Middle East, Africa, Turkey & CIS

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates Façade engineeringProjectsArchitectureDubai

TeamLab Phenomena: an envelope asked to keep changing

Tony Abi Gebrayel

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates MaterialsDubaiDurabilityCoatings

Where surfaces shape skylines: building a coating to beat the benchmark

Prathush Sreedharan

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates GlassWell-beingDubaiResearch

Solar control glass and human well-being: what light does to us

Benjamin Beer, Arwa Alzaabi, Jasmin Hodzic, Renato Cilento & Subraya Kalkura

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates DubaiEngineeringComputationAccess

Smart façades, smarter access: making freeform geometry buildable, and cleanable

Gizelle Javidan & Shyam Chand

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates MaterialsAluminiumSustainabilitySelf-cleaning

Self-cleaning aluminium: an anodised skin that uses sunlight to stay clean

Fan Lee

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates High-riseGlassDubaiEngineering

Same material, different physics: a façade across extreme scales

Celeste Gariando

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ProjectsDubaiSustainabilityDelivery

Program-managing sustainability: net zero across Expo 2020 and an airport

Nandan Tavkar

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ParametricDubaiSustainabilityEngineering

Parametric modelling for a façade that has to balance everything at once

Jincy Mariam Rinu & Elia Galatolo

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates DubaiInnovationEngineeringKinetic facades

kinetIQ: making the façade move

Ralph Damköhler

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ArchitectureDubaiDesignEngineering

Inevitable design: when the right idea makes its own form

Oana Fayyad & Marina Kindelan Calvo

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates GlassPerformanceDubaiSustainability

Designing high-performance glass: solar control, bird-friendly façades, and an AI that specs them

Ahmed Abuhashem

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates PerformanceDubaiCollaborationDelivery

The façade mindset: success is decided before design begins

Osama Abbas

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ProjectsArchitectureDubaiComputation

Crafting narratives: why the Mukaab starts with a story, not a shape

Edward McIntosh & Alejandro Garcia Gadea

ZWOF Dubai 2026 United Arab Emirates ArchitectureAIDubaiInnovation

Architect + AI: designing the next generation of façades

Drew Gilbert, Alina Valcarce, Amir Shurafa, Christine Espinosa-Erlanda, Khaled Iskandar, Nic Holmes & Maya Cochrane

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Fire safetyTurkeyInsulationAdhesivesMaterial compatibility

Yalıtım camında kimyasal uyumluluk ve cephede yangın güvenliği

Tolga Aycı

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Urban designHeritageRefurbishmentPublic spaceTurkey

Working with heritage by making the waterfront public again

Nicola Scaranaro

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Building physicsTurkeyGlazingThermal performanceWarm edge

Cam aynı kaldı, Uw düştü: gerçek enerji performansı neden bütün sistemden ölçülür?

Naz Fenercioğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey MaterialsDurabilityCladdingTurkeyUltra-compact surfaces

Ultra kompakt cephe yüzeyleri: büyük plakadan güvenilir sisteme

Pınar Aydın

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey RefurbishmentTestingFaçade strategyResponsibilityResearch and development

Deeper, not wider: taking façade expertise into execution

Lars Anders

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Adaptive reuseTurkeyMixed useRetailFlexible façades

Perakendeden karma kullanıma: değişen program için esnek cepheler

Enis Öncüoğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Solar controlParametric designAluminiumTurkeyNatural ventilation

Parametrik alüminyum kanatlar: biçimden önce yerel performans

M. Vedat Sancakdar

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey DurabilityColourTurkeyPowder coatingFinishes

Mimari toz boyada uzun ömür: renk kararından sistem spesifikasyonuna

Beyza Sarıeyyupoğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Façade consultancyTurkeyCollaborationDesign process

Mimar ve cephe danışmanı arasında ortak tasarım dili

Haldun Yılmaz

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Building envelopeTurkeyEngineeringMaterial scienceHigh-performance façades

Malzemeden kabuğa: yüksek performanslı cepheyi yaşam döngüsüyle düşünmek

Esra Aydınoğlu, Buğrahan Şirin, İlayda Öner Mermerbaş & Demet Sürücü

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey TurkeyComputational engineeringSimulationStructuralWind

Hesaplamalı cephe mühendisliği: modelden üretime tek veri akışı

Ibrahim Ayaz

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey RefurbishmentTurkeyAsset repositioningRiskFaçade strategy

Façade renovation from risk assessment to asset repositioning

Necdet Bahadır Buluk & Hearan Kim

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Urban designHeritageSustainabilityTurkeyDouble-skin façades

