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ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar shadingDesign assistParametric designUSAView quality

Optimising shade without sacrificing the view

Chris O'Hara

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar shadingDesign assistUSALife sciencesHealthcare façades

Critical envelopes, civic buildings: why life-science façades need whole-system thinking

John Meredith, Alex Korter, Xandon Keating, James Hatch & Joe Lisiewski II

ZWOF Calgary 2026 Canada Design assistFabricationConstructabilityPublic realmCanada

Design assist at the BMO Centre: a lantern that took a year to draw

Robert Clement

ZWOF Calgary 2026 Canada Design assistMock-upsFaçade procurementDesign-buildCanada

Eight drawing sheets, then hundreds: procurement and the BMO Centre

Anine Eschberger Wortmann, Léo Lejeune, Kelly Coles & Joel Schwartz

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Façade engineeringDesign assistUSAConstructabilityGFRC

Skin-deep efficiency: rationalising three façades for the fabricator

Manan Raval & Jun Schick Lee

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Office buildingsCurtain wallEnergy performanceDesign assistWorkplace

Buildings for people: rethinking the office tower at 70 Hudson Yards

Hagen Scutt, Rok Lee, Michael Lin, Breen Mahony & Andrew Black