Competition "Knauf Materials - the choice of architects"
The decision to hold a competition to create the best project using KNAUF materials was made due to the growing interest in improving the aesthetic level of public and residential facilities. The competition, the winners of which will be talented architects and teams of authors, will be held in one stage. Projects of interiors of apartments, individual houses, residential complexes, projects of business centers, hotels, hotels and other public and residential buildings, as well as projects of buildings, the facades of which are made using KNAUF facade systems and building materials, are accepted for participation in the competition.
The competition "Knauf Materials - Choice of Architects" will last for three months from June 1 to September 1, 2014. The winners will be the projects that took first places in each of the three nominations:
"Knauf materials in the interiors of residential buildings", "Knauf materials in the interiors of public buildings", "Facade systems KNAUF - AQUAPANEL®».
According to the results of the competition, 26 projects will become winners, the authors will be awarded with tablet computers and certificates for a trip to Singapore. Information about the projects of the winners can be found on the pages of well-known specialized magazines on construction and architecture.
The announcement of the results of the competition will take place from 5 to 8 September, and on September 29 the winners will go to Singapore for the International Architecture Festival. They will visit the famous construction sites of the city - the Marina Bay Sands hotel and the innovative Solaris Fusionopolis complex, designed by the TR Hamzah Yeang architectural bureau.
“We are pleased to announce the start of such a large-scale competition, and we are very pleased that representatives of the architectural community are truly interested in participating in the competition“Knauf Materials - the Choice of Architects!” - comments Leonid Los, Head of the Corporate Communications Service of the KNAUF CIS Group. “Today, architects use modern materials, approach their creations both from the point of view of the external beauty of buildings, and from the point of view of the convenience and comfort of those who will live in them. We are delighted that our competition will showcase architects and hope that the prize trip to Singapore will help winners increase their creativity.”
KNAUF. 20 years in Russia.
Market leader in gypsum-based building materials
In 2013, the international KNAUF group celebrated the 20th anniversary of its investment activities in Russia. The company entered the country with its own production in 1993, having bought a stake in the Krasnogorsk Plant of Thermal Insulation and Gypsum Products in the Moscow Region and formed a joint venture. Today Knauf in Russia is 5,000 modern workplaces, more than 53 billion rubles of investments in the Russian construction industry, 14 new or completely reconstructed manufacturing enterprises, more than 150 types of building materials. In total, the KNAUF CIS group is responsible for business development in 12 countries. This includes: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In addition to the production itself, which can include the extraction of gypsum stone, the KNAUF CIS group is engaged in the promotion of products and advanced construction and finishing technologies, and also conducts large-scale educational and educational activities through the efforts of the Knauf Academy.
