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AR House Awards 2012: Laufen sponsors excellent house architecture
Having met with a very positive response for sponsoring the AR House Awards last year, Swiss bathroom specialist Laufen again sponsors prize of over 10,000 British pounds for the design of a private house. This years overall winner is John Lin, with a housing project in Shaanxi Province, China. The award ceremony and exhibition opening took place in London on 26 June.
The new, international jury of the AR House Awards 2012 from left to right: AR editor Catherine Slessor, Peter Salter (UK), Sofia von Ellrichshausen (Chile), Brian MacKay-Lyons (Canada). Photo: Laufen
The AR House Awards, which will be awarded for the third time in 2012, wish to promote and strengthen the tradition of private house architecture, which enjoys a unique status both in the history of architecture and in the human culture – from Le Corbusier to Koolhaas, the history of modern architecture can be traced through a series of groundbreaking private houses. Their core function is to provide shelter, a secure roof over one”s head – but they are also objects of desire, the canvas onto which people project their wishes, a playground for architects and a proposal for how we might live in balance with ourselves and the wider planet.
An international jury of Sofia von Ellrichshausen (Chile), Brian MacKay-Lyons (Canada), Peter Salter (UK) and AR editor Catherine Slessor assessed nearly 200 submissions from all over the world regardless of the size, location, budget or age of the project and chose a group of 12 winning projects. The only condition was that the building project must have already been completed. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday 26 June in London and all winning projects will be published in detail in the July edition of Architectural Review. This years overall winner is John Lin, Dept of Architecture, University of Hong Kong for a housing project in the Shaanxi Province, China. The other highly commended projects are situated in Australia, Ireland, Japan and Spain.
Laufen sponsors the prestigious awards for the second time. “Laufen has a strong commitment to innovative architecture, from which we draw a great deal of inspiration”, says Alberto Magrans, Senior Managing Director at Laufen, “and the AR House Awards are a great opportunity to give something back. ” During the last decade, Laufen has designed many products that can be incorporated seamlessly into bathroom architecture and demonstrate a profound understanding of the Swiss company of architectural concepts and the space in itself.
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The AR House Awards are annual awards made by the trade magazine Architectural Review since 2010. The Architectural Review, which was published for the first time in 1896, presents a highly regarded, thoughtful, critical vision of contemporary global architecture. Further information can be found on www.arhouse.co.uk.
LAUFEN
120 year passion in bathroom culture. The washbasins, bath tubs and shower plates, WCs, Bidets, bathroom furniture, accessoires and faucets of the Swiss bathroom specialist bring design and quality on a high level to any bathroom.
Kontakt:
Laufen Bathrooms AG
Béatrice Rüeger
Wahlenstrasse 46
4242 Laufen
+41 61 76575-54
beatrice.rueeger@laufen.ch
http://www.laufen.com
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id pool GmbH
Marc Millenet
Krefelder Straße 32
70376 Stuttgart
+49 711 954645-0
laufen@id-pool.de
http://www.id-pool.de
The 19th iran agro 2012 – 57 exhibitors from 7 countries and 30,000+ visitors expected
The 19th edition of Iran”s leading agricultural trade show will open its doors from 27 to 30 May. Against the background of support by the National Development Fund amounting to two billion US-Dollars the International Agricultural Trade Fair, iran ago is organized by Palar Samaneh of Tehran and fairtrade of Germany. iran agro 2012 takes place at the Tehran International Fairgrounds.
According to Theresa Weissbrodt, project manager with fairtrade: “iran agro provides an ideal business platform to meet all of the Iranian and international top-level decision-makers, looking to upgrade their production facilities”. This statement is emphasized by the number of exhibitors in 2012. Three official pavilions from China, Spain and Turkey and 57 exhibitors from seven countries, Brazil, China, Germany, Iran, Netherlands, Spain and Turkey will discuss business with more than 30,000 visitors.
