RIFF 2017
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TESTIMONIALS
RIFF International Architecture Expo Conference Roofs, Insulations, Façades, Floors is organized in Budapest in 2017, at Radisson Blue Budapest Grand Hotel, within SHARE Budapest 2017 International Architecture Forum.
The conference represents also a continous trainning program for architects and is organized by ABplus Events in cooperation with the Chamber of Hungarian Architects (MÉK).
The presentations in the program of the expo conference are focused on innovative façades structures, the design of roofs and insulation works in high-profile buildings, and also presenting new trends, solutions and systems for floors. Large-scale projects are presented from different perspectives, by architects and contractors.
RIFF 2017 edition in Budapest will bring together over 200 architects, designers, project owners and beneficiaries, leaders in the construction market, companies with solutions for façades, roofs, insulations and floors.
RIFF International Architecture Expo Conference Roofs, Insulations, Façades and Floors is a one day event with a complex schedule, including two official plenary sessions and two thematic sessions: „Facades & Insulation” and “Roofs – Floors & Insulations”.
Highly-awarded speakers, among whom the winners of the latest editions of the international architecture awards, present in the program of RIFF Budapest their latest projects.
Speakers coming from 15 countries and Hungarian guest speakers will lecture at the conference, together with representatives of outstading international architectural firms that present innovative products and solutions for the industry. The profiles of the guest speakers are available here.
Our guests’ projects are winners or finalists in competitions known worldwide , such as RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects Internațional Award; World Architecture Festival Award; Alvar Aalto Medal; 2015 AIA Honorary Fellowship; 2015 Iconic awards ; 2015 Wan 21 for 21 award; 2014 A+Architizer Awards; MIPIM Award (Le marché international des professionnels de l’immobilier), hosted in Cannes, France; International Architecture Awards; European Property; Green Good Design Awards; German Iconic Awards.
Simultaneosly with RIFF, in the same location, it is organized INGLASS international conference dedicated to glass architecture and engineering, GIS international interior architecture and interior design expo conference and LAUD international conference dedicated to landscape architecture and urban infrastructure. It is created this way an important architecture forum in Budapest, a dynamic and vibrant event including four professional thematic conferences.
The aim of the expo conference is to promote at the European level the best practice examples in contemporary architecture, the transfer of know-how and the exchange of ideas.
For 20 years, our professional architecture expo conferences act as an effective platform for promoting excellence in the fields of architecture and construction, a meeting point for practicing architects, landscape architects and contractors, bringing together great personalities in architecture and offering new opportunities of cooperation.
The latest editions of our expo conferences had great guests that have brought their contribution to the program with presentations of their latest projects: 2015: Farshid TAVAKOLITEHRANI, STUDIO FUKSAS, ITALY; arch. Lukasz PLATKOWSKI, GENSLER, UK; arch. Steven PEY, EPR ARCHITECTS, UK; 2014: arch. Anders SÆLAN, HENNING LARSEN ARCHITECTS, DENMARK; 2013: arch. Stephen HODDER, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS, THE UK; 2012: prof. dr. arch. Tony FRETTON, TONY FRETTON ARCHITECTS, THE UK; 2011: dr. e.h. h.c. Werner SOBEK, WERNER SOBEK ENGINEERING & DESIGN, GERMANY; arch. Tony LING, JESTICO + WHILES, UK; arch. Diogo BURNAY, CVDB ARQUITECTOS, PORTUGAL & CANADA; arch. Matthias BAUER, MBA/S MATTHIAS BAUER ASSOCIATES, GERMANY; arch. Borys CZARAKCZIEW, Member of the Board and Plenipotentiary for international matters-the Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland.
Information regarding the access at RIFF International Conference 2017 edition:
Date: 2017
Access: solely based on previous subscription and confirmation from the organizer. The registration of the participation can be made online here.
See details about the program here.
The testimonials of the guests of RIFF past editions can be read here.
The RIFF Expo Conference is part of a series of 14 international architecture expo conferences that ABplus Events has organized starting from 2010 in Poland, Romania and Hungary, alongside with the the thematic LAUD expo conferences ( landscape architecture and infrastructure); GIS expo conferences (interior architecture and interior design); CONTRACTOR (entrepreneurs conference – installations and constructions) and INGLASS (glass architecture & engineering expo conference).
For the latest news regarding the program of the international conferences and the guest speakers, we invite you to access the communication platform www.share-architects.com.
Organizer ABplus Events:
For 20 years we have been in pursuit of excellence in the fields of architecture and construction, through international events organized for architects and contractors, in cooperation with our partners, the national chambers of architects, architecture institutions and associations.
Our professional architecture expo conferences act as an effective platform for networking, business, inspiration and exchange of experience and know-how.
ABplus Events, as Professional Trade Events and Congress Organizer, is the creator of the concept of national network of construction trade shows. Our experience on the Central and Eastern European market positions our events as one of the most effective international forums in the region, a source of constantly updated information, supporting the continuous training of specialists and the promotion of young talents.
