Simple and elegant in form and powerful in expression, the new university building harmonises with its neighbouring buildings thanks to a colour palette that is deliberately in keeping with the surrounding colours. The polychromatic facade consists of seven different natural shades, including red and yellowbrown, with orange as the theme colour. Colour theorist Josef Albers […]
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For the new NBC Broadcast Center, two twin buildings situated in a row of heterogeneous buildings of different heights, proportions, sizes and distance from one another, but sharing common exterior materials and colours, became the subject of a redesign programme. Complementing this, the Broadcast Center was adorned with a facade of glass, metal and light,
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One of the biggest construction projects on the East Coast of the U.S.A., City Center DC is an almost 10-hectare “city within a city” consisting of office complexes, retail space, rented and owner-occupied apartments as well as green space and public plazas. Shalom Baranes Associates, which is responsible for the apartment buildings, has focused on
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The new music centre for the Tårnby secondary school is an impressive example of simplicity and clarity and features unmistakable references to Asian architecture: the visible method of construction, the simple, elementary materials, its naturalness and connectedness are strongly evocative of a Japanese pavilion. The façade elements, which comprise TERRART® Baguettes in sorano beige, have
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With more than 2,000 ceramic elements in a large number of different lengths and widths, the large panels envelop the building complex that reaches an impressive size with up to eight floors and around 3,300 square metres of usable floor space. This emphasises the significance of the blood centre in Ratibor, which was set up
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From the existing inner courtyard of the old university buildings, the architects have created a glass-covered, three-storey atrium as a new focal point for study and social interaction, thus giving the area a basic infrastructure at the same time. The terracotta of the renovated facades reprises the shade of the classic buildings and blends superbly
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On a surface area measuring a total of 26,000 square metres, on the Asian side of Istanbul, an impressive new university campus has been developed. Opened only recently, this university is dedicated to training doctors and medical personnel, and conducts high-quality research and scientific work in health care. Uniform design features form an architectural “bracket”,
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The site of a manufacturing and service company on the Hofstraße was adapted to changed conditions by contemporary modifi cation and redevelopment. The result is a modern building with aluminium windows and a terracotta facade featuring a detailed structure. The long, narrow ceramic elements blend seamlessly with the lamellar structure of the sun shades.
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The business and conference centre for international hi-tech companies is located in the immediate vicinity of the airport and features eight state-of-the-art conference rooms designed to accommodate anywhere between 5 and 110 people. Thanks to its excellent location with good transport connections and its compliance with all the latest security requirements, the centre is an
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