On Nov. 6, Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh shared the recent progress of the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory at the Third William F. Baker International Research and Design Forum in Madrid. The third William F. Baker International Research and Design Forum took place on Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7, 2025, and was organized by the SOM Foundation in partnership with the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM). The two-day event included presentations by academics and industry leaders whose body of work, creativity, and expertise inspire the future of materiality, assembly, and technology in the built world.

Speakers of the forum included Masoud Akbarzadeh (University of Pennsylvania & Massive Form), Wesam Al Asali (IE School of Architecture and Design), Martin Bechthold (Harvard University), Alessandro Beghini (SOM), Catherine De Wolf (ETH Zürich), Mae-ling Lokko (Yale University & Willow Technologies Ltd.), Faidra Oikonomopoulou and Telesilla Bristogianni (TU Delft), Stefana Parascho (EPFL), Christopher Robeller (Technische Hochschule Augsburg & Digital Timber Construction), and Maria Yablonina (University of Toronto).