Bringing together hundreds of practicing architects and contractors in Europe, Asia and the United States of America, ABplus events promote projects, achievements and recent best practice examples in architecture and construction industry.
Portofolio: you can also also consult our brochure and a selection of video testimonials from our international architecture conferences.
We invite you to join us!
Prof. Dr. E.h. Werner SOBEK
ILEK (Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design), Stuttgart University
Special Guest RIFF Bucharest 2011
At RIFF I have spoken about the most important challenge architects, engineers and product designers, will have to deal with in the near future will be the following: to make ecology really atracting and full of emotion.
Arch. Marta GRZADZIEL
BAROZZI/VEIGA, Spain, the Winner of Mies van der Rohe Award 2015
Special Guest RIFF Bucharest 2015
I am very glad to have been at the RIFF conference. It was a great experience, I participated in the lectures and some debates which were before my lecture here and it was a very rich experience. I have spoken about the Philharmonic Hall of Sczecin, the first building in Poland winning the Mies van der Rohe Award. I am Polish, but all my professional experience comes from abroad and this project was a very unique possibility of coming back to Poland with the experience I had abroad.
Arch. Tony LING
Jestico + Whiles, UK
Keynote Speaker at RIFF Bucharest 2015 conference
I’m fascinated by the idea of meeting people from different cultures, working in different ways. All went very well at RIFF, the organisation of the event was very efficient! I had a wonderful time and met very interesting people.
Lukasz PLATKOWSKI
GENSLER, UK
Chairman in RIFF Warsaw 2015 Conference
I was very, very positively surprised of RIFF event, first of all of the audience, then of the quality of the speakers and of the projects presented.
I was really impressed about the organisation and of the quality of conference.
Farshid TAVAKOLITEHRANI
Studio FUKSAS, Italy
Special Guest in RIFF Warsaw 2015 conference
I think the event was very interesting and also I’m very glad to see examples of modern architecture from of all the Europe or all of the world and I was very glad to see that the way of thinking here in Poland or wherever in UE countries it’s sometimes similar, sometimes different, but you can see the stream of modern architecture that is in the right road and somehow we got the same language, we understand each other, the language of architecture is universal. This is the very positive meaning of this conference.
It’s very well organised event and the quality of organisation is very high,so I must to say that I’m very,very glad I participated in this event.
Arch. Borys CZARAKCZIEW
Guest Speaker RIFF Bucharest & Warsaw 2015
Member of the Board and Plenipotentiary for international matters, National Chamber of Polish Architects (IARP)
RIFF event is splendid, the subject touches very important issues for architects. And I’m really very impressed how many people have an interest to come at the event and are interested in architecture. The exchange of points of views it’s very important for us, as architects. The scheme of the event is very profitable, because mostly the speakers are those who were rewarded in architecture. That’s a very good lesson for young people. And we, a little bit older, we can meet together and exchange our experiences about architecture and our work, which is very profitable.
And I think that the idea of combining business and architects, it’s very good.
Arch. Mariusz ŚCISŁO
President of THE ASSOCIATION OF THE POLISH ARCHITECTS SARP
It was a very good combination of fresh designers who are somewhere at the beginning or in full swing of their career and who allow us, in fact, to anticipate the future. What pleased me very much was that the public had the opportunity to see what this effort to produce quality interiors means, as the speakers presented their projects behind the scenes, where we saw a huge labor, which one must be both driven and subtle to understand when decoding the result.
Another thing that I find important is that this conference highlights the exceptions and things that can be inspiring, models to follow.
The world does not know them, does not see them and this justifies the public’s appetite for this conference. A great benefit is also its educational role.
Arch. Anders SÆLAN
Henning Larsen Architects, The Winner of Mies van der Rohe 2013, Special Guest of RIFF 2014
One of the most important forces behind architectural progress has always been the possibility of coming together, to create platforms where interaction and inspiration can take place. RIFF is creating one of those progressive forums and I therefore I am glad I have participated in the RIFF conference in November 2014. I was excited to share some of our latest work and to hear other speakers share their thoughts, and hopefully this will lead to a constructive dialogue about architecture and its potential in society. Personally, I was also excited to visit the RIFF conference in November because I had never visited Romania before. I see the eastern part of Europe as one of the most exiting places in architectural development in the coming years.
Arch. Şerban ŢIGĂNAŞ
President of THE ORDER OF THE ARCHITECTS OF ROMANIA Co-organizer of the Romanian editions of RIFF
We have met to discuss about how to build better between architects, engineers, entrepreneurs, suppliers of systems and materials, who have succeeded to achieve quality in construction and want to contribute to raising the standard in the industry. This can be a time of balance in which we can try to understand what happens on a daily basis, what and how it happens when quality works emerge and how the exceptional is sometimes generated. We want our daily work to be of high quality, what we usually do must be well-done, even exceptionally done, the exception becoming the usual and the exemplary works being able to change mentalities and the expectations of the world built. I suggest that we meditate creatively together about the state of architecture, to make this balance and try, through these dialogues and meetings, to build the answer to the question: How must the world of construction change?
