Roca’s autumn exhibition examines the state of contemporary architectural drawing, revealing its potential to describe so much more than simply the detailing of a building’s construction. In what is now being referred to as the ‘postdigital era’ – a time when technology is so pervasive that it is the basis of all we create and…
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4 September 2019 exhibition Sustainability Project
The Water Action Decade was launched by the United Nations on World Water Day, 22 March 2018; with an objective of mobilising action that will help transform how we manage water and avert the 40% shortfall in freshwater resources predicted by 2030. This year we were given a stark reminder by Secretary-General, António Guterres of…
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6 August 2019 News Sustainability water
This year the BCFA will be hosting their third ‘BCFA Open Dublin’ Exhibition on Thursday 13th June at the stylish Alex Hotel, from 2pm-8pm, and you’re invited! This event showcases over 30 exhibitors, highlighting the very best in contract interior products, suitable for a wide variety of sectors which include hospitality, healthcare, education, office and marine. This…
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3 April 2019 BCFA OPEN DUBLIN Exhibitors
Sleep and Eat 2018 is hosted at the Olympia in London on the 20th and 21st November. This is Europe’s hotel design, development and architecture event, inspiring hotel interiors across the globe. Sleep & Eat’s purpose is to connect the visionaries that represent the hospitality industry, and in turn define the evolution of hotel and restaurant experience. With the…
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7 November 2018 London event Sleep and Eat
Sleep, Europe’s premier hotel design and development event, returns on 20-21 November with a redefined vision and a new location of London Olympia. With this year’s theme “Recognisable and New”, the event has become Sleep + Eat, tapping into the growing interdependence of restaurants, bars and hotels. As in previous years, it will comprise an…
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6 November 2018 London event Sleep and Eat
BCFA member Roca will be presenting their London gallery autumn exhibition in one week (17th September) named “The Data and Life of Great Future Cities”, which coincides with London Design Festival. Design Insider took this chance to explore the projects Roca have been involved in, leading up to their exciting event. Roca have created a…
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10 September 2018 London Projects Hospitality
In the next of our series looking at the regulations and requirements across each discipline, we look at what a designer needs to know when specifying ceramic tiles, with the assistance of Roca. What should a designer know about the difference between domestic and contract specifications? The difference between domestic and contract lies in the use of…
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28 August 2018 Roca Regulations Ceramic Tiles
Designers visit Sleep, Europe’s foremost hospitality design event, as they know it’s the best place to get ahead of the curve for sourcing stylish new products that will breathe life and personality into their next projects. Added quality assurance comes from the many BCFA members exhibiting 21 and 22 November during the 2017 show at…
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8 November 2017 event BCFA Members Sleep
We launched Design Insider Live just 2 years ago, as a way for the British Contract Furnishing Association (BCFA) to promote its members’ projects and products. Since then the site has grown at an exceptional rate with a focus on bringing its readers the latest news in contract interiors, exploring inspiration and sharing expert knowledge….
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9 May 2017
