PRESS RELEASE

Paris, 9 June 2008

The UIA corporate partners present:
An architect - A building

ArcelorMittal, DOW CORNING, the HOLCIM Foundation, KONE, PHILIPS, SOMFY and TROX will propose in collaboration with the UIA, on 3 July 2008 in Turin, a round table during which architects will present one of their recent realisations.



On the occasion of the UIA congress in Turin (29 June - 3 July 2008), on the theme “Transmitting Architecture”, the UIA corporate partners are offering architects the opportunity to illustrate, through one of their projects, how they utilised industrial solutions in their project’s design process.

Claude Vasconi will present Dexia-Bil administrative Center in Esch-Belval, Luxembourg.
Marc Larmuseau, Montois Partners and David Roulin, Art & Build will present Covent Garden Royal Rogier in Brussels.
Bruno Stagno will present Holcim Costa Rica Office Building in San José.
Francois Laville, Atelier 234, will present the restructuring of the Figaro offices in Paris.
Enrico Frigerio, Frigerio Design Group, will present his project for an electrical plant in Sparanise, Italy.
John Peterson, KPMB Architects, will present the Manitoba Hydro building in Winnipeg Canada.
Alfred Schelenz, Gatermann+Schossig, will present Capricorn Haus Medienhafen in Duesseldorf.



THE UIA CORPORATE PARTNERS ARE a network of building manufacturers who are:
multicultural, able to adapt to different building contexts, cultures, and environments;
innovative and creative, offering solutions and services rather than simple products;
making a difference in the current challenges facing the construction sector, sustainable development, global comfort, universal accessibility;
• able to
communicate with architects in countries around the world, responding to their professional requirements, the specific demands of their projects, their aspirations, and their technical and cultural expectations.



UIA corporate partners
http://www.uia-architectes.org/texte/england/Menu-1/4-club.html

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http://www.uia2008torino.org
Update: 6/11/08
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