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The Group Velux launches the fifth edition of the “International VELUX Award”
14/10/2011
14 October 2011
The Prize of Velux International , Velux 2012 promotes ideas and sustainable solutions that take into account no only the new buildings, but also the park of existent buildings in the cities and in suburban residential zones and search proposed that they combine a clear energetic strategy with special attention in the health and the welfare of the people that live and work in the buildings. The event pretends to encourage and challenge to the students of architecture of all the world to explore and investigate the natural sunlight in the architecture under the lemma 'The light of the morning'. The composition of the jury of the Prize 2012 reflects the global nature of the International Velux Award. The members of jury, Alvaro Siza of Portugal, Brigitte Shim of Canada, Peter Stutchbury of Australia, and Francisc Kéré of Burkina Faso and resident in Germany have taught, published and built through borders and devote to the sustainable architecture with special interest in the surroundings and local climatic conditions. All those students that want to participate have to register before 1 March 2012 to be able to participate.
