The “Center for Inclusive Education” in Konya adapts to the local style of architecture. The façade has been designed to match the mud-brick houses of the villages. These building stocks determined the style of the building during the planning phase. The complex consists of a collection of buildings, with an inner pedestrian zone. The façade […]
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Old meets new: the renovation of the 19th-century house maintains the historic charm of the urban villa, but adds a modern interpretation of the tower motif and a contemporary extension. The historic sand-lime outer façades have been repaired, while the added storey and the new building have been clad with light ceramics. The TERRART® elements
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With this “house behind glass”, the architects have pulled off a spectacular design that turns the view into an experience. Two space capsule-like rounded structures arise in the interior, surrounded by a large glass cube resembling a lantern box. They are embedded in cages made of terracotta coloured ceramic tubes – baguettes with a round cross-section – that allow a view
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The Mexican Naval Academy has built a historical and commemorative monument on its premises in memory of those who died defending the Port of Veracruz in 1914. The building consists of a monumental structure and a 35-metre-high lighthouse with a range of 10 nautical miles that serves as a navigation aid. 3,300 square metres of
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Office buildings and outdoor facilities blend in perfect harmony: natural greenery and an expansive pond landscape frame the semicircular new building, whose fully glazed frontage is adorned with a curtain of randomly arranged terracotta baguettes in the entrance area. The dark brown elements give the impression of looking through a louvre of branches that generate
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KVV Stockholm currently, the largest inner-city biomass-fired combined heat and power plant in the world, it has a unique architectural form. The vaulted façade is surrounded by slender terracotta elements with a warm red shade that imitates the bricks of the historic buildings nearby, and these elements are arranged in such a way that views are possible from the inside.
The special features of the old office building have been emphasised by the renovation work, and existing textural elements have been integrated in order to achieve a seamless transition to a modern design. To bring lots of light into the interior while adding a visual frisson to the unspectacular, compact cube, the overhaul focused on
This new building on the public utilities site by the harbour in Eckernförde is a real eye-catcher: a façade comprising ceramic baguettes in warm natural shades, vertically arranged and reminiscent of an accessible picket fence surrounds the car park inside it. The arrangement of the bars varies from level to level, giving a pleasing and
In the centre of Zug, a timeless and typical residential and commercial building stands out. Divided into glass and ceramic sections in strictly geometric fashion, it radiates vitality through the interaction of materials and colours used. The terracotta comprising profiled panels and delicate baguettes forms recumbent and upright façade elements – black horizontal strips and
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