New paper in Structures
09.03.2020
Check out our new journal paper in Structures, detailing the research and development that went into KnitCandela.
News
09.03.2020
Check out our new journal paper in Structures, detailing the research and development that went into KnitCandela.
01.03.2020
Invited by Prof. Donald Bates, part of Melbourne Design Week and supported by a Treseder Fellowship, Prof. Block will on Mon March 16 give a department lecture at the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
03.01.2020
Check out our paper "Redefining Structural Art: Strategies, necessities and opportunities" in the special issue of The Structural Engineer, edited by Ed Clark and Prof. Tim Ibell.
01.01.2020
We wish you happy holidays and a great start to the new year! We are looking forward to 2020 - expect many new projects & innovations from us!! Enjoy our knitted tree!
04.12.2019
KnitCandela is a winner in the Digital Fabrication category of the 2019 AN Best of Design Awards.
29.11.2019
Front-page feature on Dr. Mariana Popescu in TagesAnzeiger.
22.11.2019
The Swedish Concrete Association has awarded the NCCR Digital Fabrication the 2019 Swedish Concrete Award. We are pleased that the BRG's sustainable concrete construction innovations are through this recognised!
16.11.2019
Prof. Block and Dr. Popescu will on Nov 29 deliver a keynote in the closing plenary session of the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2019.
28.10.2019
On Nov 16-17, Dr. Mariana Popescu will give a talk at TEDx Bucharest.
22.10.2019
We are excited for Robin Oval, who will on Nov 1 start as post-doctoral researcher in the ACORN - Automating Concrete Construction project, working with Dr. John Orr of University of Cambridge and Dr. Paul Shepherd of University of Bath.
12.10.2019
Prof. Block will on Mon Oct 21 at 18:00 give a lecture in the "Blauer Montag" public lecture series at the Department of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering of ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
02.10.2019
Invited by Arash Adel, Alessandro Dell'Endice will on Oct 14 give a COMPAS assembly workshop to the Master of Science in Architecture - Digital and Material Technologies at Taubman College, University of Michigan.
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