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Interior Contract Award 2013
until 30th June 2013
INDEX 2013, Dubai UAE
20 - 23 May 2013
The Office Exhibition, Dubai UAE
20 - 23 May 2013
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013, London UK
21 - 23 May 2013
Construmat 2013, Barcelona ES
21 - 24 May 2013
architect@work 2013, Liège BE
23 - 24 May 2013
World Interiors Day 2013, stilhaus Rothrist CH
25 May 2013
Kitchen & Bath 2013, Shanghai CN
28 - 31 May 2013
Belgrade Design Week 2013
2 - 9 June 2013
ArchitectsParty 2013 by TOWANT, Milan IT
3 - 7 June 2013
architect@work, Lyon FR
5 - 6 June 2013
Design District 2013, Zaandam NL
6 - 8 June 2013
Neocon, Chicago US
10 - 12 June 2013
architect@work 2013, Marseille FR
13 - 14 June 2013
AIA Convention 2013, Denver US
20 - 22 June 2013
architect@work 2013, Shanghai CN
27 - 28 June 2013
Design Parade 8 Villa Noailles 2013, Hyères FR
5 - 7 July 2013
exhibitions until 29 September 2013
Submission Deadline "Rio de Janeiro CityVision Competition" 2013
11 July 2013
Manchester Furniture Show 2013, Manchester UK
14 - 17 July 2013
Furnitex, Melbourne AUS
18 - 21 July 2013
Formex 2013, Stockholm SE
15 - 18 August 2013
Tendence 2013, Frankfurt DE
24 - 27 August 2013
Maison et Objet 2013, Paris FR
6 - 10 September 2013
ArchitectsParty 2013 by TOWANT, Udine+Trieste IT
9 - 13 September 2013
Paris Design Week 2013, Paris FR
9 - 15 September 2013
London Design Festival 2013, London UK
14 - 22 September 2013
architect@work 2013, Rotterdam NL
17 - 18 September 2013
The Design Junction & Light Junction 2013, London UK
18 - 22 September 2013
100% Design 2013, London UK
18 - 21 September 2013
Habitare 2013, Helsinki FI
18 - 22 September 2013
Superbrands 2013, London UK
19 - 22 September 2013
Decorex 2013, London UK
22 - 25 September 2013
Cersaie, Bologna IT
23 - 27 September 2013
Marmomacc 2013, Verona IT
25 - 28 September 2013
ISH Shanghai & CIHE 2013, Shanghai CN
25 - 27 September 2013
IIDEX Neocon 2013, Toronto CA
26 & 27 September 2013
Blickfang 2013, Hamburg DE
27 - 29 September 2013
ArchitectsParty 2013 by TOWANT, Amalfi Coast IT
7 - 11 October 2013
architect@work 2013, Paris FR
10 - 11 October 2013
Architektur13, Zurich CH
11 - 13 October 2013
Abitare il tempo, Verona IT
13 - 15 October 2013
Materialica 2013, Munich DE
15 - 17 October 2013
Łódź Design Festival 2013, Łódź, PL
17 - 27 October 2013
Blickfang 2013, Vienna AT
18 -19 October (MAK)
Intertextile 2013, Shanghai CN
21 - 24 October 2013
Japantex 2013, Tokyo JP
23 - 25 October 2013
architect@work 2013, Berlin DE
23 - 24 October 2013
PLDC, Professional Lighting Design Convention, Copenhagen DK
30 October - 2 November 2013
Batimat 2013, Paris FR
4 - 8 November 2013
ArchitectsParty 2013 by TOWANT, Reggio Emilia+Modena IT
4 - 8 November 2013
Idéo Bain 2013, Paris FR
4 - 8 November 2013
IFFT/Interior Lifestyle Living 2013, Tokyo JP
6 - 8 November 2013
Blickfang 2013, Kopenhagen DK
15 - 17 November 2013
Blickfang 2013, Zurich CH
22 - 24 November 2013
neue räume 2013, Zurich CH
27 November - 1 December 2013
ArchitectsParty 2013 by TOWANT, Trento IT
2 - 6 December 2013
architect@work 2013, Düsseldorf DE
4 - 5 December 2013
architect@work 2013, Bejing CN
5 - 6 December 2013
Heimtextil 2014, Frankfurt DE
8 - 11 January 2014
Domotex 2014, Hannover DE
11 - 14 January 2014
imm cologne 2014, Cologne DE
13 – 19 January 2014
Interiors UK, Birmingham
19 - 22 January 2014
Swissbau 2014, Basel CH
21 - 25 January 2014
Maison et Objet 2014, Paris FR
24 - 28 January 2014
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2014, Stockholm SE
4 - 8 February 2014
Cevisama 2014, Valencia ES
