SFE News

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

Spotlight Façade Awards: Battersea Power Station Phase 2

The SFE Façade Design and Engineering Awards recognise excellence and achievement in façade engineering. We will be using the SFE newsletter as a platform to showcase some of the winners from 2023. The UK Refurbishment prize was picked up by seele, Wilkinson Eyre and Buro Happold for their work on Battersea Power Station Phase 2.

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

SFE University Outreach

Members of the Society of Façade Engineering (SFE) were delighted to present an ‘Introduction to Façade Engineering’ at the University of Exeter in January, the University of Surrey in February, at UWE Bristol in April. These lectures included presentations by Simon Bate and Claudio Marini (Buro Happold), Kaman Wong (AESG), Tapiwa Kapofu (Wintech), and Heran Yang (CBRE).

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

Spotlight Façade Awards: Deerns Italia SpA and Park Associati for Luxottica Digital Factory

The SFE Façade Design and Engineering Awards recognise excellence and achievement in façade engineering. We will be using the SFE newsletter as a platform to showcase some of the winners from 2023. The International Refurbishment category was won by Deerns Italia SpA pfor Luxottica Digital Factory. Read more about the project now.

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

UK-SPEC Higher-Risk Buildings Standard

The UK Engineering Council has launched a new standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment Contextualised for Higher-Risk Buildings (UK-SPEC HRB) for engineers and technicians. Registration for Engineers competent to work on HRBs in key disciplines like Structures, Building Services, Façade Engineering, and Fire Engineering is underway.

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

Spotlight Façade Awards: WSP Paddington Square

The SFE Façade Design and Engineering Awards recognise excellence and achievement in façade engineering. We will be using the SFE newsletter as a platform to showcase some of the winners from 2023. WSP's Paddington Square was awarded first place for the New Build UK category.

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

Group A: Spotlight Academia: “Retrofit design for grade-II listed Inland Revenue Centre in Nottingham”

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

SFE Hubs: What we have been up to

The SFE Hubs have continued their busy schedule of events, providing SFE members with engaging content on an international scale.

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

Meet the SFE Hub Representatives

The Society of Façade Engineering's membership is a worldwide network of professionals across the façade industry, with over a thousand members around the globe. To enable the SFE to provide useful services to such a widespread community, we have established localised hubs to organise and operate on a regional basis.

Article category: News
Published on: 04 Jan 24

SoPHE Technical Conference 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities

We are delighted to give SoPHE Industrial Associates a chance to sponsor the Annual SoPHE Technical Conference 2024 - Rainwater.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Women Shaping Façades: A Look at Gender Demographics

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025 #IWD2025 which this year bears the tag #AccelerateAction, the Society of Façade Engineering has committed to increasing equality, diversity and representation of women in the industry.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

SFE Hubs: What we have been up to March 2025

The SFE Hubs have continued their busy schedule of events, providing SFE members with engaging content on an international scale.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight Awards: The Refurbishment of a Grade II-listed Cable Net Facade

The iconic building of Channel 4 Headquarters in London, originally designed by Richard Rogers in the 1990s, is Grade II-listed with only a few of its kind around the world. It reflects an era of ‘design by testing’ where boundaries were pushed and technical excellence was defined. The result is a highly engineered 20-metre-high curved curtain wall façade that combines ground-breaking features such as suspended glass panels, shock-absorbing suspension springs and a pre-tensioned cable net fixed to an ingenious steel crown. After twenty-five years, the façade was showing its age and needed care and attention.