Aaron joined ARM in 2010 and has excellent skills both in design and project delivery, in particular an advanced knowledge of construction. He holds both architectural and construction management qualifications. He is a skilled BIM technician and is experienced in software for 3D design and documentation. His roles on projects involve building strong working relationships with client groups and stakeholders.

Aaron’s problem-solving skills enable ARM project teams to simplify complex design issues and have them translated into quality built work on time and on budget. Aaron is particularly interested in utilising traditional trade skills to deliver complex digital designs. He often works as a specialist to deliver key elements of the project. He has extensive experience in working directly with contractors and sub-contractors to deliver projects, in early contractor involvement and design and construct type projects.

With background in Mathematics (Bacc-II), Architecture (BSc), Computation (MSc), Engineering (MSc) and Design Communication (ongoing PhD), Abdulmajid has developed over the years from a passionate specialist in complex geometry into an inter-disciplinary design lead in high-tech architecture.

Adam has a background in sustainability, mechanical, and façade design and specialises in multi-disciplinary design integration. He has worked on a variety of project typologies across multiple countries, having been based previously in Cape Town, Berlin, and now London. His project experience covers a wide range and scope, from conceptual design and building physics studies, to on-site construction monitoring and delivery.

Recently he has been involved in several residential façade remediation and upgrade schemes focusing on fire safety, including an in-situ replacement for a fully-occupied block. Each such scheme is nuanced in its differences, revealing new challenges that will shape the industry in the near-term future.

Adam also works closely with our in-house Foresight, Research + Innovation team. He recently co-authored a publication 2050 Scenarios: four plausible futures studying plausible future scenarios for the planet and society, and their implications on today’s design decisions for the built environment.

Adrian is a Member of the Energy Institute a Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers and Chartered Fire Engineer. Adrian up until recently supported Dubai Civil Defence as a Fire Service technical/policy advisor in respect of Operational Intervention, Fire Engineering design, Training, Crisis and Strategic Risk assessment and Management, Companies Approvals and forensic fire investigation.

His role included having responsibility for the review and approval of Engineering designs and fire strategies for complex and High Rise building projects, market access for equipment, products and systems for DCD listing and the issue of NOCs. Adrian, during his time with Dubai Civil Defence coupled with his background as a Fire Engineer, firefighter and Fire investigator has become the leading expert in the Middle East in respect of the fire performance of Façade/cladding system design and materials and recently authored the Chapter on the performance requirements for the approval of facade and cladding systems with the UAE Fire and life Safety Code.

Adrian previously worked for UK and Global Multi-Discipline and Boutique Fire Engineering Consultancies, this experience included the establishment of one of the first Royal Oman Police Fire Engineering Consultancies in Oman. During his time as a Consultant Adrian has been responsible for the creation, delivery, commissioning and management of challenging Building and infrastructure Projects and Strategies, including Heathrow Airport, Qatar Gold line, Hospital projects in the UK, Georgia, Oman and Ireland, above and below ground Railway projects, large assembly buildings, Sports Stadia, challenging Ultra rise Residential and commercial developments, as well as the development of critical infrastructure projects for the UK Ministry of Justice and German Embassy and Chancery in Muscat. Adrian has also provided risk assessment and fire engineering services for numerous Global Hotel projects including JW Marriot, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and smaller boutique Hotels.

Lee Ailin graduated with Bachelor of Commerce – Marketing & Management from Murdoch University. She has been with Jotun Paints (M) Sdn Bhd for the past 9 years. She is currently the Specifications Executive for Decorative Paints and Powder Coatings. Prior to that, she was in marketing department doing trade marketing.

Alberto Zabini graduated in economics in Bologna’s “Alma Mater Studiorum”, the worldwide oldest (1088) and Italy’s most prestigious University. He began his professional career in Germany after the Fall of Wall (1989) and worked for over 25 years in international façades, windows and interior design business. He established and managed foreign subsidiaries in USA, Germany, Russia, Czech Republic and Dubai (UAE). His significant expertise in technical sales and international management is always focused on providing solutions for high demanding customers and projects.

Aleksandar Vuceski is Charles Rickard’s Structural / Façade Engineer. Educated in Macedonia at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Aleksandar holds a BEng (Civil / Structural). 8 years as a Structural Engineer across an extensive portfolio internationally and domestically. His first job in Australia was with world renowned consulting engineer Aurecon. Following some time in Gladstone QLD, his major involvement was the NCIG coal loader project in Newcastle. Aleksandar joined Rickard Engineering in 2013 and has broadened his expertise to include all areas of structural analysis, gaining experience in the design of commercial, residential and industrial structures. Aleksandar is now one of the most proficient façade engineers in Australia.

Alex Korter joined CO Architects in 2005 and has worked on large, technically advanced academic and healthcare projects while also leading the firm’s Building Facades Group. His experience in Europe and the U.S. includes design, technical coordination and project management of academic, commercial, healthcare and civic projects. Alex enjoys making environmental, economic, social and functional sustainable design a fundamental part of projects. Alex is a frequent presenter on façade and building envelope design and technology throughout the US and internationally. Alex holds a Bachelor in Architecture from the University of Manchester, and a Diploma in Architecture from the Glasgow School of Art.

Based in Dubai, as Head of Fire and Life Safety, Alexander oversees WSP Middle East’s regional FLS operations. With a Bachelors of Science in Fire Engineering from The University of Maryland and more than 16 years of experience leading fire strategy design, performance based design, fire and egress modelling, code compliance reviews, and special project design, Alexander’s approach is based upon a pragmatic fire and life safety appraoch that meets operational, fictional, aesthetic, and safety requirements. In addition, Alexander has a key role in liaising with approving authorities which a key element to deliver a successful fire strategy and is also a member of the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code development committee.

Alexander has delivered fire strategies for large scale and high profile projects such as mixed-use, retail, hospitality, and residential projects around the world—from The U.S., UAE, KSA, China, Latvia, and the UK. Currently, he focuses on large-scale projects in the Middle East—including a city wide fire strategy and framework for a city in KSA, ongoing super high rise projects in Dubai, mall expansions and refurbishments, and a series of assessments of existing buildings throughout the region.

Alexander Malm educated as Master of Architecture at Lund University, School of Architecture, Sweden in 2008. Since joining Nordic — Office of Architecture in 2011 he has mainly worked with airport design ranging from conceptual layout to technical detailing, execution and project management. Alexanders core strength lie in the understanding of the entire design and construction process and the translation of concept design through to realization of a building, with a main focus on façade envelopes.

He has led the design team for the facades of the 7,5 mil passenger Terminal at Bergen Airport, Flesland in Norway and is now leading the architectural team of the 96 000m2 large extension of the Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden.

Allan Hurdle has been involved in the HVAC Industry for over 30 years, specialising in smoke control and HVAC products. He has held roles as Managing Director of Elta Fans, Vice President of FlaktWoods UK and acted as an advisor to a number of ventilation product manufacturers. He is involved with several of the post-Hackitt report Industry Response Groups and is chair of the BSI H25/05 working-group on new guides for service and maintenance of smoke products. He has recently provided articles on competence for the CIBSE journal and on the SCA UKAS approved IFC scheme for the CIC.

Allan now works as a consultant for Stamisol UK, in raising the awareness of euro class A2 Vertical breather membranes into the UK buildings market developed for additional building safety in times of fire.

Amer has close to 20 years’ experience in fire safety design, consulting and research covering the commercial property, transport infrastructure and industrial sectors in Australia, Asia and the Asia-Pacific. He is the Founding Partner and Principal Fire Engineer at Lote Consulting – Fire I Risk I Security in Sydney, Australia He is currently an Executive Committee Member of the Engineers Australia Society of Fire Safety (SFS) New South Wales Chapter. Amer is a NER Chartered Fire Safety Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), C10 Accredited Certifier (New South Wales) and Registered Fire Safety Engineer in Singapore and Malaysia

Amin Taha was born in Berlin, from which the family moved to London, where he is now practices architecture as one of the founding partners of Groupwork. Whose work can be characterised by its tectonic definition driven by contextual interpretation”

Amrita Mahindroo holds a Masters degree with Honors from MIT in Architecture and Urbanism, a Bachelors degree in Architecture with Honours from the University of Melbourne. Following a number of years of collaboration with reputable firms in Australia, Europe and North America, including Atelier Seraji, Shigeru Ban Architects in Paris and the MIT Media Lab, she co-founded DROO with Michel Da Costa Goncalves. Her interest in urban architecture and city form has been informed by her continuing research on the impact of emerging technologies and economics on future building typologies and subsequently urban form. Amrita has had the opportunity to lecture widely across the United States on her research including, UCLA, University of Oaklahoma, UNC Charlotte and MIT. She was a contributer to the journal Thresholds, Socio (MIT Press). She has a breadth of experience in both private and public sector projects including High end Residential, Luxury retail and hospitality and Contemporary Art Museums and Urban regeneration plans, with projects in Australia, Europe, Asia and North America. She has rigorously delivered a number of high-end residential and mixed use projects, with a particular expertise in tight urban sites with innovative results.

Ana has a Master's degree in architecture from the UPM since 2012. Her professional career started years before, in 2005, working at an architectural studio in Madrid where they developed diverse projects. She introduced BIM to the office, virtually coordinating the design and construction systems.

She also has an International masters degree in BIM management from Zigurat. In 2015 she joined the façade engineering team of ENAR as the senior architect and BIM manager. She has developed several relevant projects of building's skins in Spain and abroad, specializing in technological facades on landmark buildings, and coordinating the design development of the envelope on a BIM basis.

Andrea Sbroggio’ has been working since 2000 in the Façade Industry with Permasteelisa Group where he gained 20 years experience in project design management, claim management and Technical office’s management along the Middle East, Asia Region and North America.

Graduated in Architecture (M.Arch) with Honours in 2000 at La Sapienza University in Rome. He has obtained a post graduation degree in Project Financing, Luiss Management 2001 and a Ph.D in Architecture with a final dissertation in museography at La Sapienza University in 2006. Since 2001 is partner and general manager of Studio Schiattarella. Professor of Urban Design at “Ludovico Quaroni” School of Architecture, La Sapienza University. In 2004 he received the Piranesi Prize (First Prize ex aequo) for museum design (Politecnico di Milano, Penn State Univesity). He wrote several essays and scientific publications, among them: "Narrative Structures for Museum Design in 2015. In 2005 he led the design team for the design team for the design development for Tripoli Conference Center (Lybia). He has been design manager for the Rome Congress Hall form 2007 to 2010.

Since graduating in architecture in 1996 Andreas is involved in the execution of pres-tigious façade projects mainly in Asia. His first project was with seele in 1997, the Shanghai Grand Theatre, at the time a cutting edge cable truss construction. From 2007 until 2015, first as Technical Director then as Managing Director, he was re-sponsible for Schueco’s South East Asia operations. In this position he was primarily looking into aluminium curtain wall-, window- and door-systems. Amongst others, there were projects like the Royal Palace in Kuala Lumpur, the Hanoi Museum and the National Assembly in Hanoi. 2017 Andreas returned to seele and is now respon-sible for the South East Asian and Australian markets. Recent projects executed by seele in this region are the gridshell roof of the Chadstone Shopping Center in Mel-bourne, the Luxury Façades and Wisdom Hall on IconSiam in Bangkok and the roof-top features on the MahaNakhon also in Bangkok. The latter two Andreas will intro-duce in his talk in more detail.

"Andrew Kiel studied at the University of Virginia and Princeton University. From 1993 to 1998 he worked for Josef P. Kleihues and other architectural firms in Germany.

He joined Sauerbruch Hutton in 1999. As a project manager, he specialized in large-scale projects in the field of sustainable construction. He regularly gives guest lectures at universities and symposia. He has been an associate and member of the executive board since 2005 and senior associate since 2010."

Andrew joined Orms in 2014 and became an Associate in 2017. He is responsible for the studio’s recruitment, design reviews and the curation of our research work and leads the team delivering the complex Outernet mixed use scheme in London. His contribution has been vital in gaining planning and listed building consent, producing construction information and delivering the project on site.

Andrew heads up the studio’s involvement with the London School of Architecture and is an established leader of one of the School’s Design Think Tanks, which fuse research and architectural design. This year he has led the ‘Purpose and Pleasure’ Design Think Tank investigating the Night time Economy through the lens of health and wellbeing. Previous research topics have included an exploration of the role of the metropolitan high street in the digital age and redesigning democracy.

Andy has over 30 years of experience in the field of Building and Construction, ranging from structural testing within the nuclear industry to fire testing. Having established the Dubai Cladding Technology Centre and Laboratory, and operated it for 10 years, he has particular knowledge of heavy structures testing and weather tightness testing of cladding, curtain walling, building envelope systems and materials.

Angelos Zografos is a Civil Engineer holding the position of Technical sales Engineer in Elval Colour. He has more than 10 years of experience in civil and structural engineering and has participated in the analysis and design of structural systems, facades with etalbond and design of projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa, ranging from heavy industry facilities, infrastructure projects to sport and commercial buildings. He is also Secretary in the BOD of ELIPYKA, the Greek Institute for the fire safety of structures.

Anton Hendrix is a daylight and solar shading specialist at ACC - glas och fasad konsult, in Stockholm Sweden. The focus of Anton’s work is calculation of daylighting, solar shading and thermal comfort for building code and certification purposes. As part of a team of specialist in interior climate at ACC, he strives to create good indoor environments by helping architects find optimal ways to balance daylight access and protection from glare and overheating

Anton Johansson is an architect and partner at Byrån för Arkitektur & Urbanism – BAU – in Stockholm, Sweden. Anton’s focus is on conceptual design and analysis supported by stringently resolved technical solutions. His completed projects span a broad range of programs from office, hotel, museums and housing to urban planning and infrastructure. Anton is also responsible for BAU's work with sustainability and know-how in environmental certification of buildings and larger developments. BAU today has just over 75 architects, architectural technicians and visualization experts. The office has a broad portfolio including urban development, commercial buildings, industry, and housing as well as airports and civic buildings.

Antónia Szabó holds both an architectural, a technical and an engineering degree, which enables her to combine a wide range of expertise into Façade Engineering and add multidisciplinary value to a project. Her main area of expertise is within 3D modeling, parametric design, VR and human centered design. Furthermore, she performs daylight analyses, indoor climate analyses, building energy performance calculations and supports an integrated design process from early stages of design.

Picharchitects is a 30-year-old leading architecture firm based in Barcelona and with international focus, mainly in Mexico and France. The care of the environment, sustainability and RD+i through an Architecture that seeks alternatives that provide a more stimulating relationship with nature, as well as a more honest application of natural resources. This way, it will give us objective guidelines for addressing construction planning and technology from a current perspective.

Antonio Batlle is architect from ETSABarcelona, BIManager and Project Director at Picharchitects. Prior to that he did an internship at David Chipperfield Architects, worked at ACXTIdom in the development of the Toyo Ito project for the extension of Gran Via exhibition center in Barcelona. After several years working by his own he joined Picharchiects to the present.

Anurag Bhattacharya grew up in India and qualified as an architect at NIT Trichy (India) and Delft University of Technology (Netherlands). He is a registered architect in Netherlands and India, as well as a chartered member of the RIBA UK.

Anurag is currently associated as an architect and design coordinator with Amsterdam based ZJA where he contributes to projects ranging from large-size complex infrastructure, stations, bridges, sports, and leisure related projects. He has been involved in various projects with particular focus on the implementation on emerging technologies in design, computation and fabrication. He also engages in active research efforts and knowledge sharing within ZJA.

Armando Otero, MSc Engineer, is the Commercial Director of Inasus for the Spanish markets. He has an experience of 27 years in the design and development of complex bespoke façade systems and project management. He was involved, with different responsibilities, in most of the biggest Inasus achievements such as Centro Operativo Bancomer in Mexico DF, Cepsa Tower in Madrid, Terminal 4S Madrid Barajas Airport or Nueva Sede Banco Popular-Madrid.

Educated at the Architectural Association in London and University College London, Asa joined Ron Arad Associates in 2000 after a number of years in private practice, becoming a Director in 2007. In 2008, Asa co-founded Ron Arad Architects, and under his direction the practice has completed award winning projects such as the Maserati Showroom in Modena (Italy), Yohji Yamamoto Flagship Store in Tokyo, the Design Museum Holon in Israel and the Mediacite retail centre in Liege, Belgium.

Asa has over 20 years of experience in practice, and has worked with many high profile developers and individuals. He is currently directing the second phase of a 200,000 m² office development in Tel-Aviv, the construction of a new Cancer Hospital in the north of Israel, and the prestigious, recently-won UK National Holocaust Memorial project. He has experience in varied sectors, from high-end residential, hospitality and public art to commercial, retail, master planning and public buildings.

Athanasia Varela is an Architect holding the position of Technical Sales Engineer at Elval Colour. As a member of the specification team of the company, she promotes and supports the application of etalbond® on facades in Europe. She holds a master’s degree in Architectural Design from University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze) and she has been involved in analyzing technical specifications on projects as an architect and 3D modeler for several years.

With an international background, Aulikki Sonntag's professional experience reaches from technical design to executive façade work throughout all project planning phases. She has successfully executed a large variety of façade systems, ranging from high-rise unitized to complex custom design. Pursuing innovative design solutions and high efficiency in performance characterizes her holistic approach to the building envelope.

Aulikki Sonntag is working out of Basel-based STATICUS Switzerland Ltd. Her focus is the design and development of project and climate specific facades, using an Interactive Building Process, interfacing Architecture, Energy Design, and Structural Engineering.

Born and educated in India, Avinash began his career in 1998 as an architect in New Delhi, India. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the M.N.I.T Bhopal and a professional certificate in environment and sustainable design from CEPT, India. He has also recently completed a course on Sound Contract Administration.

During the five years of his professional tenure in India, Avinash was involved in a number of projects ranging from hospitality to education. He moved to Dubai to join GAJ as a senior architect in 2005 and continued to be involved in educational projects, most notably the Ladybird Early Learning Centre and the Arcadia Preparatory School, both in Dubai. Avinash was also a key member of the team responsible for the Dubai Sports City, a multi-purpose venue that has successfully blended a comprehensive sports village with a host of international stadia, including the ICC headquarters, to create a unique lifestyle community. Avinash has been responsible for a number of key projects in Qatar, namely the GEMS schools and a mixed-use residential development in India.

Begüm Yazgan graduated from the Istanbul Technical University Department of Architecture in 1995, where she received a B. Arch degree. She worked on both national and international projects consisting of shopping centers, residences, banks, hotels, and university buildings in private architectural offices from 1995 to 1998. She received her M. Arch degree from the Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture in 1998 and worked as a research assistant in the METU Department of Architecture from 1998 to 2003. She attended the Landscape Design Studio and worked in the Revolving Fund Office of the Department. She became a doctoral researcher at the Tokyo Institute of Technology supported by a fellowship in 2001. As part of her research, she gave lectures in the university.

Begüm Yazgan obtained her PhD. Arch degree from the METU Department of Architecture in 2006. Her doctoral dissertation entitled “Post-War Systems Ecology and Environmentally-Appropriate Approaches in Architecture since 1960s” won the “Best Thesis of the Year” award in Middle East Technical University in 2007. Her thesis examines the ways in which ‘systems approach,’ which found a place in the science of ecology after the 1960s, effected the contemporary discourse of sustainable architecture and current green architectural practices. Currently, she practices at “Yazgan Design Architecture”, which she founded with Kerem Yazgan, PhD. Architect, in 2003. She considers her theoretical background and past academic career to be an integral part of her approach in her professional practices.

Dr. Belarmino Cordero is Director at Eumada, where he leads facades and parametric design across Middle East and UK projects. With a strong academic background in architecture, environmental design and construction technologies, he brings a unique approach to the construction industry based on care for architectural detail, innovation and providing integrated solutions to complex multidisciplinary issues. He has worked with world-leading architectural practices, contractors, developers and statutory bodies across Europe, America and the Middle East, assisting them to resolve their challenges through technical expertise, problem solving and delivery focus.

