Slim and elegant, the new student accommodation building stretches up to the skies in one of the UK’s most important university city. The four towers of different heights overlap each other and combine into a fragmented form. The engobed terracotta cladding uses four muted shades of grey to produce a pixelated pattern that conveys the […]
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This residential complex was the subject of a renovation program designed to make the building more energy-efficient: new windows, new balcony glazing and a new, rear-ventilated facade minimize energy consumption and are contemporary solutions designed to protect against heat, moisture and noise and to regulate the air within the living spaces. The complex is dominated
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Objectivity and great transparency: the building’s exterior expresses, what is also important where technical Developments – the speciality of the Fraunhofer-Institut in Duisburg – are concerned. The clear façade structure is striking for its dichotomy of glass and terracotta. The reddish TERRART® elements consist of profiled panels, which were also used as ceiling lining for
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The Bundesbank branch in Leipzig has been given a face-lift. After the old natural stone elements had started to come loose from their fixtures to the point where they were threatening to fall off, the entire rear-ventilated curtain facade was revamped. The facades now boast a uniform, natural texture and a colorfulness that captivates with
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The development of Budapest into a prospering business location is creating new architectural landmarks such as the Capital Square office complex. Oriented to the requirements of the 21st century, the complex has six towers, each with eight stories, and a total floor space of 32,500 square meters, which combine the most modern furnishings with a
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The layout of the corner lot, which measures only about 1.9 meters at its most narrow spot, required unconventional ideas for the development. J. Mayer H. Architects in Berlin presented such a concept involving an office building whose front view with rounded penthouse-type stories and vertical arrangement pay tribute to the design of the adjacent
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Brick-red terracotta elements generate an interesting play of color on the façades. Although the building is uniform in color, shadows let the narrow ceramic rods appear much darker than the flat, large-format panels. In the process, a dual-color impression is created. Apart from the ceramic, the pagoda roof catches the eye of the observer. A
The largest shopping and recreation center in all of Central Eastern Europe – in terms of area – is located in the Upper Silesian city of Katowice. The 235,000-square-meter complex houses 250 commercial units including the supermarket chain Tesco and the electronics retailer Saturn. It was expressly designed to be more than just a shopping
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What appears to be a modern new building is in reality a very successful renovation project. The administration building is now barely recognizable after the renovation. Open fronts, coordinated architectural details like the elegant two-color scheme, and the balanced combination of glass and ceramic surface elements fully live up to the demands of a contemporary
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