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R e m i n d e r Our colleague Daniel Pfanner will be speak at the upcoming Zak World of Façades Germany edition on 12 November 2025, in Frankfurt. His presentation, ‘Sustainable, Resilient, Circular, and What Else? A View on Current Trends in Façade Engineering,’ will provide a technically grounded perspective on current trends and challenges in façade design, emphasising performance-driven, adaptive, and resource-efficient solutions. Now in its third edition in Frankfurt and the 201st globally, Zak World of Façades is a leading international conference series focused on façade engineering and building envelope technologies. The event will gather practitioners, consultants, manufacturers, and architects to discuss material innovation, system integration, and the broader environmental and regulatory factors shaping the future of façade construction. Where: Hilton City Centre- Liberty Ballroom, 1st Floor, Hochstraße 4, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany When: 12 November 2025, 8 AM – 6:30 PM For more information: https://lnkd.in/dyrcXWgD #zakworldoffacades #frankfurt #facades #engineering #circulareconomy

E v e n t Our colleagues Anna Heimrath and Alexander H. will attend the buildingSMART Deutschland Event for Structural Engineers, taking place on 11 November 2025 in Fulda, Germany. This year’s buildingSMART Theme Day on BIM in Structural Engineering will explore practical challenges and opportunities in applying BIM to structural design, highlighting key insights from real-world experience. Through case studies, the event will showcase what is already achievable in practice. In addition to meeting with participants, Anna and Alex will give a talk on #BIM at B+G and take part in the panel discussions. Event program and registration: https://shorturl.at/rzRdj

A r c h_M a n u H a c k a t h o n As part of the ArchManu ARC Next-Gen Architecture Research Program and its ongoing series of #hackathon events, our colleagues Alina Schuster and Matthew Tam joined forces with Cox Architecture and researchers from UNSW, Adelaide University, and Swinburne University of Technology to explore how AI can drive low-carbon innovation in structural design. Their project, 'Agentic Graph Intelligence for Decarbonising Structural Design', introduces a graph-based framework that redefines optimisation, moving beyond material reduction toward a relational understanding of geometry, connectivity, and semantics. Through agentic AI orchestration, specialised agents interpret the Structural Graph Database to propose design adjustments that balance structural performance and carbon reduction moving toward AI-readable, data-driven structures where design, fabrication, and sustainability are intelligently connected. Congratulations to the entire team for advancing the future of computational engineering and sustainable design! Team: Alina Schuster, Matthew Tam, Andrew Butler, Hirusheekesan Selvanesan, Alireza Abdolmaleki, and Mahdi Fard. For more info: https://archmanu.com/ Visuals: ©Arch_Manu #ArchManu #AI #Sustainability #ComputationalDesign #DigitalArchitecture #CircularEconomy #AECInnovation #Grasshopper3D #BIM #Decarbonisation #DesignFutures #StructuralEngineering

S p e c k l e c o n Our colleagues, Ljuba Tascheva and Alexander H., will be in London on 6 November, catching up with design partners of Bollinger+Grohmann to exchange ideas on digital workflows, design technology, and digital transformation. On the following day, 7 November, they will take the stage for their talk ‘Hitchhiking Through the Collaboration Multiverse.’ Their session will explore how data-centric workflows can make collaboration more seamless and connected through Speckle. They will not only provide an overview of the tools and workflows but also share lessons and experiences they have gathered along the way. If you’d like to join, register here: https://lnkd.in/dsmei6_G

L e c t u r e Invited by Maison de l'architecture des Pays de la Loire, Klaas De Rycke will join architects and researchers to explore the preservation and reinterpretation of 20th-century industrialised architecture. His contribution will reflect on several studies related to Jean Prouvé’s demountable constructions, questioning the fine line between restoration and reinterpretation. What is it that we truly seek to preserve: the shape, the structural system, or the tacit intelligence of the gesture itself? The lecture will provide a technical and critical reflection on how contemporary engineering can translate this implicit knowledge into explicit tools, thereby extending Prouvé’s spirit of experimentation and innovation within today’s regulatory and technical frameworks. To attend the lecture: https://lnkd.in/ed2XEMh5 Tomorrow, Tuesday 4 November, starting at 19:30 (CET) at ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARCHITECTURE DE NANTES - Auditorium.

