The Technische Universität Darmstadt took first place overall in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. Elsewhere within the AIA Continental Europe territory, among the 20 teams, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid placed fifth.
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Board meeting minutes from London, 27 September 2007.
Paris will host the 26th Batimat, from November 5–10, when the biennial trade fair will take stock of technical evolutions, performance, and innovations in the building industry. “Sustainable development” once again will serve as the overarching theme of the three key categories that have made huge advances: energy performance, security, and renovation. Batimat 2007 will have 2,700 exhibitors from 49 countries. The International Union of Architects presents a series of international conferences relevant to these themes within the Batimat framework. Architects from around the world are invited to attend Batimat 2007 free of charge by registering online. For more information, visit the Batimat Web site.
European Architecture Foundation (EURAF), is a non for profit architectural information organization. EURAF, with the technical support of Archi-Europe, promotes EU-wide professional opportunities and mobility through its web site and by organizing congresses, competitions, round tables and workshops. Labels: news
Focused on environmental issues in contemporary building and architecture, EURAF also organizes conferences and produces educational tools on this topic.
The Archi-Europe portal (archi-europe.com) is currently available in 9 languages, where architects have the chance to present their own projects.
The site also offers information about new solutions and materials developed by the building industry and Archi-News (September 2007 issue), covering architecture projects in Europe and related events (trade fairs, exhibitions, expositions). —Dominique Tomasov, AIA
Paris is the site for the two-day RIBA Conference 2007. The "further information" link takes you directly to the conference home page.