Facades+ Fall 2026 Tour Hits Six North American Cities
The Facades+ conference series for fall 2026 will kick off in North America, beginning with an event in Chicago on September 17. This gathering will feature discussions on facade technology, networking opportunities, and a building product exhibition. Co-chairs Perkins&Will will present projects such as the Cairo Iconic Tower and the Suzhou Science and Technology Museum. Following this, Denver will host its conference on October 1, featuring keynote speaker Marlon Blackwell, with co-chairs POPULOUS and Fentress. Vancouver's event, scheduled for October 27 and co-chaired by Stantec, will focus on mass timber envelopes. In early November, Los Angeles will have a two-day conference with SOM, while Nashville's event on November 19, co-chaired by Gensler, will examine the skyline. Seattle's conference on December 3 will concentrate on adaptive reuse. The 2027 series will commence in San Francisco on January 20.
Key facts
- Facades+ fall 2026 tour includes six cities: Chicago, Denver, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Seattle.
- Chicago conference on September 17 features Perkins&Will co-chairs and Jahn/ presentation on James R. Thompson Center redesign.
- Denver conference on October 1 with keynote by Marlon Blackwell and co-chairs POPULOUS and Fentress.
- Vancouver conference on October 27 with Stantec co-chair, focusing on mass timber and passive cooling.
- Los Angeles two-day conference in early November with SOM co-chair, including LACMA and Raising Cane's case studies.
- Nashville conference on November 19 with Gensler co-chair, covering Nissan Stadium and Neuhoff development.
- Seattle conference on December 3 with WRNS co-chair, featuring adaptive reuse panel.
- 2027 schedule includes San Francisco, Washington D.C., Atlanta, New York City, Houston, and Kansas City.
Entities
Artists
- Marlon Blackwell
- Peter Zumthor
- Carl D’Silva
- Marius Ronnett
- Aashit Shah
- Andrew Kroll
- Montgomery Forman
- Terrence R. McDonnell
- Matt Kuba
- Max Komnenich
- Alyssa Krause
- Darnell Shields
- Philip Castillo
- Lynda Dossey
- Helmut Jahn
Institutions
- Perkins&Will
- Jahn/
- POPULOUS
- Fentress
- Stantec
- Revery Architecture
- Francl Architecture
- SOM
- Donaldson + Partners
- Walter P. Moore
- Gensler
- TVS
- Island Facades
- S9
- WRNS
- SHED Architects
- Heliotrope Architects
- Graham Baba
- SmithGroup
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- Colorado School of Mines
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Tennessee Titans
- Denver Summit FC
- IAH Mickey Leland International Terminal
- PNE Amphitheater
- Fifteen Fifteen Alberni
- Neuhoff development
- Portland Art Museum
- Hennebery Eddy
- Mortenson
- Studio NYL
- SCB
- Klein and Hoffman
- Campbell Coyle
- Chris Dillon
- CTL Group
- Thornton Tomasetti
- Lamar Johnson Collaborative
- Project Management Advisors
- ACT – Proactive Community Building
- voco Chicago Downtown
Locations
- Chicago
- United States
- Denver
- Colorado
- Vancouver
- Canada
- Los Angeles
- California
- Nashville
- Tennessee
- Seattle
- Washington
- San Francisco
- Washington D.C.
- Atlanta
- Georgia
- New York City
- Houston
- Texas
- Kansas City
- Missouri
- Toronto
- Cairo
- Egypt
- Suzhou
- China
- Illinois
- Robert Emmett Elementary School
- Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation
- James R. Thompson Center