The Iranian agricultural minister, Sadeq Khalilian says that about 2 billion US-Dollars from the National Development Fund will be made available for developing the processing industry, fisheries, greenhouses and water and soil resources. Khalilian further states, that the agricultural sector has seen significant progress in recent years. Adding, agricultural production in the last Iranian year (ended March 20) reached about 107 million tons indicating a growth of 15 per cent compared to the figure for the previous year. The main policies of the ministry are the mechanization and renovation of agro infrastructure.
For the first time in Iran, an Online Market Place has been established for an international exhibition. The iran agro interactive online community allows exhibitors and visitors to connect before, during and after the event. www.visit.iran-agro.com .
To create valuable synergies for exhibitors and trade visitors alike, iran agro 2012 takes place concurrently with iran food + hospitality (312 exhibitors from 11 countries), and iran food + bev tec (242 exhibitors from 17 countries), the three dedicated events building the frame of “iran agrofood 2012″ with altogether 611 exhibitors in 2012.
fairtrade Messe und Ausstellungs GmbH & Co KG:
Seit ihrer Gründung 1991 zählt die fairtrade Messegesellschaft zu den führenden Veranstaltern internationaler Fachmessen in den aufstrebenden Märkten Nordafrikas, des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens und Osteuropas. Seit 2003 gibt es neben der fairtrade Zentrale in Heidelberg eine Tochterfirma in Algier. Durch die Zertifizierung nach ISO 9001:2008, und die Mitgliedschaft bei der UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, organisiert fairtrade internationale Events gemäß den UFI Qualitätsstandards.
Kontakt:
fairtrade Messe
Kim Wolters
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
+496221456513
http://www.iran-agro.com
k.wolters@fairtrade-messe.de
Pressekontakt:
fairtrade Messe GmbH
Dominik Rzepka
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
d.rzepka@fairtrade-messe.de
+496221456522
http://www.fairtrade-messe.de
Online Network for Architects
There is a large number of well-trained architects in Germany. Many of them do have foreign experiences as well and can thus be employed by customers, too.
If you are building a house for which each single detail requires an exact planning, or you are reconstructing or renovating an already existing building: for all such projects an architect is needed. Here the best one is just good enough. But how to find the best one? In former times people were looking in the yellow pages or asking around friends and colleagues. However, such more or less randomly selected architects who were furthermore limited to the regions nearby did not in all cases bring up satisfying results.
German Architects are more than experts, they are visionaries and creative persons as well and able to realize their ideas meticulously and accurately. Architects only possess such a fascinating mixture of skills. Therefore, if customers are looking for inspirations, it is important for them to find the right architect. Customers ask themselves whether the architect understands the project they have in mind, whether he knows how they imagine their future home or whether he can feel the “secret worlds” where their individual way of living is concealed? Here the right chemistry, the harmony between the partners play an important role and are necessary facts for any close cooperation. Real properties are the personal home and of such a treasure that they indeed require an appropriate handling.
The search for qualified experts is nowadays supported by all the possibilities the internet offers. So why attention should be paid to regionally located architects only when modern media show how to find experts on a national basis? Anyplans, graphics or animations can be transmitted within seconds. After customers had a look on them they can – if desired – being optimized as long as necessary and until the customers are to 100 % content with the results. But how to get known with the architects who offer their services? An internet platform specialised exclusively on architects can help. It shows all services offered, further the focus determined by the architects as well as additional helpful references. There is a lot to discover here, not only the services customers are looking for, but experts who they probably might never have found somewhere else.
Architects do quite a lot more than planning and designing buildings. They further work out expertises for buildings as well. This very sensitive field of tasks also requires the employment of an architect, somebody who has a lot of experiences, a person who is competent and realiable. Therefore, many customers have been waiting for such a network where they successfully find the right architects. All professionals published there you can entrust with the creation of your personal home according to your individual desires without hesitation or worries – Contact
Die Firma: Preikschat und Kollegen, Architekten und Ingenieure, Dipl.Wi.-Ing. Oliver Preikschat (Architekt) hilft bei der Wahl des richtigen Architekten. Mit einem neuen Portal, nebst Datenbank, kann hier jedermann nach dem geeigneten Architekt suchen.
