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| Living Steel finalists converge on Helsinki 3rd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing will be hosted at Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, Helsinki, Finland on 26-27 June 2008. This time Suomenlinna will be the site where 12 finalist teams for the competition will present their designs for extreme housing in Cherepovets, Russia. They will compete for a €50,000 Competition Prize that will honour the architects whose imaginations and innovation present a solution for housing that is highly energy efficient and minimises climate change emissions through the life cycle of the buildings, within a USD120,000 (approximately €76,000) construction budget. Living Steel, a worldwide, collaborative programme designed to stimulate innovative and responsible housing design and construction, was launched in February, 2005. The programme managed by the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), an industry representative body. Funded through the contributions of the worlds leading steel manufacturers the full members of Living Steel includes Arcelor Mittal, Baosteel, BlueScope Steel, CELSA Group, Corus, Erdemir, IMIDRO, Posco, Ruukki, SeverStal and Tata Steel. Saint-Gobain Gypsum is an associate member. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |