WAF 2019 APAC WINNERS
There were more than five hundred live finalist presentations at WAF Amsterdam 2019. APAC practices constituted more than 50% of this year’s finalists with participation from China, Hong Kong China, ANZ, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore firms forming the majority of the region’s competitors. China architects Original Design Studio, achieved the significant win of Landscape of the Year for […]
WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL 2019
GROHE, the founder sponsor of the World Architecture Festival (WAF), looks back at a successful event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We welcomed more than 1,000 visitors from the international architecture and design world at the GROHE booth, and: “We are proud to be a part of some of this year’s nominees for the Building of […]
GROHE AND WAF AWARD 2ND WATER RESEARCH PRIZE
For the second time, GROHE and the World Architecture Festival (WAF) award the winner of the Water Research Prize. The research initiative “Recycle Build Brazil” convinced the jury around Paul Finch, Programme Director, WAF, Paul Flowers, Chief Design Officer LIXIL and Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands […]
GROHE CEO HONOURED FOR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY
Thomas Fuhr, CEO GROHE AG was awarded with the 2019 Environmental and Sustainability Award for the Category “Large Enterprises” by B.A.U.M. on 4th September 2019. My mission and that of GROHE is to develop intelligent technologies with water- and energy-saving qualities, without having to sacrifice when it comes to the joys that water brings. Every single […]
WAF TRENDS ASIA
GROHE has been a Founder Partner of World Architecture Festival (WAF) since 2008. This partnership has been further strengthened following the launch of WAF Trends Asia (WAFTA), a new platform that celebrates the work of aspiring architects and designers in Asia Pacific region and nurtures the next generation, empowering them to improve the lives of […]
RED DOT: BRAND OF THE YEAR
The jury for the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2019 have bestowed the distinction “Red Dot: Brand of the Year” on GROHE. It is awarded to the best brand in an industry. Over several days, the experts scrutinised, discussed and assessed a total of 8,697 entries. With its outstanding design quality and extraordinarily […]
ASIA PACIFIC PROPERTY AWARDS 2019
GROHE and American Standard are the headline sponsor of the IPAX Asia Pacific Property Awards, the region’s top-rated property awards and industry networking event. Held at Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, the prestigious event focuses on the high-end residential and commercial property industry across APAC, and brings together a broad spectrum of key decision makers […]
WAF WATER RESEARCH PROGRAMME
The Water Research Programme was developed from the WAF Research Programme. This was launched to promote the ideas highlighted in the WAFX Manifesto, marking WAF’s 10-year anniversary in 2017. The manifesto identified key challenges architects will need to address over the next ten years, comprising Water; Climate, Energy and Carbon; Ageing and Health; Re-use; Smart […]
WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR AWARD
GROHE is the proud sponsor of the prestigious World Building of the Year Award 2019 that will be given out at this year’s festival. Last year’s winner was the Kampung Admiralty, Singapore, designed by WOHA Architects – download the firm’s design statement for this project here. See a list of other previous year’s World Building of the Year Award winners at […]
GROHE – WAF FOUNDER PARTNER SINCE 2008
As the founder sponsor of the World Architecture Festival, GROHE is proud to support this significant industry event for the eleventh consecutive year. The competition format of live presentations, live peer judging, and live audience bring forth a heightened dimension of excitement for participants and visitors. The shortlist of competition entries for the 2019 span […]
