Lecture Prof. Block at Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff
10.02.2016
Invited by the Student Association in the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University, Prof. Block will give a lecture in their SAWSA Winter Lecture Series on Mon Feb 29.
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10.02.2016
Invited by the Student Association in the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University, Prof. Block will give a lecture in their SAWSA Winter Lecture Series on Mon Feb 29.
05.02.2016
On Monday Feb 15, Dr. Tomás Mendez Echenagucia and Prof. Block will give a lunch talk at Heatherwick studio in London.
04.02.2016
Matthias Rippmann successfully defended his PhD thesis! In the presence of co-supervisor Prof. Werner Sobek and a large audience, his excellent work was furthermore recommended for an "Auszeichnung". Congrats, Dr. Funicular!
04.01.2016
Join us for the PhD defence of Matthias Rippmann! He will present his doctoral dissertation, titled "Funicular Shell Design", on Feb 4 at 13:00 in HIL E 71. Co-supervisor is Prof. Werner Sobek from the University of Stuttgart.
18.12.2015
The Block Research Group (BRG) wishes you a sensational start of the new year! Check out our structurally sound xmas tree puzzle here. ;)
17.12.2015
Ursula Frick's research featured in the December newsletter of the NCCR Digital Fabrication.
10.12.2015
Short interview of Prof. Block on natural stone, in the Decemeber 2015 special issue "Vom Berg zum Bau" of Hochparterre.
03.12.2015
Colleague Dirk Hebel finished his book on the Sustainable Urban Dwelling Unit (SUDU), which resulted in a two-volume publication "SUDU: Research and Manual," published by Ruby Press. The BRG wrote a chapter.
18.11.2015
Invited by Prof. Helmut Pottman, Prof. Block will be one of the speakers in an exciting line up at the Geometry and Computational Design (GCD) Symposium at TU Vienna on Nov 30. The talk will show the latest research on "Geometry-based Structural Design."
15.11.2015
Invited by Professors Jens Schneider and Ulrich Knaack, Prof. Block will on Nov 24 give a lecture in the "Future Engineering Talks" lecture series, organized by the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design at TU Darmstadt.
12.11.2015
An online article for the Dutch website Tektoniek by Diederik Veenendaal about structural optimization, fabric formworks, and NEST HiLo. Read the article here.
25.10.2015
The Block Research Group will have two small exhibitions at architektur0.15. Go check out the exhibtion "Werkschau für Architektur" from October 31 to November 3 in the Maag Hallen in Zurich.
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