With over twenty years of experience, Belinda has an extensive breadth of experience in the design and execution of civic, cultural, educational and commercial projects in the United States and internationally. With a research based approach, she is a design leader who embraces the challenges of advancing both new and old technologies on projects. She is an active member of several industry organizations, and a frequent guest speaker at conferences and for university programs. She is a licensed architect in California and Massachusetts. She earned a Master of Architecture at MIT.

Benjamin has been working as a façade professional for more than 17 years with projects around the world and long-term positions in London, New York, Dubai and Stuttgart.

After building up and heading the Dubai office of Werner Sobek in the position of Executive Vice President, Benjamin joined the Werner Sobek Head Office in Stuttgart, Germany and acted as Team Leader for Façade Engineering. In 2012, he joined Meinhardt Façade Technology in the role of Technical Director. Since October 2018, he is Head of Façades at Ramboll Dubai.

Professor Bernhard Franken completed his studies in 1996 as Dipl.-Ing. Architect at the TU Darmstadt and was Artist in Residence at the Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt, Institute for New Media from 1995-1996. He worked with ABB Architekten, Frankfurt for 5 years as a free-lancer and from 2000-2002 in a joint venture. 2002 he founded Franken Architekten.

In 2015 he was appointed as professor for 3D communication at HSD University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, and lectures at PBSA Peter Behrens School of Arts, Faculty of Design From. 2010 -2013 he was professor at the Frankfurt University of Applied Science for Digital Design. Before he was teaching as assistant professor at TU Darmstadt and visiting professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, the University of Kassel and the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design.

Guillermo (Bill) Marshall is a facade expert, architect graduated at the School of Architecture from University of Buenos Aires. He has complemented his studies overseas (Yokohama, Japan, Bath UK), specialized in Building Cladding Systems and Technologies. Since 1998 he is president and founder of Estudio Marshall y Asociados SA, Façade Consultants, with offices in Buenos Aires, Madrid and USA and projects in Europe, Asia and America.

He has given courses and seminars on the subject, at different Universities, Congress, Workshops, Webinars and Symposiums. He has written several articles, and technical reports on this subject on media, newspapers and newsletters. He is an active member in different committees on windows, curtain walls and glass subjects with the Standards issuing Organization in Argentina: IRAM.

He is technical advisor of the Argentine Glass Association (CAVIPLAN). He is visiting professor at the Master in Architecture: Facades and Curtain Walls with the Universidad Del Pais Vasco in San Sebastian, Spain and currently Director of Marshall Academia de Fachadas

Since joining HASSELL Sydney in 2001, BP has been working in multiple studios cross Australia and Asia on projects ranging from Urban Design, Master Planning, Architecture and Interior Design. Leading and collaborating with multi- disciplinary teams, BP delivered complex and award-winning buildings to which he committed throughout the design and construction stages of the projects. He champions the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM)  on large scale infrastructure, institutional and mixed use developments that include recently the Keppel Land’s Park Avenue Central in Shanghai. BP was the project leader for the University of Queensland Global Change Institute that is the state-of-the-art, 6-star Green Star-rated, net-zero carbon, net-zero energy and net-zero water exemplar building in Australia. His recent institutional projects include the Master Plan and Foundation Building for University of the Sunshine Coast’s new Moreton Bay Campus in Queensland. As a Practice Leader in Singapore, BP also involved extensively in the design of the world-first multi-storey and integrated Rail and Bus Depot near Changi. His design passion also extends into tutoring in school of architecture, producing fine art and public art exhibited in Australia, Singapore and Poland. BP is a registered Architect with the Board of Architects (BOA) in Singapore and Australia, as well as Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He is also a committee member of Sustainable Energy Associate of Singapore (SEAS) and a corporate member of Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA).

An exceptional leader, Bradford J. Prestbo, FAIA, is advancing the profession through his practice, advocacy, and educational efforts in the use of cutting-edge design technologies, high-performance design, and the incorporation of maker culture into the design process. He practices internationally, is a sought-after speaker, is frequently interviewed by publishers, and is an educator via his detailing workshops, higher-education classes, design juries, and mentorship of emerging professionals. Bradford is part of the leadership group in the AIA's Technology in Architectural Practice Knowledge Community, and founded the Boston Society of Architect’s MakeTANK Knowledge Community, where he currently serves as the National Director.

Brian Stacy is a Principal and global skill leader of the award winning lighting design studio for Arup. He is a leading international daylighting, architectural lighting, projection and lighting controls designer. Core responsibilities include best in class skill development for Arup globally, as well as serving as Project Director on multi-disciplinary projects bringing together international teams from across the firm.

His wide ranging and vast experience in concept design development through variable execution models for a range of exterior and interior environments in the arts, cultural, retail, hospitality, and entertainment industries, has successfully furthered client goals.

Brian leads his team to understand the brand, aesthetic and programmatic goals that are tailored to each project’s needs. He stresses holistic design solutions that integrate daylighting and electric lighting with the architectural fabric.

Brian White is the Technical Manager for the Americas Insulating Glass team at H.B. Fuller Company, where he manages research and development and technical service for North America.  Brian has been with H.B. Fuller for 10 years, starting as a scientist developing insulating glass sealants and gaining experience and familiarity within the fenestration industry.  Currently, he is active in the Insulating Glass Manufacturer’s Alliance (IGMA), Insulating Glass Certification Council (IGCC), American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), and supports activities in ASTM and the National Glass Association (NGA).  He earned his B.A. in Biochemistry from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota.

Camila Forero Bordamalo has a PhD. in Communication, social change & development, a M.Sc. Sociology and M.Sc. Business Admin. & E-Business. At Rambøll she develops the Pre- & Post-occupancy Evaluation framework, assessing buildings’ impact on inhabitant’s quality of life. Aiming to address the performance gap between building design, performance and users experience, she advances a frame for Social Sustainability at the building industry for greater evidence-based design, user empowerment and optimization.

Camille has been working in the Façade industry for over 10 years. She has been involved on a range of developments in London, from refurbishment to new build residential and dynamic CCF facades from initial design to completion. Primarily focused on façade environmental performance, she has been involved in specifying all aspects of facades systems from curtain wall to traditional brick.

Cezary joined the Elval Color S.A. team in 2017. He is responsible for the development of sales of the company's products intended for the architectural market and industrial projects. In the nineties, he introduced the technology of ventilated facades on the Polish market and ACP cladding. He contributed to the development of this type of cladding. He also dealt with glass and aluminum facades as well as aluminum profile systems for the production of windows and doors. His professional experience spans 25 years. For many years, he was associated with renowned producers of ACP sheets in Europe. He is a Master of Science in Engineering, graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology.

Chad Oppenheim is a Miami-based architect whose work has been praised for its ability to transform the prosaic into the poetic. Through passion and sensitivity towards man and nature, Oppenheim creates monumental yet silent architecture that elicits a site’s inherent power.

A graduate of Cornell University and Fellow of the AIA, Oppenheim has lectured widely and has taught at various architecture schools, including Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and, most recently, Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. In 1999, he founded Oppenheim Architecture (Miami, Basel, New York), which has garnered global recognition at many scales; from large-scale urban architecture, hotels and resorts, to private residences, interiors and furnishings. The international practice has received over 80 industry awards, with more than 50 from the AIA, including the AIA’s highest distinction, the Silver Medal, as well as a 2018 National Design Award from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The award-winning firm’s work has been featured in over 1,000 publications around the world, including multiple appearances in The New York Times and Architectural Record.

Oppenheim currently resides in Miami Beach with his wife and muse, Ilona, their son Hendrix, and their daughter Liloo.

Charles graduated from Surrey University, UK with a Master of Science (Distinction) in Structural Engineering in 1975, having completed a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering the previous year. He undertook his initial 3 years of engineering training with Taylor Woodrow, the international engineering group. By 1982, after an 18 month stay with Alan Baxter and Associates, he had progressed to the position of London Associate with White Young Consulting Group [now called White Young Green]. His major responsibility with that company was the engineering design and management of construction for the $100 million (1980 prices) town centre development in Basildon, UK as well as a 3 month stint in Qatar designing a new palace for the Emir. In 1984, he moved to Australia to set up Rickard and Partners Pty Ltd, subsequently known as Bonacci Rickard and then Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd. Over a period of 22 years, the company offered civil, structural, façade and building diagnostic consultancy services in two different divisions with an annual turnover in excess of $3.0 million. The team utilised the very latest in design and drafting computer technology. Their clients covered the public and private sector, project values ranging up to $200 million in value. In June 2004, Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd split Engineering and Diagnostics work in to two separate businesses. Charles progressively reduced his involvement in both to occasional consultancy and reference up to December 2006. After 8 years as a sole practitioner, Rickard Engineering opened a new office in Sydney, Australia with a small but highly experienced and capable team providing service both domestically and internationally.

Chris Bosse founded LAVA in 2007 with Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck. This international network of leading architects uses the latest research and technology to build efficient, sustainable beautiful structures.

Educated in Germany and Switzerland, Bosse bases his work on the computerised study of organic structures and resulting spatial conceptions. His award-winning design projects have won Bosse an international reputation as a new generation architect who pushes the boundaries of traditional structure and architecture by digital and experimental form-finding.

Based in the Dubai office, Chris is the discipline leader for Specialist Consulting at BuroHappold in the Middle East. His work in Australia in response to the country wide audit of existing façade systems – along with the necessary remediation & rectification work – lead him to chair a committee for Engineers Australia on “Façade Fire Safety”. The committee was commissioned with defining a risk assessment methodology, published in 2019 the Society of Fire Safety Practice Guide: Façade/External Wall Fire Safety Design. Chris started his career as a fire-fighter swiftly moving into consulting after graduating from the University of Leeds. He has lived and worked in England, Scotland, Spain, Australia and is now based in the UAE covering the MENA region.

Chris Davis has responsibility for product management of the H.B.Fuller / Kömmerling Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive range of productsfor glass lamination. He has been in his current role at H.B.Fuller/Kömmerling since 2012 working in the building product sector within the Façade Business development team. His role requires close liason with existing and prospective LOCA customers to assist both in business and product development. He works closely with building industry designers, engineersand academic institutions to understand shifts in market and regulatory requirements. Communicating these changes to internal technical and business functions is a key component of his role.

Previous to joining H.B.Fuller / Kömmerling Chris managed specialist lamination production facilities for Pilkington United Kingdom Ltd before joining the P.U.K.L technical services team in 1993. Chris gained valuable business development experience over the seventeen years spent building his own specialist structural glass manufacturing business.

Christian Scherer is Head of Business Development Glass at H.B.Fuller/Kömmerling. In his current role he has the global leadwithin the business unit to further develop the (smart) glass, façade & structural glazing applications of the Kömmerling IG sealant and adhesive portfolio. In addition, he is responsible for the calculation team, providing all services in joint dimensioning of sealants and FE analysis regarding the mechanical behavior of the edge compound within IGUs in façade & SG projects for IG producers, structural engineers, façade consultants& architects.

Prior to this, Christian has been working for Kömmerling as Business Development Manager responsible for the Façade - and Solar Market since 2014 after having served as Laboratory Manager in R&D department.

Before joining Kömmerling in 2010 he worked as a project leader at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin. Christian holds a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

With over 15 years of experience in façade access, building maintenance system consulting and the façade industry, Christoph contributed to the successful delivery of well over 280 projects across Europe, America, the Middle East and Australasia. In this field of technical niche, he has worked closely with international consultants and contractors to develop extensive knowledge and understanding of Façade systems, BMU systems and their coherent integration into the built environment.

Now leading a Façade Access team in Australasia who provides a fully integrated BMU and Façade Access Consultancy, Christoph aims to share his project experiences, knowledge and insights around future-proofing complex façade designs, the solutions that are currently available and the critical design considerations in the early stages of the project.

As a licensed architect, Chris fundamentally believes in the responsibility to positively contribute to the world's built environment and takes pride in fulfilling this moral obligation. Throughout his career he has specialized in a unique blend of both the conceptual design and technical execution of highly visible and complex projects, breaking the mold of traditionally separate design and technical roles. With a true passion for the craft of making buildings, Chris seeks to push boundaries in an effort to deliver iconic projects at the highest levels.

Holding a Bachelor of Architecture, with honors, from the University of Arizona, Chris leads the implementation of innovative and high-performance building facades. As the signature exterior expression of a building, he is inspired by the way a facade can reduce overall energy consumption, impact internal occupant comfort, and provide a canvas for contextual material exploration. Through environmentally-responsive conceptual designs, elegant detailing, thorough documentation, and careful quality control, Chris' building enclosure approach is holistic.

Chrystall received her Bachelors of Engineering with Honors in Architectural Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland and recently finished her Masters at University College London (UCL) in pursuit of an MSc. in Environmental Design and Engineering degree. Her studies have equipped her with Revit, AutoCAD, and IES skills that were implemented in building services exercises including heating and cooling load demand calculations, basic psychrometry, overheating analysis, HVAC system sizing. She has done load calculations and system sizing using CIBSE and ASHRAE standards and equations. Chrystall’s main interests within the degree was in studying about Post Occupancy Evaluation as well as human satisfaction with built spaces (thermal comfort, sick building syndrome, wellbeing of occupants). Further to this, her postgraduate study has taught Chrystall how to implement these building physics concepts in sustainably conscious manner.

Cian is a Director at Bates Smart and talented lead architectural designer who works across multiple project types and sizes. He is particularly adept in designing innovative solutions and resolving complex design issues and has successfully navigated a number of challenging projects. His significant achievements include the Bendigo Hospital (winner of the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects 2018 National Architecture Awards), the new Australian Embassy in Washington D.C., the Queen Victoria Market residential development and the new Westin Hotel, Darwin. Cian is a key member of Bates Smart’s design technology committee and has helped to implement many new technologies within the studio, including virtual reality tools.

Claudia has more than 20 years of international façade design and consulting experience. Her design credits encompass a wide range of project types, including transportation and aviation, residential and commercial, retail and mixed-use and sports and cultural facilities. She has worked alongside such architects as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Foster + Partners, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Make Architects, CallisonRTKL and Squire and Partners.

As the Director of Sustainable Development, Colin is responsible for the overall sustainable design leadership of HDR’s Architecture practice. He facilitates sustainable design integration among all departments and business units. He is acutely involved in refining the firm’s design process through the creation of new sustainable tools and processes.

Colin provides global sustainable consulting and thought leadership to enhance all of HDR’s core services. Over the past 14 years, Colin has held various design and leadership roles, as well as being actively involved with President Obama’s Export Council Sustainability Committee, the USGBC, AIA COTE, Biomimicry Guild and the International Living Future Institute. He is an active speaker, and he has been recognized on Building Design + Construction magazine’s and Design Futures Council’s “40 Under 40” lists and Engineering News-Record magazine’s “20 Under 40” list.

Cornelius Schlotthauer is a partner and founding member of the architecture office "studio schlotthauer matthiessen - architecturemade". Together with his partner Mirjam Matthiessen, Cornelius plans and implements challenging projects for leisure, sport, infrastructure and living. He places a focus on the holistic development of projects from the first concept draft to the execution drawings and construction. In recent years, Cornelius has been particularly concerned with the digital design of geometrically complex facade structures and their production by using computercontrolled manufacturing methods. In addition, Cornelius has been active as a guest critic and teacher in architecture schools in the field of design and construction for some time. Before founding his own studio, Cornelius Schlotthauer worked for Zaha Hadid Architects for many years. First in London and Leipzig, then in Hamburg, where he set up Zaha Hadid's branch office and managed it as a senior associate. He also worked as a project manager and project director. In this role, Cornelius Schlotthauer led several competitions and projects to success and execution, including the award-winning Reinhold Messner Museum "MMM Corones" or the "Library and Learning Centre" of the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Craig is an architect, sculptor and industrial designer who is the Associate Partner in the New York City studio of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and founding partner of Situcraft in Long Island City, New York.

His first major projects collaborating as a studio designer were a 60-story skyscraper, Bank of America Headquarters (North Carolina), and a large private residence in Wyoming.  In New York, Craig was design team leader for several nationally awarded projects.  Most recently including New Entry Pavilion and Reconfigurations at Brookfield Place. He, along with Cesar Pelli and Rafael Pelli, is part of an exclusive group of architects to make high-design attainable for Revolution Precrafted.

Damian Rogan is a leading expert in the design of facades for new-build and refurbishment projects, condition surveys, peer reviews and expert witness work. He joined the award winning engineering practice Eckersley O’Callaghan in 2012 where he now heads up the facade engineering group. Under his leadership, the group has grown to a team of 20 and is engaged in the design of many challenging and innovative building envelopes ranging from bespoke detailing of high-performance curtain wall systems, to refined interventions in historic buildings. Damian enjoys working collaboratively to solve architectural and construction problems through clever engineering and has a particular focus on sustainable facade design. He continues his work as a unit technical consultant at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, is a member of the Hackney Design Review Panel and has lectured widely.

Daniel Diez, leverages his expertise in technically complex projects to help design teams conceptualize comprehensive façade strategies that are not only attractive, but also functional and sustainable. He has demonstrated these skills in several challenging projects, including MVRDV’s Lyon Part Dieu, where the façade strategy and BIM coordination have been integral to the success of the design, in both concept, and execution phases. In addition, Diez has experience across a broad range of design projects, ranging from residential, to commercial office towers, and from conceptual phases through to realization.

Daniel Vos, AIA, joined Heintges in 2004 and has collaborated on many high-profile building facades in New York and around the world. His expertise in structural glass design and knowledge of building envelope energy performance contribute to the realization of innovative and environmentally responsible building enclosures. Mr. Vos studied architecture in Paris and New York and teaches at Columbia University GSAPP where he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture.

Darren is a founding director of FMDC with over 20 years’ of industry experience working as an a stone consultant in the construction industry. He started his career in Hong Kong where he worked as an engineering geologist on tunnelling and residential projects, before returning to the UK to join the façade team at Arup in London. In 2013 he left Arup to and joined FMDC, a leading design and engineering consultancy for facades and building materials.

Darren has travelled widely in the course of delivering his projects, which has seen many visits to quarries and manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia. He is client focussed and balances technical knowledge with commercial acumen to deliver sound advice and direction, in stone selection, procurement and installation for both new build and restoration projects requiring stone externally and internally. Darren has been involved in a number of challenging projects where identifying and assessing appropriate stones for structural and cladding applications has been critical. He is passionate about teaching people how to select the correct stone, one that meets both the technical, visual and cost requirements of a project, and help designers to embrace and work with the variable properties of this natural material.

David is the Middle East Director of Joule Group, a boutique Fire Engineering Practice based in Doha, Dubai and the UK. A Principal Fire Safety Engineer he holds an MSc in Fire Protection Engineering. David has gained a wide range of experience in fire engineering in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

David’s passion is for advancing the field of fire engineering in its application into the design and operation of the built environment. He represents Joule Group and the industry in promoting this message on fire safety at targeted fire safety seminars and conferences.

David Nikuradze (LEED, Passive House certified), is a managing Partner at Spectrum LLC, fully integrated design-built firm, based in Tbilisi, Georgia. David is responsible for company growth and all operations for the projects include multifunctional complexes to residential and hotel building. David has a Highly accomplished track record of managing multifunctional diverse range of projects with highest specifications and complexity levels ranging from US $ 10 Million to $ 1.5 Billion.

In his 25 long career has participated in various projects around the world including Etihad Towers Abu Dhabi, UAE, The Crescent, Baku Azerbaijan, Whitehall Ferry Terminal New York, NY, 610 Lexington Ave, New York, NY Bloomberg Tower New York, NY, etc. International Construction experience with immense technical, contractual and operational knowledge of all aspects of construction process, forecast analysis and value Engineering allows him and his company to deliver bespoke projects that overcome client’s expectations.

David and his team aims to create long lasting values that embrace environmental impact, social and economical platforms with global reach and local context, committed to contribute to the larger context and an ability to affect positive change.

Mr. David Yim is Sales and Marketing Senior Manager of Halio International Asia Pacific with regional coverage of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Halio International is a joint venture between AGC Inc, the world’s largest flat glass manufacturer with over 100 years of experience, and Kinestral Technologies, Inc., developer and manufacturer of Halio smart-tinting (electrochromic) technologies.

