One of the internationally well-known Italian architecture magazines, The Plan - Architecture Magazine, disclosed the shortlist of their annual THE PLAN AWARD, recognizing built and unbuilt projects in 20 different categories. We are glad to announce that all our submitted projects are shortlisted, including a knowledge and communication center for Leoben in the category Education, a competence center for MAM Baby in the category Production as well as a hotel building THE ROCK for Radisson RED in the category Hospitality. This year’s international jury panel, consisting of nine architecture experts, will select the honoree and winner at the award gala on November 17th.

At our new hotel building, THE ROCK - Radisson RED Vienna, we implemented ABB products for controlling and adjusting lighting, sun shading and temperature in the rooms as well as the public areas. The Swedish-Swiss company collaborated with us on the #17 episode of Frozen Music, a video series that presents unique building projects and the architects behind them to their global community. Katrin Förster thematized the design approach in an interview with CEO Martin Lesjak and project lead Oliver Kupfner, as well as relevant topics such as added social values.

We collaborated with inspiring American Surface Magazine, for a project spotlight, giving insights on future driven office building for MAM Baby. In the magazine´s digital newsroom, covering the worlds of architecture, art, design, fashion and travel around the globe, Martin Lesjak outlines how the humanistic design approach shaped the architecture: ”To reach the goal of focusing on basic human needs, we developed a new building typology – the layered space. A very important attribute of this building is its special and visual porosity. People working here diffuse through the space based on their demands.“