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The following CPD materials have all been assessed and approved by the RIBA.
A brief history of kitchens, today’s kitchen market and clientele, kitchen manufacture and materials, worktops, appliances and extraction, understanding the client’s brief, spatial planning and kitchen layouts, the principles of kitchen design, design tools and CAD software, current design styles and the future of kitchen design – all are covered in this one presentation!
Since its founding as family business in 1929, SieMatic has been driven by a single, simple idea: to develop exemplary kitchens. Today, SieMatic strives to not only set the standard in the variety of individual planning options it offers, in its elegant designs, its precision workmanship and the high-quality materials it uses, but also in its company values.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
Gain a thorough understanding of the need for wine storage, how to store wine correctly and the benefits of underground wine storage. This detailed and entertaining seminar provides a technical background to the components and processes involved in constructing a prefabricated natural wine cellar. Learn how to advise residential and hospitality clients on how best to store their wine collection.
Spiral Cellars is a privately-owned, UK-based company with over 35 years of knowledge and expertise in creating premium wine rooms and wine cellars. Creating optimum conditions in which to store wine is paramount in everything it does, but the company also believes that this needn’t be at the expense of great design. Spiral Cellars strives to provide tailored cellaring solutions that look as good as they perform, because it not only understands your passion for wine, it shares it. With more than 3,000 wine cellars and wine rooms installed and enjoyed in homes around the UK, and numerous others throughout the world, Spiral Cellars has rather got the hang of creating exceptional wine storage.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 1½ hours.
The aim of this presentation is to offer guidance on the specification of fabrics in architecture and design. It covers: the manufacturing and performance of modern man-made polyurethane fabrics (with never-before-seen samples of the product in its development forms); appropriate applications and uses of fabrics in design; requirements one should explore when specifying fabrics in architecture and design, and; the pros and cons of using different upholstery products in design, and how these will affect a project’s appearance and continued lifespan.
Ultrafabrics is a pioneer in the polyurethane synthetic leather industry. Merging six decades of passion and experience with proprietary technology and an artisan process from Japan, Ultrafabrics creates some of the most enhanced fabrics on the market – intelligently crafted for a global tomorrow.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 30 minutes.