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White Tower - Unveiling and opening ceremony!

Unveiling of the White Tower in Mulegns

White Tower - cupola assembled, tower topped out

Tower has reached its final height of 30 meters

White Tower - fourth level fully assembled

Tower with base and foundation has reached a height of 26 meters

Sculpture for The Glenlivet Eternal Collection: First Edition unveiled

3D printed gold-plated sculpture for a limited edition 55 year-old whisky

White Tower column 3D printing completed

Assembly of columns begins, cast foundation of tower complete

Talk at Instituto de Arquitectura

2024-4-22, 13:00 Buenos Aires, 18:00 CET (online)

New video of Tor Alva / White Tower / Weisser Turm released

Presenting the tower's final design and marking the start of production

Tor Alva / White Tower printing commences in Zurich

Columns for first level of White Tower now printing at ETH Zurich

Digital Grotesque III exhibited at NOSPR in Katowice

2023-4-14 / 2023-5-21, Polish National Symphony Orchestra, Katowice

Video by Demetris Shammas, sound by Emiddio Vasquez

Digital Grotesque III premieres at BMW Art Club in Warsaw

2022-10-6 / 2022-10-20, Nowy Teatr, curated by Stach Szablowski

Video by Demetris Shammas, sound by Emiddio Vasquez

White Tower demonstrator constructed in Mulegns

Columns, base, ceiling and glazing installed on site

White Tower demonstrator columns fabricated at ETH Zurich

Final prototypes of White Tower columns are in production

Digital Grotesque II Grotto at Centre Pompidou Metz

2022-6-10 / 2023-2-6, Mimèsis - Un design vivant exhibition, curated by M.A. Brayer and O. Zeitoun

White Tower project launched with Swiss President Guy Parmelin

Fundaziun Origen, Mulegns, Switzerland

Digital Grotesque at Design and the Wondrous Exhibition

West Bund Museum x Centre Pompidou, Shanghai, 2020-11-12 / 2021-2-28

Muqarna Mutation premieres at Mori Art Museum

Future and the Arts exhibition, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019-11-18 / 2020-3-29

Talk at Experimental Architecture Biennale / EAB#3 symposium, Prague

Kino Světozor, Vodičkova 41, 11000 Prague

Talk at Opening Symposium of Gwangju Design Biennale

Asia Culture Center conference hall, Gwangju, South Korea. 13:00-17:30

Astana Columns premieres at Expo 2017 Astana

Artists & Robots exhibition, Astana Contemporary Arts Center, Kazakhstan

Lecture and exhibit at Future Cities 6: Marvelous

University of Greenwich, London. Faculty of Architecture, 18:30

Digital Grotesque II premieres at Centre Pompidou

Imprimer le monde exhibition, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2017-3-15 / 2017-6-19

Talk at Centre Pompidou "Les formes du digital" conference, Paris

Parallel to "Imprimer le monde" exhibition, Cinéma 2 - Centre Pompidou, 14:00

Talk at Supersensing Forum conference, Tokyo

University of Tokyo, Ito Hall, 13:00

Grotto Prototype shown at Super Material exhibition, London

The Building Centre, Store Street, London

Talk at DIA, Hochschule Anhalt Dessau

Bauhaus Dessau, Main Hall, 18:00

Talk at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna

Department of Art and Architecture, Room 209, 18:00

Reade Street façade restoration completed

Historic Tribeca façade restoration with WORKac

Subdivided Columns at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

+Ultra Gestaltung Schafft Wissen exhibition, 30.9.2016 - 8.1.2017

Reade Street cast-iron capitals featured in New York Times article

Historic Tribeca façade restoration with WORKac.