Kontakt:
Preikschat und Kollegen, Architekten und Ingenieure
Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Oliver Preikschat, Architekt
Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 74
10789 Berlin
030/217 987 24
http://www.architektenscout.eu/
preikschat@architektenscout.eu
Pressekontakt:
becker designportal UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Wiebke Becker
Bussardstr. 73
82194 Gröbenzell
becker.designportal@gmx.de
08142-506555
http://www.pr-agentur-beratung.de/
Premiere in Verona: SPARTHERM with own fair booth for first time at Progetto Fuoco 2012
February 20, 2012
Premiere in Verona: SPARTHERM with own fair booth for first time at Progetto Fuoco 2012
News and highlights from all product segments – new fair concept with staged domestic tableaus, communications center and lounge.
Melle. – From February 22nd to 26th 2012 SPARTHERM will be present for the first time with its own 360 sq. m. fair booth at the Progetto Fuoco in Verona.
At this international trade fair, one of the most important internationally for wood-fired heat and energy generation systems and equipment, SPARTHERM, internationally known manufacturer of fireplace inserts, wood-burning stoves and bioethanol products, will again present trend-setting innovations from a total of 16 product worlds.
A few examples:
New LINEAR standard fireplace inserts with efficiency ratings of over 80%, satisfying the most stringent European standards. Design-oriented and easy to install, they are suitable for nearly all open hearths and offered at an attractive price/benefit ratio.
New H2O units with unsurpassed water efficiency
State-of-the-art combustion cell technologies with minimum installation depth, i.e. significantly lower space requirements not requiring additional insulation in front of combustible walls – the perfect solution for installation situations with limited space – unique on the market.
ebios fireplaces – dancing flames with bioethanol – the new complete line of innovative fireplaces, as fireplace inserts or solitary units, for indoor or outdoor use.
Wood-burning stoves independent of the room air with ingenious, patent pending door closing mechanism.
The new generation of heat storage ovens such as the Helios M model with optimum heat storage values. Available with different attractive, variable linings (steel or ceramic)
Hot cot in combination with hearth firebox and heating mat, guaranteeing complete comfort with its body-fitting shape and pleasant radiant heat – a further innovation from SPARTHERM.
New stove storage rack as design solution for aesthetic and attractive room transparency, i.e. interesting and trendy room divider coupled with versatile storage space.
New lined combustion cells and much more …
Simultaneously the company plans to use the stage there to present its new booth concept, to be used at other fairs as well in the future.
A visit to the SPARTHERM fair booth is worth your while, so until then: “Benvenuti” in Verona!
SPARTHERM Feuerungstechnik GmbH is one of Germany’s largest producers of combustion cells, wood-burning stoves and fireboxes and is also a major company well known throughout Europe in the branch. With its technical knowhow in the field of furnace technology, state-of-the-art production facilities and sale over a qualified and well developed network of retail dealers, the company markets high quality, innovative stoves and fireboxes with exceptionally attractive design worldwide in 47 countries.
In the future SPARTHERM’s widely assorted range will be based on economical and ecological objectives with environmentally sound products and systems, designed in our own development department.
Further information available at www.spartherm.com and www.progettofuoco.com.
SPARTHERM Feuerungstechnik GmbH is one of Germany’s largest producers of combustion cells, wood-burning stoves and fireboxes and is also a major company well known throughout Europe in the branch. With its technical knowhow in the field of furnace technology, state-of-the-art production facilities and sale over a qualified and well developed network of retail dealers, the company markets high quality, innovative stoves and fireboxes with exceptionally attractive design worldwide in 47 countries.
In the future SPARTHERM’s widely assorted range will be based on economical and ecological objectives with environmentally sound products and systems, designed in our own development department.
Kontakt:
Spartherm Feuerungstechnik GmbH
Simone Fels
Maschweg 38
49324 Melle
spartherm@dr-schulz-bc.de
+49 (0)5422-94 41-40
http://www.spartherm.com
