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25/07/2006
Relaunch of an icon.
Munich. An architectural icon looks as good as new.
In September, after 29 months, the employees
moved back into the BMW Group’s headquarters in
Munich, a complex comprising the “Four Cylinders”,
the BMW Museum, a low-rise building and a multi-
storey car park. The “inside” of both the 22-storey
Tower and the low-rise building had been completely
replaced from April 2004 onwards. During this period,
the 1,500 employees had their offices in nearby
buildings.
When the striking bowl-shaped BMW Museum
re-opens in the spring of 2008 it will be far larger
and have a new concept.
The BMW Tower is classified as a historic monu-
ment.
Therefore, its external façade, made of silvery
shining aluminium elements, was left untouched
and only cleaned. Inside, however, everything was
stripped down to the bare concrete ceilings and
floors: air-conditioning and heating systems, lifts,
fittings and furnishings, and the entire electrical
supply system. A Herculean task: 330,000 cubic
metres of enclosed space and thus a gross usable
area of 53,000 square metres were refurbished.
14,000 tons of material required environmentally
compatible disposal. All 2,302 windows in the
BMW Group’s headquarters in the BMW Tower
were replaced.
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09/08/2006
Go ahead
for
the
Scientific
Award 2007.
Munich. The BMW
Group invited young
academics to apply for
the Scientific Award
2007 for up-and-coming
scientists. In this com-
petition with the motto
“Passion for Innovation”
prizes are awarded for
excellent Bachelor’s,
Master’s and Doctoral
Theses from all fields of
expertise. In 2007, the
competition will be held
for the ninth time. The
award is worth a total of
70,000 euros. The
deadline for entries was
7 January 2007.
An international and
multi-disciplinary jury
with representatives of
science and industry
judges the entries. Dur-
ing the selection process,
the jury considers the
following criteria: innov-
ation potential, relation
to reality, benefit for the
environment and society,
theory, economic effi-
ciency and form of pres-
entation.
The competition
for the BMW Group’s
Scientific Award was
introduced in1991 and
is held every two years.
So far, the BMW Group
has honoured 45 young
prize-winners together
with their respective
professors.
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