ETH Zurich unveils plans for robot-built house in Dübendorf
Researchers from Switzerland's ETH Zurich university will use robots and 3D printers to design and build a pioneering three-storey house at a local research and innovation campus. More
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ETH Zurich team creates all-concrete SkelETHon canoe built on slender "bones"
A research team from ETH Zurich used 3D-printed moulds to make the skeletal framework for this all-concrete boat, which won first prize for design innovation at the Concrete Canoe Regatta. More
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ETH Zurich students create shingle-clad pavilion using robotic fabrication
One-minute movie: this shingled timber pavilion was created by ETH Zurich students using robotic fabrication techniques they developed to minimise waste during construction. More
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ETH Zurich students create robot-built pavilion with a skin of wooden shingles
This shingled timber pavilion was created by masters students on ETH Zurich's Digital Fabrication course, after developing robotic fabrication techniques to minimise the waste involved in its construction. More
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Züst Gübeli Gambetti adds staircase-shaped building to ETH Zurich university campus
Swiss studio Züst Gübeli Gambetti has completed a long, narrow building that steps up a grassy hillside, to provide extra teaching space at an ETH Zurich university campus. More
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ETH Zurich students build floating wooden pavilion for Manifesta art biennale
Visitors to this year's Manifesta art biennale can watch films while enjoying a swim in this floating pavilion, built by students to float on Switzerland's Lake Zurich ( + slideshow). More
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Armadillo Vault is a pioneering stone structure that supports itself without any glue
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a team led by ETH Zurich researchers has constructed an expansive canopy using 399 slabs of limestone and no glue, showcasing a "milestone for stone engineering" (+ slideshow). More
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Architects made up as drag queens to promote Parity Talks series
Architects Le Corbusier, Herzog & de Meuron and Gottfried Semper are depicted in drag to promote a series of talks about the industry's gender imbalance at Swiss university ETH Zurich. More
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Disney's VertiGo robot uses propellers to climb up walls
Disney Research Zurich and Swiss technology institute ETH have developed a four-wheeled robot with integrated propellers that allow it to scale vertical surfaces. More
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Bamboo fibre is stronger and cheaper than steel, says Dirk Hebel
World Architecture Festival 2015: bamboo could "revolutionise the building industry" and replace steel as the dominant reinforcing material, according to a professor who is working on new applications for the grass. More
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Robot demonstrates pioneering technology by building structure from rocks and string
Chicago Architectural Biennial 2015: a team of designers from Swiss and American universities have created a towering architectural structure made from nothing but gravel and thread – which was built by a robotic arm (+ slideshow). More
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ETH Zurich designers create arched pavilion out of upcycled beverage cartons
Architects and engineers from ETH Zurich university have used waste material to create a vaulted pavilion for New York City's Ideas City festival (+ slideshow). More
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Drones can "weave structures in space in just a few minutes"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the second part of our video interview with Ammar Mirjan, the architect explains how drones with cable dispensers attached can be used to quickly build lightweight architectural structures. More
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Drones can "collaborate to build architectural structures"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect and researcher Ammar Mirjan explains how drones could be programmed to construct buildings in the first of two movies about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in architecture. More
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Urban-Think Tank develops housing prototype for South African slums
Design strategy collective Urban-Think Tank has designed and built a prototypical house as part of an initiative to improve housing conditions for slum dwellers in some of the 2700 informal settlements across South Africa (+ movie). More