David has over six years of smart glass market experience in Southeast Asia. He has worked on iconic projects such as the 2,600sqm BIPV canopy at Tanjong Pagar Centre in Singapore, as well as a number of commercial and government projects using PDLC and interactive glass technologies throughout the region. In North America, David worked as commercial LEED consultant and clean-tech start up

Degree in Civil engineer, structures specialization, with Master degree in New materials and application in innovative and not conventional structures: member of the Italian engineer council since the year 2010. Member of the department of seismic hazard of the university of Bologna from 2007 to 2010.

Consolidated experience in the construction field, gained in worldwide construction companies: 6 years in role of Managing Director for an Italian company, 2 years in the role of Project manager for an Australian company. Currently working with Florim Ceramiche S.P.A, being based in Singapore, in the role of head of Asia Pacific Technical Division, manly in charge of the following duties and responsibilities: _develop of new rain screen systems; _design and project coordination; _planning and management of the job site activities; _research and consultancy of innovative cladding materials; _business developer

Great passion in the architectural and construction field, always keen to face new challenges.

David is known for his pragmatic approach to sustainability, providing evidence-based advice that focuses on people, place and performance. Having led projects across the world, he brings with him a wealth of knowledge in cutting edge analytical tools, sustainable design technologies and global benchmarks and exemplars. A particular strength in people-led design comes from years of experience working with high profile tech sector clients alongside international design firms. His approach to design revolves around early engagement, technical rigour and compelling storytelling, allowing both collaborators and stakeholders alike to engage with his work.

Deepak is Deputy General Manager at Tata Consulting Engineers Limited, where he works with a team of around 60 architects, urban designers, landscape architects, visualisers who have consulted on more than 10 smart cities. Prior to joining TCE seven years ago, he worked with other architectural firm to see residential, commercial, hospitality projects through their life-cycle, from the drawing board to completion. Major projects he’s been involved in include a number of residential buildings in Mumbai, manufacturing units across Maharashtra, Mumbai, a 200-key waterfront hotel in Mauritius, and a 100-bed cancer hospital at Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He has lectured at the Rachana Sansad Academy of Architecture in Mumbai.

Devendra Ladha oversees the company’s business development, project management and finance functions. Devendra holds a Bachelors in Engineering from UMIST (Manchester, UK) and Masters in Management & IT from Cranfield University, UK. Devendra initially worked as a Consultant for Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Turner & Townsend LLP in London through which he gained experience on mega projects such as Heathrow Terminal 5 and Wembley Stadium. Since joining Prime Aluminium, he has helped the company win some of the most complex, prominent and prestigious construction projects in East Africa and has positioned the company to be the preferred supplier of windows, doors & façade related requirements in the region.

As director of sustainable design, Dirk Kestner provides overall guidance and resourcing to the entire firm, ensuring that all designs incorporate industry-leading expertise in sustainable strategies. His project work, teaching, and coaching throughout the firm and broad-reaching influence in the industry help maintain Walter P Moore’s status as a national leader in sustainable approaches and outcomes.

Trained and experienced as a structural engineer, Dirk applies his immense passion for environmental accountability in design to elevate the knowledge and expertise of all those around him, creating better results for clients and projects. Dirk guides each team through a client inquiry process that produces bespoke sustainability goals for each project, and then leads the team to achieve those goals.

Dominique Vosmaer is a Dutch Façade consultant.She co-founded Frontwise Facades with business partner Joep Hövels early 2019. She brought 8 years of experience as a Facade Consultant on high-rise and complex projects in London, the Netherlands and the Middle East and has 3 years of experience in working in the field of composites (fiber reinforced plastics) and bio composites. Her experience in the supply chain of the construction industry in combination with her experience in working with design teams enables her to speak the language of all stakeholders in the facades industry and building process.

By founding Frontwise Facades Dominique combines her façade engineering skills with her passion for the Circular Economy. Her mission is to accelerate the integration of sustainable an circular façade solutions in buildings. Since the start Frontwise Façades has already provided façade engineering services and tender support to various design teams and projects in the Netherlands. Frontwise has also been working with the municipality of Amsterdam and the Dutch façade trade associations on different projects to support the ambition of the Netherlands to become 100% circular in 2050.

Ed works for global design practice, Scott Brownrigg. Based in the practice’s Guildford studio in the UK, Ed champions sustainable design and design quality, particularly within the offices, research and laboratory, education and defence sectors.

Graduating from Plymouth University with distinction, Ed gained experience in architectural design for a broad range of media; creating virtual architecture and visionary projects for everything from web based media to film and television.

His appreciation of his clients’ commercial aspirations balanced against an emphasis on creative design solutions enables him to deliver the development brief from concept to completion. Ed was responsible for the design of the ‘Carbon Minus’ home for the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Woolwich as well as recent projects that include Cambridge Science Park Bio-Hub; Arm Headquarters at Peterhouse Technology Park, CABI Headquarters, St George's College Activity Centre (currently shortlisted for an RIBA Award) and the refurbishment of Victoria Gate (winner of the BCO Regional Award for Refurbished/Recycled Workplace). He has also been working on a new HQ and reactor facility for First Light Fusion.

Ed Tibuzzi is a designer and researcher based in London (UK). He is currently design director at AKTII.

He graduated from the Civil Engineering Faculty or Rome2 University in 2005 presenting a project of structural restoration of a 15th century Roman Palazzo (Palazzetto Cenci) .

Subsequently to his degree he developed a profound interest for parametric design. Uncertainty modelling, quantification and mitigation, multi-scale modelling of structures and multidisciplinary design optimization are part of his daily research.

Edmund is a South African/ British architect and is the Principal of Batley Partners International. He has been the lead architect and head of professional construction teams for many large scale projects in South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa as well as South Africa. Amongst these are international projects such as Pluit Megamall in Jakarta, Regents Heights High Rise residential complex in Singapore, Montecasino Entertainment World in Johannesburg and Al Khayma Shopping Centre in Riyadh and Red Sea Mall in Jeddah. As Batley Partners he has completed the 55 storey Headquarters Business Park, in Jeddah, as well as the re-contemporized Eastgate Shopping Centre and Mixed Use precinct in Johannesburg.

During the execution of these projects Edmund has worked with multi - national companies from vastly differing cultures, languages and religions, representing various clients and global funds. Starting his own design consultancy business in 2005 on account of a “wake up call” after experiencing the Asian tsunami in December 2004, he continues to practice internationally and focuses on unique urban projects that fuel his passion for forward thinking built environments for modern, emerging societies.

EeTiong Lim, a UK registered architect, has twenty years experience in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. He worked on large scale architecture and master planning design projects in Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. He specializes in design and delivery of Office headquarters, Mixed use, Transport Orientated Developments (TOD), High rise projects and master planning developments. Many of the projects involve complex design, programming and management challenges. He passion for innovation and creatively in design has him lead many prestigious projects in Asia Pacific, of which include HCMC Landmark 81 development, Singapore Rochester Park mixed use development, Jakarta-Bandung high speed rail TOD master planning, China Merchants bank Shanghai HQ.

Efthimios Zizos is a Civil Engineer and he is for the last 7 years Projects Manager of Elval Colour. He has more than 17 years’ experience in the field of building constructions and specifically in envelope facades/roofing and his current role has enabled him to work closely with some of the International leading Architects, General Contractors, Façade Contractors and Consultants in several European, Middle East and ASIA countries.

Elliot Glassman is a Senior Associate and Technical Principal with Built Ecology, WSP's high performance and sustainability group. He is also the National Leader of Computational Design for Building Systems and a charter member of WSP's global computational design group WSP next.

Elliot obtained his Bachelors of Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Masters of Design Studies in Sustainable Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 13 years of combined professional practice as an architect and sustainability consultant, Elliot has worked on various projects around the world, each requiring a unique response to a diverse set of climatic, site, and programmatic conditions.

Elliot's main area of focus is combining computational design techniques with performance simulation to inform the design process. These computational techniques help identify integrated design solutions that improve the performance of the built environment in areas such as energy, daylight, renewable energy, and thermal and visual comfort.

Emilie is the Associate Director of the San Francisco office and leader of the daylight practice. Her experience with resiliency, daylighting, Passivhaus, Net Zero buildings, and carbon reduction have been instrumental in the advancement of the firm’s technical expertise and research acumen. Emilie’s projects range from one of the most complex Net Zero Energy buildings in the U.S. to the unprecedented public-private partnership (P3) project at the University of California Merced.

As the public member of the City of San Francisco Green Building Task Force, she advocates for positive transformation for the built environment for her local community. She co-authored Urban Green Council’s “Baby It’s Cold Inside” report about the relationship between resilience and high performance building envelopes, and wrote the Trim Tab article “Observations on Resilience in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy.”

Emir Pekdemir is a leader in façade analytics at Buro Happold where he has spent the last nearly 10 years of his career providing integrated design solutions for healthier, high performance buildings. With a technical background in architecture and architectural engineering, Emir uses advanced building simulation tools to successfully design projects with dynamic and passive façades; ensuring those solutions work in tandem with high performance MEP systems to provide superior indoor environmental air quality. As an ASHRAE certified Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) and LEEP AP BD+C, he is skilled in dynamic energy and airflow modeling, hygrothermal modeling, daylight/glare simulations and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Emir is a professor at Pratt Institute and is an active speaker regionally and globally – including at conferences such as Facades+, the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH), ASHRAE and IBPSA, as well as guest lecturing at multiple universities.

Enrica Oliva was born and raised in Italy. Having obtained her first M.S. in Structural Engineering at the Uni- versity of Cassino, she subsequently moved to New York City where she obtained a second M.S. in Structural Engineering at Columbia University. Having worked as project engineer at Thornton Tomasetti for several years, Enrica joined Werner Sobek New Yok in 2016. There she is Director of Structures as well as COO and Partner. In 2018 Enrica Oliva was named “Rising Star in Structural Engineering”.

Eoin Casserly leads the areas of glass structures and facades in schlaich bergermann partner’s Stuttgart headquarters and in branch offices worldwide. He has previously held positions as a structural engineer in Ireland, Paris and New York.

His focus is on gridshells, cable-nets and other special structures. His professional interests include new materials, geometry optimization, lightweight structures, and environmentally responsible design.

Eran Chen, AIA is the Founding Principal of ODA.Chen's philosophy for architecture considers the big picture, how design can benefit the human experience. His work has been widely published around the world and recognized amongst others by the American Institute of Architects and the Society of American Registered Architects.Chen graduated with honors from the Bezalel School of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where he serves on the board and as guest lecturer.

Chen is a frequent speaker at design and development forums, as well as architecture schools including Columbia University, Clemson University, Syracuse University, Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, and The Technion in Haifa. Most recently, he designed the renovation of the former Postkantoor in Rotterdam, the conversion of the historic Book Tower in Detroit and a highly regarded master plan in Astoria, Queens. His writings on architecture have been published in ODA’s latest book, Unboxing New York.

Dr. Eric Guillaume works in fire sciences since 1998. He formerly led the fire behaviour department of SNCF (French Railway), then changed company in 2005 to join LNE (The French National Laboratory for Testing and Metrology) as head of Fire safety studies department, and later as head of research for whole testing activities of LNE. Nowadays (since 2015), he works for Efectis France, first as Technical Director and more recently as General Manager of the company, leading one of the most important fire testing and fire safety engineering companies in Europe (With approx.. 130 people and 19 M€ turnover)

He is a fire expert involved in various missions, including laboratory development, teaching, standardization and regulation, fire toxicity and modelling fire behaviour of materials. In the field of fire safety, he is the author of more than 40 scientific publications, 15 book chapters and more than 150 conference acts. He is Technical advisor for fire safety for many French authorities, and active in standardization as chairman of the standardization committee ISO TC92/SC3, dealing with “Fire Threat to People and the Environment” and ISO TC61/SC4/WG2, dealing with smoke opacity and corrosivity for plastics.

Eric Hogeboom is the Commercial Director of Sorba, a manufacturer of cladding for facades, interiors and infrastructural projects based in Winterswijk, the Netherlands, near the German border. From its founding in 1977, was initially involved with the development and production of convector housing, In the past 40 years they have worked on a broad variety of projects including the concrete panels of the Public Transport Terminal in Arnhem, the colourful cladding of the office tower 400 Beethovenstraat on the Zuidas, Amsterdam, the 3D glass façade of the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the interior and exterior of new Underground stations of the Elizabeth Line in London.

Ermis Chalvatzis is the Founding Principal of LIANOU CHALVATZIS ARCHITECTS (LC Architects). LIANOU CHALVATZIS ARCHITECTS is an international award-winning signature architecture and design practice, based in London. They focus their work, on developing innovative architecture and design systems. They name their philosophy, ‘Smart Design Elegance’, where they are bridging Design, Functionality, Sustainability and High Aesthetics with structural and cost efficiency.

Their portfolio spans from urban design, masterplans, towers, commercial and residential projects to interiors, pavilions and product designs, pushing the boundaries and creating an overall design language applied in all scales. The quality and innovation of their work has been recognized from awards such as the Chicago BURNHAM PRIZE. They have also exhibited in London Festival of Architecture, and lectured worldwide.

Prior establishing his firm, he has gained rich experience in various scale projects at Zaha Hadid Architects.

Erwin is associate partner at ABT Consulting engineers, founded in 1953 and based in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In his role as engineering consultant Erwin has a predilection for glass structures with a focus on innovation.

He received his Master for Structural Design from TU Eindhoven in 1999, after which he joined ABT. Ever since he has worked on complex projects like Forum Groningen (NL) and Airport Jeddah (UAE) and has worked on cutting edge glass projects in Europe, Middle East and Asia, like Crystal Houses Amsterdam (MVRDV), Bulgari Flagshipstore Kuala Lumpur (MVRDV), Capsules of the ferris wheel Ain Dubai (Snohetta) and Glass boxes Eindhoven (UN Studio). To inspire young talents, Erwin gives Guest Lectures and is member of Scientific Commitees at Technical Universities in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany.

A fundamental engineering education and scientific work as research associate allowed Erwin Trommer to develop a profound knowledge and understanding of the various aspects within the modern building skin. Experienced in design development, building physics, structural engineering, material testing, certification and specification management he accompanies complex façade projects. Having worked for two internationally acknowledged curtain wall contractors he today is responsible for the corporate technical approach within Frener & Reifer’s project development.

Ewa gained extensive experience working in architectural practices around the world after her graduation in 2003. She has worked on numerous projects from concept design, schematic design, planning application submission, detailed design through to the delivery of construction documentation. She has also worked on a wide range of projects including Masterplanning, Residential, Hospitality, Commercial, Retail, Transport, Education and Mixed-Use projects.

Experienced in the design and procurement process, Ewa is able to direct a multidisciplinary design team to realise the design intent and develop technical solutions that are practical and effective.

Fabian is the Product Manager of CCF compressor systems at MADER Compressor Technologies where he manages research and development and technical service for the global market. He studied International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship in Munich, Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Giessen, Germany and holds a degree as “Electronics Technician for Automated systems”. Before joining the family business in 2016, Fabian has worked at AL-KO Therm, a leading HVAC manufacturer and spend more than 10 years in Pro Audio Technology.

With 15 years’ experience working as an Architect, Fabrizio has worked on multiple complex schemes, from large urban regeneration, to bespoke façades design and delivery such as The Londoner.

Fabrizio’s Master’s thesis had a strong focus in digital fabrication and the use of computation, and he enjoys putting this knowledge to use in the studio on live projects. He is an expert computational user, with a strong understanding of how computation supports the design process in terms of logistic, aesthetic, and environmental performances. He is one of the core global team that disseminates software knowledge across all the studios worldwide within the WB ecosystem, resulting in the integration of cutting edge design and technology methods into the architectural process.

A Chartered Professional Engineer (Fire Safety) and Fellow with The Institution of Engineers Australia, Faimeen has been in the fire safety industry for over 20 years, offering expertise in fire safety consultancy, complex fire engineering analysis and project execution. He is currently the Managing Director and founder at Vortex Fire and has previously worked with reputable multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies and fire testing organisations. Faimeen helps developers and designers to prepare bespoke fire safety strategies to enhance life safety, protect property, improve business continuity, and reduce environmental impact. He participates in many standards committees such as NFPA, SFPE and ASTM.

Farizan is the First Woman winner for Green Building Advocate Singapore. She is known for her works in Zero and High-performance building. In total she has more than 25 years’ experience in the build environment of which 15 years in facade architectural design and followed by sustainable design engineering solutions and certifications.

She has been working on projects in East Africa for decades and seen the changes in the built environment. Working predominantly on tropical based climates she has assisted greatly in façade design. She will be sharing her experience in the façade evolution in East Africa, its effect on the environment and constraints most faced in the building sector.

Felix Weber leads Arup’s facades group in San Francisco and is passionate about designing structures and high-performance facades influenced by individual materials or products with the specialism in glass. Graduated as both a structural engineer and an architect from the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Felix worked as specialist for glass and complex facades in London, where he lead and contributed to various international projects involving various façade types, structural glass, fabrics, FRP, steel and other materials. Since joining the San Francisco office in 2014, he has lead a broad variety of projects with high performing facades across the Bay Area and abroad and supports the wider US façade practice with advice on specialty structures, glass and materials. Felix is comfortable working on all stages of a project from conceptual design to detailed design and engineering through to realization and has also worked on the development and testing of innovative products for the building industry, including dynamic shading systems and building integrated PV.

Florian Idenburg, RA, AIA-IA, is an internationally renowned architect with over two decades of professional experience. He founded SO – IL in New York in 2008 together with Jing Liu. He has a particularly strong background in institutional spaces, leading the office on projects as Kukje Gallery and the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis as well as Amant Arts Campus in Brooklyn. His strength lies in generating imaginative ideas and transforming those into real-world spaces and objects. He combines a hands-on approach with a theoretical drive, sharing this creative spirit with clients, collaborators, and students. A frequent speaker at institutions around the world, he has taught at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, and Princeton University.

Florian Starz was born in Esslingen near Stuttgart. Having completed a professional training as audio engi- neer in Munich, he then moved back to the Stuttgart region where he studied Metal Construction. Since 2007 he has worked as façade engineer at Werner Sobek. In 2020 he was appointed team manager. Florian is a specialist for the engineering of complex and green facades.

Born in Mexico City in 1970. In 1991, he graduates from Monterrey Tec with a Bachelors in Architecture. In 1993, he completes his first residential project, a 5,000SF villa in the north east of Mexico. From 1993-1997 he continued to design and develop high-end residential and corporate projects such as a technical training center for General Motors in Mexico City and the headquarters for PriceWaterhouse in Mexico. In 1998, he is accepted to the Harvard Graduate School of Design for a Masters Degree. In 2000, he joins JAHN. 8 years later, he becomes Helmut Jahn’s first partner and in 2012, President of the Company. In the last 10 years with JAHN, he designs a wide range of buildings from pavilions and boutique spaces to stadiums and airports, from speculative spaces and explorations to science buildings and skyscrapers across five continents. In 2017, he founds FGP Atelier. He recently completed the 20,000-seat Diabos Rojos baseball stadium in Mexico, City and broke ground on a 320M tall tower in Guangzhou, PRC in the summer of 2019. He currently is working on the Felipe Angeles International Airport at Santa Lucia that will handle 24M passengers in the first phase and 85M passengers in the ultimate phase.

Frank Goudman is a Belgian engineer in civil building graduated in 1988. Ever since he has been active in the aluminium industry. The first years of his career he was R&D manager for Reynaers Aluminium and since 1994 he has as Export Director for Reynaers Aluminium been developing new export markets in CE Europe, Middle East, Asia & Oceania. His first partners in Asia date back till 1994. Since 2012 Frank Goudman is active as Export Sales Director at Renson, a Belgian family owned company specialised over 110 years in natural ventilation, sunprotection and outdoor systems where here too he is developing the export markets. Renson is active all over Asia with regional offices in Shanghai. Renson is active in Japan for the last 5 years where countless projects have been realized with their partners, to mention one – Lixil Housing Technology

Fred Holt joined 3XN in 2010 following his work on a variety of projects while working in NYC and London, and become partner in 2015. Fred has experience in a wide range of phases from design and programming through documentation. However, Fred’s primary focus is on the front end of projects focusing on the design and then carrying that design through detail development with a focus on designing around program and site constraints, creating a more environmentally sustainable approach. Based on his experience through a variety of building typologies, Fred brings a level of expertise to projects that have a proper balance between design and “know-how.” While at 3XN, Fred has been designing, developing and managing projects ranging from a Museum and Learning Center in Moscow to Mixed-use towers in Sweden and India, as well as the new headquarters for the IOC in Lausanne.

