FORWARD VISION – the customized elements reflect the distinctive natural landscape of South Tyneside’s beatiful coastline and will give the impression of ripples and waves. The outstanding building was officially opened by Prince William – the Duke of Cambridge – in November 2013. The visual 3D design is effected by the rotational use of convex […]
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Queens is a fresh and contemporary building tucked behind part of the original façade of a 1930s Art Deco cinema on Bishops Bridge Road, Bayswater. Behind the retained facade, sixteen flats have been created above ground floor retail space. The scheme has also re-configured traffic flow to create a new public space on the corner
The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems has been expanded to include a long, two-storey building that resembles a steamboat. The ceramic facade is specially designed to reference the work that takes place within the institute: slim, horizontal strips of light-coloured, glazed terracotta in different arrangements adorn the building, lending it an elegant finish.
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Two spectacular buildings with impressive shapes, connected by a steel bridge on the sixth floor, form the complex of the new law courts, which forms part of an ensemble with three further new buildings situated on a peninsula right in the heart of Amsterdam. The court house has an unmistakeably one-off identity and a unique
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Openness and transparency were prevailing themes in the development of the Sparkasse bank head office scheme in Münster. At the same time, adequate visual privacy and noise control had to be guaranteed. To meet the specific requirements, architect Prof. D. G. Baumewerd adopted a double façade solution that was simple to construct using components from the TERRART® range – yet another instance of the practically unlimited adaptability of the
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The 50th anniversary of the company’s founding was reason enough to give the most important gmp projects from this period a proper exhibition space. With his “Architektursalon”, Meinhard von Gerkan has designed an impressive museum space located directly on the banks of the Elbe and commanding a view of the Port of Hamburg. The architecture
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Objectivity and great transparency: the building’s exterior expresses, what is also important where technical developments – the speciality of the FraunhoferInstitut 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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