ARCHITECT DIPL.-ING. ECKHARD WUNDERLING “Fire, water and clay. For us architects, the term “ceramic” triggers a host of associations. After all, the production of ceramics – this age-old, constantly evolving and refined art – still involves the three basic elements of fi re, water and clay. “ Dipl.-Ing. Eckhard Wunderling Architect, Hannover Station Markt Leipzig […]
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SAUERBRUCH HUTTON ARCHITECTS “The biggest challenge for us is always applying the desired colour to the correct material. We visited NBK on several occasions during this process. The process remained dynamic to the very end, as no single colour can be approved before the others since every colour influences the other colours in turn. Matthias
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SAM POTTER, MAKE ARCHITECTS “As well as being a highly modern façade material with very special properties bestowed by its natural origin, terracotta is also extremely versatile, expressive adaptable and full of quality. Its malleability and variability present countless opportunities for architects to implement creative concepts and build something truly unmistakeable.” Sam Potter, MAKE Architects
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PROF. JOHANNES KISTER “Ceramic is extremely versatile, after all: people coming together to build, in an identity-defi ning act, wherever something is to be created with simple and scarce resources. At the same time, the process of craftsmanship satisfi es a new, aesthetic desire that is as much part of the building process as the
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PROF. DIPL.-ING. ULRICH BLUM, MÜNSTER “The façade projects involving extruded terracotta from NBK come very close to achieving this vision. Working in collaboration with top-class architects, NBK has demonstrated in countless projects that terracotta can be perfectly shaped and that a rich interplay of texture, colour and reflection can be created through finishing processes such
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BARKOW LEIBINGER ARCHITECTS, BERLIN “Ceramics offer tremendous freedom as a material for façades. Different shapes and colours, technical reproduction for a variety of construction elements and tremendous robustness combined with outstanding temperature and weather resistance.” Frank Barkow / Regine Leibinger Architects, Berlin B:HUB Kynaststraße, Berlin Ceramics offer tremendous freedom as a material for façades. Examples
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Die neu erbaute Bibliothek Albion in Toronto wurde so gestaltet, dass sie zugleich Möglichkeiten zum Rückzug und Raum für Bildung bietet. Das Gebäude besteht aus mehreren Pavillons und Höfen und erschließt sich über eine Gesamtfläche von ca. 26000 m². Die Außenhülle der neu eröffneten Bibliothek, gestaltet durch das Architektenbüro Perkins + Will, erstrahlt in insgesamt
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Satin Glazes Unter der Marke TERRART® geben die Keramikspezialisten vom Niederrhein so vielen Bauwerken anspruchsvoller Architektur ein Gesicht, das auffällt. Was bisher mit tradierten Keramikausführungen in der Bandbreite von Keramik natur bis hin zu hochglänzender Glasurkeramik im Zweibrandverfahren umfassend bedient wird, lässt trotzdem immer wieder die Frage zu, gibt man sich damit zufrieden oder können neue Impulse durch eine zusätzliche Keramiklinie geschaffen werden? Impulse, die
Exciting challenges in terracotta As a manufacturer of terracotta curtain wall material, architects constantly present us with new challenges. The same goes for the architects from Glenn Howells with their outstanding facade design for 125 Deansgate, Lincoln House in Manchester. Oversized louver elements, individual surfaces, complex details. The project is almost finished, the result is
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ZAK – World of Facades 2nd October, 2019 HILTON ON PARK LANE, LONDON Also this year we had the opportunity to present our almost unlimited range of products at ZAK World of Facades in London. We thank all our visitors for the many inspiring and interesting conversations. Find here some impressions. FARBEN Farben und Oberflächen
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