Fred has fulfilled a similar role for the 200m tall, Quay Quarter Tower at the edge of the CBD and Circular Quay, Sydney. Fred was designing and leading the Quay Quarter Tower competition team; and upon winning, has acted as project architect and Partner-in-Charge through the development of the tower and key phases leading up to the design application submittal for the City of Sydney, through design development and now construction, focusing closely on the design aspects of the project. Fred heads the 3XN Australia studio and heavily involved in a wide range of projects in the country, including the new Sydney Fish Market, Quay Quarter Tower and the UNSW Student Building.

Gabriel recently joined Balfour Beatty as the lead façade in house specialist.

Gabriel has over 35 years’ experience in design and delivery of complex façade projects working in Europe, Middle East, China and Australia.

Since Gabriel’s arrival in the UK in 2001 he has been involved in a leading role in the design, procurement and delivery of the façades of many landmark projects in London and the UK, working amongst others for Arup Façade Engineering, Lendlease, Permasteelisa, Mace and Canary Wharf Contractors.

Gabriel’s skills are in developing innovative technical solutions for the delivery of façades; Gabriel’s leadership focuses on good communication between designers and contractors, making sure the project requirements are captured by the design, managing critical interfaces between different elements and achieving high standards of quality and value.

With 20 years of experience in the field of Composites in Architecture Gabriele Boehm, Head Architect and member of the team setting up PCT in 2006, has focused her career on developing and implementing innovative solutions for the construction industry using lightweight carbon and glass fiber components.

Gary Clark is an architect with a passion for creating architecture and places that deliver a truly sustainable future.

He believes to achieve a sustainable architecture a continual knowledge transfer between practice, research and teaching is required. Gary has ensured that this continuity has been achieved throughout his career.

Gary taught and researched sustainable architecture at Cambridge, Robert Gordon’s and Edinburgh Universities. His research interests included advanced natural ventilation, adaptive comfort and Post Occupancy Evaluation.

Gema obtained a Master of Architecture with First Class Honours from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2011. On graduating, she worked with Koichi Takada Architects and joined FJMT in 2015. She has a solid background in the planning and documentation of buildings with particular expertise in facades. Her grounding in buildability requirements combined with her knowledge of parametric and generative tools facilitates the rational modelling of complex geometries and its successful procurement.

George Manos is holding a diploma in Civil Engineering and a MSc in Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures (both at NTUA), working for Elval Colour as a certifications engineer. He participates in the experimental assessment of etalbond cladding systems against fire, wind and inertial seismic loads. He provides technical and structural support on cladding systems of international projects.

Georgia Ewen-Campen, RA, LEED AP is an Associate Principal at Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers P.C. Since joining Heintges in 2008, she has enjoyed collaborating with architects on technical facade designs responsive to increasingly challenging performance requirements. Her work includes highly customized façades across a range of scales and programs from retail storefronts to cultural institutions. Georgia holds a Masters in Architecture from Columbia University.

Gerard Loozekoot is Partner and Senior Architect at UNStudio, and alongside two other partners, he has been part of UNStudio’s management team since 2008. Gerard has extensive experience and interest in complex design processes with a focus on typological innovation. He received his Master of Architecture from TU Delft, after which he joined UNStudio in 2000. He has since worked on such complex projects as the Karle Town Centre in Bangalore, the wasl Tower in Dubai, Le Toison d’Or in Brussels and the Theatre de Stoep in Spijkenisse. Innovation in the fields of health, technology and sustainable solutions are the focal points in his projects.

As leader of the multi-disciplinary design firm Sasaki’s Technical Quality Control Group, Gerard A. Gutierrez, AIA, sets the standard for technical excellence. Throughout his career, Gerry’s strongest contributions have been developing construction documents and ensuring the design integrity translates to a constructible and well-detailed building. He has established his reputation as an even-handed, pragmatic, and engaged representative of the design team. With over 25 years of professional experience with firms that emphasize and value design excellence, Gerry's many collaborations have been published in journals such as Abitare, Building Design + Construction, and The Architect's Newspaper.

Gerry’s contributions have been recognized with awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America, the Boston Society of Architects, various local chapters of the American Institute of Architects, and National Honor Awards from the AIA. He is an active member of the AIA and the Boston Society of Architects, and co-chairs the BSA'sConstruction Administration Roundtable.

Gian Luca is a leading expert in the design of rail projects. He joined the award winning architectural practice Zaha Hadid Architects in 2010.

He has worked on projects across the UK, Europe and the Middle East and is responsible for leading many of the company’s metro stations, retail and office schemes. This includes the recently completed signature Generali Tower and CityLife Shopping District in Milan.

Gian Luca is currently working on the final stages of the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is believed to be the biggest elevated metro transfer station in the world at 32m high, 42m wide, and 232m long. KAFD Metro Station is already establishing itself as a unique landmark for the city of Riyadh.

Gian Luca considers the creation of inclusive and dynamic multi-functional public places as one of the most important goals in transportation projects.

Associate Design Director and Architect, Gijs Rikken (NL), joined MVRDV in 2007 after completing his Master of Architecture at the Eindhoven University of Technology. As Design Director for Studio 8, he drives design direction for the development and execution of a wide variety of projects in the Netherlands and abroad, ranging from large-scale, complex buildings to detailed innovative materials research. Rikken’s core strengths lie in the translation of the brief into a design underpinned by intrinsic MVRDV values. His technical background influences his fascination for materials and (innovative) materials research, which he applies to support the office’s theoretical ambitions.

Rikken is currently responsible for the development and construction of Valley, a 75,000m2 mixed-use building in Amsterdam, which boasts three residential, green-covered towers and a publicly accessible, vertical park. Other key projects include the Glass Farm in Schijndel, The Crystal Houses in Amsterdam, and the Balancing Barn in Suffolk, England. Definitive works consist of the winning design for the Urban Hybrid in Emmen, the Coral Tower in Sydney, and the Theater aan de Parade in Den Bosch.

Giovanni joined Eckersley O’Callaghan in 2016. He is a dual-trained structural and facade engineer with a wide breadth of international experience in transport, cultural, public, and commercial sectors.

His technical expertise includes complex geometric designs, detailed finite element analysis and engineering solutions of seismic and blast scenarios.

Giovanni is experienced in leading engineering teams and has released several publications including bridge theory and design at the World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring.

Giovanni is an Operations Director at Sweco UK with over 30 years’ experience as a Building Services and Environmental Design Engineer. He is passionate about low energy and sustainable design and has worked with many world renown architects on award winning projects in the UK, Europe, the Far East and the US. He regularly supports the industry and has contributed to the British Council of Offices (BCO) Guide to Specification as well as the British Property Federation and UK Green Building Council on new or emerging legislation. His expertise areas include sustainable design and low energy strategies, large complex mixed use schemes and high rise buildings

Giovanni Vaccarini, Architect graduated with honors in Architecture from the “Gabriele D’Annunzio” University of Pescara in 1993. Post-graduate specialization in landscape architecture at University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Ontario, Canada. He holds a PhD in architectural composition. He is visiting professor at several Italian faculties of architecture and engineering.

He was adjunct professor in Architectural Composition at the School of Architecture and the “Gabriele D’Annunzio” University of Pescara.

He founded Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti in 1993. Architecture is born from ideas, not from form; form is the outcome of the staging of these ideas. His office, a laboratory of research and experimentation with 25 years of experience, focuses its research on reaffirming the primacy of ideas over form. Research, design and construction are the components of the very same vision.

In 2020 he is the winner of “The Plan Award”, category: Production. In 2018 he was the winner of The Plan Award, category: Sports and leisure_future. In 2017 it was one of the winners of the Architizer Award, New York.In September 2016 the design for the new Headquarters of SPG Société Privée de Gérance was awarded the “Prix Bilan de l’Immobilier” in the “rénovation” category; He is recipient of the Iakov Chernikov prize at the 2015 Sofia Architecture Triennial in Bulgaria. Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti was one of the Italian firms selected for The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture (2004). Curious by nature, Giovanni Vaccarini combines cultural, artistic, civil and economic endeavors. He is winner of national and international competitions, his projects and writings appear in major international architecture publications. He lives and works in Pescara, Italia.

Giovanni Zizioli is Middle East Regional Director in Maffeis Engineering, a leading international consulting firm headquartered in Italy. He has been involved in managing, planning, coordinating and designing Projects over a wide range of engineering services and in four different countries and three different continents. Since 2018 Giovanni leads the Middle East Market for Maffeis Engineering, following projects from concept up to construction/installation and with a wide range of façade technical solutions

During a career that spans over 20 years Giulio has been involved in a number of major infrastructure projects ranging from museums to hospitals, aviation and other transportation hubs, both within existing and new developments.

Through these schemes, he has typically acted as the Project Director or as Department Manager, with engineering, managerial and commercial responsibilities. Throughout all the projects Giulio thrives on leading the teams to assist clients, architects and contractors in understanding projects’ needs, tailoring engineering contributions and defining best strategies to ensure projects success.

In particular he has expertise in multidisciplinary engineering applications that aim at guaranteeing and improving sustainability, safe constructability and health and wellbeing of the built environment and in his current role of Technical Director at WSP he is focused on promoting their implementation in aviation-related projects through the coordination of the wider project team’s capabilities. A Hands-On leader, Giulio understands the importance of interface management of complex infrastructures projects involving multiple disciplines.

A graduate from National University of Singapore, Jiarong joined studioMilou in 2011 to be part of the core team for the National Gallery Singapore, leading several components including the exhibition design development. In 2020, Jiarong became a partner architect with the studio, leading several cultural and high-end residential and other projects in Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Working closely with Jean Francios Milou, Jiarong plays a key role in developing design solutions, project managing and client liaison with her exceptional architectural, visual and inter-cultural skills highly appreciated by colleagues and clients alike.

Gordon Gill FAIA, is one of the world’s foremost exponents of performance-based architecture. Ranging from the world’s tallest buildings to sustainable communities, his work is driven by his philosophy that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance; that there is a Language of Performance, which is the basis of his practice: Form Follows Performance. His approach is based on an ecologically conscious philosophy that sets new standards for the relationships between the built and natural environment. His buildings and urban projects have transformed cityscapes and defined, as well as restored, city centers around the world.

A founding partner of award-winning Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), Gordon’s work includes the design of the world’s first net zero-energy skyscraper, Pearl River Tower (designed at SOM Chicago), the world’s first large-scale positive energy building, Masdar Headquarters, the world’s tallest tower, Jeddah Tower in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, and the design of Astana Expo 2017 and its sustainable legacy community in Kazakhstan. Most recently, he designed Al Wasl Plaza the centerpiece of Expo 2020 Dubai, which combines a LEED Platinum development with breathtaking design, innovative technologies, and an intricate domed trellis that incorporates the world’s largest projection experience. These landmark projects pursue energy independence by harnessing the power of natural forces onsite and striking a balance with their environmental contexts. Gordon’s designs also include performing arts centers, museums, strategic carbon planning, and urban master plans across the globe.

Graham is currently working for ALEC as their façade manager, involved in their façade packages across the board. He is currently based on One Za’abeel managing the façade package in its entirety.

Prior to working for ALEC, He was senior façade consultant and design manager at Meinhardt Façade Technology in Dubai. He has also previously worked for some major Façade contractors in the region and has been based in Dubai for 11 years. He is Certified by the international firestop council.

As an internationally exhibited architect-artist with over 15 years’ experience in design, Gregory has brought a fresh perspective to Benoy. His portfolio of work focuses mainly on large-scale mixeduse, heritage and masterplan projects across Asia, bringing his unique, worldwide expertise to all of his projects. In 2018, Gregory was awarded the Perspective ‘40 under 40’ designer award. He is also a past winner of the prestigious RIBA Goldfinger Prize.

Gregory’s portfolio reflects a wide range of innovative design. These include Singapore’s reimagined Holland Village; a low-rise urban village with integrated, usable public realm. Ningbo MLP, China; a mixed-use development prominently located on the riverfront of the city. Lotte Mall, Hanoi, Vietnam; a 360,000m2 mixed-use site with unobstructed views towards the West Lake. Huafa Hub, Wuhan, China; a dynamic site with intricate facade detailing. Prior to joining Benoy, Gregory worked on the Shanghai Bund Finance Center; a 400,000m2 mixed-use development located at the heart of Shanghai; and The Fosun Foundation Building which houses contemporary exhibitions and performances with a dynamic moving facade.

Guruprakash Sastry is a green building professional with over 16 years of experience. Currently working as Regional Head – Infrastructure at Infosys, he is a key member of the Projects team and is also responsible for driving environmental sustainability initiatives across Infosys campuses.In the last 12 years at Infosys, he has been instrumental in implementing several innovative technologies in buildings in the areas of building design, energy, water and waste management. Infosys has set new benchmarks for resource efficiency in the buildings industry and is today considered a global leader in environmental sustainability.

Guruprakash has a Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Stockholm.

Gustavo is passionate about working collaboratively to craft innovative buildings. Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Gustavo grew up surrounded by tropical modernism and playing with Legos. This instilled in him a fluid understanding of the relationship between the natural and built environments and a deep appreciation for tectonics, forces that shape his approach to designing with contextual sensitivity and attention to detail. He believes that good design should improve the quality of the environment, natural and manmade, and must have an emotional impact. It is not enough to see a building – one should experience it.

Gustavo received a Bachelor of Architecture at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña and earned his Master of Science in Design Technology from MIT. He has designed many notable projects of varying scales and typologies including 1 Willoughby Square, The Forge, and The Ashland Residences.

Hana Narvaez is a practising architect at Stefano Boeri Architetti. Graduated with honours at Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas in 2007, she collaborated with several architectural studios in urban regeneration projects. Following, she enrolled in a two years Master's degree at Politecnico di Milano, where she graduated with honours in 2009, currently an MBArch candidate at IE Architecture school.

Since 2011 she is employed by Stefano Boeri Architetti where she has followed a wide range of large scale projects and competitions in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South America. During 2017 Hana Narvaez has been involved in the design of the General Local Plan for Tirana 2030 and the urban vision Taranto Calling; both projects explore planning strategies for revitalizing local urban tissue and reducing the impact on the natural environment.

Hana Narvaez is currently leading projects in Europe, South America and China including the Cairo Vertical Forest and the Antwerpen Palazzo Verde. Both Buildings are further exploring the Milanese prototype of Vertical Forest and aim to integrate architecture and living nature.

Hans Jansen has been working for Scheldebouw since 2005. He has a broad experience as a façade designer, design manager and last years as Lead Concept Designer. In his role he is involved from the early stages of projects and responsible for façade design development from initial concept up to successful testing and execution. He was involved in projects in London, Amsterdam, New York, Boston, Stockholm and Budapest. He was Lead Concept designer for the Headquarters of Booking.com in Amsterdam, Shard Place in London, MOL campus in Budapest, IQL projects in London, Bankside Yards Building 2 in London.

Harald Spitaler graduated from high school in mechanical engineering “Technical Institute Max Valier” in Bolzano. He started his professional career in 1997 drawing steel structures at Pichler Projects. After 4 years of experience in steel detailing and assisting structural engineers to design projects in 2001 he moved to the Project Management department. His technical experience and capacity to interact with project teams was a perfect base to manage highly sophisticated projects from steel structures to curtain walls and building envelopes. In 2008 he got his degree as a certified facade engineer at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg (Germany). Since than he is working on prestigious high-end projects in the technical team of Pichler Projects as Teamleader Design Engineering focusing on curtain walls form design assist to design built. He has managed projects in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Denmark.

Harout holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control. He started his career in Noise and Vibration Engineering in 2013 in Lebanon. In 2018, he moved to Dubai to work at Ramboll.

After obtaining his Diploma with distinction and having more than five years of work experience, he was professionally registered with the British Engineering Council as an Incorporated Engineer through Institute of Acoustics. Over the course of his career Harout worked on numerous projects in Lebanon and throughout the Middle East region providing solutions for different kinds of acoustic problems. His expertise covers a wide range of building acoustics and environmental noise control projects. He has published many articles on different topics related to Acoustics on LinkedIn.

Harout is currently a Senior Acoustic Engineer responsible for Noise and Vibration Control as part of the specialized team in Acoustics at Ramboll Middle East.

Harout is a Member of Institute of Acoustics (UK), Associate Member of Acoustical Society of America and a Member of Middle East Acoustic Society.

Hazel is Woods Bagot’s design leader on Melbourne Connect, a purpose-built innovation ecosystem of researchers, industry, government, entrepreneurs and students. A leader in design, sustainability and construction innovation, Hazel collaborates with pioneering engineers and façade specialists to allow considered and human-centred architectural design to be informed by context, physics, costing, and buildability. She leads projects, which transfer knowledge and research across typologies, and applies over 18 years of architectural and master planning experience to an uncommon diversity of projects. Challenging conventional and technical boundaries while working to the client brief and statutory controls, Hazel is an innovative problem solver, testing and retesting to bring unique design solutions to fruition.

Helen Taylor is a Senior Associate and European Technical Innovation Lead within the London studio at global architecture practice, Woods Bagot.

With over 17 years of international experience in the architecture and construction industry, she has taken lead roles on a diverse and exciting range of projects across the UK and Australia.

More recently she has been Project Lead for The Londoner in Leicester Square, a major flagship scheme for The Edwardian Group. Due to complete in early 2021, not only will this 5-star hotel include 350 rooms and two Odeon cinemas, but it will also be home to the city’s deepest habitable commercial basement, six levels (30m) below ground.

Hugh Dutton grew up in Jamaica and qualified as an architect at the Architectural Association in London. In search of complementary technical expertise, he began his professional career with Peter Rice, a renowned inventive engineer responsible for the Sydney Opera house and Pompidou Center amongst other seminal projects around the world. Rice sought consciously to muddle the traditional boundaries between the architectural and engineering toward an objective of pure holistic design. Hugh spent 13 years with Rice at RFR and related their experiences in the book Structural Glass notably on the first bolted structural glass and cable structures from the La Villette Science museum to the inverted pyramid at the Louvre. His final work with Rice before his untimely death in 1992 is the west front of the Cathedral de Notre Dame de la Treille in Lille using translucent stone.

Forming Hugh Dutton Associés in 1995, Hugh continued his exploration of design and built reality, having collaborated with many well-known architects and designers assisting them on the realization of their concepts with a notable attention to detail. The practice has collaborated on many now significant European projects such as the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, the Louvre Museum Islamic Arts and the Philharmonie de Paris. He has worked as a specialist designer in various places on iconic and sculptural components of buildings such as skylights, entry lobbies, footbridges. His work pays notable attention to sustainability, for example the ‘Climate Ribbon’ at the Brickell City Centre in Miami which filters sunlight and catches the sea breezes for natural cooling of an open public street.

HDA’s work continues to concentrate on multidisciplinary design in architecture and engineering, combining themes of geometry light and the environment.

Ian is a Board Director at the London based engineering practice, chapmanbdsp. He leads a multi-disciplinary engineering team delivering major masterplans and building projects across the EMEA. Ian studied Building Engineering at the University of Bath’s School of Architecture and Building Engineering where being taught by Ted Happold sparked a passion for innovative environmental engineering and a holistic design approach. Ian believes that consideration of architecture, structure and building services together, with a focus on passive design, is the most effective way to deliver comfortable, energy efficient buildings with minimal emissions. For more than 30 years a sustainability theme supported by this integrated design approach has run through Ian’s projects in the UK and internationally, including two winners of the RIBA’s Stirling Prize and the winner of the CTBUH’s Overall MEP Award Winner in 2019. . He is currently working with on signature projects such as Battersea Power Station in London and Manoel Island in Malta.

Ian has lectured widely on the subject of environmental engineering and for the past 16 years has run Technical Studies courses at the Architectural Association in London.

