Record BAU: Over 250,000 visitors
07 April 2015
BAU, the world’s leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems – which took place from 19th – 24th January 2015 – broke through the 250,000 visitor barrier for the first time in its 50 year history.
The six days of BAU, in which all the exhibition space had long been fully booked, attracted 251,200 visitors – over 16,000 more than in 2013. The number of visitors from Germany increased, but most of the increase in overall numbers was due to visitors from outside Germany. Around 72,000 people came from abroad – 20% more than last time. In its role as an ‘architects´ trade event’, BAU once again consolidated its reputation. Around 65,000 of the total number of visitors were from architectural and planning offices, which was another increase on the figures for 2013.
For Dr Reinhard Pfeiffer, deputy CEO of Messe München International, BAU has considerably exceeded the expectations of exhibitors and visitors. “With these new record figures, BAU has now clearly proven itself to be the leading trade fair even beyond the EU. That is shown in the strong increase in visitor numbers from countries such as Turkey, China and Saudi Arabia.”
Dieter Schäfer, chairman of the advisory board of BAU and chairman of the board of management of Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG, also thinks that BAU “has put in an impressive demonstration of why it bears the title – ‘world´s leading trade fair’. The quality and international spectrum among the visitors have once again increased.”
The next BAU will takes place from 16th – 21st January 2017 at Messe München, Germany.
