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Lecture Dr. Dell'Endice at University of Innsbruck

Lecture Dr. Dell'Endice at University of Innsbruck

08.01.2024

Invited by Johannes Megens, Dr. Dell'Endice will on Jan 8 contribute to the Lecture series Material and Technology organised by the Structure and Design group at the Department of Design, University of Innsbruck.

Lecture Prof. Block at Grounded Materials Mexico

Lecture Prof. Block at Grounded Materials Mexico

23.11.2023

Prof. Block will on Nov 23 give a(n online) lecture to Grounded Materials México.  

Keynote Prof. Block at AECTech in NYC

Keynote Prof. Block at AECTech in NYC

03.11.2023

Invited by Rob Otani of Thornton Tomasetti, Prof. Block is excited to give a keynote at the AECTech Symposium, organised on Nov 3 in the AIA NYC Center for Architecture.

Prof. Block lecture at University St Gallen

Prof. Block lecture at University St Gallen

27.10.2023

Prof. Block will on Oct 27 give a presentation with Antonio Carrillo, VP Sustainability at Holcim, on "Sustainability and Strategy" in the Board Essentials programme organised by the Institute of Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen.

Lecture Dr. Vestartas on DigitalFUTURES World

Lecture Dr. Vestartas on DigitalFUTURES World

21.10.2023

Dr. Petras Vestartas will on Oct 21 give a lecture on COMPAS Wood as part of the "frontiers of timber construction" panel on DigitalFUTURES World.

Dandelion Award for Prof. Block

Dandelion Award for Prof. Block

13.10.2023

Prof. Block won the 2023 Dandelion Award for championing student entrepreneurship, selected for the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich.

Paper presentation Lotte Scheder-Bieschin at AAG '23 in Stuttgart

Paper presentation Lotte Scheder-Bieschin at AAG '23 in Stuttgart

06.10.2023

Lotte Scheder-Bieschin will present her paper on flat-foldable, curve-creased plate formworks at Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) 2023, organised at the University of Stuttgart on Oct 6-7.

Prof. Block at Alps Forum 2023

Prof. Block at Alps Forum 2023

28.09.2023

On Sep 29, Prof. Block has been invited to hold a discussion with Matthias Hartmann on "Sustainable Cities – How Can We Make Cities CO2 Neutral" at the Alps Forum 2023.

Successful doctoral defense Kam-Ming Mark Tam

Successful doctoral defense Kam-Ming Mark Tam

19.09.2023

Congratulations to Dr. Kam-Ming Mark Tam for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, titled "Learning Discrete Equilibrium - Trans-topological Inverse Pattern and Force Design Using Machine Learning & Automatic Differentiation", with Prof. Andreas Krause (Computer Science, ETH Zurich), Prof. Nathan Brown (PennState), and Robert Otani (Thornton Tomasetti) as external examiners. Additionally, Mark was nominated for an ETH Medal!

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