Integrated Photovoltaic Conference 2025

The IPV-Conference is an international event dedicated to the integration of photovoltaics in the built environment and landscape. It brings together experts, designers, and researchers to share visions and innovations on how solar

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Masdar City

Masdar City, masterplanned by Foster + Partners and developed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), was conceived in 2006 as a pioneering model for sustainable urbanism in arid climates.

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Masdar City video interview

In its third episode, Solar Machines explores Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City, masterplanned by Foster + Partners, redefines how cities in extreme climates can live with the sun. At its core stands the

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Advance Building Skin Conference 2025

On November 3 - 4, 2025, architects, engineers, and researchers will gather in Bern, Switzerland, for the Advance Building Skin Conference - one of Europe’s leading forums on building envelopes and facade

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La Seine Musicale

La Seine Musicale, located on Île Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, is a bold cultural complex designed by Shigeru Ban in collaboration with Jean de Gastines. The facility, inaugurated in April 2017, encompasses

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La Seine Musicale video interview

The second episode of Solar Machines takes us to Paris, on the Île Seguin, where La Seine Musicale by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines turns architecture into a kinetic dialogue with the sun. At the heart of this cultural landmark

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CERN Science Gateway

The CERN Science Gateway, designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and inaugurated in Geneva in 2023, is a new centre for scientific dissemination conceived as a gateway to knowledge and a meeting place between research and society. Located on

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CERN video interview

The first episode of Solar Machines features the CERN Science Gateway in Geneva, designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Conceived as both a cultural landmark and an environmental manifesto, it embodies the dialogue between

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Mapping Solar Education

The International Energy Agency PVPS Task 15 has launched a global survey on education and training in solar architecture and Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV). This initiative maps university programs

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BIPV & Solar Architecture in Dubai

In recent years, a new energy strategy has created the opportunity to consider solar as a renewable source of decentralised production in the facades and other accessory elements of

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