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ZWOF Dallas 2026 United States Curtain wallBuilding enclosureUSASpecificationsField testing

A window every fifty feet: what field testing found at Tyler

Matthew Mittelstet & Trey Greer

ZWOF Dallas 2026 United States Fire safetyUSACladdingCoatingsSpecifications

Two skins and a core: reading the spec on metal composite

Chad Patterson

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Façade consultancyBuilding codesPhilippinesTyphoon loadingSpecifications

Half the wall operable, in a city where nobody opens a window

Desiree Manlapaz, Theodore Khoury, Daniel C. Go, Adam Lee & Myra Zamora

ZWOF Manila 2026 Philippines Unitised curtain wallPhilippinesAluminium extrusionsStructural optimisationEmbodied energy

Two numbers in a specification that cost a quarter of the metal

Adam Lee

ZWOF Riyadh 2025 Saudi Arabia Fire safetySaudi ArabiaForensic engineeringCondensationFaçade defects

Forensic lessons from façades that failed

Austen Smith

ZWOF London 2025 United Kingdom Quality controlUKDurabilityPowder coatingSpecifications

A coating specification is a durability system

Coby Armar

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaMock-upsRenderingGlass appearanceSpectral simulation

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

Karim Amrouche & Ahmet Mumcuoğlu