11 - 14 February 2014
Habitat 2014, Valencia ES
11 - 14 February 2014
Euroshop 2014, Düsseldorf DE
16 - 20 February 2014
Bautec 2014, Berlin DE
18 - 21 February
International Furniture Fair 2014, Singapore SGP
9 - 12 March 2014
Blickfang 2014, Stuttgart DE
14 - 16 March 2014
Light & Building 2014, Frankfurt
30 March - 4 April 2014
Luminale 2014, Frankfurt DE
30 March - 4 April 2014
Salone del Mobile, Euroluce, Bagno & Cucina 2014, Milan IT
8 - 13 April 2014
IFH Intherm 2014, Nürnberg DE
8 - 11 April 2014
Blickfang 2014, Basel CH
9 - 11 May 2014
Hostelco 2014, Barcelona ES
20 - 23 October 2014
Glasstec 2014, Düsseldorg DE
21 - 24 October 2014
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Ventura - the avant-garde brand of Swiss watches
Ventura, the avant-garde brand of Swiss watches, is back. The first "manufacture électronique" for high quality digital watches has recently presented, in the shape of the SPARC MGS, a timepiece which once more sets a new benchmark in chronometer design...
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Urushi - Japanese Lacquer in modern Design
An important component of the Japanese art of lacquerwork is the special technique known as "urushi", which uses many layers of wafer-thin, semi-transparent lacquer to create a surface of almost mystical radiance and sensual depth...
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The legendary Mercedes Silver Arrow Cars on the red carpet
Rarely or never before seen Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow cars have been captured in unique images for the presentation of the new collection of object carpet.
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Architecture between heaven and earth: extraordinary Control Tower Design
Even if it has become an everyday experience to take a flight in an aeroplane people continue to be fascinated by the act of overcoming gravity. The attraction of aircraft, airports and their infrastructure is accordingly great..
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Exhibition: GRAFT Architects – Distinct Ambiguity
To graft is a way of rethinking the seemingly irreconcilable. On this basis, Gregor Hoheisel, Christoph Körner, Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit have developed complex fusion methods and reinvigorated the contemporary discourse of design and architecture under the label GRAFT architects for over 13 years.
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Living in an Open Floor Plan
At a former industrial site in the West of Zurich, young people show the potential of an open floor plan, how to build sustainably using recycled materials, how to be resource conscious, and demonstrate that food from Aldi – a discounter – can well be in line with an ecological and anti-consumption attitude.
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Celebrating a Scandinavian icon: 100 years Finn Juhl
On 30 January 2012, the internationally recognised Danish furniture designer and architect Finn Juhl who died in 1989 would have turned 100.
Events all over the world – from Tokyo via Cologne to Milan as well as in his native Copenhagen – celebrate his lifetime achievement.
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stilhaus takes shape
Building a house is something most people only do once in their lifetimes. And when they do so they are, as laymen, confronted by a highly complex technical world and often the irrevocable decisions they take about their future home are simply a shot in the dark. As a result many a home-building project has led at best to grey hair and at worst to marital break-up.
