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ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAPrototypingHistoric preservationTaliesin WestFabric roofs

Preserving Wright's experiment: redesigning Taliesin West's roof for another generation

John Anderson

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Embodied carbonAluminiumUSATraceabilityCircular design

Sustainable façades need more than recycled content

Jordi Marasse

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States USAColourResidential façadesGridSolar depth

Extreme consistency: making grid, depth and colour do the work at Ray Phoenix

Nicholas Hofstede

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Solar shadingDesign assistParametric designUSAView quality

Optimising shade without sacrificing the view

Chris O'Hara

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 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 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 USADurabilityPowder coatingFEVELifecycle cost

Durability is a sustainability strategy: the lifecycle case for FEVE powder coatings

Donald Lawson

ZWOF Phoenix 2026 United States Curved glassUSAQuality controlTempered glassOptical quality

Curved glass quality is an optical problem, not just a geometry problem

Bob Zhang

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 Phoenix 2026 United States Air barriers2024 IECCBuilding enclosureAirtightness testingThermal bridging

Air leakage is a systems problem: designing now for 2024 IECC verification

Brian Davie

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Solar shadingUSAFaçade identityArchitectural narrativeLandscape integration

Façade pattern can carry performance and narrative

Yan Krymsky

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USAMinimal glazingJumbo glassThermal comfortSliding systems

Minimal glazing depends on hidden engineering

Werner Jager

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USAFire-rated glazingFaçade systemsSteel curtain wallsLow-carbon steel

Steel curtain walls balance slenderness and fire safety

Thomas Miller

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USAAdaptive reuseHistoric preservationOffice conversionHousing

The envelope decides conversion potential

Olivier Sommerhalder, D. Rocky Rockefeller, Ken Bernstein & Jeffrey A. Caldwell

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USAMaterial efficiencyArchitectural restraintPrecast façadesExposed structure

Restraint lets structure shape the façade

Olin McKenzie

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Fire safetyUSAWildfire resilienceMultifamily façadesRisk design

Wildfire resilience starts at the façade

Nathan Wittasek, Nathan Bishop, Tom Silva & Colin Mangham

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Façade engineeringThermal bridgingUSAStainless steelRainscreen attachments

Rainscreen performance starts behind the cladding

Natasha Appel

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USADurabilityStone claddingRainscreenLarge-format panels

Large-format stone changes the façade assembly

Mark Matusow

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USAQuality assuranceFaçade testingEnclosure consultingDetailing

Reliable façades depend on verification

Joseph Schettino

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Solar shadingCurtain wallHigh-rise façadesUSAOffice design

Orientation makes transparency work at Century City Center

John Gralewski & Todd Thongeiam

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USANatural ventilationDaylightingTransit façadesClimate resilience

Selective enclosure lowers transit energy demand

Isabelle Paparo & Maya White-Turre

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USAFaçade performanceWhole-life carbonResiliencePeak loads

Whole-life thinking reframes façade performance

Gijs Libourel

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Embodied carbonCurtain wallUSAStructural siliconeGlazing systems

Structural silicone can reduce façade metal

Frank Zhong

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States USAMixed-use façadesIndoor-outdoor designNatural ventilationLos Angeles

Habitat turns the façade into landscape

Dana Getman

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Curved glassUSAQuality controlGlass fabricationFaçade geometry

Curved glass needs one controlled process

Bob Zhang

ZWOF Los Angeles 2026 United States Embodied carbonUSATerracottaMaterial innovationRainscreen

Terracotta moves beyond decorative cladding

Andrew Pries

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCFaçade geometryGlazingSolar reflectivity

Designing out dangerous solar reflections

Vicente Montes

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAAdaptive reuseWashington DCDurabilitySustainable façades

Sustainable façades start with long service

Robert Miller

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCHistoric preservationStone conservationTemporary works

Modernising heritage without erasing it

Rence Gill, Johann Mordhorst, Amanda Edwards & Morgan Reynolds

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCPrefabricationPanelised façadesFRP composites

Prefabrication turns façade design into production

Reginald Truxon, Dean Mouritzen & Andy Loff

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCCavity barriersCurtain wall fire safetyPerimeter containment

Curtain-wall fire safety needs continuity

Peter Schmitt

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCStainless steelRainscreen attachmentsThermal bridges

Stainless steel strengthens rainscreen performance

Natasha Appel

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Embodied carbonUSAWashington DCLaboratory façadesExternal shading

A laboratory façade tuned to climate

Michelle Lee & Roman Schieber

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAAdaptive reuseWashington DCLife science façadesLaboratories

Healthy laboratories need differentiated envelopes

Matt O'Malley, John Barbara, Tyler Grimshaw & Daniel Lucenti

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Computational designUSAWashington DCGRC panelsPanelisation

