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ETH Zürich
Departement Architektur
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093 Zürich

30/10/2026

Congratulations to Studio Foundations, which received a Swiss Arc Award in the Next Generation category for its new approach to the first-year course!

“At its core is a jointly shared culture of design and discussion in which different perspectives are brought together and questions are explored in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner,” writes the jury.

Read the article in the D-ARCH News: link in comments.

The studio was led by Prof. Philippe Block, Prof. Roger Boltshauser, Prof. Maarten Delbeke, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Daniel Mettler, Prof. Jacqueline Pauli, Prof. Arno Schlüter and Prof. Martina Voser.

It was supervised by Saida Brückner, Dorian Bürgy, Cosimo Caccia, Bettina Germann, Holger Harmeier, Jens Knöpfel, Kristina Möhring, Vicente Nequinha, Clara Maria Puglisi, Yves Rechsteiner, Eva Schneuwly, Lian Stähelin, Nora Tahiraj, Walter Toccaceli, Luca Ugolini, Maria Urbaite, Anastasia Vaynberg, Caterina Viguera, Nicola Wild, Nicole Würth, and Jan Zachmann.

Support as curators was provided by Cristiano Aires Teixeira, Ivan Bagaturiya, Carolie Berchtold, Leo Bettini, Oskar Brunner, Lluis Enrique Monzo, Michele Capelli, Zelda Frank, Louise Grosjean, Halima Hassan, Daniel Itten, Stefan Jos, Lukas Nussbaumer, Juan Orjuela, Martin Rösch, Sarah Rohr, and Moritz Schmidt.

Photos: Louise Grosjean, Dorian Buergy, Mirjam Froehlich, Studio Foundations

29/10/2026

Winner of an ETH Medal: Master's Thesis "Birds Views (House Europe)" by Yannick Fortiguerra, Spring Semester 2026, supervised by Prof. Maria Conen, Rui Filipe Pinto

Check out the Works website featuring selected Master's Theses: works.arch.ethz.ch

28/10/2026

From invasive plants to a vaulted ceiling.

The South African startup nonCrete has built a community centre using biomass concrete made from recycled invasive plants. The low-strength shell structure of the ceiling was made possible by the Block Research Group.

The Indlovu Floor system is unreinforced, low-cost and carbon-negative, and can largely be built by local workers. In 2026, it passed the full-scale load and fire tests required for national certification.

To develop the system further, nonCrete is looking for collaboration partners in South Africa and abroad. Interested people or companies are welcome to reach out to co-founder Stephen Lamb.

Link to the article in the D-ARCH News in the comments.

27/10/2026

Discover the next generation of Swiss architecture:

On 27 October, the Institute for Design and Architecture welcomes Ahmed Belkhodja from fala atelier in Porto/Lausanne as well as Jan Meier and Lena Unger from Meier Unger in Leipzig for the lecture series Assemblages at ETH Zurich.

The series, curated by Momoyo Kaijima and Laurent Stalder, presents projects by architects under 45 who are active in Switzerland or maintain strong ties with the Swiss context.

Under the title Assemblages, the programme highlights a new generation of architects, marking the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Architecture and Design IEA.

Assemblages: New Architecture in/from Switzerland
Type / Figure – Haus Scholl, 125 (Responder: Christoph Gantenbein)
Tuesday, 27 October, 18.00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL E1

Photos: Francisco Ascensão, Philip Heckhausen

26/10/2026

Congratulations to the Serbian-Swiss collective TEN, currently teaching a visiting studio at D-ARCH, on receiving the "Creator of the Year 2026" distinction from the ICONIC Awards.

The jury "honours a distinctive way of working and a position that combines architecture, research, cultural intervention and social responsibility in a contemporary practice".

More information: https://iconic-awards.com/en/news-detail/creator-of-the-year-2026-ten

Photo: TEN

23/10/2026

Winner of an ETH Medal: Master's Thesis "Debris Movers" by Zofia Maria Krupa, Autumn Semester 2024, supervised by Prof. Tom Emerson

Check out the Works website featuring selected Master's Theses: works.arch.ethz.ch

22/10/2026

The book "Wohnen XL" by Fabian Furter traces the history of mass housing construction in Switzerland between 1945 and 1975. It will be published in November by gta Verlag.

The publication is based on Furter's doctoral dissertation on industrialised housing construction in Switzerland, completed at ETH Zurich in 2022 under the supervision of Professor Philip Ursprung.

Read the English translation of an excerpt from the prologue by Fabian Further in the D-ARCH News: news.arch.ethz.ch

"Wohnen XL: Industrielles Bauen in der Schweiz 1945 bis 1975"
By Fabian Furter
Foreword by Angelus Eisinger, Philip Ursprung
Designed by Martina Brassel
gta Verlag, 2026
Book launch: 7 November, 16-18.00, Kino Koni, Zurich

Photos:
Bern-West: Housing estates Ausserholligen, Neuhaus, Tscharnergut, Schwabgut, Bethlehemacker, Gäbelbach and Holenacker, 1955–1986. Photo: Swissair Photo AG, 1981 (ETH Library Zurich, Image Archive / Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz / LBS_L1-811882)
R 1000 Augarten, Rheinfelden, 1971–1976. Photo: Swissair Photo AG, 1976 (ETH Library Zurich, Image Archive / Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz / LBS_L1-75811)
Sonnhalde housing estate, Adlikon bei Regensdorf, 1966–1979. Photo: Hans Krebs, 1981 (ETH Library Zurich, Image Archive / Com_FC24-8105-0007)
Telli housing estate, Aarau, 1970–1991. Photo: Swissair Photo AG, 1992 (ETH Library Zurich, Image Archive / Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz / LBS_L1-920845)

21/10/2026

Highlights from past design studios at D-ARCH:

Project by student Lukas Notz, Autumn Semester 2023, supervised by Roger Boltshauser

Check out the Works website featuring selected Master's Theses: works.arch.ethz.ch

20/10/2026

Ten years of support for gta exhibitions: The Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation is funding art historical research and education at gta exhibitions of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture with a long-term grant.

The funding strengthens the field of art history whilst enabling students and early-career researchers to receive practical training in research, curatorial work and outreach.

Thank you for this generous commitment!

More in the ETH Foundation news: ethz-foundation.ch

Photo of the signing ceremony (from left): Niels Olsen, Co-Director and curator gta exhibitions; Mirjam Vögeli, Blum & Grob Rechtsanwälte; Amina Chaudri, member of the Board of Trustees of the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation; ETH President Joël Mesot; Georg Frei, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation; Fredi Fischli, Co-Director and curator gta exhibitions; Tom Avermaete, Dean D-ARCH (© ETH Foundation / Daniel Winkler)

19/10/2026

ETH Zurich students win two main prizes and two recognitions at the SIA Master Prize Architecture. Congratulations to all the winners!

One prize was awarded to Julius Baumanns and Dag von der Decken for their project “No Ideas But in Fallow Lands”, supervised by Adam Caruso, Emilie Appercé, and Tibor Bielicky.

Another prize was awarded to Nora Zeller and Pascal Linard Mijnssen for their project "Margins to That Which Isn't", supervised by Jan de Vylder, Annamaria Prandi, and An Fonteyne.

In addition, the jury awarded recognitions to D-ARCH alumni Luca Bächler and Hannes Pabst.

Read the article in the D-ARCH Magazine: arch.ethz.ch

Photos: Manu Friederich

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