Artist Ian Monroe was born in New York and currently lives and works in London. He received his BFA from Washington University in Saint Louis and his MA from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2002.

Monroe came to public attention in 2003 when the Saatchi Gallery featured a large-scale work from the artist's MA show. The artist was included in 'Edge of the Real' 2004, a group painting show at the Whitechapel Gallery. 'They Built Upon It' (2005) at Haunch of Venison London was accompanied by the first major catalogue of Monroe's work, including texts by poet and art critic, Barry Schwabsky.

Monroe was commissioned by St Johns College Oxford to complete a permanent public commission for the university. He is currently working on a major commission to be located in Leicester Square in London with a completion date in 2020. In 2011 he was the recipient of the Freund Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, in partnership with the Saint Louis Art Museum where Monroe had his first US solo show.

His work has been collected extensively both privately and by major museum collections including the Saint Louis Art Museum, USA, the Aarhus Kunstmuseum in Aarhus Denmark, the Hamburger Banhof in Berlin, Germany and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, in Leon, Spain.

In addition to his art practice, Monroe has contributed essays to a number of publications, including “Collage, Assembling Contemporary Art”, 2008, by Black Dog Publications.

Ilias Papageorgiou is a Greek architect and founder of PILA. He brings extensive experience from Europe and America, having led the design and realization of high profile cultural, commercial and residential projects around the world. Prior to founding PILA, Ilias was a partner at SO-IL in New York. Ilias’s work has been internationally recognized, having been awarded as a Curbed Groundbreaker, Architects under 50, Domes International Review of Architecture Awards, and the Young Greek Architects Awards. His work has been widely published and exhibited in institutions such as the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York and the Benaki Museum in Athens.

By combining her skills in art and architecture, keen interest in technological innovations and design thinking on different scales, Inessa brings new ideas to projects. She is especially interested in multi-disciplinary support and deep understanding of underlying values that drive the best projects forward.

As well as working as a lighting designer on a range of exterior and cultural projects, Inessa is active researching and developing thinking on lighting futures that challenge the current norms of consumption, lifecycle and collaboration practices.

An architect with 20 years of professional experience, Ingo has led the design and delivery of award-winning projects in the UK and internationally across a diverse range of sectors, including corporate/commercial, higher education, science, healthcare and hospitality.

Grounding design in a client’s business and a project’s context, he conceives inspiring solutions that are location- and user-specific. His collaborative approach empowers stakeholders in the process while guiding a project’s design along the journey from conception to completion.

Ingo was lead designer for the RIBA Award-winning Life Sciences Building at the University of Southampton, the RIBA Award-shortlisted Queen Mary Innovation Centre, and the Endeavour Oncology Centre at James Cook University Hospital, which was shortlisted for public project of the year at the Building Awards.

Irene Pau Martin is an Associate at Arup with an Environmental and Mechanical Engineering background. She leads the Building Envelope Physics sub-discipline within the Americas Region and co-leads the Los Angeles Facades team. Having worked in London and Los Angeles, Irene has 16 years of experience on international projects ranging from historic buildings to new-build museums and office towers. Her passion for environmental considerations and occupant comfort has led her to advocate for thoughtful envelope designs that balance architectural delight with responsible resource consumption, particularly that of carbon and energy. Her design approach focuses on passive strategies — specific to each project site — to optimize the dynamic heat transfer between the indoor and outdoor environments. She also has a keen interest in healthy and sustainable materials. Irene has guest lectured at SCI-Arc and USC and has taught the highly popular AIA-accredited course, “Basics of Building Envelope Physics”.

Dr Isaac Jamieson, is a UK scientist, architect, environmental consultant and co-founder of BioSustainable Designs. He also lectures at Thammasat University in Thailand on subjects that cover issues related to innovation, urban design, building design, product design, biophilic design, urban agriculture, resilience, and sustainability. Much of his work focuses on how to create more biologically-friendly environments that help increase health, wellbeing and productivity. He earned his PhD at Imperial College London investigating such factors, and later worked there during which time he also developed concepts for its 'Lifelong Health Project’. He has additionally been an Expert Group Member at the European Commission, a Corresponding Member of the RIBA Regulations and Standards Group, and a Member of the Management Steering Committee of the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group. The majority of his present research is involved in investigating how improved environmental design and best practice measures may help reduce COVID-19 risk.

With a background in architecture and a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Environmental design from the esteemed Architectural Association (London), Isha focuses on bringing in an integrated design approach for Architecture and Sustainability. Her experience and expertise ranges over a variety of projects in government and private sector, with typologies varying from Commercial Real estate, Hospitality, Adaptive reuse, Boutique residences, Corporate offices and master planning projects. Her passion for Architecture and sustainability has also led many research, publications and lectures at national and international forums such as Passive and Low energy Architecture (PLEA Conference, Quebec 2009, Brussels 2011, Coruna 2020), Advanced Building Skins ( Switzerland 2017), Speaker & Panellist at IGBC Conference September 2019 & Angan ( Organised by Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Indo German Energy Forum , 2019)

Ivan Equihua is an Associate Director at Orms and he is responsible for developing large commercial projects in Central London as well as developing concepts for building fabric and building re-use. He is currently working on the delivery the Outernet in London which is a 0.4 hectare mixed use development comprised of a 2000-capacity auditorium and an ‘Urban Gallery’ for public use and entertainment. Ivan is also responsible for two major sites along Oxford Street for providing Grade A office and retail space and exploring concepts for the future of workplace, driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, plus retail and the future of the high street.

Jaeman PARK studied in architecture at SNU and obtained a master degree in 2009. After having learned about parametric design in Digital Design Research Group, he has been working on various architectural projects including Incheon Int'l Airport Passenger Terminal 2 and CJ OnlyOne R&D Center. He joined VS-A Korea in March 2014 as a Project Manager. He has been very interested in the envelope design and its optimization, and VS-A.KR is the very place for him to fulfill his wishes of high quality design. Relating to that subject, also he’s running Youtube channel “Jamparc”.

James is an experienced designer with an excellent eye for detail who works to high standards. He enjoys early project stages and rigorously refining project ideas. When delivering projects, he grasps strategic sequencing and shows clarity of thought. As a responsible and conscientious team leader, James encourages team members through mentoring.

Jamie Lee McQuillan is an Associate Fire Engineer based in London. He joined Buro Happold in 2014 after completing his masters in fire safety engineering. Jamie Lee has worked on a number of high-profile projects ranging from historically significant buildings such as the Imperial War Museums, to modern architecturally complex buildings such as St Giles Circus. His key roles include developing and implementing fire strategies, consultancy and advisory roles to high profile clients, and project leadership.

As a Design Principal at Safdie Architects, Jaron Lubin contributes an unyielding commitment to advancing design and, consequently, the human experience. Lubin’s passion for complex geometry and progressive methodologies is evident in the large, three-dimensional, urban projects Safdie Architects delivers globally. Committed to realizing ground breaking design, Lubin is instrumental in building integrated partnerships with global leaders in the fields of design.

Working closely with Moshe Safdie, Lubin plays a critical role in the research, fellowship, and architectural exploration of the firm. He is a frequent writer and lecturer, traveling internationally to share the work of the firm. A distinguished Alumni of UCLA, Lubin has taught architecture and urban design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has been an invited juror for design competitions and student reviews at Harvard, MIT, and the University of Michigan.

Jason has 25 years experience in the Façade Industry in the UK, Asia and the Middle East. Initially taking an apprenticeship in the design office of a UK Façade Contractor, he was trained in procurement, fabrication and installation assignments before qualifying as a design draughtsman, Jason has developed his knowledge of all façade related aspects and consulted on them for the last 11 years. Primarily involved in the design and construction of some of the world’s tallest high-rise commercial buildings in Dubai, Shanghai, Tianjin and Hong Kong, he has also worked on prestigious low-rise developments with world renowned architects on other more complex façade aspects. Jason also has significant site, factory and test laboratory experience, where he has been involved in overseeing project fabrication, assembly, installation and testing.

Jason Pomeroy is an award-winning architect, academic, author and TV presenter, regarded as one of the world's thought leaders in sustainable design. He gained bachelor and master degrees from the Canterbury School ofArchitecture and the University of Cambridge; and his PhD from the University of Westminster. He is the founder of Singapore-based interdisciplinary design and research firm Pomeroy Studio, and sustainable education provider, Pomeroy Academy. Pomeroy has edited Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation (2020), and authored Pod Off-Grid: Explorations in Low Energy Waterborne Communities (2016), The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the Urban Habitat (2014) and Idea House: Future Tropical Living Today (2011). He continues to raise cultural awareness of cities through his critically acclaimed TV series 'Smart Cities 2.0', 'City Time Traveller' and 'City Redesign'. www.jasonpomeroy.sg

Jean-François Milou is a multiple award-winning architect and founder of studioMilou architecture, studioMilou Singapore and studioMilou Vietnam. A graduate of the prestigious Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts of Paris, he is also a member of the French Order of Architects, the Singapore Board of Architects, the Royal British Institute of Architects and the Australian institute of Architects. Known particularly for his work on the transformation of historic buildings in innovative and elegant ways, his major recent projects include the acclaimed National Gallery Singapore, winner of Singapore’s prestigious President’s Design Award in 2005, and the iconic Carreau du Temple in central Paris.

Inspired by a deep interest in the works of antiquity and heritage in a wide sense, the architect infuses the studio’s designs with an elegant balance of the contemporary and the timeless, in ways respectful to local contexts and surrounding landscapes; social, urban and natural. Awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Merit for services to French architecture on the international level, Jean-Francois Milou has also conducted various missions as an expert advising the UNESCO World Heritage Committee and the French Government. Now based in Singapore, his practice is expanding in Asia, to include a wider range of public and high-end residential projects, with an emphasis on sustainability and the exactingly crafted approach to all aspects of design which marks the work of studioMilou.

Jeff has been working in the construction industry for both Architects and Consultants for over 23 years. He progressed into the façade speciality field in 1995 and over the years advanced in his design, testing, fabrication, site supervision and project management roles.

He has been involved in projects at different countries all around the world, which enhances his ability towards projects of different complexity, scales, environment, requirements and costs. With more than 15 years of experience in Asia, he is well versed in the construction practices of this region.

After joining Arup in 2000, he has been based in Mainland China working on PRC projects. He has shaped a skilled team of specialists in Building Envelope design for the PRC market. His other responsibilities include fostering long-term rapports with clients and design partners alike and promoting Arup’s business in the PRC.

Jeremy has been at ARM Architecture for over 20 years. During that time, he has worked on an extensive range of cultural, educational, and urban design projects throughout Australia including RAC Arena Perth, the Shrine of Remembrance Redevelopment, Monash University Chancellery and, most recently, St Leonards College.

He was always interested in what software can do for a designer. There are designs that you can’t draw by hand but you can model them with the computer. Simply modelling something doesn’t guarantee a good outcome, though. There needs to be a strong idea to base an design on, that relates the project to its place, its context. He enjoys teasing out the idea, pushing it to its limits. The idea informs all design decisions, so the question is never “Does that look good?” The question is always about whether the idea is good. There’s no point in coming up with something beautiful that’s empty.

Jochen is working since more than 15 years in the construction industry. He is now responsible for Trosifol PVB and Ionoplast interlayers for laminated glass with an focus on architectural applications

With more than 12 years of experience in architecture and interiors, Joerg has worked on a variety of project types both in China and in the Europe, ranging in size, scale and complexity. Joerg is ambitous and curious in finding new solutions which fit to the client’s identity and objective. Joerg is a passionate teamleader and remains actively involved in all phases from Concept through Construction Administration. Prior to joining Gensler in 2018 he has worked for renown practices, including positions at Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna, Austria, as Associate Architect at UNStudio Amsterdam and Shanghai, as General Manager for Ippolito Fleitz Group, Shanghai.

John Ivanoff joined BuroHappold Engineering in 2013 and is responsible for the direction of the United States Façades team at BuroHappold. John holds a Master of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute. He is currently based out of the BuroHappold Engineering New York office. With deep global experience in design development and construction administration on projects in the USA, Asia and the Middle East. John’s focus is on the design of complex and high performance building envelopes for a wide range of building types. He has worked with a variety of façade systems providing bespoke design solutions for both new buildings and renovation projects for institutional, commercial and cultural clients.

John Neary AIA, LEED AP NCARB is Senior Facade specialist at HOK NY, currently involved in the LaGuardia Airport Terminal B replacement and other projects. He has been a Design Director at Gensler involved in civic, office and mixed use projects; a Project Designer at Perkins Eastman involved in multi-family, office and higher ed projects, including a new campus in India for ISB Mohali; and Project Designer at Pei Cobb Freed on various project types including the US Air Force Memorial and the Louvre Pyramid. He received his Master of Architecture from Rice University, and is Adjunct Associate Professor at New York City College of Technology teaching a facade design studio. Past teaching includes design studios at Kansas State and Washington State. Research has included investigation of structural facade systems for high-rise buildings, aesthetics and performance of non-planar cavity facades, use of wood and other low embodied-energy material in curtain wall systems, and contributions of the façade to achieving Net-Zero in commercial buildings. Member of the Special Advisory Council of the Facade Tectonics Institute. Licensed Architect, NY & CT.

John Perry is considered one of Australia’s finest facade engineers and consultants and has over 30 years facade consulting experience covering a range of facade systems including Curtain Walling, Glass Structures, Precaste Concrete, GRC, Stone, Ceramic and Metal claddings and roofing's. John is an Associate Principal of fjmt, and has extensive project experience throughout Australia, South East and Northern Asia, as well as Europe and the Middle East with over 120 major projects completed in roles both as a consultant and specialist contractor. John has an unprecedented knowledge of the facade and envelope requirements for public and commercial buildings, in particular, having been involved in many recent major projects throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as internationally

John is a Technical Director of Inhabit Singapore. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the Construction Industry. This has been primarily in the Structural and Facade disciplines working with Consultants, Main and Management Contractors and with Specialist Facade Sub-Contractors.

His wealth of experience with Facade design, buildability, procurement, contractors etc. has ensured many projects regionally and here in Singapore have been a success meeting the many stakeholders requirements.

John has a Bachelor Degree in Engineering, he is a Corporate Member of the Institute of Engineers (Australia) and a Chartered Professional Engineer (Australia). He also has a Post Graduate Diploma of Business Administration.

Architect with 20 year’ experience in different countries, currently leads façades delivery in Woods Bagot London Office. During the last eight years Jolanta has been working on façade delivery and site supervision for such projects as: The Londoner Hotel on Leicester Square, The Amano Hotel on Covent Garden, Neo Towers in Limassol and John Lewis in Oxford.

Her career was always focused on delivery and construction. She was graduated from Silesian University of Technology in Poland and was granted with both Dipl. Engineer and Architect titles. What is interesting Jolanta gained her Part 3 experience working and living in Nigeria where she had explored Earthen Architecture construction methods. These studies affected her later choices and driven her to façade interests. Last year Jolanta, based on her experience, become Associate member of CIBSE Society of Façade Engineering.

José is Executive Principal at Aedas in Singapore. He has substantial experience in various Architectural sectors including Master Planning, Office, Hospitality, Residential, Civic & Leisure and Conventions & Exhibitions.  His knowledge and participation involves all phases of the Projects, from Concept Design to Documentation and to Site Assistance.  

Before joining Aedas, he was associated with MV Ltd, Macau and Aetec-Mo, Macau. With Aedas-Hong Kong, he worked on Design Development and Documentation for the Saint Regis Hotel and Service Apartments' Tower in Cotai Parcel 5&6, Macau. In January 2008, he moved to Aedas Singapore where he was appointed Team Leader for Skypark at the Marina Bay Sands.  Subsequently, he was involved in the construction stage of "Sentosa Boardwalk", also in Singapore, and the design of "Danga Bay" Concept Master Plan in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Since 2011, he has been leading a Design Team for Projects in Indonesia, Cambodia and the Middle East, namely the Noble House Tower, World Capital Tower, World Financial Tower, Jakarta International (JI) Expo Hall F, JIExpo Master Plan, Lido Lakes Master Plan, Bali Nirwana Resort Master Plan, Bintaro Plaza Master Plan, Tunjungan Plaza #4 and #5, Kemayoran Holiday Inn Express, in Indonesia; 118 Residences, Boeng Kak Mix Use, Sathapana/Maruhan Head Quarters Tower, Russian Boulevard Mix Use in Cambodia; Al Khuwair Hilton Garden Inn, Ghala Master Plan and Ghala Biz Park, in Muscat –Oman; among others.

Joseph has a background in Architecture specializing in building envelope design and consultation for both new and existing buildings. He has worked in multiple market sectors including small and large scale residential, cultural and institutional, commercial, and industrial projects. He holds a Bachelor’s of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona and complimentary Building Envelope Commissioning certification (BECx) from the University of Wisconsin.

Joe has a Masters Degree and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Bristol. He is a Project Manager with RWDI’s UK project delivery team, whose expertise is in wind loading and aerodynamic stability for tall buildings, stadia and long-span bridges. He brings depth of expertise to our wind tunnel testing work. He was jointly responsible for the design and commissioning of our UK wind tunnel, and his exceptional knowledge of wind tunnel methodologies delivers value to clients whose projects require unusual studies. Joe has contributed insight and analysis to the engineering of notable structures around the world, including on-going work on the U.S. embassy in London and the innovative operable fabric roof on the Al Wakrah SC Stadium in Qatar.

Julian Länge is a registered architect and façade engineer. He has studied at the Teknik Üniversitesi in Istanbul and the University of Stuttgart, that he graduated from in architecture and urban planning. Through growing an interest in advanced geometries and the development of complex technical systems during his studies, he has joined the façade’s department of Stuttgart based structural and façade engineering firm Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering in 2017 and manifested his skills and interests in façade design through joining an façade engineering program at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg.

His work at Knippers Helbig is focused around the design of complex building envelopes, special constructive systems, and complex building structures. He has been consulting on the planning and realization of the building envelopes of a number of international projects, including the National Veterans Resource Center in Syracuse, NY, designed by SHoP architects, the New Toronto Courthouse in Toronto, ON, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and the new Dynafit Headquarters in Kiefersfelden, GER, designed by Barozzi Veiga architects.

Kabi who leads the Asset Services team at Arup (Singapore) started his career as a structural design engineer, where he worked on several projects in Australia, prior to joining the façade team in Singapore.

After years inspecting existing building facades and advising clients potential risks on a portfolio of buildings, Kabi now sets his direction on existing assets with an interest in remote monitoring and assessment of the assets using digital tools and technology. The use of drones to inspect existing assets is an example of how he uses the latest available technology to monitor assets.

Kaewpisut Wangpuchakane completed her masters degree from Mahidol University International program in faculty of Business Management. She has been working in Jotun for the past 1 year as a Specification and Single source solution Manager. Her team, majority handles specification for 3 segments such as Powder, Decoration and Protective. She and her team mostly work with Architect and Developer both of government and private company.

Kais joined the industry in 2011 and is an architect based in Los Angeles. As an Enclosure Technical Designer, Kais focuses primarily on the façades and specialty structures of complex projects at a multitude of scales, ranging from artwork and stadia to airports and museums.

Kais is an established leader in the field of generative and computational design methods. His work has been exhibited and published internationally and he is a recipient of the prestigious AIA Design Award. Kais holds a Master’s Degree from the Architectural Association (AA) in London and is a graduate of Ryerson University in Toronto. He also directs and teaches the AA’s Summer Visiting School in Jordan.

Part of the AEC industry since 2012, Katherine joined Walter P Moore in 2018 as a technical designer in the Enclosure Engineering practice in our New York office.

Katherine actually stumbled upon façade engineering during an internship that combined her structural engineering degree and her pursuit of her graduate degree in architecture. She has since focused on the design of building enclosures and specialty structures, which she says allow her to combine her interests in structures, architecture, and engineering as a whole. She is passionate about the built environment and how design affects how we experience the world around us.

Katherine earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Structures from Columbia University.

