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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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02.05.2022
Prof. Block will on May 10 be part of a panel on "accelerating the transition to net-zero building" at TOUR DE SUISSE on Responsible Business, hosted by Global Compact Network Switzerland & Lichtenstein at Empa NEST.
20.04.2022
Invited by Prof. Dirk Hebel, Prof. Block is excited to give the keynote at sustain.build.repeat., organised by KIT at the ZKM in Karlsruhe on April 29.
18.04.2022
invited by Prof. Arun Menon, Prof. Block is pleased to give the 9th Annual Distinguished Lecture, organised by the National Centre for Safety of Heritage Structures (NCSHS) and the Chennai Chapter of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
16.04.2022
Invited by Prof. Joel Lamere, Prof. Block will on April 20 give Tecnoglass Lecture at The University of Miami School of Architecture.
15.04.2022
Prof. Block is the inaugural recipient of the Myron Goldsmith Memorial Fellowship at the IIT College of Architecture in Chicago. His public lecture is on Mon April 18 at 5pm in Crown Hall.
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BRG @ the 2016 IASS Symposium in Tokyo
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More PublicationsSelected Publications
Akbarzadeh M., Van Mele T. and Block P.
Computer-Aided Design
Van Mele T. and Block P.
Computer-Aided Design
Veenendaal D. and Block P.
Engineering Structures
Block P. and Lachauer L.
Mechanics Research Communications
Panozzo D., Block P. and Sorkine-Hornung O.
ACM Transactions on Graphics - SIGGRAPH 2013
Rippmann M. and Block P.
Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials
Veenendaal D. and Block P.
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Van Mele T., Lachauer L., Rippmann M. and Block P.
Journal of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures
Davis L., Rippmann M., Pawlofsky T. and Block P.
The Structural Engineer
Rippmann M., Lachauer L. and Block P.
International Journal of Space Structures
Van Mele T. and Block P.
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures
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