Final Call for Registration for the International VELUX Award 2012!

COPENHAGEN, February 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

1 March marks the final day of registration for the International VELUX Award 2012 for Students of Architecture.

The award theme is "Light of Tomorrow" and encourages students of architecture to explore the theme of daylight in its widest sense. The award seeks to challenge the future of daylight in the built environment with an open-minded and experimental approach, and thereby seeks to widen the boundaries of daylight in architecture, including aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, and the interaction between buildings and environment.

Registration closes 1 March and projects must be submitted before 7 May. Students need to register to be able to submit their projects. All projects will be evaluated in June by a jury comprised by Alvaro Siza (Portugal), Brigitte Shim (Canada), ​Bijoy Jain (India), Peter Stutchbury (Australia) and Per Arnold Andersen (Denmark).

The winners of the International VELUX Award 2012 for Students of Architecture will be announced and celebrated at an award ceremony in October 2012.  The VELUX Award 2012 carries a prize fund of 30,000 EUR.

The VELUX Group creates better living environments with daylight and fresh air through the roof. The VELUX product programme contains a wide range of roof windows and skylights, along with solutions for flat roofs. The VELUX Group, which has manufacturing companies in 11 countries and sales companies in just under 40 countries, represents one of the strongest brands in the global building materials sector and its products are sold in most parts of the world. The VELUX Group has about 10,000 employees.

For further information please:

VELUX A/S
Aadalsvej 99
2970 Hoersholm
Denmark
Tel.: +45-45-16-48-18
Email: [email protected]