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The future of building

BAU, the World's Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials and Systems, takes place every two years. Everyone involved in the international community for planning, building and designing buildings comes together here—i.e. architects, planners, investors, representatives of the industrial and commercial sectors, the building trades, etc.

Their primary interests include the latest techniques, materials and applications that can be put to use in actual practice. This is where visitors experience the future of building in person.

The 27th edition of Textile Roofs takes place from May 25th to 27th, 2025 in Berlin.

Further information on the venue, the program, participation and presentation options and highlights will soon be available on www.textile-roofs.com

Frei Otto was a visionary innovative architect and master of lightweight structures.

To commemorate his extraordinary spirit of experimentation, his works, methods, and international networks, the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) is organizing a two-day international symposium in collaboration with the Institut für Architecturgeschichte (ifag). The two-day event will take place on 5^th and 6^th June in the ILEK "Tent" designed by Frei Otto. This provides an inspiring space for open reflection on past and present achievements in the field of lightweight construction. The symposium will include a historical reflection on Frei Otto’s work, methods and networks, supported by the testimony of several contemporary witnesses. It will also focus on how different generations of researchers and practitioners interpret the legacy of Institute for Lightweight Structures at the University of Stuttgart. Invited keynote speakers include Achim Menges, Jenny Sabin, Werner Sobek and Georg Vrachliotis.

www.ilek.uni-stuttgart.de 

XII International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures

The main objective of Structural Membranes 2025 is to collect and disseminate state-of-the-art research and technology for design, analysis, construction and maintenance of textile, tensile and inflatable structures. Contributions on other lightweight structural systems are also very welcome. The conference will address all aspects related to design, analysis, planning, manufacturing, testing, construction and maintenance of tensile structures. Contributions including advances in materials, life-cycle analysis, environmental conditions, monitoring and applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence are encouraged. Structural Membranes 2025 aims to be a forum of experts of all different fields related to tensile and lightweight structures for discussing recent progress and identifying future research directions within a relaxed environment.

IASS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2025

Merging of the Living Past as a Source of Innovation

Mexico has already held two previous editions of this symposium – the first time in 1967 in Mexico City and the second time in 2008 in Acapulco, Guerrero. The third edition would be at the Palacio de Minería, located in the historic center of Mexico City.

The Palacio de Minería was built from 1797 to 1813; it is the work of the Spanish architect Manuel Tolsá, and it is considered in its genre one of the most beautiful and important buildings in America. It is currently the headquarters of the Center for Continuing Education of the Faculty of Engineering - UNAM and other societies and associations of engineers.

ORGANIZED BY:
Faculty of Architecture
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – UNAM