Symposium "Freedom or Obligation? Mobility and Everyday Life Beyond the City", October 24, 2025. With guests from TU Vienna, TU Munich and ETH Zurich. Organised by Michael Wagner and Luis Hilti. 

On 14 November 2025, students from the Master’s degree programme in Architecture undertook a specialist excursion to Zurich. They were accompanied by the lecturers Dr Britta Hentschel and Dr Gyler Mydyti. The excursion formed part of the two elective courses Built Heritage and Urban Design.

The Georgian exchange students Vakhtang Shaishmelashvili and Mariami Mikeltadze developed an innovative concept for Ruggell’s Dorfstrasse in the «‹Darf› Ruggell» design studio at the University of Liechtenstein, which received an award in Georgia at the International Architectural Awards 2025.

On 12 August 2025, Michael Wagner, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Liechtenstein, shared insights on Tele Z aktuell about strategies to make urban spaces resilient and liveable despite rising summer heat.

Architect and lecturer at the University of Liechtenstein is part of the international future-oriented project ‘Quartiers de demain’ of the French government.

Presentation and Exhibition of the Transfer Project ‹Darf› Ruggell, Advanced Studio Urban Design and Spatial Development, 3 July 2025, Ruggell Community Hall, Lecturers: Michael Wagner, Oscar Buson

Since 1 December 2025, Reem Almannai has been Associate Professor of Architecture and Society at the Liechtenstein School of Architecture. In her teaching and research, she places a particular emphasis on housing, society and the common good.

Reem Almannai and Florian Fischer served as guest editors of the journal "Die Architekt", No. 05/2025, entitled "New Habits, Change through Adaptation".

On 25 April 2024, a panel discussion on the housing market in Liechtenstein took place. The event was a cooperation between the University of Liechtenstein and the Stiftung Zukunft.li.

Student Alina Dinu received the «Research Award for Architecture» from the Austrian Federal Chamber of Civil Engineers for her master’s thesis «Danube Delta Settlements. Conservation Potential and Revitalization Scenarios.» In her work, she explored the origins, culture, and authenticity of traditional communities in Romania, focusing particularly on the abandoned villages of the Danube Delta.

Master student Lion Maul reports on his project “Dignified Ruins” on hochparterre.ch/campus. The project was developed as part of the Advanced Studio Sustainable Design: Danube Delta Part 2. 

From 6 to 12 July 2025, an internationally oriented summer school on “Vernacular Architecture in the Danube Delta” took place in Tulcea, Bucharest and the Danube Delta. The event was organised by the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest and carried out in close partnership with the University of Liechtenstein, TU Vienna and the University of Catania. Prof Dietrich Schwarz and doctoral candidate Alina Dinu were part of the summer school.

In the June 2025 issue of lie:zeit, Prof Dietrich Schwarz and Wolfgang Simma-Wallinger explain how the University of Liechtenstein addresses key aspects of sustainable building. The focus lies on topics such as resource conservation, energy efficiency, certification systems and the architectural response to demographic and climatic changes.

Minergie is the Swiss building standard for comfort, efficiency and climate protection, applicable to both new builds and renovations. Prof Dietrich Schwarz is a board member of the association.

The 130th birthday of Liechtenstein’s first academically trained architect was honoured with two exhibitions, a symposium, and a publication.

As part of the International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia 2025, the design studio of Alberto Alessi and Barbara Ruech at the University of Liechtenstein organised the Biennale Sessions under the title “Taking Care of Care”. 

On 14 November 2025, students from the Master’s degree programme in Architecture undertook a specialist excursion to Zurich. They were accompanied by the lecturers Dr Britta Hentschel and Dr Gyler Mydyti. The excursion formed part of the two elective courses Built Heritage and Urban Design.

Bachelor student Martin Dupont reports on his project “Le Jardin” on hochparterre.ch/campus. The project was developed as part of “(Dis)Assembly: Reusing Modular Structures for Housing.”