Subdivided Columns at Museum of Applied Arts and Science, Sydney

Out of Hand: Materialising the Digital exhibition

Talk at Graz Architecture Lectures, Graz

Höhrsaal I, Rechbauerstraße 12, TU Graz, 12.5.2016

Talk at Architectural Association, London

Bedford Square, Lecture Hall, 9.5.2016, 18:30

Inhotim Monolith images added to web site

Project for an installation at Inhotim, Belo Horizonte

Märchenwald images added to web site

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, German Pavilion competition

Talk at ALGODEQ2 symposium, Tokyo

Tokyo City University, 14.11, 13:30

Talk at SCI-Arc, Los Angeles

Fall lecture series, Keck Lecture Hall, 19:00

Arabesque Wall presented at Design Exchange, Toronto

3DXL exhibition, Design Exchange, 14.5-16.8.2015

Talk at Computing with Nature symposium, Newcastle University

Great North Museum: Hancock, 14-15.5.2015

Digital Grotesque prototypes at Museum of Applied Arts, Winterthur

Der Entfesselte Raum exhibition, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, 10.4-4.10.2015

Talk at Data Across Scales symposium, Harvard GSD

Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy Street, Harvard GSD, 16-17.4.2015

Talks at Kyoto University and Kobe University

Kyoto University: 16.3.2015, Kobe University: 1.4.2015

Subdivided Columns exhibited at Palais de Tokyo, Paris

L'Usage des formes exhibition, 19.3-17.5.2015

Phenomena project published

MoMA PS1 young architects program 201

Talk at Princeton University - School of Architecture

Fall 2014 Lecture Series: The New How. With Patrik Schumacher

Launch of AD Magazine - Future Details of Architecture

Edited by Mark Garcia, featuring Digital Grotesque

Talk at Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design

AKB Architektur, Neubau 1, Hörsaal (3.OG), 19:00

Talk at the Bartlett School of Architecture

Material Matters lecture series, Bartlett School of Architecture, 18:30

Launch of A Magazine curated by Iris van Herpen

Featuring work from various designers, artists and architects

Talk at Digital-Postmodernities symposium, Yale University

Yale School of Architecture, Hastings Hall, 14:30

Digital Grotesque and Woven Column presented at Fabricate 2014

TH Zurich, HIL Building, 16:30, 14.2.2014

Talk at Form - Rule 2014 symposium, Innsbruck University

Koge - Institut für Konstruktion und Gestaltung

Digital Grotesque lectures in Wuhan, Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai

Wuhan Design Biennale, HUST, 12.11.2013; Tsinghua University, 13.11.2013, Tongji University, 18.11.2013; Southeastern University, 20.11.2013

Talk at International Scenography Biennial, Ludwigsburg

Filmakademie Ludgwigsburg, Albrecht Ade Studio, 12:40

Lecture at University of Applied Arts Vienna (Die Angewandte)

Sliver Lecture Series, Lichthof 2, 19:00

Lecture at Tel Aviv University School of Architecture

Fastlich Hall, Mexico Building, 19:30

Woven Column at Architektur 0.13 Werkschau exhibition, Zurich

Maag Halle, Zurich, 25.10.2013 - 27.10.2013

Talk at Architecture et sciences : Une nouvelle naturalitée symposium

FRAC Centre Orléans, Scène nationale, 24.10.2013 - 25.10.2013

Subdivided Column at Out of Hand exhibition, NYC

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 16.10.2013 - 6.7.2014

Lecture at McGill University School of Architecture, Montreal

Fall 2013 Lecture Series, Macdonald Harrington Building: Room G10, 30.9.2013, 18:00

Digital Grotesque grotto at Archilab 2013 exhibition, Orléans

FRAC Centre, Orléans, 14.9.2013 - 2.2.2014

Lecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

Fall 2013 Lecture Series, Theater EMPAC Center, 12.9.2013, 18:00

Presentation "The Resolution of Architecture in the Digital Age" at CAAD Futures

Tongji University, Shanghai, 17:00, 4.7.2013

Talk at 3D Printing Concrete conference at DIA, Dessau

Dessau Institute of Architecture, 14:00, 22.6.2013

Woven Column at Design Miami/ Basel exhibition

Messeplatz, Hall 1 South, Basel, 11.6 - 16.6.2013, Commissioned by Swiss Architecture Museum SAM. With Benjamin Dillenburger.

