Brugg Contec

Architizer A+ Award for Precast-elements

The Architizer A+ Award is one of the biggest award-programs focusing on architecture and products. Every year an international jury nominates the best finalists in several categories. Participants from more than 100 countries guarantee that really only absolute Top-projects and –products are short-listed. The winner of the award is then elected during a 3-weeks online-voting.

This year’s winner in the categorie “Outdoor furniture” is the Croma bench-system of the Hungarian company VPI Concrete Design & Manufacture. Croma is a furniture-system made of concrete consisting of 5 modules which can...

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