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News Release from: Surface Design Show
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Surface solutions in building design
Internationally renowned and respected members of the architectural and building design community will share their knowledge and visions at the Surface Design Show.
Leading figures in architecture and building design Internationally renowned and respected members of the architectural and building design community will share their knowledge and visions at the Surface Design Show (1-2 March 2006), the only UK event dedicated to surface solutions in building design Focusing on the themes Style, Substance and Sustainability, the speakers will explore, discuss and engage with themes surrounding surfaces and beyond
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 8 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Surface Design Show 2006
The Surface Design Show at the Business Design Centre, London is the UK's only event dedicated to surface solutions in building design.
Building design leaders at Surface Design Show
Internationally renowned and respected members of the architectural and building design community will share their knowledge and visions at the Surface Design Show.
Headlining the Surfaces Talks on Wednesday, 1 March will be Sir Richard MacCormac, the Chairman of MacCormac, Jamieson, Prichard, who will talk about his collaboration with artists and their exploration of materials, colours, space and light.
Sir Richard, who is a former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and is known as the "thinking man's architect"*, has worked on projects including Southwark tube station, the Wellcome Wing at the Science Museum and Phoenix Initiative in Coventry.
The other acclaimed speakers on Wednesday, 1 March will be: Philip Gumuchdjian, founder of Gumuchdjian Architects, who will talk about the interplay between the language of materials and the creation of buildings that are in harmony with their environment; Richard Hyams, Design Director of Aedasstudio and the Advanced Modelling Group, who will discuss how the practice's own prototype design tools are used to explore and test architectural designs; and Meriel Scott and Ali McCulloch of Precious McBane who will look at the use and growing importance of sustainable and natural materials in interior design.
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Future of surfaces at the Surface Design Show 2007
UK's only event to focus exclusively on surface solutions in building design returns to the Business Design Centre on the 7th and 8th March 2007.
Latest innovate surfaces and innovative uses
Now in its fifth year, the Surface Design Show will once again be the meeting place for architects, specifiers and interior designers.
Head in the Clouds? will be the theme of the Surfaces Debate on Thursday, 2 March where participants including Rab Bennetts, Director of Bennetts Associates, Daniel Ringelstein, Director of Urban Design and Planning at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Steven Bee, Director of Planning and Development at English Heritage will discuss the impact of tall buildings in London.
The debate will discuss the pros and cons, and review the challenges that must be faced with respect to building high in a city.
Completing the programme of speakers on Thursday, 2 March will be: Alex Mowat, Director of Architecture at Urban Salon, who will use case studies to illustrate sustainable housing projects; Richard Scott, founder of Surface Architects, who will discuss the degree to which software can be used for conceptual thinking and design development; and Chris Jones, Associate of RMJM, who will discuss colour, materiality and form using the practice's recent work at Newcastle College as a case study.
* Charlotte Eagar, ES Magazine, 6 January, 2006.
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