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Alhadeff Architects (founded by long-time AIA Europe member Giancarlo Alhadeff FAIA) has shared news of installing glass by AGC (corporate partner of AIA Europe) in the Sunstar Headquarters building in Etoy, Switzerland. —via Facebook
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AIA Europe sponsor Swisspearl Summer School Empower Shack is a two-week design and build workshop aimed at developing an innovative, replicable shack prototype for a site in Cape Town.
The program is a collaboration between Eternit (Schweiz) AG, the Brillembourg & Klumpner Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, the BLOCK research group at ETH, and South African NGO Ikhayalami (‘My Home’).
Using an actual property in Khayelitsha – the third largest township in South Africa – as a model, 24 international students and participants from the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich will explore the complexity of living conditions in informal settlements, and the social role of architects in helping to address the economic, ecological and security challenges faced by residents.
The summer school is an initiative of Eternit (Schweiz) AG as part of a biannual program centered on the development of young architects in Switzerland.Learn more about Empower Shack ❒
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How does today’s ‘architect that makes everything’ differ from the ‘master builder’ of the past? That was the central question asked in a symposium in Laufen, Switzerland, on 12 June, hosted by sanitary ware manufacturer Laufen and the European branch of the AIA.Frame magazine recaps the 12 June Laufen-AIA Europe symposium, The Architect that Makes Everything. —via Laufen on Twitter
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Tiffany Melancon Assoc. AIA, Switzerland Section Director, shares impressions from the 12 June 2013 Architecture During Art Symposium.
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Inspiring "architects of everything" at Architecture During Art with @aiaeurope #laufen yfrog.com/nzeumewj
— Laufen Bathrooms (@LaufenBathrooms) June 12, 2013
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Organized through the Switzerland section of AIA Europe, with sponsor Laufen, the Architecture during Art Symposium — a panel discussion for the evening of Wednesday, 12 June, in the Laufen Forum. Two CES credits will be available. It's free and the registration deadline in 6 June.
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Laufen Newsletter for April 2013. Laufen has been an AIA Europe sponsor of since the chapter conference in Basel 2011.
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Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal Lecture by AIA Europe territory member Peter Zumthor, Hon. FAIA is available to view on Vimeo.
As promised - @riba Royal Gold Medal 2013 Lecture with Peter Zumthor available to watch online here: bit.ly/YSBtt3 #architecture
— RIBA (@RIBA) February 25, 2013
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Posted at 09:35 CET
Visit (or revisit) the Laufen headquarters by Nissen and Wentzlaff as featured in designboom. Laufen has been an AIA Europe sponsor since the 2011 Basel conference, organized by current AIA Europe Treasurer Suzanne Marhefka AIA and Switzerland section director Tiffany Melancon, Assoc. AIA.
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Exhibition opening for Wednesday 23 January 2013 at 18h00, ETH Zurich: Stadt neu bauen - Eine Reise in die Metropole von morgen. HafenCity ind IBA Hamburg. 24 January 2013-1 February 2013. —via Tiffany Melancon, Assoc. AIA, Switzerland Section Director
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The global economy is transforming fast, from short-term thinking and a systemic reliance on non-renewable resources, to building an innovative, just, sustainable and prosperous future, manifested in sustainable assets, healthy communities and social equity.
Since 2008 The Liechtenstein Congress provides an international platform for practical research and informed practice in Sustainable Development and Responsible Investing, guided by effective policy and enlightened by a deep sense of responsibility. This year we will present and discuss a) the role of foundations in the larger frame of financial institutions and their responsible investment paths, b) economically viable urban and landscape systems and buildings designed for a small ecological footprint, and c) sustainability oriented business models and process systems.The University of Liechtenstein hosts the Liechtenstein Congress on Sustainable Development and Responsible Investing 2012 for 2-4 May 2012.
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Stefan Cadosch, dipl. Architekt ETH/SIA of Cadosch & Zimmermann, a long-time AIA Europe conference attendee and representative of stalwart sponsor Swisspearl Eternit, is leaving his position at Eternit in 2012. In a mid-December e-mail to AIA Europe Corporate Partners Committee Chair Sandra Zettersten, Stefan notes the change enables him to better fulfill his new role as President of the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA).
Congratulations Stefan! Sorry we missed you in Basel.
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Posted at 13:26 CET
Alyn Griffiths of Dezeen, a guest of Laufen and present for some AIA Europe sessions at the Voltahalle, was in Basel during Small City — Global City in October 2011 (cf. Twitter). From that visit, Deezen presents one example of what makes AIA Europe Conferences special: Museum der Kulturen by Herzog & de Meuron (Dezeen | Blog Archive).
For today, if nothing else from Dezeen, don't miss the Metropol Parasol of Seville, Spain (from April).
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While not as elegant as completing last minute updates from aboard the airport train in Stockholm, we do have some last minute updates to the page for the AIA Europe Conference, Basel: Small City — Global City. The website program should now match the printed program, a copy of which will be available at registration. Find links on the left for venues & meeting points. Look to the right side menus for links to page elements and print material.
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Posted at 16:04 CET
John Fowler of AIA Europe sponsor Marvin Windows and Doors points to a recent New York Times article for which he notes, "…gets to the values and core of what our company is about." A short video accompanies the article, Housing Slump Forces Cuts at a Company Town.
John is attending the upcoming Basel Chapter Meeting and International Conference, Small City — Global City.
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Posted at 11:23 CET
Small City — Global City, the October #AIA Europe Conference in Basel, has generated larger than expected interest requiring that registration for the complete conference package be closed at this time. The Chapter is looking into how additional registrants might be accommodated for a reduced conference package at a reduced rate. Any additional registrations received after today will be placed on a waiting list.
The cancellation deadline is 22 September; the original date for closing registration was 29 September. Those on the waiting list will be notified between those dates about the status of their registrations.
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Attendees of the AIA Europe Basel Conference traveling through Zürich have the possibility, on their own time, of participating in a 1.5 hour guided tour of the Schweizer Baumuster-Centrale Zurich, SBCZ, led by Werner K Rüegger, AIA SIA SWB, the Center’s Director and past president of AIA Europe. AIA members may self-report this activity and earn 1.5 CES learning units.
Participants interested in this tour must RSVP to werner.ruegger@baumuster.ch. The Swiss Building Center is open Monday through Friday from 09h00-17h30, Thursdays until 20h00.
Previous mentions here and here.
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Posted at 16:06 CET
Updates and additions have been made to the program for the upcoming AIA Europe conference "Basel: Small City — Global City". Note the location linked pins (to the conference Google Map) adjacent to a number of program elements. Final locations are subject to change. Early registration ends soon.
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