The European Patent Office in Munich impresses by virtue of the harmonic structures of a clear design. Horizontal aluminium bands contrast with vertical façade columns made up of large-format TERRART®-LARGE units. The result is a successful combination of materials in a façade that radiates a functional, friendly atmosphere.
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Profiled TERRART®-LARGE panels and TERRART®-BAGUETTES form the basis of the frontages of the fire station in Regensburg. This combination breaks up the massive shape of the building extremely effectively. The sparing steel elements, mounted in front of the windows, provide additional relief and are eminiscent of ladder constructions.
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The street front of the Münster City Utilities building, which only hints at a rotunda, impresses by virtue of its very open, transparent façade, which is given a clear structure and therefore visual support by a large-mesh terracotta grid. The specially developed square panel belongs to the TERRART®-LARGE system.
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A particularly interesting effect of the façade of the Chamber of Commerce in Alkmaar in the Netherlands results from the combination of profiled and smooth terracotta panels from the TERRART®-LARGE system. Other noticeable features are the rounded façade shape and the outstanding pillar formations. Both special features can be implemented easily using the TERRART®-Flex strapping system.
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Once again, the combination of glass and terracotta proves highly attractive: the imposing effect of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering glass towers is visually offset by the ceramic „columns“ and partial cladding in the lower storeys. TERRART®-LARGE panels were used here with corrugation in a warm red-brown.
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The successful combination of glass and ceramics creates interesting effects at the building complex of the Amsterdam City Utilities. In addition, the TERRART®-SHINGLE façade, with its scale-like overlapping of the units, ensures significant shadow formations, which emphasize the horizontal partitioning of the building.
GWA Gemeente Waterleidingen, Amsterdam Read More »
„It was important to me that a public building in a public place ages gracefully. Therefore materials such as sheet metal and granite were ruled out from the start. Ceramics offer several advantages. Although the building is self-contained and also highly monumental, the use of ceramics means that the overall visual effect is not brutal. Another major benefit of ceramics relates to the construction physics. The use
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This multi-storey car park incorporating retail outlets on the ground floor was constructed from prefabricated concrete elements that remain visible at key points of the façade. This style is broken up primarily by the corner features, which are accentuated through the use of bluish grey solid panels. The application of lamellar sunscreen cladding and sparing
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TERRART®-MID and baguette are the basic units of this façade composed in two harmonising shades, which is also characterised by numerous special shapes. Of particular interest are the connecting corner units, which radiate visual stability, as well as the edging profiles on the baguette ends.
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The combination of extremely small bricks on the one hand and large-format panels on the other produces a uniform mosaic-like pattern on this exterior façade. The internal walls are clad in a special waved shape that resembles corrugated metal sheeting or folding doors. The unusual color is a dark speckled red. All the ceramic surfaces
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