2024

A report on the ongoing research into the vaults of Notre Dame in Paris has been published:
D. Wendland, M. Gielen und V. Korensky: Towards the Gothic: Design and construction of the 12th century vaults in Notre‐Dame in Paris, and possible origins. International Journal of Architectural Heritage 2024, DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2024.2427661 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15583058.2024.2427661

Studyday "Les dispositifs constructifs provisoires dans l’art de bâtir au Moyen Âge"
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, 15 November 2024, Lecture by D. Wendland: "Traces of making in late Gothic vaults"

Lecture in Fall 2024 AKPIA Lecture Series - A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture, Boston (Link)
Soheil Nazari: "The Age of Science and Design: A New Survey of Seljuq Dome Chambers in the Isfahan Region and Treatises on Practical Geometry" 19 September 2024, 24:00 (online)
Link for Registration: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KMvUWA_9QfCPUlIxYpzNmQ#/registration

8th International Congress on Construction History, Zurich, 24-28 June 2024
https://8icch.ethz.ch/
Papers by: Mark Gielen, Jonas Lengenfeld, Soheil Nazari, Rebecca Erika Schmitt and Prof. David Wendland

53. Tagung für Ausgrabungswissenschaft und Bauforschung, 8-12 May 2024, Aachen
Dauerhaftigkeit und Effizienz als Prinzipien des antiken Bauwesens
https://koldewey-gesellschaft.de/aktuell/53-tagung-fuer-ausgrabungswissenschaft-und-bauforschung-8-12-mai-2024/
Papers by: Mark Gielen, Vladimir Korensky, Soheil Nazari, Rebecca Erika Schmitt and Prof. David Wendland

2023

techne: Herausforderungen, Ressourcen, Lösungen im antiken Bauwesen
Conference in Architekturforum, Technische Universität Berlin, 16 and 17 November 2023
https://www.tu.berlin/hbd/nachrichtendetails/techne-tagung-im-architekturforum-16-17112023
Paper by Prof. David Wendland

4th International Congress on Luso-Brazilian Construction History
Guimarães, Portugal, 04-06 August 2023 https://4cihclb.pt/en/homepage/
David Wendland, Keynote Lecture "Towards the Gothic: Design and construction of the 12th century vaults in Notre-Dame in Paris, and possible origins"

Lecture at the conference "Teoria e pratica del restauro - Materiali e tecniche nell'edilizia storica e nel restauro"
David Wendland: Murare nell'aria: La costruzione di volte in laterizio a mano libera. Benevento (I), 28 June 2023

Sechste Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte 2023
Bautechnikgeschichte – Positionen und Perspektiven, in Berlin, 11-13 May 2023,
https://gesellschaft.bautechnikgeschichte.org/jahrestagung-2023-in-berlin/
Paper by R.E. Schmitt

Tenth Conference of the Construction History Society
Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK, 12.-13 April 2023
https://www.constructionhistory.co.uk/
Papers by: Mark Gielen, Vladimir Korensky, Jonas Lengenfeld, Rebecca Erika Schmitt and Prof. David Wendland

Lecture at the conference "Rekonstruktion historischer Topographien in Raum und Zeit: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen"
David Wendland: Modellierung und Reverse Engineering – Rückwärts zu den großen Gewölben des Mittelalters. Nuremberg, 23 March.2023

Lecture in Spring 2023 AKPIA Lecture Series, A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
Soheil Nazari: Treatises of Practical Geometry and Architectural Practice of 11th- and 12th- Century Seljuk Dome Chambers in Isfahan.
Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 09 March 2023

2022

Lecture
Jonas Lengenfeld: Großes im Kleinen: Die Steinplanung des Bergfriedes der Schönburg im Kontext der Naumburger Dombauhütte um 1200
Domklausur, Naumburg, 15 December 2022

ICOHTEC - International Committee for the History of Technology Annual Conference 2022, Ostrava (online), 24-25 September 2022.
Paper by V. Korensky

Workshop "Geometrie und Konstruktion"
Working group "Shell structures and Vaults", Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte
Cottbus, 08-10 Septermber 2022