C l i m a t e F e s t i v a l On 20 November, our colleague Christian Wrede, structural engineer and sustainability expert at B+G Düsseldorf, will participate in a panel discussion with HPP Architekten GmbH at the fourth edition of the ‘Klimafestival für die Bauwende’ in Berlin. The session, ‘Everything is Communication – A Shared Attitude Shapes Collective Action,’ will explore how interdisciplinary collaboration can drive meaningful and measurable change in the building industry. It serves as a national platform for professionals in architecture, engineering, construction, and design to exchange ideas on the future of climate-neutral, circular, and resource-efficient building practices. Christian will share insights from a structural and sustainability perspective, highlighting how integrated planning and shared understanding across disciplines can accelerate the transition towards low-carbon, high-performance buildings. When: 20 November, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Where: Luckenwalder Str. 4–6, 10963 Berlin   For more information and tickets: https://lnkd.in/eEXjitMU Visual: ©Klimafestival #sustainability #berlin #klimafestival #engineering #architecture #construction

D A M R e c a p Back in image with Klaas De Rycke’s lecture at DAM last Thursday, titled “Hinter den Kulissen 2.0”. The title refers to the exhibition we did with DAM years ago at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt as part of the series “Friends 30 Years of Lectures” on the history of Bollinger+Grohmann. His talk explored past and present projects, focusing on the further development of working methods and technology at the hand of selected projects such as the Stage Canopy Mauthausen, the UFA Palace, EPFL Rolex-Learning Center, the Bahrain Pavilion-Connecting Seas in Osaka, ... He explained how things were done in the past and how they are done today, and whether there has been a real improvement. Moreover, through these projects, he discussed topics that have shaped B+G, including digital evolution, such as BIM planning and parametric work processes, the focus on sustainability and durability of buildings, and design issues and materials. We would like to thank DAM and the friends of DAM's association for the invitation. #lecture #dam #frankfurt #recap #engineering #past #present #future

N e w O f f i c e B+G’s Düsseldorf Team moved into a new office space and celebrated with a big opening party last week! Together with clients, architects, and project partners, the get-together was a perfect start to embrace the new working atmosphere. From projects such as the R5 and R7 buildings for the university in Bielefeld's new medical Campus, complex extension projects like the new headquarters of Emscher Genossenschaft in Essen, B+G Düsseldorf collaborates with renowned architects such as Gerber Architekten, HPP Architekten GmbH, and Telluride Architektur on innovative projects. We appreciate the trust of our clients, the dedication of our team, and the opportunity to contribute to so many inspiring projects. #engineering #office #dusseldorf

M e x i c o The IASS 2025 Annual Symposium has started in Mexico City, and will run until 31 October! We contributed to Workshop WS02, “Parametric Engineering: Collaborate and interact with structural data on the cloud”, held by Clemens Preisinger, Matthew Tam, and Georg Lobe, on Sunday 26 October (09:00 - 18:00), at the Centro de Ingeniería Avanzada, CU UNAM, fostering exchange between research and practice. Several papers authored by B+G teams have also been accepted and will be presented throughout the symposium. Also on the ground in Mexico: Klaas De Rycke (B+G Paris) takes this opportunity to share knowledge beyond the symposium. Together with architect Bettina Pinks, they have been invited to give a lecture today, 27 October at 15:00 (CDMX) / 22:00 (CET), as part of the 70th Anniversary Architecture Week at Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México. #IASS2025 #bollingergrohmann #parametric #engineering #70ArqIBERO #ArqIBERO #architecture #knowledge #mexico

A w a r d Connecting Seas, formerly the Pavilion of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has been honoured with the Gold Prize for Best Architecture and Landscape in the under 1,500 m² category at the Expo 2025 Osaka Awards Ceremony. We are proud to have contributed as structural engineers, in collaboration with LINA GHOTMEH — ARCHITECTURE, and completed in Japan alongside Umezawa Structural Engineers. Congratulations to the entire team! #award #gold #expo #osaka #japan #bahrain #timber