PHD-Day Summer Semester 2025
26.09.2025
A doctoral dissertation is a deeply personal process—something emergent, unfinished, and raw. When questioning what exactly one is writing about, one inevitably pauses; the spectrum is simply too broad to capture in a few words. At the same time, an external perspective is essential for viewing…
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1st Austrian Pedestrian Summit
23.09.2025
How can walking be made more attractive and safer for people in Austria? And what perspectives does pedestrian planning open up? On September 23 and 24, 2025, the 1st Austrian Pedestrian Summit at Congress Graz sent a clear signal for walking as an independent mode of mobility.
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Besessene Berge/Possessed Mountains
22.09.2025
Humans possess mountains. Mountains are possessed by humans. What curse is at work here? Somewhere below the Weinebene, between Styria and Carinthia, one of the largest lithium deposits in the European Union can be found. The deposit was discovered at the height of the nuclear age; in the search for…
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Summer School Hüttenwanderung
01.09.2025
In September 2025, a five‑day hut‑to‑hut excursion organized by the Institute of Construction and Design Principles led students across the Hochschwab in Styria and the Schneeberg in Lower Austria.
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Summer School in Cottbus
01.07.2025
In 2025, students from Graz University of Technology took part in the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program entitled “3D Earth Printing.” Hosted by Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, the program gathered 36 international students from five universities: Graz University of…
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Sketchbook Prize 2025
27.06.2025
Each year, at the Faculty of Architecture’s summer exhibition, the Institute of Construction and Design Principles awards its Sketchbook Prize. Eligible submissions include sketchbooks from first‑year students produced in the courses “Konstruieren” (Construction) and “Gestalten und Entwerfen” (Form…
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Graz Open Architecture 2025
27.06.2025
On June 27, 2025, the Faculty of Architecture transformed the Campus Alte Technik premises into a sprawling exhibition landscape. At “Graz Open Architecture,” the thirteen institutes, student collectives, and drawing studios celebrated the end of the semester—and presented a broad range of student…
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On Love Afterwards
27.06.2025
From June 27 to October 12, 2025, Kunsthaus Graz presented the solo exhibition “On Love Afterwards” by Milica Tomić. It sought to explore and address themes such as responsibility, visibility, and injustice through art by understanding ‘exhibiting’ as a verb rather than the exhibition itself as the…
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Sarajevo+ Field Trip
26.05.2025
Following the successful excursion to Sarajevo in 2024, another study trip was organized in late May 2025 by the Gender Task Force and the Institute of Construction and Design Principles (KOEN), with the aim of bringing architecture designed by women into focus. The Faculty of Architecture provided…
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5th Austrian Doctoral Symposium in Architecture
15.05.2025
Pursuing a doctorate in architecture is still far from common—even though it has been possible in Austria for 125 years. Over this period, the aims, methods, and expectations have changed considerably; they also require continual renegotiation and critical reflection. Exchange among doctoral…
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