Am 20. Januar 2026 fand an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar die Preisverleihung des ICOMOS-Studierendenwettbewerbs 1960PLUS 2025 zum Thema »Konstruktion« statt. Der vom International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) ausgelobte Wettbewerb widmete sich dem jungen Bauerbe ab 1960 und rückte insbesondere die Bedeutung der (Bau-)Konstruktion für die Denkmalwürdigkeit ausgewählter Objekte in den Fokus.

Guido Wolter, visual effects supervisor, has been nominated for an Oscar for his work on the Hollywood film »Sinners«. Wolter studied Media Design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar from 2000 to 2006. The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, 15 March 2026, in Los Angeles. We're keeping our fingers crossed!

Anya Ryzhkova, Master's student in Media Art and Design, will be celebrating the première of her graduation film project, »vremya fewral’ / STILL FEBRUARY«, on Wednesday 21 January 2026 in the short film competition of the Max Ophuels Film Festival. For the first time, animated films are officially eligible to compete in the Film Festival.

Wir gratulieren: Mit Lena Libertà und Markus Dietrich sind gleich zwei Alumni der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung für den Deutschen Drehbuchpreis 2026 nominiert. Die Preisverleihung findet am 13. Februar 2026 in Berlin statt.

Small and mid-sized skilled trades businesses are facing growing challenges; repurposing and renovating existing buildings is becoming increasingly complex, time pressure is mounting, and there is a growing shortage of skilled workers. Digital tools and robotics are promising relief. But how can new technologies be used in a way that they actually help craftspeople in their everyday life? This is the question being asked by the interdisciplinary research team at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the »Handwerk der Zukunft« project. The team will be receiving nearly one million euros in funding from the European Social Fund from 2026 to 2028.

Small and mid-sized skilled trades businesses are facing growing challenges; repurposing and renovating existing buildings is becoming increasingly complex, time pressure is mounting, and there is a growing shortage of skilled workers. Digital tools and robotics are promising relief. But how can new technologies be used in a way that they actually help craftspeople in their everyday life? This is the question being asked by the interdisciplinary research team at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the »Handwerk der Zukunft« project. The team will be receiving nearly one million euros in funding from the European Social Fund from 2026 to 2028.

Ludwig Lorenz, Master’s student at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s Faculty of Media in the Computer Science for Digital Media degree programme, has been awarded one of six fellowships from the »Future Scouts« Programme. The fellowship is awarded by the Stifterverband and the Reinhard Frank-Stiftung.

With its application-oriented, cutting-edge research into resource-saving building materials and forward-looking construction methods, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was represented at the international »Ideen – Erfindungen – Neuheiten« (iENA) trade fair in November 2025: Four patent applications have now been awarded two gold and two silver medals. At the award ceremony on 11 December 2025 at the Technischen Universität Ilmenau, the scientists were presented with their medals and certificates in a festive ceremony.

This year's German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Prize goes to doctoral student Ihab Al-Rikabi from Iraq. He is being honored for his outstanding commitment to social, societal, and intercultural issues at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

This year's German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Prize goes to doctoral student Ihab Al-Rikabi from Iraq. He is being honored for his outstanding commitment to social, societal, and intercultural issues at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Mai Do’s »VOXAIPE – Decoded« digital typography project was honoured at the Deutschen Design Club (DDC) competition. The innovative, AI-supported typography design tool stood out with its conceptual originality and design quality in the »Digital Talents« category. Her work explores how artificial intelligence can translate voices into visual forms.

Mai Do’s »VOXAIPE – Decoded« digital typography project was honoured at the Deutschen Design Club (DDC) competition. The innovative, AI-supported typography design tool stood out with its conceptual originality and design quality in the »Digital Talents« category. Her work explores how artificial intelligence can translate voices into visual forms.

An interdisciplinary team of fresh graduates from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was honoured for their »Care Blanket« submission at the renowned European competition Europan 18. The design impressed the jury in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain) with its clear, socially, ecologically focussed strategy for renovating apartment blocks from the 1960s and 1970s.

In a celebratory ceremony, the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar bid farewell to around 170 graduates. As part of the graduation ceremony, outstanding final projects were honoured with prizes and awards. The exhibition of the award-winning and award-nominated projects will be on display in the Main Building of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar until 18 December 2025.

Die Künstlerin Sarah Spitzer, Alumna der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung, erhält den Preis der Stiftung Ulla und Eberhard Jung 2025. Ausgezeichnet wird ihr medienübergreifender Werkkomplex »Die Entfremdung des Vertrauten« (2022/2025). Wir freuen uns sehr über diese Anerkennung und gratulieren herzlich!

Huge success for Produktdesign (Product Design) at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Three final projects from the Faculty of Art and Design made it onto the prestigious VDID Newcomer Awards’ shortlist and one of the projects was awarded one of the top three prizes. Felix Stockhausen was honoured for his »Velocity« mobility concept, which redefines getting on and off trains with a bicycle.

Für den schriftlichen Teil ihrer Diplomarbeit »Kartografie summender Rückstände – Im Schlick wühlen« wurde die Freie-Kunst-Absolventin Laura Wiemers mit dem mit 3.500 Euro dotierten Förderpreis »Junge Kunst« der VerbundVolksbank OWL Stiftung in der Kategorie »Literatur/Sprache« ausgezeichnet.

Die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar hat vier Erfindungen der Professur Konstruktives Entwerfen und Tragwerkslehre für ressourcenschonende Mauerwerks- und Bauverfahren zum Patent angemeldet. Die Entwicklungen ermöglichen eine CO₂-arme Produktion und eröffnen neue Perspektiven für das nachhaltige Bauen. Auf der internationalen Fachmesse »Ideen – Erfindungen – Neuheiten« (iENA) in Nürnberg vom 1. bis 3. November 2025 stellt das Team der Professur die innovativen Erfindungen (Konzepte, Forschungsergebnisse und erste Praxisbeispiele)an einer eigens gestalteten Ausstellungswand vor.

Produktdesign (Product Design) graduate Louise Richter has been awarded prizes in two categories for her piece of furniture for the final stages of life, »BeiStand«. Her piece impressed judges in both the Expert« and the »Consumer« categories. With »BeiStand«, Richter recognised a field that receives little attention: the side table in palliative care settings.

Architecture graduates Henrike Gosda and Felix Iburg were awarded third place in the national JOANES-Preis 2025. Their Master’s thesis »Ein genossenschaftliches Haus an der Fliegersiedlung«, written in the 2024/2025 winter semester, impressed the judges with its boldness, creativity, and consistent honing of cooperative housing designs. The prize is endowed with 1,500 euros and will be presented on 4 November 2025 at the Aedes Architekturforum Berlin.