Kerem Yazgan obtained his B. Arch degree from the Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture in 1993. He worked in a diversity of architectural offices and participated in various architectural design competitions until 1996. He opened his first architectural office in 1996, after being awarded the first prize in a national architectural design competition. He received his M. Arch degree from the METU Department of Architecture in 1997. His masters dissertation received the “Parlar Foundation Academic Award” of METU in 1998. He received awards in various architectural design competitions. Alongside opening an office, Kerem Yazgan attended the Fourth Year Architectural Design Studio in the METU Department of Architecture as a part-time instructor from 1997 to 2007.

Kerem Yazgan opened his second architectural office with his wife Begüm Yazgan, PhD. Architect in 2003, the same year in which he received his PhD degree from METU Department of Architecture. His doctoral dissertation entitled “Designography in Architecture” is about his research on the ‘systems and acts’ in architectural design. His design approach is based on the direct association of theory and practice and the systematization of the design process. He has realized a diverse number of architectural projects with the idea that he defines as “the design of the design act”, which is based on ‘writing the program’ of architectural design. In his practice, he continues to search and develop flexible, free, systematic and lucid relationships between architectural design approaches that clearly define the conceptual, production, and construction phases.

A seasoned architect with more than 30 years of experience, Kerry knows that building design derives directly from site demands and client requirements. He excels at identifying these issues early on and working the design to respond accordingly.

With a deep understanding of how facade systems impact not just the buildings they serve but also the people that inhabit and visit them, Kerry excels at identifying complex issues, developing a facade from concept to detailing, and uniting clients and design teams around whole-building performance.

Kerry’s creative approach to complex problems brings design solutions to clients all around the world. His project work ranges from local organizations including Seattle City Light and the Seattle Opera in the Pacific Northwest, to fast-growing tech innovators such as Tencent and Suning in Asia.

Architect MAA/RIBA, Kim H. Nielsen is Founder and Principal of 3XN. Since the start of the company in 1986, Kim H. Nielsen has been the creative driving force behind 3XN. He functions as the creative director and has overall responsibility for the architectural quality of 3XN’s work from the idea to the final result. Working closely with the Competition Department, Kim directs with a high degree of personal involvement in each project.

Kim Herforth Nielsen has been involved in all of the practice’s major projects, including Ørestad College, Den Blå Planet – Denmark’s national aquarium and Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Sydney Fish Market and Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney and Olympic House, the International Olympic Committee’s headquarters in Lausanne and many more.

Konstantinos is a Senior Architect and Associate at UNStudio. He has gained extensive experience with projects of varying scales in architecture and urbanism. Konstantinos started at UNStudio in 2010 as part of the design team for the high-end residential development of the Scotts Tower, coordinating it to completion. Konstantinos is adept at coordinating project teams and is responsible for the aesthetic and technical aspects of the design, carrying projects through from conception to realisation.

Konstantinos is the facade design project leader for the FOUR Frankfurt project, and is responsible for materialising the facades of the competition-winning design. He also worked on the Hanjie Wanda Square shopping mall in Wuhan, where he carried the facade design through to realisation, and was part of the winning team for the competition of the Doha Metro Network, the first phase of which was completed in 2019. Konstantinos graduated with honours from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he studied architectural engineering. He received his Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles.

Kousik is Group Sustainability Leader at Meinhardt Singapore Pte. Ltd. (a multi-disciplinary Engineering consultancy firm) heading Sustainability built environment solutions. He is a high calibre Sustainable design Consultant with over 20 years’ international experience in design and construction with strong focus on Sustainability, Research and Training. Strong proponent and facilitator of Green buildings, precincts and infrastructure, with a track record of delivering numerous internationally projects.

He is an Architect by training and has a specialized in Building Sciences. He is also an expert in handling building performance analysis tools such as CFD Analysis, Daylighting& Glare analysis, Solar studies for thermal and shadow analysis etc. He has a specific interest in finding a balance between active and passive design strategies to achieve smart, healthy and sustainable design solutions.

Driven by a desire to start a socially relevant enterprise, K.R. Harinarayan founded U-Solar Clean Energy in 2010. With a strong vision for a renewable energy-focused future U-Solar holds on a deep and abiding belief that renewable energy with its advantages in distributed generation, short turnaround times, clean origins is the answer to a multitude of problems ailing the power sector in India. Leading a team of 60 engineers and managers to push the envelope in the solar rooftop market, the company has installed 100 MWp solar projects in India. Since 2018, the company has installed 20 MWp of their own assets and officially became an independent power producer. U-Solar works with innovative solar integration technologies by constantly pushing the envelope for the adoption of distributed captive power plants and hopes to achieve 500 MWp by 2025.

KR Suresh is a Partner at Axis Façades and brings with him expertise in collaborating with Architects world-wide to achieve their architectural intent with respect to the building envelope. He is focussed on combining creativity and pragmatism to bring new, compelling ideas to fruition through a complete, comprehensive solution for architectural development needs. He heads the South Asian region for Axis Façades and is responsible for the strategic planning. He has been in the façade industry since 1995 and involved in 350+ buildings as on date. He compliments his professional work and experience by teaching assignments in 3 Architectural schools in Mumbai.

Lars Anders is the CEO of Priedemann Facade Experts and Facade-Lab Research & Development Center, which accomplishes tasks relating to the facade or building envelope. In this role, Lars manages and leads along with his managing partners, a team providing all services in façade planning, consulting and engineering as well as other project-related assignments like product research and functional development.

He is a seasoned engineer and holds a degree in Civil Engineering (University of Applied Sciences, Berlin 1985). Inspired by building skins and their limitless possibilities, Priedemann provides interdisciplinary services to investors, developers, architects, consultants, main contractors and fabricators, which have enabled them to achieve higher levels of efficiency, quality and cost certainty in the development and execution of their facade projects.

Laura Karnath is a registered architect and Senior Enclosure Technical Designer at Walter P Moore's Los Angeles office. She is a leader in computational design and holds broad global experience in the organizational models and technical challenges involved in the delivery of large international projects. Having overseen the delivery of highly complex building envelopes on four continents, Laura applies her knowledge and experience to the burning question of embodied carbon in the built environment. An impassioned advocate for computationally driven building data management and for high performance facades, she believes both to be central in the ultimate decarbonization of the built environment. She is co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of the Carbon Leadership Forum and holds a Master's degree from SCI-Arc and a BS in Architecture from SUNY Buffalo.

Li is the Technical Director for Built Environment Melbourne and the Façade leader in Melbourne. He has an MSc in Façade Engineering from the University of Bath (UK) and a Bachelor of Architecture from the National University of Singapore. He has 29 years of experience in the construction industry including over 23 years in the façade industry. He has broad experience base of projects in Singapore, South East Asia, UAE, Australia and New Zealand. Li is the Project Director for the Melbourne Square Project, a multidisciplinary engineering project involving 12 engineering disciplines. He also worked on the Façade on the highest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere Australia 108 Melbourne, Zaha Hadid’s Tower on 600 Collins Street in Melbourne, Jean Nouvel’s Le Nouvel, Kuala Lumper, Ken Yeang’s Solaris Singapore and UN Studio’s Shenton V Singapore.

Lin is a registered architect in Victoria and New Zealand, with over 18 years of Architectural and Façade Consulting experience. She has a solid background in the construction industry, and has experience in façade design and development across a wide range of projects, including infra structure, sports, educational, commercial and high rise residential. She has been involved on the consultancy and facade design of a number of iconic projects including Collins Arch, 130 Lonsdale St where she has collaborated with international and local architects and builders. Lin has also successfully managed numerous architectural projects which gives her knowledge and background to the overall planning, design and delivery process. Her most recent project experience include Wesley Place Development, Collins Arch, 555 Collins St and Melbourne University New Student Precinct.

Lois Arena, Director of Passive House Services at Steven Winter Associates, Inc., possesses over 25 years experience in the building science field and has extensive experience with new and existing buildings.

Lois holds both US and international Passive House consultant certifications and is currently consulting on some of the largest and most difficult Passive House projects in the world.

She has co-authored and presented training programs about energy efficient building practices to professionals in all sectors of the building industry and is regularly invited to present at conferences and private firms around the world to discuss the benefits of and road blocks to PH adoption.

Louis Koehl is an Associate at Handel Architects functioning as Project Architect. His recent work includes leading the Construction Administration for Handel Architects’ Filene’s Building renovation and restoration in Boston, as well as detailing the exterior wall for University of Toronto Scarborough Passive House Student Residences. He also served as Project Designer for The Viola, a new 400,000 sq. ft. mixed-use project in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Designed for Peebles Corp., the project includes residential, retail, hotel and a MBTA entrance. Louis is currently administering construction on Sendero Verde, a mixed-use development in East Harlem designed to the Passive House Standard. The project includes 709 designated affordable residences, as well as a school, medical offices, community facilities, and an expansive public outdoor space.

Louisa Bowles is the Head of Sustainability at Hawkins\Brown. She leads the practice’s dedicated team of sustainability specialists and has structured the practice’s Whole Life Carbon strategy to ensure all projects are measuring and monitoring the balance between embodied carbon and operational energy. She was instrumental in the development of H\B:ERT, Hawkins\Brown’s Revit-based carbon measuring tool – originally released in 2018, it is fast becoming an industry standard for monitoring carbon emissions.

Her project work includes the Urban Sciences Building at Newcastle University and the Biochemistry Completion project for the University of Oxford, currently on site. Louisa’s team completed a research commission called Net Zero Hotel, which investigates how Net Zero can be achieved in the hospitality and hotel sector. Lessons learnt from this research are informing the practices other net zero commissions.

A Registered Architect with the Board of Architects Singapore, Leong Leong has over 34 years of experience and is now a Senior Associate with SAA Architects Pte Ltd.

Having worked with Architectural Consultancy firms and many years with a Main Contractor on many iconic buildings in Singapore such as Jewel at Changi Airport and Reflections at KeppelBay, Leong Leong is able to synergise both architectural Design and construction Detailing demands together.

Leong Leong has served previously in the Singapore Institute of Architects, Regulation-Standards and Codes Committee, and was a member of the Technical Committee on Architectural Works at SPRING Singapore and is very well versed in Building Codes and Regulations as well as standards of building materials.

Leong Leong believes that good Architecture is not just a good-looking building on paper, but also good detailing and specification of materials to last the life of the building.

Luca is an engineer specialized in Mechanical Engineering graduated at the University of Padua (Italy).

He joined Permasteelisa back in 2003 and during his career he has held the roles of Structural, Thermal and acoustic Engineer, Senior Engineer, Tender Leader, Tender Manager and LCD, working on a big number of challenging projects in Italy, France, UK and USA.

As a Lead Concept Designer. Luca is in charge of promoting innovative and creative technical solutions exalting a holistic approach from design to site.

Dr. Lucio Blandini studied structural engineering at the Universities of Catania and Bologna before moving to the University of Stuttgart. There he obtained his PhD at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK). In this context, he developed and built the so-called Stuttgart Shell, a filigree glass-only shell structure spanning 8.5 m. After completing a master's degree in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, he took up a position as project manager at Werner Sobek. He has been partner as well as managing direc- tor since 2018. Since April 2020 he has also been head of ILEK and a full-time professor at the University of Stuttgart. His most important projects include the Ferrari Museum in Modena, various exhibition stands at the IAA, the Etihad Museum in Dubai, and the House of European History in Brussels.

I am a structural engineer by qualification. Started working in the industry as a structural facade engineer in 2004. Rich experience in analyzing structural analysis of laminated glass considering viscoelastic properties of the polymer interlayers. Have been also responsible for developing a market for value added products like SentryGlas

Manan Raval has over 19 years of experience and leads the Hatfield Group Building Envelope and Special Structures engineering team. He is recognized as an industry expert in facade design, specialty glass systems and complex structures. He has led numerous projects in New York City and worldwide with complex scopes of work. Manan’s has successfully completed projects across a diverse range of climatic conditions in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Bahamas, Asia and the Middle East.He is recognized by his clients as a dynamic leader who provides sound, progressive insight to help develop and achieve cost effective, sustainable, building envelope solutions. He has previously worked at ARUP, CH2MHill and BuroHappold.

Marcel Ridyard is currently the Lead Sports Architect on the delivery and the precinct overlay design of Lusail Stadium in Qatar as part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He also oversaw production of Turkey’s bid to host UEFA Euro 2024 and is leading a team to upgrade Ataturk Olympic Stadium for the 2020 UEFA Champions’ League Final.

Recently, he led teams to complete the 45,000-capacity IAAF and FIFA-compliant stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, for the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games AIMAG 2017. Marcel also was the Senior Site Architect for the City of Manchester Stadium (now Etihad) for the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.

Marco Capelli is the Head of the Facade Engineering, Sustainability and BECx team at Open Project since 2009. After his architectural engineering degree in 1997, Marco worked on iconic buildings such as London Westfield Stratford, Bologna Municipality Offices and London 30 Gresham Street, respectively as a Senior Facade Engineer (Buro Happold Engineers Ltd), Executive Architect (Mario Cucinella Architects), Facade Engineer (Focchi Spa). Marco is a LEED AP BD+C and ASHRAE certified Commissioning Process Management Professional.

Open Project is a leading architecture and engineering company based in Bologna, Italy, focused on hospitality, commercial and industrial buildings. Integrated design approach, BIM knowledge and site expertise allow Open Project to perform the roles of designer (from masterplanning and concept design to construction supervision), executive architect or LEED and BECx consultant. For instance, Open Project designed the first high-rise LEED Gold certified building in Italy (Unipol Tower, Bologna) and the first LEED Gold certified jewelry factory in Italy (Manifattura Bulgari, Valenza), supported the contractor for the first LEED Gold certified historic building in Italy (Palazzo Ricordi, Milan) and worked as Executive Architect for the Milan Expo 2015 UAE Pavillion designed by Foster and Partners.

Marina has been a key member of AESG's Facade Team for three years, where she has been involved in the delivery of a number of complex facade projects in both design and construction. Recent additions to Marina's portfolio include a 350m tower in Dubai utilising a bespoke cold bent unitised glass technology, a 300,000 sqm residential project in Abu Dhabi featuring a natural stone rainscreen and curved GRP cladding, as well as several particularly complex pavilions at the Dubai Expo 2020.

Marina has 6+ years of professional experience in various countries including the UK, Korea, KSA and the UAE. She offers particular strength throughout the design process, streamlining delivery by combining her project management skills with the flair for detailed design. She possesses a solid background on facade systems, detailing, specifications and materials across multiple countries.

Marisa Cortright joined UNStudio in 2017, where she works transversally across the fields of business development, communications and knowledge sharing to connect colleagues within the studio with UNStudio’s broad network of partners. She holds degrees in urban and architectural history from Barnard College of Columbia University and the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Her professional experience spans research, writing and strategic communications in New York, Paris, London and Amsterdam.

Mark is a passionate architectural and urban designer with over 20 years’ experience, in complex mixed use, seniors living, hotels, residential and commercial projects. He possesses great skill and expertise in design, as exemplified in the multi award winning seniors development Harbord Diggers Freshwater, office tower 1 Bligh, Sydney, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices and Shout Ridge Residencies. He also specialises in competitions and has won a number of design competitions, most recently Central Place Sydney, Harbord Diggers at Freshwater, an important headland mixed use project and 32 Smith St, Parramatta. He has also received numerous national and international awards for his work. Mark is a Property Council Grading Committee Member working within the commercial Sydney market assessing buildings and developing new standards with other industry professionals. He guest lecturers at the University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW and Melbourne University and presents at industry conferences locally and internationally on design, architecture, sustainability, building envelops and retrofitting buildings.

Mark studied engineering at Cambridge and then Yacht Design at Southampton University. An interest in light weight marine structures lead to a position at Gurit where he worked on a wide range of advanced FRP structures in the marine, architecture and renewable energy industries., including fulfilling one of his childhood dreams of working on an Americas Cup yacht.

Over the last 15 years he has become increasingly involved in advanced FRP architectural structures, working on a range of ground breaking projects which have made him appreciate the wisdom of his mentor’s advice at the start of his career that ‘the most interesting projects were ones involving architects’. Since 2016 he has been Head of Structural Engineering at Premier Composite Technologies and continues to enjoy finding new challenges for advanced FRP materials.

Mark is the director at Allies and Morrison responsible for technical quality; providing knowledge transfer, research and support on construction, sustainability, materials and process. He has particular expertise in building envelope technology, holding a masters degree in facade engineering. He regularly contributes to industry through teaching, lecturing, and working on various industry committees and councils.

Mark has over twenty-five years of experience in design and construction coordination for all phases of project design and delivery, from programming and pre-design through construction contract administration. Mark's experience includes numerous project types, including higher education, K-12 education, corporate, commercial, civil, healthcare, science and technology and sports and recreation. As Global Director of Technical Design Mark has a focus on developing a culture that delivers the highest quality of technical excellence while embracing innovative construction and delivery techniques and seeking to improve efficiency across the Firm. In this capacity, he also co-chairs the Firm Wide Technical Design Community and participates in the Firm’s Project Delivery Board. In his complementary role as Technical Director of Perkins and Will's Chicago office, Mark oversees the technical design, quality assurance/quality control and project delivery of all architectural and interior design projects delivered by that office. Finally, Mark is a co-founder of the Perkins and Will Innovation Incubator and has been an active member of the selection and oversight committee since the program's inception in 2007.

Martin has 20 years’ experience gained delivering a variety of challenging projects around the world. At Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Martin is a senior leader within the London office, where he excels in understanding the technical challenges and solutions critical to the delivery of the most complex projects.

Prior to joining SOM, Martin gained experience working at some of the world’s most prestigious architectural practices. His portfolio encompasses a deep breadth of design experience gained working within the Middle East, Europe, South Asia, Australasia and Mexico across a variety of project types, scales, and complexities.

Projects Martin worked on include the renovation of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s HQ in Riyadh, Bay City Master Plan in Bahrain, Baccarat Hotel in Doha, Karlatornet residential tower in Gothenburg, the Corso Italia 23 adaptive reuse project in Milan, the Nuevo Polanco Masterplan in Mexico City, as well as Aviation Work for Heathrow Airport, Schiphol, Auckland International, Houston and Orlando.

Martin Lundin graduated from Lund Technical Institute in 2006 and is a partner at Gatun Architects since 2013. He has been following many of the most important projects at Gatun Architects, from the very early stages until completion. With an emphasis on commercial projects, he has been responsible for projects in several categories. Over the last years he has been involved in some of Stockholms most crucial city regeneration projects; Stockholm Meat Pascking District being the most recent. Since 2010 he has been working in close collaboration with one of Swedens leading developers Atrium Ljungberg, resulting in several projects in Sickla and Hagastaden. Martin Lundin was the leading architect behind the winning proposal of the facade competition held in 2016 by Atrium Ljungberg, for the awarded project LifeCity - a project near completion in Hagastaden Stockholm.

Masoud is the Managing Director of Fenestra Malaysia Sdn Bhd. He is a mechanical building services engineer and has more than 33 years of professional experience in design and construction management of a wide range of projects.

Masoud has maintained a strong focus on buildability, value engineering and effectiveness of design solutions for buildings. He is passionate about reducing energy consumption of buildings through appropriate design of their envelope as well as being an ardent advocate of introduction of green technologies in commercial developments. Masoud is a qualified arbitrator, practicing adjudicator and Green Building Index Facilitator.

At the beginning of his career he worked in the tender departments of Permasteelisa and Lindner, two of the largest cladding contractors active in the UK market.

In 2014 Massimo joined AECOM to support their cost team in the delivery of feasibility studies and cost plans.

One of his roles is also to inform quantity surveyors and project managers on the state of the cladding market. He suggests the most suitable contractors in the industry on the basis of the technical challenges of the various projects and the contractors’ workload.

The most notable projects he has been involved in since joining AECOM are: 33 King William Street, Al Maktoum (Dubai Airport), White Collar Factory, Battersea Power Station Phase 3, Soho Place, Sky Labs, Nova East and the upcoming 1 Undershaft.

