D-ARCH Department Lectures welcome architects from five continents in the spring semester 2025

Xu Tiantian from China, Al Borde from Ecuador, Wolff architects from South Africa, Valerio Olgiati from Switzerland and Dogspike from Australia will present their work.

An adaptive solar façade 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.

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«Je ne regrette rien»

Sie entwarf gefeierte Museumsbauten und das berühmteste Hochhaus von Zürich. Dann begann der Klimawandel ihr den Schlaf zu rauben. Prof. em. Annette Gigon im grossen Gespräch.

01.04.2025 by Hochparterre

Hat die Anordnung von Bäumen Konsequenzen für unsere Gesundheit?

Menschen, die in Quartieren mit grossen und zusammenhängende Baumkronenflächen wohnen, haben ein geringeres Sterberisiko als jene in Gebieten mit fragmentierten Baumflächen. Für konkrete städteplanerische Empfehlungen braucht es aber noch mehr und genauere Daten. (Future Cities Lab)

28.03.2025 by SRF

One Million Votes for the Built Fabric

The demolition of old buildings remains commonplace, but the European Citizens' Initiative HouseEurope has great potential to change this: If enough signatures are collected, legislation could be made more conversion-friendly across Europe.

25.03.2025 by World Architects

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