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Three doctoral theses from D-ARCH honored with ETH Medal
During the doctoral awards ceremony on 24 January 2025, Matthew Critchley, Rune Frandsen and Kam-Ming Mark Tam received a Silver Medal for outstanding doctoral theses.
“Architecture is primarily a social act”: TEN is leading a visiting studio at D-ARCH
The architecture, design and research association works in various locations and constellations. The Avala House near Belgrade was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award.
Zigzags for greener construction
An architecture PhD student at ETH Zurich has developed a simple solution for building concrete floors in a more climate-friendly way. Significant amounts of concrete and steel can be saved thanks to a lightweight, robust and reusable formwork design.
A digital edition presents Gottfried Semper's writing “Style” for the first time in a critical version
Architects and historians can examine the architect's main theoretical work in detail on a website. The SNSF research project will enter its third phase in 2025.
Exhibition of master's theses
The master's theses of the fall semester 2024 are on display on the Hönggerberg campus of ETH Zurich until 24 January 2025. The exhibition features design projects on the topic “House Europe” and video interviews.
Débora Mesa Molina appointed Full Professor of Architecture, Arts and Technology
With her practice Ensamble Studio, her research and the startup WoHo, the Spanish architect explores the possibilities of prefabrication to industrialize construction and make it more affordable.
Adrien Comte and Adrien Meuwly appointed Associate Professors of Architecture and Construction
The two architects focus on transformation, precise details and hands-on construction. Just seven years after founding their office in Zurich and Geneva, they work on projects from Neuchâtel to Paris.
Oxana Gourinovitch receives second Egon Eiermann Postdoctoral Fellowship
The architect, curator, and architectural historian is joining the gta Institute during the 2024/25 academic year. In her research project, she is investigating the history and spatial legacy of the uranium mining operation in the GDR.
The potential of an architecture that combines old and new with partial interventions
The book "Towards Transformation" explains the 33.3% attitude of the design studio of Professor Jan De Vylder and 8000.agency, and presents 22 student projects in Zurich.
Visiting Professor Samia Henni awarded with the Golden Owl for excellence in teaching
With the prize, the Association of Students at ETH Zurich (VSETH) honors particularly dedicated lecturers. The historian Samia Henni taught at the gta Institute from 2023 to 2024.