VELUX

The "Daylight Collection" is at the heart of the new partnership between Velux and Landfolk: it comprises more than 100 holiday homes in which natural light shapes the architecture. In these exceptional properties, visitors can experience just how closely the quality of the living environment, a connection to nature and the spatial effect are intertwined.

The new VELUX INTEGRA GPU electric windows combine the beneficial features of both electric and center-pivot/top-hung windows.

With its sophisticated construction and well-thought-out distribution of light, a roof extension in Maxvorstadt, Munich impressed the jury of the Velux Architects' Competition.

Daylight has a fundamental role to play at the new “Hessenwaldschule” (Forest School of Hessen) in Weiterstadt. Its building has now been honored with 3rd prize at the 2019 Velux architecture competition.

An old lean-to on the outskirts of Berlin has morphed into an attention-grabbing house for artists. A jury of experts has voted it the winner of the Velux Architecture Competition 2019.

Every two years come January, the halls at the Munich trade fair ground fill to bursting: Because that is when the BAU opens its doors, again – the world’s largest construction trade fair. We checked everything out and have selected the most important novelties for you here.

He’s not really interested in skylights. But in the third part of our tour of the “BAU” trade fair in Munich, Amandus Sattler discovers that there are in fact some well-executed specimens out there, such as those developed in collaboration with Foster+Partners. He also finds out that you can’t tar all drainage systems with the same brush either, that no two types of paint are the same, and that “green PVC” is really quite an attractive option.

As the “world’s leading trade fair for architecture, materials, systems” BAU in Munich offers a wealth of information for architects, planners and anyone with an interest in today’s building solutions, or tomorrow’s. That said, this time round highly customizable standard solutions took center stage while true innovation remained scarce.