interstuhl and SOLO Office Interiors arranged several architectural events in Russia

In Cooperation with the Russian partner SOLO Office Interiors, interstuhl arranged three architectural events in Russia within the last two months. At different headquarters of SOLO Office Interiors, architects from Germany held lectures for Russian architects.

On 20th September 2013, the event started with the architect Martin Murphy and his lecture about "Proud to be German" in Rostov-on-Don. The British-born architect spoke about the development of German architecture on an international stage and about his own national and international projects for the office, hotel and museum sectors.

The second event took place in Ekaterinburg on 3rd of October 2013. The presentation from Jan Kleihues focused on the topic "An aspect of sustainability - the lasting shape". In this context he talked about sustainability as being a big parameter in architecture, especially by means of longevity and durability of buildings. He completed his speech with the presentation of his own international projects.

The event series was concluded by Hadi Teherani and his lecture "Form for Emotion" in St. Petersburg on 24th of October 2013. His presentation outlined different architectural projects in Hamburg, Cologne and Abu Dhabi, as well as interior design projects and showroom designs. He furthermore focused on product designs and explained the development of the product family Silver, for the brand interstuhl, and other design developments.

The feedback from all participants for the three events was very good. Around 40 to 75 people visited each event. The enthusiasm of the event was reflected by numerous questions after the presentations from the architects. Interstuhl and their partner SOLO, were more than satisfied with the outcome of the events. These events strengthened existing contacts and opened the door to establish new contacts within the A&D community.

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