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| BAU brings inspiration for the future of the industry  In times of major challenges and uncertainties in the construction industry, BAU—the world's leading trade fair for architecture, materials, and systems—presents itself as a beacon of hope for the industry. Despite the trade fair being shortened by one day, well over 180, 000 visitors (2023: 190,000) came to the fully booked Trade Fair Center Messe München from January 13 to 17 to explore innovations and trends presented by 2,230 exhibitors (2023: 2,260) from 58 countries (2023: 49 countries). In addition to the number of participating countries, the international share of exhibitors also reached a new record of 52 percent.BAU 2025 focused on the key topics of "resilient, climate-friendly construction", "transformations city/countryside/urban district", "resource efficiency", "modular, serial, productive" and "cost-effective construction". For the first time in its more than 60-year history, international companies made up more than half of the total exhibitors. 52 percent of the 2, 230 exhibitors in total were based outside of Germany. In addition to Germany, the countries most strongly represented on the exhibitor side at BAU 2025 were Italy, China, Türkiye, Austria, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Greece. On the visitor side, the trend from 2023 continued with a high level of international participation. At the previous event, the share of international visitors reached 40 percent. This year, it was 44 percent. Alongside Germany, the top visitor countries included Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Türkiye, China, Romania, the Czech Republic, Spain, and Croatia. The successful outcome of the trade fair is also reflected in the survey carried out by the Gelszus market research institute, in which 95 percent of the exhibitors rated the fair as good to excellent. 91 percent also believe it has the right trade fair character. 94 percent of exhibitors gave top marks for quality, and 91 percent for the internationality of the visitors. Visitors once again gave best marks for BAU 2025, with 97 percent of the respondents rating the fair as good to excellent. The five key topics were present not only in the exhibition area but also in the specialist forums and special shows. In addition, renowned architects such as Carlo Ratti, Satoshi Ohashi, Verena von Beckerath, and Elisabeth Endres gave talks at "The Future of Building" forum. The innovative strength of the construction industry was also evident at the award ceremonies. Competitions such as "Built on IT—building professions with a future", the Balthasar Neumann Prize and the BAKA Award presented awards to their winners in Munich. The Founders Fight Night, a competition for start-ups, celebrated its debut at BAU. What was special about it was that the companies showcased their products in a boxing ring, with audience applause determining the winner. The next BAU will be held in Munich from January 11 to 15, 2027. As early as 2026 (March 24 to 26), digitalBAU in Cologne will showcase solutions and products from the construction software sector. write your comments about the article :: © 2025 Construction News :: home page |