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Beijing Buzzes for Architect@Work After Pre-Launch Party

From the enthusiastic response to October 15’s Architect@Work Beijing Pre-Launch Party, Beijing can barely wait for the coming of the capitol’s first Architect@Work edition. Held at UED Magazine’s China Bvilding Center, the party was packed to the gills with leading architects, designers, media and innovative materials companies.

“Architect@Work is about quality, it is about innovation and it is about education,” pronounced Mr. Miguel Garat, chairman of the Architect@Work Steering Committee.

As head of the Steering Committee, Mr. Garat is responsible for leading the team that ensures only the best enters Architect@Work. The Committee vets all exhibitors, only allowing those with truly innovative products to showcase at the event. It also turns its eyes towards visitors, so that quality people can connect with other quality people.

Mr. Garat also revealed an exciting keynote speaker in Architect@Work’s upcoming conference: China’s rising star architect Ma Yansong.

Mr. Garat’s points were supported by Mr. Hisham Youssef, founding board member of the American Institute of Architect’s Shanghai chapter and a long-time strategic partner of Architect@Work. Mr. Youssef detailed how Architect@Work works closely with its partners, including AIA, the USGBC and the Architectural Society of Shanghai China, to strengthen innovation in the architecture industry.

The partners for the Pre-Launch Party, China Bvilding Center and AFG Forster Steel Profiles, underlined this point neatly. Ms. Lou Lou Li, Director of Operations for the China Bvilding Center explained how their venue was a “spiritual home” for architects and designers, with plans to continue offering wonderful programs and seminars into the future. Mr. Weeky Wang, Sales Manager of AFG Forster, enthusiastically gave the audience a sneak peek at their upcoming exhibit, quality steel profiles able to guarantee incredible safety.

Finishing with a bang, President of Architect@Work China Thomas Baert, emphasized one of the most important qualities of the event: having fun!

“What differentiates Architect@Work from anything you have ever seen is not just the amazing innovations, not just the inspiring conference series… it is also our fun and relaxed atmosphere. On December 5 and 6, you will not only be absorbing the most important knowledge of the industry, you will also be having fun!”

The entire party joined him in a toast to Architect@Work.

See more photos of the party on our Flickr page!

Register now for free entry to Architect@Work Beijing, to be held on December 5 & 6, 2013.

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Happy Earth Day from Architect@Work

From the Archives: April 22, 2013

Architect@Work loves innovation, and it’s no small surprise that a lot of the innovations we feature have to do with sustainability and green building! Even our event has a focus on sustainability: the show’s design and set-up uses minimal and reusable materials and consciously creates less waste than other standard events.

We wanted to take this Earth Day to highlight some of our amazing Strategic Partners – these groups help the architectural community to think green and lower their impact on the earth as they continue building into the future.

USGBC Website: http://www.usgbc.org/international/Chinese

The U.S. Green Building Council is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future through cost-efficient and energy-saving green building. USGBC works toward its mission of market transformation in China through its LEED green building certification program, robust educational offerings, and advocacy in support of public policy that encourages and enables green buildings and communities.

SWITCH-ASIA Website: http://www.train-the-trainers.net/

The SWITCH-Asia programme was established by the European Commission to foster economic prosperity and decrease poverty in Asia by encouraging a switch in the production and consumption patterns of industries and consumers. Its “Train the Trainers” project is a unique hands-on course for decision makers from Chinese construction SMEs about energy-efficient building techniques, as well as European building standards, materials and best practices.

GIGA Website: http://www.gigabase.org/

GIGA believes product design and architecture can be regenerative. They work with a community of designers, manufacturers, and consumers to collect, develop and share knowledge and solutions to make regenerative design both possible and scalable.

    ECONET CHINA Website: http://www.econet-china.com/index.php?id=1

Econet China is a non-profit initiative of the German industry, coordinated by the German Industry and Commerce Greater China, for the promotion of Sino-German cooperation for sustainability. Econet China facilitates the exchange of information, know-how and effective networking between all players through strategic advisory, pilot projects, training support, branded Econet salons, project visits in Germany and more.

  Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Started by John McConnell in 1969 as part of a UNESCO conference, it is now celebrated in over 140 nations. Find out more about Earth Day at their website: http://www.earthday.org/