The VitrA London showroom will run a series of free virtual reality (VR) experience sessions. VitrA’s Virtual Worlds software transfers bathroom designs into 4-D, enabling individuals to experience them on a whole new level. At each session, the user will be given a VR headset to explore a fully immersive virtual bathroom space, including turning on a virtual tap and interacting with the latest bathroom collections from VitrA.
What’s more, to coincide with the brand’s colour theme, selected settings on Virtual Worlds have been created to provide inspiration for how to incorporate colour within the bathroom.
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A new resource book celebrating design and best practice has been published by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) for anyone involved in specifying or designing with architectural ironmongery and hardware.
The book, available as a free download at www.gai.org.uk/specifier, showcases award-winning architectural ironmongery projects and products from this year’s GAI/RIBA AI Specification Awards. As an SBID Accredited CPD learning opportunity, it also provides a source of information and reference for specifiers and designers, with articles, best practice advice, and latest updates on competence, standards, and legislation.
Among the feature articles, RIBA past President Alan Jones discusses meeting the challenges of fire performance, life safety, acoustic separation, security and user requirements in today’s ‘more for less’ construction culture.
The guide discusses the value of working with a Registered Architectural Ironmonger (RegAI) to achieve world-class project delivery, compliance, and outcomes. And there is information to help specifiers find fully qualified architectural ironmongery professionals, including a full RegAI and GAI member directory.
GAI Technical Manager Douglas Masterson said: “The GAI Specifier’s Resource Book is not just a celebration of design excellence and best practice, but a guide to some of the key issues impacting on today’s AI and wider construction sectors.
“The aim has been to produce and distribute a resource which helps architects, architectural technicians and technologists, interior designers, M&E consultants and others involved in the design and specification processes to better understand some of these issues, and underlines the importance and value of engaging with high-quality AI professionals and companies from the very earliest stages of their projects.”
The new GAI Specifier’s Resource Book 2022 is available as a free download at the link below, and also available is a series of free GAI technical specifier guides focusing on the legislation, standards and best practice involved in key areas of AI specification, from fire safety, fire and escape doors to accessibility, security and access control.
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Working as a not-for-profit professional association, the GAI supports, assures and represents architectural ironmongers, wholesalers, and manufacturers around the world. They promote the highest standards of education, technical excellence and professionalism in the sector, and promote these standards to the wider construction industry and its clients.
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As the world changes and businesses adapt, so do the office spaces that we use. More than ever, we hear about companies trying to increase efficiency of their existing office spaces and exploring new ways to entice employees back to work with a hybrid workspace.
Join a webinar with Kesoon Chance, Industry Specialist from Vectorworks UK, to discover how to build an efficient model through the fit-out process and ways in which you can showcase these changes to your clients.
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Since 1995, MAISON&OBJET has inspired generations of interior designers and retailers by maintaining a high level of creativity, diversity and excellence throughout the years with their inspiring and trend-setting design events. The lifestyle show brings together a 360°product offering; decoration, design, furniture, accessories, textiles, fragrances, the world of children, tableware. M&O showcase an excess of 3,000 international brands to over 70,000 interiors professionals twice a year in Paris.
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As one of the oldest and most trusted business support services in the UK, Croner makes it easy to manage HR and employment, comply with health & safety regulations, as well as handle legal matters with expert guidance and advice, so you have more time to grow your business. This CPD webinar will address staff retention through ‘stay interviews’ .
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As one of the oldest and most trusted business support services in the UK, Croner makes it easy to manage HR and employment, comply with health & safety regulations, as well as handle legal matters with expert guidance and advice, so you have more time to grow your business. This CPD webinar will address neurodiversity in the workplace, from awareness and harassment to management.
As one of the oldest and most trusted business support services in the UK, Croner makes it easy to manage HR and employment, comply with health & safety regulations, as well as handle legal matters with expert guidance and advice, so you have more time to grow your business. This CPD webinar will address lone workers and how to protect them.
The Croner advisory team analysed their interactions with members and clients. With this, they have built an exclusive session to assist you with the biggest issues facing UK businesses right now. Find out what issues businesses like yours are seeking guidance on. Find out how you can use this to take a proactive approach, and how you can protect your business and people.
United by their common heritage of sustainable brand values, craftsmanship and industry-leading design, GROHE and Mosa are partnering to celebrate the return of Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) with a series of events that showcase the movement towards a sustainable, circular future.
The companies will host a programme of talks, CPDs and gatherings at the Mosa showroom on St. John’s Street in the heart of the Clerkenwell design district. The highlights include an exclusive evening with Cradle-to-Cradle founder Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, talks exploring ways in which industry forces can incorporate circularity into their projects, and a spectacular conclusion of the week with a closing party celebrating Mosa and GROHE’s Cradle to Cradle Certified Gold achievements.
This experiential RIBA/SBID Accredited CPD seminar will take place at Lutron’s European Experience Centre.
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The seminar will last 1 hour, but you’re welcome to stay longer for a tour of the rest of the Experience Centre.
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