Digital Grotesque 1:3 White at Swiss Art Award 2013 exhibition

Messeplatz, Hall 4, Basel, 11.6 - 16.6.2013, Preview and opening on 10.6, 18:00. With Benjamin Dillenburger

Digital Grotesque 1:3 Gold at Materializing exhibition, Tokyo

Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts, 8.6 - 23.6.2013, With Benjamin Dillenburger. Curated by Yusuke Oono and Taichi Sunayama

Digital Grotesque lectures in Tokyo

University of Tokyo / Todai (23.4, 18:30 - 20:00), Tokyo City University (24.4, 13:15 - 14:45), Tokyo University of the Arts / Geidai (24.4, 18:30 - 20:00)

Talk at Schweizer Baumuster-centrale Zurich

Parametrisches Design, with Andreas Derrer and Beat Scherrer, SBCZ, Weberstrasse 4, 8004 Zurich, 18:00 - 20:00

Lecture at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim

Lecture series: Digital/Analogue, opening lecture, Dokkhuset Trondheim, 14.2.2013, 18:00

Talk at Schweiz-Raümlicher Stand der Dinge conference, Zurich

Curated by Hannes Mayer and Stephan Trüby, Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, Main Lecture Hall, 13:00

Lecture at Zurich University of Applied Arts ZHAW, Zurich

Architecture Department, 17:00

Vernissage of 2012 Paper Bienniale Rijswijk

Presenting a column negative in three parts, 4.9.2012 to 25.11.2012, Museum Rijswijk, Vernissage: Sunday, 2.9.2012

Talk at Proto/e/co/logics 002 conference, Rovinj, Croatia

Curated by Alisa Andrašek and Bruno Juričić

Undrawable, Lecture at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Jackson Wong Hall, School of Architecture, 19:00

Talk at TED Global 2012 conference in Edinburgh

25.6.2012 to 29.6.2012, theme: 'Radical Openess'

Woven Column at Architektur 0.13 Werkschau exhibition, Zurich

Maag Halle, Zurich, 25.10.2013 - 27.10.2013

Talk at Architecture et sciences : Une nouvelle naturalitée symposisum

FRAC Centre Orléans, Scène nationale, 24.10.2013 - 25.10.2013

Subdivided Column at Out of Hand exhibition, NYC

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 16.10.2013 - 6.7.2014

Lecture at McGill University School of Architecture, Montreal

Fall 2013 Lecture Series, Macdonald Harrington Building: Room G10, 30.9.2013, 18:00

Digital Grotesque grotto at Archilab 2013 exhibition, Orléans

FRAC Centre, Orléans, 14.9.2013 - 2.2.2014

Lecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

Fall 2013 Lecture Series, Theater EMPAC Center, 12.9.2013, 18:00

Presentation "The Resolution of Architecture in the Digital Age" at CAAD Futures

Tongji University, Shanghai, 17:00, 4.7.2013

Talk at 3D Printing Concrete conference at DIA, Dessau

Dessau Institute of Architecture, 14:00, 22.6.2013

Woven Column at Design Miami/ Basel exhibition

Messeplatz, Hall 1 South, Basel, 11.6 - 16.6.2013, Commissioned by Swiss Architecture Museum SAM. With Benjamin Dillenburger.

Digital Grotesque 1:3 White at Swiss Art Award 2013 exhibition

Messeplatz, Hall 4, Basel, 11.6 - 16.6.2013, Preview and opening on 10.6, 18:00. With Benjamin Dillenburger

Digital Grotesque 1:3 Gold at Materializing exhibition, Tokyo

Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts, 8.6 - 23.6.2013, With Benjamin Dillenburger. Curated by Yusuke Oono and Taichi Sunayama

Digital Grotesque lectures in Tokyo

University of Tokyo / Todai (23.4, 18:30 - 20:00), Tokyo City University (24.4, 13:15 - 14:45), Tokyo University of the Arts / Geidai (24.4, 18:30 - 20:00)

Talk at Schweizer Baumuster-centrale Zurich

Parametrisches Design, with Andreas Derrer and Beat Scherrer, SBCZ, Weberstrasse 4, 8004 Zurich, 18:00 - 20:00

Lecture at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim

Lecture series: Digital/Analogue, opening lecture, Dokkhuset Trondheim, 14.2.2013, 18:00

