SFE News

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.