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WrocLOVE Design 2013 ///

The International Festival of Good Projects WrocLOVE Design is a meeting with European design and art, presenting creative concepts, art and business. It will constitute a review of the Polish and European designers. Meetings and discussions are expected to lead to mutual understanding.

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HAPPY EASTER ///

ECOBUILD THE FUTURE ///

Ecobuild is the largest showcase of sustainable construction products anywhere. Featuring more speakers, attractions, conference and seminar sessions than ever before, Ecobuild was a great source of inspiration, innovation and education for the sustainable built community. We have attended the venue at London’s ExCeL from 5th to 7th March and participated in the passivhaus and sustainable by design discussion forums, where we had a chance to learn the latest developments in this area, see the most innovative products and to refresh existing and establish new contacts. One of our projects was also presented at the biodiversity pavilion.

ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME OF THE YEAR ///

Our design for passive house 'Sky Garden' has been awarded first prize and the title of Energy Efficient Home of the Year at this year's International Construction Fair BUDMA in Poznan, Poland. This competition for energy efficient design is organized by the publishing agency "Murator" and this year objective was to design "a beautiful and functional, 150m2 single-family detached house, where the energy demand for heating and ventilation is no more than 40kWh per m2 per year and construction costs are not exceeding 500K zlotych."

BUDMA 2013 ///

BUDMA International Construction Fair is the event that belongs to the leading business meetings of the construction industry in central part of Europe.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR ///

WE WISH YOU ALL WHITE & MAGICAL CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

BUILDING SWIFT TOWER ///

We have completed works on the construction and installation of the swift tower, thus the first free-standing tower for swifts in Poland is up! On Monday, Dec. 17, at 12.00 in the park at Odkryta street (Warsaw, Białołęka), a press briefing will be held related to the completion of the investment.

SWIFT TOWER TO BE BUILD IN WARSAW ///

Poland's first freestanding tower for swifts will be built in Warsaw, Bialoleka. The district, which lands are located along the Vistula River, declares war on mosquitoes. Due to water proximity and many green areas, people living in Bialoleka can not complain on the lack of small, biting insects in the summer, where in some locations it's turned into a plague. The authorities decided to invite swifts into the area - birds that feed primarily on mosquitoes and small biting flies. Planning permission has been aproved and tower is now being assembled in factory.

CITY PUBLIC TOILETS ///

A design for compact and environmentally friendly public toilets with kiosk.

PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGNER CERTIFICATION ///

We have obtained an official Passive House Designer Certificate issued by the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt. It is a fact that new buildings can be designed in such a way that they consume only a small fraction of the energy used by conventional houses. Far more than 10,000 Passive Houses have been built all over Europe - buildings, whose space heating demand equals only about one tenth compared to the average building stock. The quality requirements for the Passive House standard were compiled quite some years ago and all relevant information is published and freely accessible on the internet. All this cannot, however, replace the careful designer/architect with a sound understanding of the associated technical background knowledge.

PASSIVE HOUSE TRADESPERSON CERTIFICATION ///

We have obtained an official certificate issued by the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt, confirming our knowledge of a passive house subject. The Passive House Institute is an independent research institute which played an especially crucial role in the development of the Passive House concept. Passive House Institute has assumed a leading position with regard to research on and development of construction concepts, building components, planning tools and quality assurance for especially energy efficient buildings.

RED DOT DESIGN AWARD - DESIGN CONCEPT 2012 ///

Our project was shortlisted in red dot design award - design concept 2012 in a public space category. Design concept award is an international professional design award for design concept, ideas and prototype.

LOFT OF THE FUTURE ///

We have been featured on page 7 of the May/June 2012 edition of the 'A10 - new European architecture magazine', where winners of the 'new vison of the loft' competiion and their works were presented. A10-new European architecture, is the only architecture magazine that highlights architecture from a European perspective.

Z-LOFT ///

Our work was awarded in the international design competition for the new vision of the loft. The 3rd edition of the competition was organized by one of the world’s leading roof window manufacturers FAKRO in cooperation with the international magazine for architects A10.

This conceptual design highlights the neglected site flanking one of the most popular open public spaces in Ireland. The industrial concrete block and associated buildings for long has been enrolled into silhouette of the area but the development plan for the site has never been established as a consistent for whole. Deprived of care buildings deteriorate which makes refurbishment more difficult year after year...