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Fair Review: CERSAIE 2011 Bologna – the leading international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings
Cersaie 2011, which took place in Bologna at the end of September, once more put on a fascinating show thanks to the intrinsic diversity of ceramics as a material, combined with new developments in bathroom design and innovative bathroom fittings. Architonic was there on your behalf and – after our Facebook photo series -- can now provide you with a report on the exhibition and a selection of our favourites.
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Exhibition: «Hannes Wettstein, 1958–2008»
Hannes Wettstein is considered one of the most significant and innovative designers of our times. His most important works will now be displayed in an exhibition - put together by Studio Hannes Wettstein, presented by Institut gta...
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Olympic Landscapes
Among and around the buildings that will house hockey players and hurdlers, cyclists and swimmers throughout the duration of this summer’s Olympic Games in London are public spaces that strive to meet the exacting Olympic standards of excellence and performance, but which have a much more longterm goal. Architonic speaks to Vogt Landscape Limited, the architects behind a public realm project that has been a challenge of speed and endurance, but that they hope is fit for both Olympians and for generations of future inhabitants.
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"App-lause" and curtain up: the new Architonic app for iPhone and iPad
As a pioneering thinker Steve Jobs dotted the i's (and crossed the t's) of modern communication by combining the internet with the telephone, creating a user-friendly interface and packing everything into an outstandingly designed product. However, this is not delayed homage but "app-lause" for the "i-revolution" which he created!
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Cooking with taste: well designed household appliances
During the age of the economic miracle electrical household appliances became an integral part of every home as kitchen aids to the modern housewife. There were only a handful of manufacturers and the head designers and engineers of the market leaders worked on the principle of creating timeless and functional design, which makes some of these appliances coveted vintage items today. Some designs of the period are nowadays even being reissued as retro pieces featuring present-day technology...
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Knowledge Bases - Library architecture from antiquity to the digital age
The development of writing in ancient Egypt also gave rise to the first libraries as places of storage for these witnesses to a new, revolutionary cultural technology. Using the following examples as a basis Architonic here highlights the range and diversity of libraries which are currently in existence, showing how buildings of this kind bring together the very latest technology and history...
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Fair Preview: CERSAIE 2011 Bologna – the leading international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings
Cersaie offers not just a comprehensive overview of the variety of ceramic surfaces available on the market but also of the latest developments in the bathroom field. In Bologna at the end of September visitors will be able to discover the latest products, manufacturers, material surfaces and technologies on a site measuring 176,000 square metres.
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The Making of Architonic Concept Space IV
The Milan fair provides the ideal setting for the premiere of Architonic Concept Space IV. And this will be a global first because never before has the FluidSolids® material, developed over many years and patented by the prestigious Swiss designer Beat Karrer, been processed at into a product.
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Plastic - the mouldable material of modern chairs
In the visual arts the term 'plastic' is used for any form of creation involving a medium that can be sculpted or moulded, but it is also the term for a type of material that revolutionised the twentieth century. Using a number of plastic chairs as an example Architonic outlines the metamorphosis of this item of furniture which more than any other is deeply involved in cultural history...
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3form launches four new stunning products
3form, the leading manufacturer of award winning, eco friendly materials and architectural hardware solutions for the Architecture + Design industries, has recently launched four new, stunning products: Ditto, Shapes and Facet plus new a integrated lighting solution - Lightline.
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Baltensweiler legt limitierte Auflage der Leuchte TYPE 600 wieder auf
Online-Auktion der ersten 60 nummerierten und signierten Exemplare am 15. Oktober 2011
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The Very Fabric of Architecture: textile use in construction
Most people have at one time or another spent the night in a tent and have benefited from the protection provided by its fabric, while at the same time enjoying the sensation of being separated from nature by nothing more than a thin shell. Textile forms of habitation have a long history going back to palaeolithic times and represent an archetypal form of building which has endured to the present day. Textiles are light, easy to convert or dismantle, and they provide protection against wind, ultra-violet rays and rain.
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