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ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Public realmAdaptive reuseMaterialityPhilippinesGreen certification

Belonging in three parts: look like it, perform like it, feel like it

Carmelo Arancon, Ian Fulgar, Richard M. Garcia, Dominic Galicia, Cathy Saldaña & John Patrick Anthony L. Buensalido

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Public realmCivic architecturePlacemakingPhilippinesSocial architecture

The first ten metres: the part of a façade the city actually meets

William Ti

ZWOF Rotterdam 2026 Netherlands Urban façadesClimate-responsive designPublic realmFaçade valueNetherlands

The façade as an urban interface

Alexey Boev

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAPublic realmLow-rise façadesMaterial choicesPreconstruction

Low-rise façades are city-making decisions, not material selections

Diane Jacobs, Sin Hei Kwok, Peter W. Rutti & Cassie Saba

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar controlUSAPublic realmHuman comfortPost-occupancy

Measure comfort, not just heat: putting the human condition back into façade performance

Rachel Green Rasmussen

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAPublic realmPrefabricationTransit-oriented developmentDesert shade

Spend the façade budget on depth: Central Station as civic desert infrastructure

Steve Valev

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar controlUSAPublic realmAdaptive reuseDesert design

Beyond shade: designing desert façades as environmental infrastructure

Jay Silverberg & Martha DePlazaola Abbott

ZWOF Tirana 2026 Albania AlbaniaPublic realmCivic architectureFaçade patternUrban identity

A façade can teach the city

Beat Huesler

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 Public realmCanadaComplex geometryCivic architectureMass timber

A velodrome made civic: straight timber, a twisted skin and no sloped insulation

Michael Henderson & Michael Dub

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia HeritageAustraliaPublic realmPlacemakingSubtropical design

Queen’s Wharf Brisbane: the envelope as civic infrastructure

Naveen Dath

ZWOF Brisbane 2026 Australia GlassAustraliaPublic realmResidential façadesSubtropical design

Walan, Thornton and The Eaves: façade and form as a single idea

Daniel Liddy

ZWOF London 2025 United Kingdom ResidentialPublic realmUKBankside YardsMasterplanning

Bankside Yards makes a tall home part of a mixed city

Dan Clarke & Daniel Moore

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaPublic realmAdaptive reuseUrban regenerationPlacemaking

Design for good: giving more back to place

Jan Dijkema