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NEST HiLo at Dutch Design Week 2014

NEST HiLo at Dutch Design Week 2014

18.10.2014

As part of the Dutch Design Week, several models of the thin shell roof and cable-net formwork of the NEST HiLo roof are now on display at the SUPERMODELS exhibition. The Dutch Design Week will run in Eindhoven, Netherlands from October 18th through October 26th 2014. 

Prof. Block promoted to Associate Professor

Prof. Block promoted to Associate Professor

19.09.2014

On Sept 17-18, the ETH Board voted to give Prof. Block tenure at ETH Zurich. From October 1, he will be Associate Professor (ausserordentlicher Professor) for Architecutre and Structures (Architektur und Tragwerk) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture. Read ETH Board's official anouncement here.

Department lectures Prof. Block at University of Oregon

Department lectures Prof. Block at University of Oregon

18.09.2014

Prof. Block has been invited to give two department lectures at the University of Oregon's Department of Architecture, on Oct 13 on the Eugene campus and on Oct 14 on the Portland campus.

Lectures BRG at the IASS symposium in Brasilia, Brazil

Lectures BRG at the IASS symposium in Brasilia, Brazil

30.08.2014

The BLOCK Research Group, represented by Prof. Block, Diederik Veenendaal, David López López and Masoud Akbarzadeh, is presenting several papers at the 2014 IASS Symposium of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures, which is held this year in Brasilia, Brazil, from Sept 15-19. Prof. Block will chair a special session on "Graphic Statics" with as special guest William F. (Bill) Baker, structural partner at SOM.

Construction NEST started

Construction NEST started

26.08.2014

The construction of the modular research and innovation house NEST got underway at its ground-breaking ceremony on August 26. The building’s frame, its “backbone”, should be completed by the summer of 2015, upon which HiLo and other research modules will be installed.

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