Talk at Schweiz-Raümlicher Stand der Dinge conference, Zurich

Curated by Hannes Mayer and Stephan Trüby, Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, Main Lecture Hall, 13:00

Lecture at Zurich University of Applied Arts ZHAW, Zurich

Architecture Department, 17:00

Vernissage of 2012 Paper Bienniale Rijswijk

Presenting a column negative in three parts, 4.9.2012 to 25.11.2012, Museum Rijswijk, Vernissage: Sunday, 2.9.2012

Talk at Proto/e/co/logics 002 conference, Rovinj, Croatia

Curated by Alisa Andrašek and Bruno Juričić

Undrawable, Lecture at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Jackson Wong Hall, School of Architecture, 19:00

Talk at TED Global 2012 conference in Edinburgh

25.6.2012 to 29.6.2012, theme: 'Radical Openess'

Columns from the Sixth Order installation acquired by FRAC Centre

Subdivided columns join the FRAC permanent collection

"Super-specific" Lecture Series in China

28.5: CAFA Architecture School, Beijing; 30.5: Tsinghua University, Beijing; 1.6: CAA Architecture School, Hangzhou; 4.6: Tongji University, Shanghai

Cupola Prototype I - work in progress - at Procedural Arch. exhibition at MoCA, Taipei

26.5.2012 to 30.6.2012, Vernissage: Friday, 25.5.2012. With Benjamin Dillenburger.

Super-Specific, Lecture at Tamkang University, Taipei

19:30, Architecture Department, Tamsui Campus

Cabinet of Cupolas study added to web site

With Benjamin Dillenburger. To be expanded over the next months

Presentation and discussion at Algode Symposium on Algorithmic Design

Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Tokyo, 13-15.11.2011

Presentation at University of Tokyo's Digital Design Lab launch event

12.11.2011 at 15:00, Engineering Building 1, University of Tokyo, Hongu Campus

Lecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London

International Lecture Series, 26.10.2011 at 18:30, Darwin Lecture Theatre

Column prototype shown at Self-Structure exhibition, Le Lieu du Design, Paris

30.9.2011 to 17.12.2011, Vernissage: Thursday, 29.9.2011

The Sixth Order, subdivided columns, opens at Gwangju Design Biennale 2011

2.9.2011 to 23.10.2011, Vernissage: Thursday, 1.9.2011

Knots & Facets exhibition together with Jens Risch at Smallspace, Berlin

Vernissage Wednesday evening, 27.4.2011, at smallspace, Brunnenstraße 178, 10119 Berlin

Undrawable lecture at Southeast University, Nanjing

Architecture Department, Tuesday 1.3.2011, 19:00, room t.b.a

Fabricated column prototype completed

2.7 meter layered model made of 1mm sheet

Web site redesign launched

Javascript based. New column project added.

Undrawable" lecture tour in Japan

With Benjamin Dillenburger / CAAD. Keio University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, Kyoto Seika University, Kobe University, and six other universities.

From Mesh to Ornament" presented at eCAADe 2010

Swiss Federal Instiute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich

Vernissage of Beyond Rational exhibition

Presenting early column prototypes from the "From Mesh to Ornament" series

Subdivision Beyond Smoothness" presented at Computational Aesthetics

British Computer Society, London

Column protoypes presented in Hochparterre Raumtraum feature

Hochparterre magazine, 6/7 2010 edition

Finnissage of Platonic Solids exhibition at Smallspace gallery

January 12th at 19:00. Schliemannstraße 4, 10437 Berlin

Platonic Solids project in "11 Horses - the Viral Issue"

Published by Per Zennstrom

Anaglyph images of Platonic Solids added to site

3-dimensional images visible using red-cyan glasses

Sea of Tranquility in Qompendium Print - Volume 1

Collaboration with Per Zennstrom, edited by Kimberly Lloyd

Vernissage of Platonic Solids exhibition at Smallspace gallery

Wednesday, November 12th at 18:00, Schliemannstraße 4, 10437 Berlin

Book Launch "Generative Gestaltung" at Frankfurt book fair

Deterministic Algorithms and Form" presented at From Insect Nest to Human Architecture conference

Venice, European Centre for Living Technology [ECLT]