Impressions from Bau 2023 (Photo: Messe München/Diar Nedamaldeen)
Munich – Visions of the future instead of a dreary present: The construction industry will meet from January 13th to 17th at Bau 2025, the leading global trade fair for architecture, materials and systems. Have logged in around 2,000 companies from 60 countries. Almost 190,000 visitors came to the last edition in 2023.
There is no question: the construction industry is experiencing severe turbulence. There is growing pressure to create affordable housing. In addition, expectations of more efficient, faster construction are increasing. There is also the task of aligning architecture with the consequences of climate change.
Trends from modular construction to AI – 5 key trade fair themes for 2025
The serial and modular design Against this background, is celebrating a comeback. Because prefabricated components save time and money and can be individually adapted at the same time. Digital technologies from AI to digital twins to robotics are also intended to increase construction productivity.
5 key themes determine Construction 2025: This year’s focal points range from “resilient, climate-friendly construction” and “transformation of cities, rural areas, neighborhoods” to “resource efficiency” and “modular, serial and productive construction” to the topic of “economical construction”.
Sustainability and climate protection – special show from Material Bank
Special shows such as “This is how sustainable construction works” or “Future MissionConstruction: affordable. sustainable. Safe” (Hall C2) reflect the key themes. Under the motto “climate.safe.build”, ift Rosenheim shows how to design construction projects in a climate-friendly and resilient manner (Hall B3).
It’s about materials from innovative to timeless Special show from Material Bankthe world’s leading marketplace for architectural and design materials (Hall A4). 325 international brands are represented, practitioners can choose the materials they want and have them delivered on site.
Special trade fair highlights – top speakers in the lecture program
In addition to the Material Bank sample boxes, Bau 2025 offers further highlights. These include the training area for the German Construction National Team (west entrance), the innovation course (Hall C3) and the exhibition of energy-efficient buildings (gallery, west entrance).
Visionaries in the industry shape this Lecture program: Carlo Ratti, curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, looks at the future of architecture and urban development, and Satoshi Ohashi from Zaha Hadid Architects presents current projects by the renowned architectural firm.
Young companies – award ceremonies at Bau 2025
This year the focus is particularly on… Start-ups from the construction industry. In cooperation with “The Builders Tech Club” they have their stage in Hall 3. The start-up stage offers a variety of presentation formats, from lectures to panel discussions and interactive sessions.
The highlights of the trade fair are the awards: The Architecture + Construction Innovation Prize honors innovative products. The young talent presents itself in the competition “Built on IT – construction professions with a future”. And the Balthasar Neumann Prize honors outstanding architectural achievements.
Award ceremonies for old buildings – tours from architecture to start-ups
The Federal Association for the Renewal of Old Buildings is also taking part in the competition. With the BAKA Award for product innovations and the “Education Offensive 2050” award ceremony, which honors student projects, the association is sending a double signal for the future of construction.
They provide exciting insights Guided Tours at BAU 2025 – visitors can take part in tours on topics such as sustainability, start-ups or the Material Tour. There are also various architectural tours as well as special tours for fitters.
Tickets and opening times
Bau 2025 opens its doors to visitors from January 13th to 17th, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is aimed at a specialist audience. Entrance tickets can be purchased in Online shop be purchased.