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An
exhibition
in the
UK’s
capital
presenting
modern
building
technology
from
Kraków,
Poland
An
exhibition
opened
in the
London’s
Building
Centre,
devoted
to new
technologies
in London’s
architecture
and
construction.
The
show
is curated
for
the
Building
Centre
by its
chief,
Andres
Scoones,
a well-know
British
expert
in the
construction
technol-ogy.
"Prefabrication
and
modern
methods
of construction
have
moved
into
a new
phase,
offering
broad
potentials
to investors,
who
want
to face
challenges
resulting
from
the
shortage
of building
sites,
high
costs
of housing
projects
effected
with
the
use
of tra-ditional
methods,
and
the
progress
in the
field
of building
techniques,"
said
Andrew
Scoones
on the
show
inauguration
day.
In
the
central
place
of the
"Prefabulous
London"
exhibition,
there
is a
large
show-case,
presenting
models
of 20
latest
projects.
Among
them
is the
Baron’s
Place
in Southwark
by architects
Proctor
and
Matthews.
"For
years
prefabrication
was
asso-ciated
with
low-cost
housing
projects,"
says
Steve
Proctor
from
P&M.
"Soon
it was
found
(e.g.
Japan)
to be
a great
way
to build
quickly
and
achieve
high
standards.
The
advantages
of homes,
constructed
of ready-made
modules
that
are
manufactured
in nice
clean
factories,
rather
than
on muddy
building
sites,
allowing
buyers
to order
homes
that
will
be tailor-made
for
them,
have
been
perceived
by investors."
The
exhibition
shows
award-winning
architectural
projects,
selected
in the
national
£60K
home
competition.
Information
is displayed
on large
charts,
arranged
in an
al-phabetical
order,
from
A to
Z. "K"
leads
us to
...
Kraków,
Poland,
since
that
city
is the
seat
of Buma,
a company
which
is the
finalist
of that
competition,
as a
member
of the
winning
Countryside
consortium.
Visitors
can
see
the
Buma’s
projects,
completed
in London:
buildings
at Barling
Court
and
Wyndham
Road.
The
presence
of companies
from
the
Central
and
East
Europe
is symbolical
to the
show
organizers,
as they
put
it in
the
exhibition
catalogue:
"Britain
exported
prefabricated
homes
to its
colonies
in the
19th
century.
Today
modern
building
technologies
find
markets
for
themselves
in the
UK."
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