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The Block Research Group (BRG) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zürich is led by Prof. Dr. Philippe Block and Dr. Tom Van Mele. Research at the BRG focuses on several core areas, including analysis of masonry structures, graphical analysis and design methods, computational form finding and structural design, discrete element assemblies, and fabrication and construction technologies....

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Keynote Prof. Block at BE-AM 2021

Keynote Prof. Block at BE-AM 2021

20.11.2021

Keynote Prof. Block at 4th Croatian Sustainable Building Conference

Keynote Prof. Block at 4th Croatian Sustainable Building Conference

14.11.2021

Prof. Block will on Nov 22 give a keynote on Striatus at the 4th Sustainable Building Conference, organised by the Croatia Green Building Council.

Culmann Master thesis prize for Minxiang Gao

Culmann Master thesis prize for Minxiang Gao

13.11.2021

We are very pleased to share that Minxiang Gao received a Culmann prize for outstanding Master thesis in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG)! A big congrats also to Francesco Ranaudo, who supervised his work on "vibration analysis of rib-stiffened funicular floors"!

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