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Misk Art Institute in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Anne Holtrop
Material Gesture

Anne Holtrop speaks about his architecture, teaching, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza

1935–2024

Kurt Forster, scholar and former Getty Research Institute and CCA director, dies at 89

Interior courtyard of an academic building
Thinking Outside the Box

A facade influenced by modernism adds dimensionality to ETH Zurich’s campus

an experimental structure with different experimental building modules and a swooping concrete roof, hilo
Get High, Get Low

The HiLo module at Zurich’s NEST pairs ancient building concepts with futuristic construction

a man walking up stairs onto a concrete footbridge bridge, striatus
Just Add Water

Zaha Hadid Architects and Block Research Group unveil a swooping 3D-printed concrete bridge in Venice

Nine concrete columns are lit below in front of a mountain in a nighttime scene thanks to the team from ETH Zurich
Choreographed Columns

Researchers and students at ETH Zurich print complex columns for dance festival

A rendering of a six-story building
Light as Air

New Swiss residential building shows off the latest in efficient tech

Photo of DFAB House in Switzerland
Show Off

Swiss researchers enlist the help of robots to build high-tech showhome

Photo of the Functionally Integrated Funicular Floor System
Concrete Solutions

Swiss researchers develop high-tech floor that minimizes concrete use

Photo of the KnitCandela pavilion
Spinning a Yarn

Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich team up to build a knitted formwork concrete pavilion

Lea Ruffenacht, 2017
Change Afoot

Center for Architecture and ETH hold conference on responsive cities

Concrete Ideas

This experimental concrete roof is half the weight of its peers

(Courtesy NCCR Digital Fabrication/Roman Keller)
Dreaming of Wooden Sheep

Swiss researchers use robots to build complex timber structures

Concrete Evidence

Ultrathin concrete roof to cap a net-positive energy rooftop apartment

BLOCK Research Group’s Freeform Catalan Thin-Tile Vault

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