New paper in Applied Sciences
15.04.2021
Check out our new paper "Parametric stability analysis of groin vaults", published in the journal Applied Sciences.
News
15.04.2021
Check out our new paper "Parametric stability analysis of groin vaults", published in the journal Applied Sciences.
08.04.2021
Organised by Swissnex China, Prof. Block is excited to join the webinar nexFrontier: Digital Fabrication - Shaping the Future of Architecture on April 20, 2021.
06.04.2021
Based on a collaboration with École des Ponts ParisTech, check out our new paper "Two-colour topology finding of quad-mesh patterns", published in the journal Computer-Aided Design.
01.04.2021
Dr. Mariana Popescu has joined as a member of the Board of Trustees for the International Building Exhibition 2027 (IBA27) Stadtregion Stuttgart.
21.02.2021
Future Cities Laboratory - FCL Global will be officially launched on March 2. The BRG participates in the research module 'Urban Biocycles'. We will be hiring soon!
20.02.2021
Check out the V1.0 release of COMPAS, the open-source, Python-based computational framework for research and collaboration in architecture, engineering, fabrication and construction, initiated by the BRG and supported by the NCCR Digital Fabrication!
18.02.2021
Dr. Juney Lee and Prof. Block will on March 23 give an online computational graphic statics course for the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).
30.01.2021
Apply for one of the three doctoral fellowships in "Architecture & Technology" at the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) at ETH Zurich. Applications are due on January 31, 2021.
25.01.2021
Prof. Block will give on Feb 4 give a short keynote at IABSE Christchurch "Resilient Technologies for Sustainable Infrastructures".
11.01.2021
On Jan 16, Prof. Block will participate in a panel discussion on shell structures with Sigrid Adriaenssens, Chris Williams and Philip F. Yuan. The event is organised by the WG5 of the International Association of Shell Structures (IASS) and will be held on DigitalFUTURES WORLD.
31.12.2020
The BRG is signing off! 2020 was not the year we all imagined, but we are excited and ready for 2021! Click for some sparkles and to notice a nice mention in the ETH highlights of 2020!
07.12.2020
Check out Dr. Mariana Popescu's excellent TEDx Bucharest talk on Knitting Architecture!
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