{"title": "Präsentation Bugholzhocker", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hochparterre Bücher", "address": "Schöneggstrasse 27, 8004 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "At «Präsentation Bugholzhocker», designer Beat Frank presents his bentwood stool «merci les plantes», made by the Holzbiegewerk Winkler workshop. In conversation with Ariana Pradal, he tells how his studies of plant structures and Emanuele Coccia's «Eine Philosophie der Pflanzen» led him to bentwood techniques, among other things for an art project in the courtyard of the German Historical Institute in Paris. The bookshop Hochparterre Bücher recommends Beat Frank's book, which shows how furniture can be seen as sculptures and how these sculptures find application in life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/prasentation-bugholzhocker-78261/", "official_url": "https://www.hochparterre-buecher.ch/pages/events/event-eaowzd4v", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cfbbe7ddca11c43a4e88517e9b0e23086deecec6e8411b4bad1fc5fc789dff66-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hochparterre Bücher", "address": "Schöneggstrasse 27, 8004 Zürich", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Benoît. Artist in Architecture", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Never Stop Reading", "address": "Spiegelgasse 18, 8001 Zürich", "price": "gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/illustration"], "description": "The event is an exhibition opening and book launch for «Benoît. Artist in Architecture». The book presents the collaborations of the Belgian cartoonist Benoît van Innis (1960–2024) with various architecture firms and is part of research conducted by the Chair of Affective Architectures, led by Prof. An Fonteyne at ETH Zürich. It presents Benoît's spatial works in the chapters Table, Space, Landscape and City, and is published by Scheidgger & Spiess in English, French and Dutch. On the opening evening, Elke Schoonen will present the research findings.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/benoit-artist-in-architecture-21189/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/258cebfd7da860bc37ee23c7ca49380e7fbb6e62859142dd54df3663d5a65b8c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Issue Launch and Panel Discussion: A+ 319: Reclaiming Beauty", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg", "address": "8093 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "An event combining the launch of the issue A+319 Reclaiming Beauty with a panel discussion on beauty in architecture. It is organised by A+ Architecture in Belgium together with ETH Zürich; co-editor Maarten Delbeke talks with Nele De Raedt and the Belgian architects Jan De Vylder, An Fonteyne and Freek Persyn. The discussion explores beauty not as a nostalgic or classical ideal but as a renewed measure of quality in architecture. A question-and-answer session rounds off the evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/issue-launch-and-panel-discussion-a-319-reclaiming-beauty-78204/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wissen to go – abends im Museum: Der Dachs im Siedlungsraum", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Naturhistorisches Museum", "address": "Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/animals/mammals"], "description": "«Wissen to go – abends im Museum: Der Dachs im Siedlungsraum» is a short talk in the «Wissen to go – abends im Museum» series run by the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich. It is given by Madeleine Geiger and deals with the badger in the settlement area. The series is aimed at adults and imparts new knowledge in short lectures.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wissen-to-go-abends-im-museum-der-dachs-im-siedlungsraum-69281/", "official_url": "https://www.nmz.uzh.ch/de/fuehrungen/WissenToGo.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschäppeler • Lesung & Zeichnung", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kaufleuten Festsaal", "address": "Pelikanstrasse 18, 8001 Zürich", "price": "ab CHF 48", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "An evening of reading and drawing in the Festsaal at Kaufleuten. Bestselling authors and columnists Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler present their new book «Umdenken», in which they rethink theories and concepts of modern life with humour. On stage, they also rethink the classic PowerPoint talk and welcome the audience with analogue surprises. An inspiring evening in which no thought goes unquestioned.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/mikael-krogerus-roman-tschappeler-lesung-zeichnung-5918/", "official_url": "https://kaufleuten.ch/event/mikael-krogerus-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/abc594a583bc939ce7fe338b9f87cecc8f4ff6265a1f623b59e9684068bb084a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Window Behaviorology - The Working Window", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-15T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Window Behaviorology - The Working Window is an exhibition about windows, work and behaviour. It was curated by Momoyo Kaijima of Atelier Bow-Wow together with the VILLUM Window Collection and the Copenhagen Architecture Forum, with the Chair of Architectural Behaviorology at ETH Zürich [villumwindowcollection.com](https://en.villumwindowcollection.com/news/window-behaviorology-the-working-window/). Drawings in Atelier Bow-Wow's distinctive style present workshop and factory windows from Denmark, Japan and Switzerland, among them the Meatpacking District, Ringsted Down Factory and Royal Copenhagen. Actual windows from such places are on display, allowing their historical details and mechanisms to be examined up close.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/window-behaviorology-the-working-window-8304/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}