Double skins as a dialogue between context and performance

Gökhan Avcıoğlu

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey Curtain wallComplex GeometryTurkeyProject deliveryEngineering

Making the Central Bank of Iraq’s complex façade buildable

Mustafa Alkan, Victor Orive, Mustafa Arslan & Beni Kohen

ZWOF Istanbul 2026 Turkey DesignFaçade lightingExperienceTechnologyTurkey

Building façades with light-transmitting concrete

Andreas Roye

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Embodied carbonReuseSustainabilityStructural glazingSilicone

Silicone's quiet role in a lower-carbon façade

Valeriya Chernikova

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Middle EastKinetic façadeMoving architectureGlass structuresTolerances

kinetIQ: engineering façades that move

Oliver Rohde

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaCoordinationWeatherproofingAir tightnessFacade interfaces

Where façades fail: the gaps between the trades

Miguel Costa Freire & Moutaz Kaddourah

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Façade engineeringSaudi ArabiaKAFD metroSteel structureCoordination

Building the KAFD Metro Station, told by the people who made it

Filippo Innocenti, George Kanj, Azat Tatygulov, Mark Storm & Rawan Alderjem Aldossari

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Curtain wallCircularityHybrid steelOperational carbonFire performance

Hybrid steel, and the case for façades you can upgrade

Eric Claeys

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia BIMSaudi ArabiaProcurementSupply chainEarly engagement

Why the façade contractor belongs in schematic design

Faisal Alghamdi, Marwan Abbas, Samer Mohammed Abdullah, Waleed Elsayed, Jafar Abualrob & Bassam Hilal

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaLaminated glassAcoustic glazingInterlayersBird-friendly glass

Quieting the façade, and making it visible to birds

Davide Malizia

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Stone facadeMembrane structuresCable netKinetic roofMiddle East

Three Middle East façades: stone, membrane, and one that disappears

David Sommer

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Fire safetyForensic engineeringCondensationSpecificationsFacade defects

Forensic lessons from façades that failed

Austen Smith

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Facade integrationDesign coordinationValue engineeringBuilding envelopeSaudi Arabia

Early Integration in Façade Design

Ahmad Fuad Marrwa

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Tbilisiტრადიციული ტიპოლოგიამემკვიდრეობაბანიანიმაჩუბი

ტრადიციული ტიპოლოგია წარსულის კოპირების გარეშე

Otar Sulaberidze

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Светопрозрачные фасадыАлюминиевые системыИнженерная модельПроектирование фасадов

Светопрозрачные фасады: доводы в пользу общей инженерной модели

Павел Бальцевич

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Mock-upsRenderingSpecificationGlass appearanceSpectral simulation

Render versus reality: predicting a glass façade before it is built

Karim Amrouche & Ahmet Mumcuoğlu

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Building physicsPerformance mock-upFaçade consultancyResponsibilityDesign to delivery

Mind the gap: carrying façade responsibility from design to site

Thomas Eschenbach

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaLaminated glassStructural glassInterlayersBalustrades

The safety is in the interlayer: laminated glass in heat and salt

Anton Novozhilov

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaWind engineeringMaterial efficiencyAdaptive façadesTextile façade

Heavier loads, lighter skins: designing façades for Tbilisi’s wind

Mustafa Alkan

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia High-riseGlass balustradesLife safetyPost-breakageHeat-strengthened glass

A railing is a safety system: designing glass balustrades for high-rises

Necdet Bahadır Buluk

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia ადგილობრივი რელევანტურობაფესვგადგმული თანამედროვეობარენოვაციამასალალანდშაფტი

ფესვგადგმული თანამედროვეობა: ადგილობრივი რელევანტურობის ძიება ფასადში

Gvantsa Chubinidze, Sofia Gasviani, Maria Pelangia, Goga Gugava & David Gogichaishvili

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Tbilisiფასადური მეხსიერებაკონტექსტიავლაბარიპლეისმეიკინგი

დიალოგი კონტექსტთან: თბილისის ფასადური მეხსიერება როგორც ორიენტირი

Natalia Nebieridze

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaPublic realmAdaptive reuseUrban RegenerationPlacemaking

Design for good: giving more back to place

Jan Dijkema

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaSolar controlWind engineeringParametric designCityZen Tower

From fluid form to buildable skin: CityZen Tower in Tbilisi

Manuela Gatto

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Навесной фасадВентилируемый фасадАлюминиевая подсистемаОблицовкаАэродинамический расчёт

Что скрывается за облицовкой навесного фасада

Евгений Чернышёв

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaWind engineeringDaylightFacade performancePerformance criteria

Beyond aesthetics: the criteria that make a façade perform

Haldun Yılmaz