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Could the layout of trees impact human health?

A long-term Switzerland-wide study at the Future Cities Lab has found that neighbourhoods with numerous, well-arranged trees exhibit lower mortality risks than other areas. The reasons behind this will require further research.
Towering feat in an alpine village

ETH Zurich has fabricated the world’s tallest 3D-printed structure. With the construction of the White Tower in Mulegns, researchers hope to bring innovative technologies to commercial maturity.
Semper Aula has been restored and can be used again

Probably the most representative room at ETH Zurich was restored and renovated over a period of three years. Various internal and external experts were involved in the conservation work.
Exhibition on the architecture of openness

A traveling exhibition at D-ARCH presents the research on open access carried out by ETH graduates Oliver Burch, Jakob Junghanss and Lukas Ryffel as part of the BSA scholarship.
Students design alternative plans for the Campus Hönggerberg of ETH Zurich

The Chair of Affective Architectures of Professor An Fonteyne has collaborated during several semesters with ETH Real Estate. The design studio is rethinking the use of the existing buildings on the campuses.
Visiting lecturer Oliver Lütjens joins the Swiss Federal Art Commission

In the committee, the co-founder of the architecture firm Lütjens Padmanabhan will be a member of the jury for the Swiss Art Awards.
D-ARCH Department Lectures welcome architects from five continents in the Spring Semester 2025

Xu Tiantian from China, Al Borde from Ecuador, Heinrich Wolff and Ilze Wolff from South Africa, Valerio Olgiati from Switzerland and the studio Dogspike from Australia will talk about the topic “When matters become form”.
The adaptive solar façade of the startup Zurich Soft Robotics combines photovoltaics and dynamic solar shading

The Solskin façade system has been integrated in two research buildings and a house in the Alps. In Winterthur, architects are using the technology of the ETH Zurich spin-off in their designs for two new building projects.
ETH Zurich Professor emeritus Miroslav Šik receives the Prix Meret Oppenheim 2025

At the ETH Zurich in the 1980s, the architect developed the consequential movement of "Analogue Architecture". Over almost 20 years lecturing at the ETH, Šik influenced a further generation of architects.
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.