Neighbors Lecture Series: Minnette De Silva: Intersections
November 20, 2024, 12:30 pm, Archizoom, EPFL: Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi will join us for the Neighbours lecture series on History & Theory of Architecture Vol. 4.
Meryl Barthe and Noémie Perregaux-Dielf Received SIA Commendation for Their Master’s Project
Congratulations to Meryl Barthe and Noémie Perregaux-Dielf for receiving SIA commendation for their master’s project titled, “DIS/ ASSEMBLE.”
Keynote Lecture: Constructing Concrete: The Power of Discourse across the 19th and 20th Centuries
October 4, 2024, University of Pennsylvania: Sarah Nichols will deliver a keynote lecture at Concrete Age, Concrete Nation conference at Weitzman School of Design, Philadelphia.
Mud on the Floor Lecture Series: Construction Drawing: Retracing the Roles of an Early 20th Century British Contractor
October 16, 2024, 12:30pm, AAC 0 14, EPFL: Jesse Honsa will join us for ‘Mud on the Floor: Dirty Realities in Scholarly Work’ lecture series.
Tiffanie Paré Awarded Doc.ch Grant
Congratulations to Tiffanie Paré for receiving funding from doc.ch SNSF grant for her PhD project titled, “The Contractor as More-Than Builder: Zschokke and the Built Environment in Switzerland and Beyond, 1909–1981.”
Postdoctoral position in History and Theory of Architecture
THEMA has an open position for a postdoctoral position to commence on or before January 2025.
Neighbors Lecture Series – Fragile Objects, Coded Knowledge
May 8, 2024, 12:30 pm, SG Foyer, EPFL: Anna-Maria Meister will join us for the Neighbors lecture series on History & Theory of Architecture Vol. 3.
Neighbors Lecture Series – Industrial Architecture, Situated in the Twentieth Century
April 10, 2024, 12:30 pm, SG Foyer, EPFL: Claire Zimmerman will join us for the Neighbors lecture series on History & Theory of Architecture Vol. 3.
Production Studies Conference
March 25-28, 2024, Newcastle University: Sarah Nichols will present at the production studies conference.
Concrete: Cosmetic and Care
March 6, 2024 – May 5, 2024: “Concrete: Cosmetic and Care” is now showing at The Great Repair exhibition at Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris.
Colloque Technologie du Bâti
March 6, 2024, SG Foyer, EPFL: Sarah Nichols will present at the colloquium Technologie du Bâti and participate in the roundtable discussion.
Neighbors Lecture Series – The Politics of the Screen
December 6, 2023, 12:30 pm, AAC 008, EPFL: Davide Spina will join us for the fifth talk of the Neighbours lecture series on History & Theory of Architecture Vol. 2.
Neighbors Lecture Series- Provenance Projected: Before the Fact
November 14, 2023, 12:30 pm, CM 0 11, EPFL: Mari Lending will join us for the second talk of the Neighbours lecture series on History & Theory of Architecture Vol. 2.
Constructing Materials: Inaugural Lecture
October 18, 2023: Inaugural lecture of Prof Dr Sarah Nichols titled “Constructing Material” will take place in hall SG1 at EPFL.
Concrete: Cosmetic and Care: The Great Repair exhibition
October 13 and 14, 2023: THEMA will contribute to The Great Repair Exhibition in the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, with a focus on the repair of heavy heritage: the mass of mainly post-war construction in reinforced concrete.
Conference ‘Culture du bâti dans l’existant – Baukultur im Bestand’
November 23 and 24, 2022: Conference ‘Culture du bâti dans l’existant – Baukultur im Bestand’ at EPFL Rolex Forum & Plateforme 10, Lausanne is co-hosted by Sarah Nichols and Dieter Dietz for Stiftung Baukultur Schweiz and School of Architecture at EPFL
Beyond Scrap and Build: New Approaches towards Working with Existing Building Stock in Japan
November 15, 2022: Sarah Nichols will moderate a discussion with Norihisa Kawashima, Yūtarō Muraji, and Mio Tsuneyama
‘Whole Wood’ – Superonda Talks N°2
October 17, 2022: Sarah Nichols gives a lecture at ‘Whole Wood’ – Superonda Talks N°2 at EPFL Archizoom. December 5, 2022: Sarah Nichols debates with Mario Rinke, Stéphane Berthier and Yves Weinand, moderated by Christophe Catsaros
‘(non)finito’ – biennale svizzera del territorio
October 6, 2022: Sarah Nichols participates in a roundtable discussion with Leopold Banchini, Jo Taillieu, and Ludovica Molo, chaired by Muck Petzet as part of ‘(non)finito’ – Swiss Biennial of Territory at the International Institute of Architecture in Lugano and Mendrisio
Conference ‘Architecture and Real Estate: Historical Perspectives’
June 11, 2022: Sarah Nichols moderates the panel ‘The Business of Building’ at the conference ‘Architecture and Real Estate: Historical Perspectives’ at ETH Zurich
‘Concrete is everywhere’
May 2022: plan Magazin interviews Sarah Nichols about the exhibition ‘Beton’
MatéRhône – Matériaux de construction dans l’axe rhodanien
May 12, 2022: Sarah Nichols takes part in a roundtable on construction materials, extraction, and recycling at the MatéRhône conference in Geneva
‘Concrete Through Myths’
April 18, 2022: Rice Design Alliance interviews Sarah Nichols about the exhibition ‘Beton’