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BlingCrete™ is winner of the International Tunneling & Underground Spaces Award 2014
BlingCrete™ is winner of the the International Tunneling & Underground Spaces Award. The award recognises excellence in the delivery of international tunnelling and underground space projects. The prize was awarded on Dec 4 at The Grosvenor House in London. BlingCrete™ has won in the Category Product / Equipment Innovation of the Year. The awards are...

BlingCrete™ is presenting the new features “Nearfield Communication”, “TouchCrete” and “DysCrete” for the first time at BAU 2015, 19th – 24th Jan 2015 in Munich. Exhibition at Innovation Platform Concrete/ Hall A2/ Stand 328. Lecture: Forum B0/ Di.20.01.2015/ 12 Uhr
BlingCrete™ is presenting the new features “Nearfield Communication”, “TouchCrete” and “DysCrete” for the first time at the innovation platform CONCRETE, BAU 2015 Munich, 19th – 24th Jan 2015, Hall A2, Stand 328. Lecture: Forum B0/ Di.20.01.2015/ 12 Uhr/ Putting the Vision into Practice – Prof. Heike Klussmann

BlingCrete™ is selected to be shown at ABX Innovation Pavilion, Architecture Boston Expo, USA
BlingCrete™ is selected to be shown at the ABX Innovation Pavilion – an exhibit of approximately 30 new, cutting edge, innovative building materials. The Pavilion is a major exhibit at ABX, Architecture Boston Expo, the annual trade show and conference sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects in Boston. LOCATION: Boston Convention Center DATE: November...

BlingCrete™ auf der Sondershow Schwergewichte | ARCHITECT@WORK in Berlin und Düsseldorf
BlingCrete™ at the special show “Schwergewichte” | ARCHITECT@WORK at Berlin and Düsseldorf The special exhibition, entitled “Schwergewichte”, organized by raumPROBE for ARCHITECT@WORK in Berlin and Düsseldorf will show the innovative potential of the traditional building material CONCRETE. Architect@Work BERLIN: October 23 – 24, 2013, 11am – 6pm Station Berlin, Luckenwalderstr. 4-6, D – 10963 Berlin...

BlingCrete™ at BAU 2013 – The World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems
BlingCrete™ will be exhibiting at BAU 2013. The World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems takes place from January 14 to 19, 2013 at Messe München exhibition center. Once again the event is expected to attract around 2,000 exhibitors from more than 40 countries and approximately 240,000 visitors from all over the world. You...

BlingCrete™ at London Design Festival 2012 | Whiter Than White
BlingCrete™ is presented at the London Design Festival 2012 with the inaugural exhibition ‘Whiter than White’ – a collaboration between Materials Council and Architonic. Whiter than White is an exploration of the pursuit of ‘whiteness’ in the built environment. What makes a material white and what concessions must be made by designers in the face...

matériO will be showing BlingCrete™ at 2012 edition of MAISON ET OBJET in Paris
matériO, le labo will be showing BlingCrete™ at the 2012 edition of the prestigious fair MAISON ET OBJET in Paris. «SIMPLE MATTER(S)», as well as «SIMPLICITY MATTERS» are both referring to the pureness of simple materials and to the importance of simplicity in contemporary design. Actually, the exhibition will regroup a selection of materials, technologies,...

BlingCrete™ – Giant Seating Furniture for Student’s Residential Complex
The Siegmunds Hof Student’s Residential Complex was built in 1961 and lies near the university nestled between the Spree and Tiergarten districts. By popular request from residents and other students, the commissioned architect’s office “Susanne Hofmann Architekten BDA” developed the versatile domestic shapes and ground plans, as well as a fantastic, ecological landscape, which is...

BlingCrete™ at Smart Interfaçades Congress | Messe Stuttgart
BlingCrete´s Thorsten Klooster and Heike Klussmann give a talk about their research work at this year´s R+T: “On the third day of the fair, the new leading event for architects and planners celebrates its debut: ´The Art of Planning – Forum on architecture and integral planning´. International leading architects such as Dominique Perrault and numerous...

BlingCrete™ at Ecobuild London
BlingCrete™ is going to participate in the largest construction and building material exhibition in the United Kingdom – Ecobuild 2012. This exhibition takes place since 2005, and it has become one of the main sector exhibitions and meeting place for architects, designers, ingeneers, investors, manufacturers, distributors etc. Ecobuild is the biggest event for sustainable design,...

BlingCrete™ receives iF gold award for highly innovative material development and outstanding design achievements
The Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) provided the backdrop for the presentation of the iF awards at BMW Welt in Munich, held on February 10, 2012. BlingCrete™ received one of the coveted iF gold awards for highly innovative material development and outstanding design achievements. The winning entries of the internationally renowned design competition are also...

BlingCrete™ heads to Asia
Kicking off in September, the DMY Asia Exhibition Tour will present BlingCrete™ at seven different trade fairs and festivals in Asia. The stations of the tour include: Taiwan Designers’ Week (Taipei/Taiwan)
16.09.-25.09.2011 / Beijing Design Week (Beijing/China)
28.09.-3.10.2011 / Taipei World Design Expo, Taiwan
22.10-30.10.2011 / Designtide Tokyo (Tokyo/Japan)
29.10-3.11.2011 / Detour 2011 (Hong Kong/China)
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