New journal paper in Structures

06.03.2018

Check out our new paper "Building in concrete with an ultra-lightweight knitted stay-in-place formwork: Prototype of a concrete shell bridge" in the Elsevier journal Structures.

New journal paper in Automation in Construction

03.03.2018

Check out our NCCR DFAB collaborative paper "Active control of the NEST HiLo net formwork prototype", accepted for publciation in the journal Automation in Construction.

Article on NEST HiLo roof prototype in first issue of STRUCTURES

01.03.2018

Arts Prize Berlin lecture Prof. Block

28.02.2018

On Monday March 19, Prof. Block has been invited by the Akademie der Künste in Berlin to give a lecture as recipient of the Arts Prize Berlin 2018 in the category Architecture.

Lecture Prof. Block at Fachtagung eco-bau und NNBS 2018

27.02.2018

Prof. Block will on March 15 share the BRG's unique research in concrete structures and construction at the Fachtagung eco-bau und NNBS 2018 on "Innovative Bauweisen".

New journal paper in CAD

21.02.2018

Check out Juney Lee's journal paper "Disjointed force polyhedra", published in Computer-Aided Design.

Lecture Dr. Rippmann at the Digital Real Estate Summit 2018

21.02.2018

Dr. Rippmann has been invited to speak at the 4th Digital Real Estate Summit 2018 on March 6.

Keynote Prof. Block at Technion

15.02.2018

Invited by Profs. Yasha Grobman and Rafael Sacks, Prof. Block will give a keynote at Israel Symposium on Buidling Information Modelling held at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel on February 26th, 2018.

Prof. Block to receive 2018 Arts Prize Berlin for Architecture

16.01.2018

Prof. Block will be the recipient of the 2018 Art Prize Berlin (Kunstpreis Berlin) in the section Architecture (Baukunst). Ian Ritchie, Norman Foster and Patrik Schumacher were the invited jury by the Akademie der Künste. The award ceremony will be on March 18.

Department lecture Prof. Block at KIT

08.01.2018

Invited by Prof. Dirk Hebel, Prof. Block will on Jan 17 give a department lecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.

Documentary on NEST HiLo roof prototype at photo18

06.01.2018

The photographic documentary by Naida Iljazovic of the NEST HiLo roof prototype construction has been selected for photo18 Zürich. Go check out the exhibtiion from Jan 12-16 at Halle 622 in Zürich-Oerlikon.

Prof. Block gives AA EmTech keynote

05.01.2018

Invited by Prof. Mike Weinstock, Prof. Block will on January 10, 2018 give the AA EmTech keynote as part of the Architectural Association - School of Architecture's public lecture programme.