Applications for the 2020 Hangai Prize have been closed. Because the Covid-19 pandemic has required the postponement of the IASS 2020 Symposium, the applications already received are still being evaluated. Winners will be announced in late autumn, the winning papers will be published in the December 2020 issue of the Journal of the IASS, and the winning authors will present their contributions in a conferral ceremony at the IASS 2020/21 Symposium in August, 2021.

Now, balloting for the annual EC Elections and Referendum is open on the Association website
from March 16 (00:00 CET) through April 15 (24:00 CET).

After logging in, select MEMBER TOOLS from the top menu and then BALLOTING.

Only Individual, Honorary and Senior members as well as Chapter and Collective representatives (bundle adminstrators) are eligible to vote.

The following membership levels are not eligible to vote:
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The issue contains six papers. Access to a PDF of the full issue is through the Publications Gateway of this website. Soon, the issue will also be available on the Ingenta website in the usual form.

The IASS regrets to announce the death of former president and distinguished member Mamoru Kawaguchi on 29 May 2019. A memorial statement will appear in a future issue of the Journal of the IASS.

The issue contains five papers. Access to a PDF of the full issue is through the Publications Gateway of this website. Soon, the issue will also be available on the Ingenta website in the usual form.

The issue is a Special Issue coordinated by N. de Temmerman on Transformables: Deployable Structures and Rapidly Assembled Systems. It contains 7 papers. Access to a PDF of the full issue is through the Publications Gateway of this website. Soon, the issue will also be available on the Ingenta website in the usual form.

Now, balloting for the annual EC Elections and Referendum is open on the Association website from April 12 through May 7. 

After logging in, select MEMBER TOOLS from the top menu and then BALLOTING.

Only Individual, Honorary and Senior members as well as Chapter and Collective representatives (bundle adminstrators) are eligible to vote.

The following membership levels are not eligible to vote:
Student, Awardee, Chapter affiliates, Collective affiliates

This issue contains Tsuboi Proceedings Award paper for 2017, four Hangai Prize papers for 2018, two technical papers, and information about upcoming events, including the IASS Symposiums 2019 and 2020. Access to a PDF of the full issue is through the Publications Gateway of this website. Soon, the issue will also be available on the Ingenta website in the usual form.

The TAC Report for the period 2017-18 is available on the public portion of this website by clicking here to access the page containing all recent reports.

The functionality of the Publications Gateway has been extended by adding a new tab: Bookshop.
This feature is available to both members and non-members of the IASS. It allows shopping with online payment.

At the moment there is one item available: The IASS 50th Jubilee Book "Fifty Years of Progress for Shell and Spatial Structures". This is now the only form of distribution of this book. Previously practiced ordering through the order form is discontinued.

The Bookshop is accesible through the Publications Gateway of this website.