Top-flight architects and internationally renowned designers will be speaking at the contractworld.congress about the latest trends and developments of relevance to the international architectural community.

Star architect Massimiliano Fuksas is one of the speakers. Since Fuksas graduated in architecture in 1969, he has set up offices in Rome (where he had studied) as well as in Paris and Frankfurt. He is a visiting professor at various universities in Europe and the USA. His most recent projects include the Twin Tower in Vienna and the Europark shopping complex in Salzburg.

Another speaker at contractworld will be Stephan Behnisch from BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN, Stuttgart, who has won numerous architectural prizes and has realized many international projects. His German office is known for its design of the Ozeaneum in Stralsund. Other speakers include Takaharu Tezuka from Tokyo, Jürgen Mayer H. from Berlin and Jutta Blocher from Blocher, Blocher and Partner in Stuttgart.

The program of talks by internationally renowned architects and experts at contractworld.congress 2010 will be augmented by activities designed to encourage an interdisciplinary exchange. Thus, in addition to the usual lecture program, there will be, for example, panel discussions to ensure a lively, informative dialogue.