Massimo Roj graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Politecnico di Milano in 1986. Since 1987, he has been a Registered Architect. He worked for Architects such as Spinelli, Morisi and Helg contributing to the development of the MOCO Building System for hospitals in Daytona (Ohio - USA) and Kuritiba (Brazil) and to the project of San Benedetto del Tronto Stadium and the Business Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Massimo gained long-standing experience working for an international company specialized in space planning and, as Project Manager and Project Architect, he was in charge for the development project of the most advanced Software Research Centre for Olivetti O.I.S.R. in Bari. In 1994, he founded Progetto CMR in Milan, today the Italian leading integrated design firm, where he holds the position of Managing Partner and Global CEO, managing international developments in the fields of Architecture, Urban Planning, Space Planning and Interior Design. Since 2011, Progetto CMR has ranked among World’s Top 100 Architectural firms.

He is the Co-Founder of the EAN European Architects Network, the largest design network all over Europe that associates several firms of architects located in the most important European capitals getting together more than 800 professionals. After opening offices in Rome, Athens and Barcelona, 2002 was the time for diversification and the exploration of new markets. Massimo Roj turned his attention to Asia, opening offices and establishing branches in Beijing, Tianjin, Chennai, Singapore, Jakarta, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

He is Visiting Professor at Tianjin University, at Beijing Jiaotong University and at Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan. Since 2016, he is Ambassador of Italian Design in the World, nominated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

His attitude to project adopts a multidisciplinary approach coupled with the expectation of customer’s requirements. As ambassador of sustainable design, Massimo integrates sustainable strategies with the objective of creating a flexible and efficient architecture inspired by the context and closely related to the expectations of the users: his projects show an holistic approach based on “Less ego More Eco” motto, less personal interest and more collective benefits.

Mathieu Meur provides strategic and technical leadership as the director of DP Façade. Through his training as a multi-disciplinary engineer, and subsequent years of experience heading the largest façade consultancy practice in the world, Mathieu has developed extensive knowledge of all types of building envelope systems, their design, engineering, and related codes of practice. Mathieu has worked on numerous major construction projects in Asia, the Middle East and beyond, including Resorts World at Sentosa – a USD$5 billion integrated resort development, Changi Airport Terminal 1 Upgrading, and The Dubai Mall, currently the largest mall in the world. Passionate about sharing his knowledge and skills with others, he is a frequent speaker at conferences, writes for technical publications, and has been a Lecturer at Real Estate & Construction Centre on Façade Design and Façade Condition Assessment since 2002. Mathieu is also a fellow of the Society of Façade Engineering from United Kingdom since 2010. Considering sustainability to be at the heart of the process, Mathieu was the Chairman of the Singapore Green Building Council Taskforce on Cladding & Roofing from 2012 to 2016.

Matthew Fineout is an Architect and Founder of Smart Architecture; an architecture and consultancy firm with a focus in highly complex building forms. He has consulted on several prominent international projects including Atlassian Anchor Tower in Sydney, Australia; the Mexico City New International Airport; Entisar Super Tall Tower, Dubai, UAE; and Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, Mexico.

Matthews involvement and interest with complex architectural projects began as a Senior Associate at Frank Gehry and Associates in the 90’s. There he was involved with several seminal projects including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Spain. This work ushered the transition into digital applications as a central focus for project development and construction implementation, in which Matthew played an instrumental role. Matthew has continued this pursuit to leverage digital technologies to execute projects of extraordinary merit. Matthew has written extensively on this subject and has delivered papers around the world.

Matthew Mapp is a Senior Sustainability Consultant and Whole Life Carbon specialist for Sweco UK. Matthew works with some of the UK’s leading developers, architects and professional teams to deliver Whole Life Carbon and embodied carbon assessments for a wide range of building types, providing educational and project-specific input on integrating these processes and methodologies into the delivery of sustainable and net zero carbon development.

Matthew is the Executive Vice President of Vector Foiltec the inventor and world leader of ETFE Building Envelope Systems. He has worked for Vector Foiltec Asia-Pacific for the past 10-years working on iconic ETFE projects using such as Resorts World Sentosa, Universal Studios Singapore , Singapore National Stadium Moving Roof, KL Pavilions, Ocean Park HK, The Jewel at Changi Airport not too mention iconic projects in Bangkok including Siam Discovery, Siam Center, Em Quartier and ETFE Canopies linking Emporium-BTS-Em Quartier etc. Majority of these projects are total solution including steelwork design, supply, fabrication, installation, authority submission and future maintenance.

Matthew is a British Structural Engineer and over the past 24-years worked throughout Asia-Pacific has become a specialist in high performance building envelopes that combine lightweight, long span, architecture steelwork. Developers, Government Agencies and Contractors consult with him during the earliest stages of project design to develop the concept design and performance specifications to ensure the most efficient, coordinated and aesthetically pleasing solutions for both steelwork and ETFE. He is also involved with tendering and pricing of the total solution directly to Developers and Main-Contractor providing solution for detailing, interfacing, method of installation, scheduling etc.

Maurice Bernardi is an architect graduated from Technical University of Berlin, Germany and has over than 10 years’ experience working with Ciputra Group on mixed-use and high rise developments such as Ciputra World 1 Jakarta; a premium mixed-use development consisted of Hotel, Office, Retail, Residence as well as an Art/ Exhibition Center with of a Museum and 1200-seat Theater.

He has also worked on Ciputra International and Citra Natura; developments of high-rise offices and residences with various class of property segments.

Being on the owner’s side; one of his duty is to carry through owner’s vision & mission from beginning, the concept; through all the design phases; in the construction period and to make sure design & operation works well hand in hand.

Currently he is working on Tower D; a challenging 350 m tall tower consists of grade-A offices and residential units.

Melike Altınışık is an award-winning architect, designer and educator, who is dedicated to develop an innovative approach towards architecture, urbanism and design. Her design work has received numerous prestigious design awards including Europe 40 under 40, FEIDAD Design Award 07’ and Swiss Art Award. Her work includes prize winning projects such as 369m tall futuristic Istanbul TV and Radio Tower and the world first pioneer Robot Science Museum in Seoul.

Prior to forming her award winning practice MAA, Melike Altınışık Architects in 2013 in Istanbul, she has worked in London almost 7 years with Zaha Hadid Architects ( between 2006-2013).

Merlyn Forrer joined Design Fire Consultants in May 2019 after serving as an operational Station Manager with Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) with 19 years’ service. Between 2012 and 2017, Merlyn moved into fire safety responsible for Manchester borough, providing fire safety and enforcing the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 for one of the largest and most complex metropolitan boroughs in the UK. Between 2017 and 2019, Merlyn has been working for the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) on the response, updating guidance and national codes following the Grenfell fire tragedy.

He graduated from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) with a Master’s degree in Fire Engineering (distinction), is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and is a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers, FIFireE. His research for both his Bachelors and Masters dissertations focussed on the fire performance of externally thermally insulated cladding systems and the use of organic polymer foams which he continues to research.

Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Micha Pawelka is a Managing Director with several years of experience alongside the Management Team of Priedemann Facade Experts. Handling the role of business development for the Middle East projects, Micha is in charge of all sales and marketing activities, implementation of the business development plan, and client relationship of Priedemann Middle East and India, which includes: presentation of all services in façade planning, consulting and engineering as well as in other project-related assignments like product research, functional development, and training.

Before joining the Priedemann group, Micha was a Sales Director in the Schollglas Group in Germany ere relocating to the Middle East in 2008 to establish an office for Interpane Glass. Micha Pawelka has an academic qualification in Wholesale Management and Foreign Trade. He gained more than 20 years of experience in the Glass and Facade Industry in Europe and the Middle East before he joined Priedemann as a partner in 2014.

Michael Elstner is Director of Technical Advisory Service & Strategic Communication. In this function he is a member of the managing board of German Flat Glass Association and the Quality Association for Flat Glass. He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Federal Guild of Glaziers in Hadamar. He has also been a publicly appointed and sworn glass expert for several years. Michael Elstner has been involved in the application and development of glass and glass products for more than 20 years and also passes on this knowledge in training courses and publications.”

Michael is a special structures and glass engineer and in 2010 founded M.Ludvik Engineering in Brooklyn. His portfolio features structural glass and kinetic work in the US and globally, including the SkySlide in LA, the MoMA Expansion, The Broad Collection, the Queens Museum, and over 80 iFly indoor skydiving wind tunnels. Architect collaborators include Diller Scofidio + Renfro, OMA, Grimshaw and Gensler.

Michele is an architect and engineer with more than 14 years of experience in the industry and is specialised in designing, managing and delivering complex facade projects. His expertise spans across facade technologies (from concrete to curtain wall), environmental performances and applied research for the development of innovative facade systems and products.

He has worked in Italy, Australia and the UK in engineering and architectural consultancy firms as well as general contractors, where he was responsible to design facade solutions for small high-end buildings to large multi-millions infrastructure developments. He also contributed to the development of new business strategies in the area of contractor early engagement and off-site construction (DfMA - Design for Manufacture and Assembly).

Michele holds a PhD in adaptive facades, he has been lecturing in the topics of facade engineering, technology and sustainable building design internationally and has authored several scientific articles.

Miguel is a registered architect in Spain (COAM) and the UK (ARB) and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Master of Architecture from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and a Master in Real Estate Development from Instituto de Empresa. After several years serving as project architect at Pelli Clarke Pelli and Kohn Pedersen Fox´ New York and London offices designing landmark projects worldwide, he joined Ortiz Leon as Design Director. At Ortiz Leon, he drives design direction for the development and execution of a wide variety of projects in Spain and APAC, ranging from large-scale, complex corporate buildings to detailed design research. Miguel’s core strengths lie in the translation of the brief into a design aligned with Ortiz Leon´s intrinsic values. His technical background influences his fascination for sustainable and innovative design research, which he applies to support the office’s expansion.

Miguel has over 17 years of experience in façade design and engineering. Prior to joining AESG in 2017, Miguel was a façade design manager at Permesteelisa Group, one of the world’s largest façade contractors, where he has been responsible for numerous complex façade designs throughout Europe and the Middle East. With experience both post-contract and pre-contract, Miguel is well equipped to produce well-engineered façade solutions that meet the highest performance standards yet also are well resolved for constructability and cost.

MdeAS Principal, Mike Zaborski, is internationally known for his award-winning projects and his dynamic design approach. With nearly three decades of experience, Mike oversees some of the firm’s largest projects, mentors staff, and evolves MdeAS' commitment to sustainability and craft in architecture.

Since joining the firm in 1998, Mike has worked on a diverse range of projects including master plans, commercial buildings, retail, residential and mixed-use developments, curtain wall re-clad and over-clad, as well as lobby expansions and renovations.

Most recently, he has completed the 3.5 million SF mixed-use master plan in Long Island City comprising of The JACX - a 1.2 million SF multi-use project on Jackson Avenue completed in 2020 and the adjacent Gotham Center Building B2 (Department of Health) completed in 2011. Notably, Mike spearheaded the award-winning renovation of the Alumni Auditorium and new Schaefer Awards Gallery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, honored by Interior Design Magazine and NYCxDesign.

A selection of completed international projects include the re-cladding of tower and podium at First Canadian Place in Toronto, the design of the exterior curtainwall at Verde SW1 in London, and complete redevelopment of 2000 K Street in Washington, DC.

Monica is a founding director of Contreras Earl Architecture (CEA). She has led CEA to design original, inventive, ground‐breaking buildings that contribute to the evolution of architecture and toward a better future for our communities and cities.

Monica is a Registered Architect with a Masters of Architecture from the University of Sydney, having also won the Australian Institute of Architects prestigious Design Medal. She received the Frank Knox Fellowship at Harvard University to complete her Masters of Architecture and Urban Design.

In 1974, Moshe received the title of “Town Planning Architect” as the top of his class on the Dean’s list. Moshe excelled in Math and Physics, and his work is based indeed on rational examination and analysis as the basis for a comprehensive plan. In 1978, he established the “Moshe Zur Architects & Town Planners Ltd.” Since then, he has worked with authorities and government offices on public projects, as well as with private entrepreneurs and construction companies. In 1992, Moshe helmed the breakthrough of Israeli architects in Europe. So far, he has handled projects in 33 countries around the world (currently planning high-rise in Manhattan). Moshe is considered a top architect of International caliber. He has won praise and dozens of prizes and citations, planned all types of projects: Urban, occupational, residential, public structures, research and academia, and commerce. Aside from teaching and raising generations of architects over the past decades, Moshe is active in professional organizations, and is a lecturer and consultant in the field. Even today, Moshe personally oversees the planning and supervision aspects and is engaged in developing new, innovative technologies and new urban typologies. His firm consists of about 80 architects (managed by his wife Orna and 4 partners) who handle about 100 projects in Israel and abroad.

Dr.Mostafa Jafarian is a Principal Certification Engineer of Façade and Structures at Warringtonfire, specializing in structural fire protection and façade behaviour under fire.

He obtained a bachelor degree in civil engineering, an MSc in Structural Steel Design at Imperial college London in Structural design, and PhD in Structural Fire Engineering at the University of Manchester working on a European funded project investigating robustness of steel and composite connections in fire.

After obtaining a PhD, he worked as Research Associate for about two years at the University of Manchester developing a method to specify intumescent coating for concrete filled tubular columns.

He joined Warringtonfire in 2016 and is now a Principal Certification Engineer, providing clients with advice about performance of various structural fire protection systems and façade systems under fire conditions, and methods of improvement. He is a member various British Standards Institution (BSI) committees related to structural and facades under fire and also is collaborating with Association of Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) as a part of different task groups.

Nassim Saoud, is an Architect DPLG and actually the Director for the EMEA region with more than 15 years of experience including 10 years as a core member of Trimble Consulting (ex Gehry Technologies), an AECO consulting and service company that is part of the TRIMBLE Group.

He is responsible for Global delivery of all EMEA projects, as well as direct clients consulting for strategic positions about technology adoption and complexe projects developments and execution for a full range of projects across different regions of the world.

Natalia Quintanilla is a Façades Consultant at Arup where she works in the design and delivery of high-performance façades for buildings. With over 6 years of experience in sustainability, architecture and façades consulting, she has acquired expertise in a variety of complex projects, including residential, commercial, supertall and large-scale mixed-use developments. By combining her background in architectural practice and building science, she brings a diverse approach to supporting the development of passive envelope strategies to enhance the design vision of a project without compromising the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of buildings. Moreover, she carries out advanced analysis of the thermal and solar performance of building enclosures, optimization of materials, energy modeling, daylight simulation, natural ventilation, and thermal comfort.

Natassa Lianou is the Founding Principals of LIANOU CHALVATZIS ARCHITECTS (LC Architects). LIANOU CHALVATZIS ARCHITECTS is an international award-winning signature architecture and design practice, based in London. They focus their work, on developing innovative architecture and design systems. They name their philosophy, ‘Smart Design Elegance’, where they are bridging Design, Functionality, Sustainability and High Aesthetics with structural and cost efficiency.

Their portfolio spans from urban design, masterplans, towers, commercial and residential projects to interiors, pavilions and product designs, pushing the boundaries and creating an overall design language applied in all scales. The quality and innovation of their work has been recognized from awards such as the Chicago BURNHAM PRIZE. They have also exhibited in London Festival of Architecture, and lectured worldwide.

Prior establishing her firm, she has gained rich experience in various scale projects at Zaha Hadid Architects.

Naveen oversees the development of architectural activity for AkzoNobel, manufacturers of Interpon, the market leading brand of powder coatings. For 10 years, he has collaborated with architects, facade consultants, main contractors, cladding sub-contractors and approved powder applicators on a wide spectrum of projects, across commercial, high-end residential, education, and health sectors.

Naveen has a strong track record in providing extensive technical and material support across the construction supply chain, delivering guidance on standard and bespoke finish solutions to complement the design of aluminum and steel facade components. This extends to offering in-depth insight into future colour trends, subsequently helping to shape the visual architectural landscape.

Neesha Gopal joined Lendlease in January 2020 as the Technical Façade Lead and is based in London, UK.

Neesha chartered as an Architect and following several years as a Project and Site based Architect she specialised in Façade Engineering joining whitbybird in 2003. During her 10 years became the Façade Team Director of then Ramboll in 2012 before leaving to join Meinhardt in 2013 as Façade Director for Meinhardt Façade Technology, UK and Europe.

Neesha has also chartered as a Project Manager in 2003 and to gain a greater understanding of façade engineering, Neesha undertook the MSc in Façade Engineering at Bath University and passed with distinction in 2015.

Neesha is active within the industry, as a member of the Technical Committee for CWCT and SFE committee member for the Regions. Neesha support initiatives to expand diversity in construction which has included taking part as an Ambassador for Women in Construction and as a judge for the Women in Construction and Engineering Awards.

Nic Goldsmith is a Principal of FTL Design Engineering Studio, the leading design firm specializing in membrane construction systems. Using innovative structural elements, Mr. Goldsmith has helped pioneered lightweight technologies over the past forty years into an art form. A graduate of Cornell University, Mr. Goldsmith’s work has been greatly influenced by Bucky Fulller, Felix Candela and Frei Otto with whom he apprenticed in Germany for three years. Mr. Goldsmith designed FTL’s legacy projects including the Carlos Mosley Pavilion for the Metropolitan Opera, the Rosa Parks Transit Center, ASU Skysong, the DKNY Headquarters, and the Sun Valley Pavilion. He was instrumental in designing the Cooper Hewitt’s “Under the Sun” exhibition with the first integrated PV tensile structure.

Mr. Goldsmith has been a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Design Studio of University of Pennsylvania for fourteen years, an adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute, Cornell and Visiting Professor at Innsbruck, Austria. He has given a wide range of lectures on lightweight structures worldwide and was the Chair of the Fabric Structures Association. His new book Mass to Membrane explains the evolution of architecture from heavy buildings to membrane structures.

Acting as Head of Sales for BCL Timber Projects, Nick has worked with architects and construction professionals for over 10yrs to help deliver timber panel systems for large commercial projects all across the UK and overseas.

Pairing technical knowledge in timber, system design and the tender dynamics of big project construction, he works with architects to understand their vision, performance requirements and budget constraints - building robust specifications that maximise cost efficiency, whilst retaining the architect’s design goals throughout the commercial process.

His track record with NBBJ began with the successful delivery of the RIBA award winning Life Sciences Building at Southampton University and later the Quadram Institute for Food & Health in Norwich. Most recently, he was involved in helping Grimshaw Architects and Costain deliver the Stirling Prize 2019 shortlisted London Bridge Station.

Nirmal is India Director – Architecture for M Moser Associates, a global architectural, interior design and construction Management firm. He is a licensed architect in California, USA and India. He holds Master of Architecture from University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA, and Bachelor of Architecture from Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh.

Prior to moving back to India 6 years ago, he had worked in the US for more than 30 years and has held leadership positions with global architectural and interiors firms, and design build firms including HOK, RTKL, Cannon Design, Leo A Daly, Fluor Corporation and Friedmutter Group among others. He was also Director of Taliesin Architects Studio, the successor firm of Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. He was adjunct faculty at Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA and has also taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. He served on the advisory board at School of Architecture at the Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

He has led large scale architecture and design-build teams for successfully completed projects in USA, Middle East, China and India. His areas of interest are high rise buildings, corporate campuses, healthcare and hospitality projects.

Nitin Govila is a senior level International Director with diversified experience in managing business operations in B2B, B2C environments across different business categories at a Regional level. He has also handled international consulting assignments and global projects. Nitin is based out of Singapore

Owen Wee has been involved in a wide range of projects that include Master Planning, public housing, private housing and institutional projects in his over 20 years of working. He joined Surbana Jurong International Consultants after returning from China in 2004, since then with he has won the SIA GOLD design award, BCA’s buildability award, BCA Barrier Free and numerous BCA GreenMark awards. He was also awarded the Singapore BCA Green Building individual award 2013. Owen has taken on the task to drive sustainable design in Surbana Jurong since 2008. He is a Green Advocate and is a registered Green Mark Advanced Accredited Professional. His drive toward sustainability design and construction has already borne fruit with some projects obtaining higher green certifications as well as created a design guide and set minimum green targets for all projects. This drive has also resulted in more than 25,000 green homes designed in Singapore since 2008. He is now focus on Zero energy building in the tropics.

