21st Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo

The Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo has been running for over 20 years and is the premier international event for innovative building envelopes.

Attracting architects, engineers and representatives from the construction industry makes this event the ideal place for productive networking with a wide mix of industry specialists from more than 50 countries across the world.

The event is held in English and will take place 03-04 November 2026 at the Kursaal Conference Centre in Bern, Switzerland.

One of the main themes of this year’s Advanced Building Skins Conference is the Application of Artificial Intelligence in façade design. The conference will bring together leading engineers, architects, researchers, and technology developers who are shaping the future of AI-enabled design and engineering in the AEC sector. Join us to explore how these tools are being applied in practice.

Beyond AI, the conference programme will address a broad spectrum of advanced façade and envelope technologies, including the Integration of solar technologies into the building envelope, Innovative products and technologies, and Performance-based retrofits.