Is There Anything in This World You Would Be Ready to Give Your Life For?
27.02.2026
In Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940), Walter Benjamin’s “angel of history” faces toward the ever-accumulating “pile of debris” of the past he feels compelled to mend, yet the “storm of progress” propels him into the future. Milica Tomić’s exhibition “Is There Anything in This World You…
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Ball der Technik – “Bauen im Takt”
30.01.2026
Held on January 30, 2026, at Congress Graz, this year’s “Ball der Technik” (Ball of Technology) was conceptualized by the Faculty of Architecture in collaboration with the Faculty of Civil Engineering Sciences at Graz University of Technology, the Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering at…
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Mind_the Gap Diversity Awards 2025
18.12.2025
Two Mind_the Gap Diversity Awards at Graz University of Technology were presented this year to researchers and teachers from the Faculty of Architecture in recognition of their outstanding academic work on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities. Antje Senarclens de Grancy, Clara Neuhold (both…
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Table Talks: “Strategies for Vacancy and the Public Realm in a Shifting Demographic Context”
17.12.2025
With the symposium series “Tischgespräche” (Table Talks), the Institute of Urbanism and the Institute of Housing continue to cultivate a productive platform for exchange between the university, public administration, and civil‑society actors. In its third edition, this experimental dialogue format…
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Herbert Eichholzer Awards 2025—“The Resilient House: Measuring Instead of Estimating”
10.12.2025
The subject of this year’s Herbert Eichholzer Awards was the Haus Mudri in the Graz district of Andritz, designed and built by Herbert Eichholzer and Viktor Badl in 1934–35.
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Excellent Research at the Faculty of Architecture
24.11.2025
Across the Faculty of Architecture, numerous research initiatives were recognized in 2025 for their achievements. The Institute of Structural Design (ITE) and the Laboratory for Structural Engineering (LKI) at Graz University of Technology are jointly developing innovative approaches to reducing…
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“What Is Infrastructural Critique?” A Conference in Celebration of the Life and Work of Marina Vishmidt
29.10.2025
The conference “What is Infrastructural Critique?”—curated by Danny Hayward and Rose-Anne Gush, and organized by Sofia Bempeza, Rose-Anne Gush, Danny Hayward, and Annette Krauss—was held at the University of Applied Arts Vienna from October 29 to 31, 2025.
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GAD Awards 2025
16.10.2025
Hanna Maria Gletthofer, Pia Pollak, Fabian Steinberger, Marius Birnbreier, and Christian Keuschnig are the recipients of the GAD Awards 2025. Their awarded projects address themes ranging from carefully calibrated interventions in existing buildings to innovative and sustainable construction…
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Teaching Collaboration with the Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam University of the Arts
01.10.2025
In the winter semester of 2025–26, the Institute of Urbanism at Graz University of Technology initiated a collaboration with the Department of Urbanism at the Academy of Architecture (AHK) in Amsterdam. The course “Post-Extraction Territories” focused on the surrounding area of the Dutch city of…
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Workshop “Nursing Cairo”
26.09.2025
As part of the thematic focus on more-than-human learning spaces, the Institute of Architecture and Landscape (Patrik Drechsler and Klaus K. Loenhart) initiated an inter-university workshop in Egypt for the master’s studio “Nursing Cairo: The Heliopolis More-Than-Human Campus.”
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