{"id":3089,"date":"2015-05-14T08:38:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T08:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2015-05-14T08:38:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T08:38:59","slug":"two-key-architectural-events-sign-vision-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/two-key-architectural-events-sign-vision-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Key Architectural Events Sign Up For Vision London"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vision has announced the addition of two major features \u2013 the \u201cRIAI London Forum\u201d exhibition and the 2015 \u201cEuropean Copper In Architecture Awards\u201d \u2013 to the programme for its Vision London exhibition to be held at Olympia on the 2 and 3 June (2015).<\/p>\n
Thanks to the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI), visitors to this year\u2019s Vision London exhibition will get the chance to see the very best of Irish design in architecture, construction and craft at the RIAI\u2019s London Forum exhibition.<\/p>\n
Part of the London Festival of Architecture, the RIAI London Forum exhibition will be officially launched at the RIAI stand on Tuesday 2 June at 5pm and will showcase what the London Forum believes to the best examples of built and unbuilt projects that RIAI members are working on throughout the UK.<\/p>\n
The exhibition will also include a “7Hands” crafts section where the RIAI will display etchings, plates and 14 separate pieces of artwork including glass bowls, a metal chess set and two 6-metre high metal statues.<\/p>\n
Shortlisted entries for the 2015 European Copper in Architecture Awards 17 \u2013 the biennial celebration of contemporary architecture and a showcase for architects working with copper and its alloys \u2013 will also be revealed at Vision London.<\/p>\n
Created to celebrate the very best architectural design of buildings using copper or copper alloys in roofing, cladding and other architectural elements, the extension of these awards over the last two decades mirrors developments in the use of copper in building design.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s entries include Foster + Partners for Munich\u2019s Lenbachhaus Museum, Staab Architekten for its work on the new Kunstmuseum in Germany and Julien Denis of John McCall Architects for the Hwb Dinbych, multi-purpose community facility in Denbigh, Wales. For a full list of this year\u2019s award entries visit www.copperconcept.org\/awards<\/a><\/p>\n