About FABRICATE
FABRICATE is a world-leading non-profit triennial conference and publication series showcasing internationally peer-reviewed projects in architectural and engineering design, digital fabrication, materials innovation, advanced manufacturing and sustainable construction.
Founded in 2011, FABRICATE has been held in London, Zurich, Stuttgart, Online Global, and Copenhagen, featuring over 160 pioneering projects from more than 100 AEC organisations and 50 academic institutions, reaching 1,800+ in-person delegates from 45 countries.
- A global cross-sector platform connecting architects, engineers, researchers, fabricators and industry leaders around next-generation technologies, material systems, automation, circularity and low carbon development.
- A two-day in-person conference of c400 international delegates held every 3 years.
- An unique archive of five books (in print and online) with more than 421,000 downloads across 199 territories.
- A rigorous peer-review community of 50+ international experts.
- Growing as an industry landmark resource for innovations in large-scale digital fabrication and related fields.
Co-Founders and Editors
Publications UCL Press
- 5
- Publications
- 160
- Featured projects
- 421,032
- Downloads to date
- 20
- Interviews with industry experts
The stunning hardcover book comprises 32 illustrated articles on built projects and works-in-progress received from both academia and practice via a Call for Work. Punctuating these articles are a series of conversations between the conference Keynotes and world-leading experts. A complimentary copy is given to all conference attendees as part of their conference packs. Both English editions and the Chinese version of the 2011 book were sold out. All five editions (2011, 2014, 2017, 2020 and 2024) have been released as free Open Access e-books counting over 421,000 downloads from 199 countries (October 2026).
Contributions include work from leading practices such as Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, AKT, Jean Nouvel Architects, Arup, BuroHappold, Amanda Levete Architects, Bollinger+Grohmann, DShape, Ron Arad and Autodesk and world-renowned institutions including ICD Stuttgart, The Bartlett UCL, Delft, Harvard, Yale, University of Michigan, MIT, CITA, IaaC, UCL, ETH, University Innsbruck, Princeton University and the Architectural Association. UCL Press presents the FABRICATE 2024 publication in cooperation with Riverside Architectural Press.
FABRICATE 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures Received a Commendation in the Technical category in The Architecture Book of the Year Awards 2025.
Partnership Past partners
“FABRICATE would not exist, nor be the influential success it has been, without the strategic support of our partners. Their contribution has helped shape and direct the momentum of each episode, adding vitality and relevance to the work.”
Chairs 2011–2027
Areti Markopoulou
FABRICATE 2027 co-Chair | Director at IAAC Barcelona
Xavier De Kestelier
FABRICATE 2027 co-Chair | Head of Design at Hassell
Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
FABRICATE 2024 co-Chair | Director at Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen
Phil Ayres
FABRICATE 2024 co-Chair | Professor at Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen
Jenny Sabin
FABRICATE 2020 co-Chair | Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University
Jane Burry
FABRICATE 2020 co-Chair | Dean in the School of Design, Swinburne University, Melbourne
Achim Menges
FABRICATE 2017 co-Chair | Director of the Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart
Matthias Kohler
FABRICATE 2014 co-Chair | Gramazio & Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Fabio Gramazio
FABRICATE 2014 co-Chair | Gramazio & Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Ruairi Glynn
FABRICATE co-Founder | Course Director M.Arch Design for Performance & Interaction @bartlettUCL | Director @ialab