Computational design rationalises complex GRC

Deniz E. Arslan & Timothy Logan

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Curtain wallUSAWashington DCUltracompact stoneMaterial lifecycle

Stone façades through a lifecycle lens

Dean White

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCFire testingNFPA 285ASTM E2307

Fire testing has to assess assemblies

Daniel A. Martin

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States USAWashington DCHistoric preservationMuseum façadesDaylight control

Preserving an icon through envelope renewal

Colin MacKillop

ZWOF Washington DC 2026 United States Building enclosureUSAOffice-to-residentialAdaptive reuseCondition assessment

Conversion feasibility starts at the enclosure

Amanda Stacy

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Embodied carbonUSARetrofitInsulating glassEnergy codes

Less is more insulating: the case for vacuum insulated glass

Justin D’Alessandro

ZWOF New York 2025 United States USAUltracompact stoneVentilated façadesRainscreenSintered stone

Pressed and fired: the case for ultracompact stone on the façade

Dean White

ZWOF New York 2025 United States USAAdaptive reuseHistoric preservationMasonry restorationArt deco

A century, matched: restoring the Waldorf Astoria's envelope

Frank Mahan, Jonathan Taylor, Kevin Kim & Victoria Ponce de Leon

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Embodied carbonUSAMass timberCircularityCultural buildings

Timber, weathering steel and a spirit of place: the Springsteen archive

Zach Craun

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAWindowsEnergy codesThermal performance

Slowing the heat: how a window's thermal performance is measured and won

Gary Tongco

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 USAStructural glassAdaptive reuseGlass fabricationNatural ventilation

Poetic intent, physical reality: a life in structural glass

Hugh Dutton

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAPhotovoltaic façadesEnergy generationNFPA 285

262 Fifth Avenue: wrapping a tower core in photovoltaic glass

Diego Cuevas, Carmelo Guido Galante, Leo Henke & Yan Torres

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAFire-rated glazingLife safetyBallistic glazing

Rated, but you'd never know: steel fire and security systems evolved

Ben Haigh

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curved glassUSAGlass fabricationFaçade geometryTempered glass

From flat to fantastic: free-form tempered glass without a mould

Derek Losi

ZWOF New York 2025 United States USADaylightingGlare controlFritLouvers

Layers of light: how façades shape daylight for people

Lee Brandt, Christopher Steffens, Jennifer Sage & Miguel Angel Maldonado

ZWOF New York 2025 United States USALaminated glassInterlayersGlazingResilience

Holding back the water, transparently: laminated glass for flood control

Alberto Alarcon

ZWOF New York 2025 United States USAAdaptive reuseTerracottaHistoric preservationBrick

Lace and turrets: two contemporary façades in historic New York

David Kubik & Todd Poisson

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Thermal bridgingUSAStainless steelBrickMasonry support

Holding up the brick: a stainless approach to masonry support

Sean Og Coyle

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Embodied carbonUSATerracottaMaterial innovationCircularity

Load-bearing again: reinventing terra cotta for the low-carbon façade

Andrew Pries

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Embodied carbonCurtain wallUSASteel façadesFaçade systems

Steel over aluminium: the case for a hybrid curtain wall

Eric Claeys

ZWOF New York 2025 United States High-riseCurtain wallUSAFaçade expressionNatural ventilation

Making the curtain wall breathe: hiding, and showing, the window

Hugh Trumbull

ZWOF New York 2025 United States USADesign technologyDaylightingGame enginesPerformance simulation

From renderings to real time: running façade decisions through a game engine

John Ivanoff

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Façade engineeringUSAHistoric preservationLimestone rainscreenMuseums

Made to look load-bearing: the Frick's limestone expansion

Paul Granger & Tali Mejicovsky

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallFabricationUSAVirtual realityWindows

89 Avenue Yorkville: deciding the façade before it is built

Tobiasz Staszak

ZWOF New York 2025 United States USAConstruction outlookLocal Law 11InfrastructureWorkforce

A $219 billion cycle: where New York’s façade work comes from

Carlo A. Scissura

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallUSAQuality controlCladdingTesting

A ceramic look in cast concrete: the GFRC façade at 600 West 125th

Joseph Madaghiele & Melissa Wong

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Embodied carbonUSAPhotovoltaic façadesEnergy generationPolicy

Beyond the envelope: façades that generate power, and policy

Luis Palacio

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Curtain wallCurved glassUSACeramic fritAnti-reflective glass

From wind tunnel to window: automotive parallels in a façade

Jamison Guest & Nathan McRae

ZWOF New York 2025 United States Artificial intelligenceComputational designDigital twinsEnergy modellingAutomation

From concept to operation: AI's place in the built environment

Alfonso Oliva, Dan Reynolds, Veronica Quintero, Andres Roncal & Emir Pekdemir

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