University Award
Anna Lina Wehrle receives the University Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement of her Bachelor's thesis "Die spätgotischen Zellengewölbe in der Kapelle St. Petri in Brandenburg an der Havel" Link to the announcement 

Lecture for Symposium "Bezugspunkt Schlosskapelle".
David Wendland: Kunstvolle gotische Gewölbedecken in der Renaissance - Die Dresdner Schlosskapelle. Dresden, 04 May 2022

Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society
Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK, 1-2 April 2022
https://www.constructionhistory.co.uk/
Papers by: Mark Gielen, Vladimir Korensky, Jonas Lengenfeld, Soheil Nazari, Rebecca Erika Schmitt and Prof. David Wendland

"Construction History lecture series", Department of Architectural Engineering (March 3-May 5), VUB and ULB Brüssel.
David Wendland: Gothic vaults: design and construction. 17 March 2022, 14:30 (online),
Link for registration: https://www.vub.be/arch/post/535.

2021

Lehrgerüste und Gewölbe-Bau: Erstes Zürcher Kolloquium zur Bauforschung
ETH Zürich, Professur für Bauforschung und Konstruktionsgeschichte, 4 October 2021 (Program).
Paper by D. Wendland

Seventh International Congress on Construction History
Congress in Lissabon, 12-16 July 2021 (Online),
http://www.7icch.org/
Papers by: H. Bücherl, M. Gielen, V. Korensky, J. Lengenfeld, S. Nazari, R.E. Schmitt and D. Wendland

Fünfte Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte 2021
Materialgerecht konstruiert!?!, in Zurich, 10-11 June 2021 (Online),
https://gesellschaft.bautechnikgeschichte.org/jahrestagung-2021-in-zuerich/
Papers by: J. Lengenfeld, R.E. Schmitt and D. Wendland

Lecture at DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1913
Hadi Safaeipour: Architectural Technology Transfer: Iranian Double-Shell Domes and the West, 1 June 2021, 17:00 (Online).

51. Tagung für Ausgrabungswissenschaft und Bauforschung der Koldewey-Gesellschaft 
Sur le Grand Tour – Reisende Architekten als Protagonisten des europäischen Gedankens,Tagung in Straßburg, 12-16 May 2021 (Online),
http://www.koldewey-gesellschaft.de/aktuell/tagung-der-koldewey-gesellschaft.html
Paper by D. Wendland

International Symposium “Brick Vaults and Beyond“
The Transformation of a Historical Structural System, internationales Symposium in Brussels, 29-30 April 2021 (Online),
https://www.vub.be/arch/project/symposiumvaults
Paper by Prof. D. Wendland

Lecture at DFG Research Training Group 1913
Dieter Mertens:Neue Beobachtungen am sog. Poseidontempel in Paestum, 27 April 2021, 19:00 (Online).

Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage
Internationale Conference in Saint-Petersburg, 24-27 March 2021 (Online),
http://rran.spbgasu.ru/en/
Paper by V. Korensky

2020

"Conservation of Historical Structures", Excursion to the Freiburg Cathedral, the Strasbourg Cathedral Building Lodge and the Mannheim Multihalle.

Scientifiques au service de la restauration de Notre-Dame de Paris
Further Information: http://scientifiquesnotre-dame.strikingly.com/

International Committee for the History of Technology - ICOHTEC 2020 Digital, Eindhoven, 15-17 July 2020.
Paper by V. Korensky

2019

Lecture: Rippen ins Nichts und hängende Steine: Geometrische Konzeption und Tragwerksplanung von spätgotischen Gewölben.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. David Wendland, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Berliner Kolloquium. baugeschichte - bauforschung - denkmalpflege.
19:00, Hörsaal A 053 in Architekturgebäude, TU Berlin, 4 December 2019

 Le chantier cathédral en Europe: diffusion et sauvegarde des savoirs,savoir-faire et matériaux du Moyen Âge à nos jours.
Internationale Konferenz, Paris, Centre André Chastel, 23-25 October 2019