Pamela Cabrera is an associate at Transsolar KlimaEngineering. Cabrera’s research centers on building science and new material assemblies for passive climate control systems. Her professional experience has alternated between New York and Lima, where she co-ran the studio CE-AD for three years. She is a partner at the Peruvian NGO Construye Identidad, where she contributes with research on the development of vernacular building construction and materials. She has a BArch from The Cooper Union and a Master’s in Design Studies in Energy & Environment from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she graduated with honors and received the Daniel L. Schodek Award for Technology and Sustainability. Her work on membrane dehumidification received the DOE Building Technologies ‘ABC’ award for further R&D, and she has presented her work in conferences including IBPSA and Facades+.

Paola Blasi is a chartered geologist with 30 years’ experience in natural stone, many of them spent in Carrara, Italy - the international marble hub. As Architectural Stone Specialist at Arup supports the work of facade engineers, landscape and interior architects in many parts of the world thanks to her solid background and extensive professional network.

She has extensively travelled, visiting quarries and processing plants and has given lectures to architects and designers on the use and characteristics of stone materials in many Countries.

Paul has worked across a diverse range of sectors on significant projects both locally and overseas, dealing with myriad structures and materials. Paul’s expertise includes leading multi-disciplinary mixed use projects; façade projects, conversion and re-use of Heritage-listed structures; innovative architectural engineering; structural surveys, investigation and forensic engineering; industrial and process engineering; and multi-storey steel structures. Highly regarded for his inclusive approach to coordinating design teams.

Paul has recently shifted his focus to conceptual design, applying his knowledge to develop innovative architectural solutions for buildings requiring both renovation and conservation particularly within institutional and community settings, as well as for notable public art installations.

Trained as an architect (Architect DPLG Paris & M.Arch Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta), Paul has been pursuing implications and impacts of the computational approach within the AEC industry. First as Digital Consultant in the newly born Gehry Technologies office in Paris, he continued digital exploration within the leading design firm Zaha Hadid Architects in London.

After 10 years of experience in design offices as well as being teaching in ESA Paris and EPFL Lausanne, his desire to maintain progress in the construction world led him under the realm of the building skin. He joined ad hoc façade manufacturer Felix Constructions in Lausanne, Switzerland. He helped driving the company digitalization and led the setup of an innovative semi-custom façade delivery system with ETH Zurich.

Paul E. Totten is a Vice President at WSP and leads the Building Enclosures Division. He has over 23 years of experience in the fields of structural engineering, building enclosure design and commissioning, and building science. He has concentrated his expertise on the evaluation and analysis of heat, air, and moisture transfer, and the cumulative effect these elements have on building components and building operation. He is a member of NIBS, ASHRAE, and USGBC including the EA TAG. Paul was a committee member of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Guideline 3 – Exterior Enclosure Technical Requirements for the Commissioning Process.

Paul is the founder of Parametric Monkey, a digital design consultancy focused on architecture, BIM, computational design and digital fabrication. He is a registered architect in NSW and the UK, has worked extensively in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and The Netherlands. Paul holds a Masters of Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association’s Design Research Laboratory. He has also studied at the Queensland University of Technology and l’école d’architecture de Paris Val-de-Seine where he received a Bachelor of Architecture with Honours. He has taught at the University of Technology Sydney, the University of New South Wales, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Hong Kong, and the Architectural Association.

PAUL-ROUVEN DENZ studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Stuttgart and the E.T.S.A. Madrid with a focus on “resource-efficient construction“ and “building construction”. He has gained a wide range of experience during showcase building and research projects on sustainability in Germany and abroad. He also successfully participated in architectural and innovation competitions. Paul worked among others at Foster & Partners (London), Werner Sobek (Stuttgart), Fraunhofer IAO (Stuttgart), IBK2 (University of Stuttgart), Gutierrez-delaFuente Arquitectos (Madrid) and ATOL architects (Shanghai). At Priedemann Facade-Lab he focuses as Head of R&D on research on new façade technologies, materials, systems and planning processes. Since 2017 Paul is also a PhD guest researcher at TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, investigating Smart Textile Skin solutions for material and energy efficient building envelopes.

Peter Goff is an Associate in Buro Happold’s London Façade Engineering team. Since joining Buro Happold in 2009, Peter has worked on a variety of complex façade projects in the UK and globally, ranging from residential and commercial developments to prestigious cultural buildings. Peter is currently leading the BuroHappold facades team on the Stratford Waterfront East Bank development in London, which includes new buildings for the V&A, Sadler’s Wells, BBC and London College of Fashion.

Phil Obayda is an Associate Director at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with over 17 years of experience in the industry. He co-leads the Technical Design Group at the London office, heading up the design and delivery on a broad range of complex landmark projects, in both the UK and the international market. In addition to his extensive residential experience, which includes the delivery of 3,000 units in London alone, he has also worked in the commercial, transport and hospitality sectors. His work is coupled with research into composite timber structural solutions and modular off-site fabrication as strategies for addressing the industry’s carbon reduction challenges. Phil also sits on the RIBA Housing Expert Advisory Group which reviews policy and practice issues in the housing sector.

Philip has an analytical and creative approach to architecture which enables him to focus on innovative yet appropriate solutions for any given design challenge. A versatile and skilled designer, he has a particular interest in the cultural significance of sports and entertainment buildings, how venues evolve, and how they can be integrated successfully into their environment. From a professional standpoint, he is interested in how different clients make decisions about the procurement of the construction of their projects, and how they balance cost, programme and their perceptions of quality. His work at Populous includes leading the design of the redevelopment of Ascot Racecourse, the Olympic Stadium for London 2012 and its transformation into London Stadium, the Masterplan and new Warner Stand at Lord’s Cricket Ground, as well as the concept design for the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. His current project is the redevelopment of the Riverside Stand at Fulham Football Club

Mr. Philip Kwang is a facade consultant from Facade Global Master Pte Ltd in Singapore. He was the Technical Advisor from Aedas for South Beach Mixed Development, a Norman Foster’s project. He was also a Technical Advisor for facade integration at Ng Teng Fong Hospital. He is an adjunct lecturer at Dept of Architecture, National University of Singapore where taught facade technology as an advanced architecture technology for more than 18 years. In more recent times, he pioneered a special programme known as “solar architecture” to prepare master degree architectural students for the imminent future of integrating solar photovoltaic into architectural facades.

In 2020, he was invited by BCA Academy to teach solar architecture as part of their Green Mark Professional program.

In 1985, Mr Kwang was a speaker at the first ever Curtain Wall Conference organised by CIDB (now known as BCA), where he spoked about the importance of facade specification as a critical tool in facade engineering and design. He made a rallying call at this seminar for the industry to develop national standards for curtain wall. He then went on to volunteer himself in several committees drafting national standards for curtain walls such as SS 381:1996 (Curtain Wall Testing Standard) and CP 96:2002 Code of Practice for Curtain Wall) and the recently published SS654:2020 (Code of Practice for Curtain Wall).

Philipp Lionel Molter worked for several years as an architect at Renzo Piano Building Workshop on a major development in the center of London. After its completition, Philipp founded his own studio in 2010 and realized award winning projects across all scales of the built environment. He was co-leading the Associate Professorship of Architectural Design and Building Envelope of the Technical University Munich before being appointed to full Professor for Architecture at IUBH International University. His principle research and teaching focuses on adaptive building envelopes and their thermal, visual and environmental performance. In this context, Philipp Lionel Molter is inventor and holds patents at the European Patent Office. For his doctoral thesis he was awarded with the Dr. Marschall Prize for an outstanding dissertation completed at the Department of Architecture of the Technische Universität München.

Based on his international background, Philipp Lionel Molter is author of books, scientific journal papers and peer reviewed articles. He is peer reviewer for scientific journals and has been lecturing all across Europe and in Australia. His work has been published by many authors in several magazines including wallpaper magazine, Frame magazine, DETAIL magazine and on TV.

Philippe Willareth is Partner at Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG heading the façade engineering team.

After graduating as façade engineer at Lucerne University 2004, Philippe Willareth was affiliated with Whitbybird London working on various international projects, Lucerne University building up the façade competence centre and joining Lüchinger+Meyer 2009. At Lüchinger+Meyer Philippe Willareth has been partner in charge of various key projects such the Ballet Mécanique a moveable, foldable and accessible façade, the Audemars Piguet Atelier Musée as an all glass structure or the industrial Copenhill raw aluminium building skin. Furthermore, Philippe Willareth is on the board of the Swiss Façade Association linking the consultancy to the façade industry.

With over 20 years of experience in Masterplanning and Architecture, Prabhanjan is a director in RSP Dubai, bringing in the critical skills for planning and delivering large scale and complex projects. His experience ranges from Masterplanning of Cities and Town centers to establishing Urban Design Guidelines for Integrated Developments , design of Technology parks and Mixed Used Developments across Middle East and Asia. Prabhanjan has lead and managed a diverse team of architects, planners and engineers through all stages of design and execution. Many of these projects have won international acclaim through numerous awards.

Prashanth graduated from Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, with Master in Architecture Urbanism and Building sciences and Facade Engineering. His strong interest in mathematics combined with on-site training with his Father in his early years, led him to pursue studies in Façade engineering and building technology which involve a more technical approach to architecture. Subsequent to his graduation from TU Delft, he was involved in the research for development of flexible mold system for Double curved Concrete panels with ir. Roel Schipper during the next one year. He joined VS-A.FR in 2013 and has been working as a Project Manager since then, at Lille till 2015, and transferred to the VS-A.HK office since then. Research work in precast concrete and steel in early years makes him more focused on details. His key interests are in Geometry and Structure. Prashanth has successfully rationalized and optimized many complex geometry facades at VS-A.HK. He has also been focusing on several R&D projects, including development of new products, in addition to Façade Projects.

From 2011 he was a member of Buro Happold Sustainability Team and later BH Facade Group in London where he was coordinating projects on the basis of the environmental certification criteria and facades parametric optimization. Since 2014 is a part of Snøhetta, working on projects like Opera House in Busan, Riyadh Metro Station and HQ of Banque Libano Francaise in Beirut. Guest editor of polish magazine A+M regarding contemporary technologies and innovation in construction.

Rafael Contreras is a founding director of Contreras Earl Architecture (CEA). He leads CEA with a strong belief that architecture should evolve with technology, designing buildings that are liberated from traditional building practices and forms.

Rafael’s years of experience and unique design skills saw him leading international teams working in Zaha Hadid Architect’s (ZHA) exclusive “design cluster” in London where he worked directly under Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. For 7 years he was design leader at ZHA on major commissions and competition winning bids such as the Grand Theatre in Rabat Morocco, the Tokyo National Stadium and the New Beijing Daxing Airport (world’s biggest airport terminal).

A registered American Architect, Raj leads Gensler’s Lifestyle Studio in the Middle East focusing on large and intricate architecture projects throughout the region. Raj’s experience across different cultures influences his design approach as he weaves together traditional and modern architecture into contemporary designs, relevant to their cultural and contextual settings.

A passionate designer, Raj enjoys collaborating with teams, mentoring young architects and understanding cultural influences on how buildings are used. A perennial figure in the list of Top 40 Most Powerful Architects in Middle East by Middle East Architect magazine, Raj’s professional thoroughness combined with his creative talent and leadership ability has made him an award-winning architect with many esteemed projects in his portfolio.

Raj also frequently speaks at conferences and events with an aim to engage in conversations that influence design trends. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Architecture from the Yale University.

Rajan has 25 years of international experience within the facade industry, out of which he has served more than 11 years at Arup. With a structural engineering background Rajan has good overall facade specialist experience. He has gained working experiences in various regions such as Asia, Middle East and Australia. He has also successfully delivered several prestigious projects with integrated facade designs, involving 3D design, complex engineering and building integration.

He is also a certified SGMM (Singapore Green Mark Manager), enabling him to understand sustainable design requirements from architectural and practical perspectives. He has technically lead, managed and delivered several large projects with highly practical and efficient designs resulted successful implementations. With his extensive International and regional experience with on-going leading role on number of projects he has attained extensive knowledge on façade and construction industry in the region. He is a known face to the regional facade industry and has attained good reputation with high quality works completed.

Industrial engineer, with a specialised training in mechanics (UVI/2005), he specialised in the field of the façades in 2006 after leaving an R&D company in the automotive field. As a designer, project manager and Technical Director of the international plasterer’s company.

Currently he is the Managing Director of BIFF SA, a Façade consultant company based in Switzerland. He provides façade consultancy during all construction phases and performs several challenging projects.

Ravindra Kumar (Ravee), heads Design as a Director at Venkataramanan associates. His strength has been in providing innovative design solutions to emerging project trends in Asia. He has a keen understanding of the complex needs of urbanity and its reconstruct for innovation on design ideation. Specialisation on new laboratory facilities, technology campuses and R&D facilities, New building typologies and understanding the need to integrate building and landscape aesthetics has been his unique abilities. He has designed many of VA's large complex project with more than two decades of experience. He is also a founder of Pragrup, a research lab and an architecture studio has pioneered in rigorous sustainable approach to design, through work that spans the spectrum from master plans to furniture design.

Raya is a facade expert with structural engineering background. Her portfolio consists of a number of challenging projects across the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Europe and the Middle East. Raya is Head of International Business Development at BU Façade, Schueco International KG Germany and is working on some of the most innovative products of the company in the field of curtain walling. Raya is leading the effort for Schueco Germany to bring clarity into the issue of the new UK fire regulations and deliver safe products for the building envelope.

As part of Cox Architecture’s Queensland office for 18 years, and with over 25 years in the industry, Richard has been part of many of the firm’s major projects nationally and internationally. He has undertaken a diverse portfolio of projects throughout his careerspanning across a range of building types, including the sports, education, cultural, community, and transport sectors. He is passionate about the sports sector and has completed many notable projects nationally and internationally, including two venues for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games – the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre and the Anna Meares Velodrome. He was also the Project Director for the recently completed Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville and the Jakarta International Velodrome. Richard’s experience extends to many public venues with integrated art projects and a focus on civic engagement. The projects all have a focus on patron experience and have demonstrated delivery in tourism engagement and increased patronage and revenue. Richard is recognised for his ability to interpret a project brief and bring insightful conceptual thinking to solve complex strategic problems.

Richard leads the Sustainability group for COX Queensland and has been directly involved in leading six-star Green Star projects in Australia.

Richard Francis-Jones is a highly awarded and leading contemporary Australian architect. Richard is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects, and in 2012 was invested as an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Richard received his architectural education at the University of Sydney (where he was awarded the University Medal in Architecture) and Columbia University in New York, through an ITT Fellowship. He had led a distinguished architectural career, designing many highly-awarded buildings and winning several international architectural competitions. He is Design Director and the nominated architect of Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt), a highly acclaimed practice noted for its commitment to the public domain.

Highly awarded projects designed by Richard have been widely published in Australian and International journals and books. International architecture awards received for projects designed by Richard include the World Architecture Festival World Building of the Year, World Architecture Festival Office Award (on two separate occasions), AIA International Architecture Award, RIBA International Architecture Award, New Zealand Institute of Architects Medal, International Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the International Public Library of the Year Award from the Danish Agency of Culture.

Rob is a structural engineer with a passion for creating innovative, efficient and elegant structures having designed projects ranging from stone staircases and timber pavilions to city centre towers, railway stations and airports.  

Having started his career with Arup, where he was brought up on the philosophy of ‘Total Design’ he now leads Webb Yates Engineers’ Birmingham office based in the Jewellery Quarter where he promotes a collaborative and inventive approach to engineering.

He strongly believes that all buildings should be designed with sustainability in mind, making best use of finite resources and believes that the industry must challenge the status quo in order to innovate.

In over 25 years of practice, Rob Goodwin has created a compelling body of work, spanning a broad range of types and scales that is unified by the desire to create a unique expression for each project. Driven by a critical investigation of program, site, context and environment, he identifies the essential underlying forces that truly shape a genuine architecture of place, and transforms those forces into meaningful architecture through inventive design strategies, integrated sustainability and innovative technologies. Rob’s design work has focused on program-driven architecture, encompassing educational, research, healthcare and commercial projects. As the Design Director for the New York office of Perkins + Will, Rob explores and expands the idea of place, moving beyond conventional solutions to pursue an authentic design expression rooted in a deep understanding of the influences of program, context, climate and culture. Rob’s approach has been widely recognized, with over 25 local, national and international design awards and publications including the Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Architecture, and the New York Times. He has spoken about his work at the AIA, the Architectural League, Stanford, Cornell, and MIT.

Robert Perry, AIA, is a Design Director with Gensler in San Francisco, California. His work focuses on parametrically defined, high performance facades that are handcrafted with unexpected material solutions, such as fiber-reinforced polymers. In addition to his unique perspective on façade design, he is a leading expert on innovative design concepts for large-scale, commercial projects internationally, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Robert's passion for traditional craftsmanship and digital design tools lends an alternative approach to his clients' biggest challenges. His work has been featured in Building Design + Construction, Facades Plus, and he recently presented at the Advanced Building Skins Conference in Bern, Switzerland.

Robert-Jan van SANTEN is an architect who graduated from UPA3 VERSAILLES (FR). He worked for approximately 4 years in “Atelier de Paris” for Renzo PIANO in Paris before staying for a year with Marc MIMRAM. He set-up "Bureau d'études façade van SANTEN" (1989), which later became "van SANTEN & Associés" (1999), and eventually VS-A (2010). Under his supervision, then came the establishments of VSA.HK in 2011, and VS-A.KR in 2013. Honored with a Silver Medal from the French Académie d'Architecture for Research and Technique in 2008, he has also been guest speakers in numerous building envelope engineering conferences across Europe and Asia.

Roland is Managing Director and Partner of the international engineering consultancy Werner Sobek. Born in Berlin, he subsequently moved to Hanover, Germany, where he studied Structural Engineering. Having ac- complished his diploma, Roland started working at Werner Sobek and soon rose to be appointed first princi- pal, then general manager, and finally managing director and partner. Roland heads the department of com- petitions and is a specialist of project management, lightweight structures and steel constructions. He has ex- tensive experience in various important high rise projects, such as ADAC Headquarters in Munich/Germany, the Hegau Tower in Singen/Germany and the 400 m high Olympic Tower in Nanjing/China. In addition Roland has been in charge of several complex and large-scale projects such as World Expo 2017 in Asta- na/Kazakhstan and the underground railway station in Stuttgart/Germany. Since 2013, Roland has also been Country Representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

Romeo manages a team of engineers who are responsible for structural, thermal and acoustics performance of the facade. He also has 15 years facade experience.

Ron Hull is the Marketing Manager at Kuraray Trosifol® PVB, Americas. He joined Kuraray in 2016 after working 4 years as the NA Sales Director for Axalta Coating Systems. He began his career as an engineer with Conoco Oil Company and then worked for DuPont for 15+ years in many different positions and business. He has 13+ years of experience in the architectural construction market and is a licensed professional engineer. He has a B.S. from the University of Michigan and Michigan Tech University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Russell H. Davies, P.E. has 27-years in practice and established AVRO Consult Engineering, P.C. in 2012. Prior to AVRO, Mr. Davies completed a wide range of projects with firms based in Boston, New York and London.

Russell received his Bachelor of Science with high honors from Northeastern University in 1993 and his Masters of Architecture from Yale University in 1999. Russell has lectured at numerous industry symposia and served on the faculty at Columbia University School of Architecture and Urban Design from 2004-2016.

Ruth has a Masters Degree in Engineering Design from the University of Bristol, she is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. A senior leader at RWDI and engineer specializing in microclimate design, building physics and computational modelling. Ruth collaborates with design teams and building owners to create spaces that are energy-efficient, well adapted to local climate, and comfortable for occupants. Ruth has carried out much of her work over the past decade on demanding projects, in challenging climates across the globe. Her project management approach is client-focused and results-driven, and her capacity to manage projects on any scale is demonstrated by her work as a client advisor and technical reviewer for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Ryan Lobello is a Senior Associate at Handel Architects, which he joined in 2012. His work has focused on sustainably designed high-rise residential projects, including serving as Project Architect for Cornell Tech’s residential tower, The House, on the new Roosevelt Island campus in New York City. Completed in 2017, The House is the largest Passive House residential building in the world. Mr. Lobello is currently serving as Project Architect for Sendero Verde, Handel Architects’ new 709-unit residential mixed-use project in New York City. Sendero Verde is also being built to Passive House standards, and will be the world’s largest fully affordable Passive House building.