificationsPerformance testingFabricator qualityFire compliance

Design considerations, wind, fire and fabricator quality for high-rise façades

Mitul Gajjar

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India Laminated glassIndiaStructural interlayersSentryGlasTrosifol

Structural interlayers and sustainability advances in laminated glass

Malvinder Singh Rooprai

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaMaterial craftCast metalPerforated screensOpen-joint facades

Timeless façades through organic surfaces, crafted patterns and open-joint detailing

KR Suresh

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India IndiaSustainabilityFacade systemsIntegrationSafety

Integration, safety and sustainability in contemporary façade systems

Harsharaj Shetty K S

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India DaylightIndiaPerformance glazingShading devicesDouble-skin facade

From carved stone jalis to performance glass: shading devices in Indian façades

Vrutul Panchal

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India BIMIndiaDigital tools3D visualisationFacade modelling

Digital tools and modelling in façade design and delivery

Bhrugu Gangadia, Manoj Joshi, Chirayu Oza, Upendra Walinjkar & Bhaumik Patel

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India DurabilitySustainabilityPowder coatingsCorrosion protectionGreen building

Coating durability as the sustainability case for powder-coated façades

Deepak Parameswaran

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India BIMIndiaMechanical stone claddingTensile membrane shadingPerformance glazing

Treating the façade as a collaborative, detail-driven layer at ONE42

Raman Aras

ZWOF Ahmedabad 2026 India Double skinRear-ventilated facadeFire classificationClass A2India

Rear-ventilated façades and fire classification for high-rise cladding

Ashwanii Khanna

ZWOF Mumbai 2025 India Façade engineeringProjectsIndiaCostZWOF Mum 25

Bridging vision and reality: the façade of Brigade Gateway Neopolis

Vrinda Shetty & Rajan Govind