This project is a prime example of the fine line between respect for tradition and necessary innovation. In a historic part of the old Danish capital, five townhouses accommodate apartments, shops, a culture house as well as a state-of-the-art subway station – and it harmonizes with the historic neighborhood. The center of the project is a courtyard surrounded by five...
Codina has been involved in the construction of the new Puskás Aréna stadium in Budapest with the production and installation of approximately 20,000m2 of stainless steel achitectural wire mesh. The mesh model chosen for the project has been Eiffel 20100. Codina has manufactured the entire Eiffel 20100 architectural wire mesh of the Puskás Aréna project within six month...
Rocca: the secret of stone formations from past millennia. For lovers of raw, primal beauty. For people whose love of light is even greater than their love of colour. For those who scan for details with their eyes and touch to experience texture. For purists. Façades take on a rugged stone look with the ALUCOBOND® rocca surface series. Divested of colour, the secret of...
Flat green roofs are almost a given in contemporary architecture. However, there are still far too many clients and architects who are reluctant to green steep roofs. Commissioned by Aral AG, the architect Manfred Beier courageously designed a curving green roof in the shape of a wave for a motorway service station. Juergen Quindeau, roofer and roof gardener, together wi...
Pfeiffer & Schmidt Ingenieurgesellschaft is a regional engineering firm with over 45 employees at four sites. A floor was added to the offices in Marburg and the premises were enlarged. For the facade, the architects used concrete skin panels in off-white, silvergrey and anthracite. The glassfibre reinforced concrete elements underline the linear, modern character of the...
In an exquisite location on the banks of the Rhine, where it commands an impressive view, the "Rheintower" residential tower in the Mühlheim district of Cologne sets new standards for outstanding urban housing: 21 floors, a height of 76 metres, 102 rental apartments with a total area of approx. 7260 square metres – these are the key figures for a high-rise building that ...
The new refectory building at Trudering harmoniously blends into the main listed building. In addition to a kitchen which operates in two shifts, the refectory also houses two group rooms. When it came to choosing the materials, the bodensteiner-fest architects paid close attention to sustainability, which is why the concrete skin panels are perfectly suited for the faca...
Travel and Leisure Magazine (USA) has voted terraced rice field Sapa (Vietnam) in the top 7 most beautiful terraced field of the World. Standing on the top of the mountain or the winding roads through rolling hills, you can enjoy a beautiful landscape of mountains, forests and terraced rice fields - everywhere there is rice, rice spreads in the valley. It gives a feeling...
The project in the Porte d’Italie district was redesigned and restructured. This significantly improved the quality of life for the residents. While there is plenty of focus on beautiful footpaths and inviting green spaces, the urban feel will not be lost either. For the facade, the architects at Martin Duplantier used concrete skin panels and formparts in liquid black.
The skyscraper "Lighthouse Tower" is located in the city of Tel Aviv in Israel, in the suburb Bat Yam. Its characteristic feature is its "golden" fenestration with glazing that incorporates a special filter providing an impressive golden hue. The construction of the project began in 2016 and is the main part of the Park Hayam neighborhood development plan, which includes...
The new station by the architect Santiago Calatrava has 9 tracks and 5 platforms (three of 450 m and two of 350 m). All the tracks around the station have been modernized to allow high-speed arrival and departure. The new station is made of steel, glass and white concrete. There is no dark underpass because glass block paving in the platforms above lets natural daylight...
HAVER Architectural Mesh offers an elegant appearance as fall protection and balustrade infill and meets the highest demands in terms of safety and stability. Depending on the application, different types of mesh and alloys are available which are particularly resistant to weathering and mechanical influences. In the Swiss village Urdorf, the painted stainless steel m...
When watching hills around Montalcino, one would see classic Tuscan farmhouses with raw surface popping in his or her mind. Tetractis Progetti, a design studio in Florence, looked for a different take on Tuscan's inner soul and designed an essential and contemporary structure covered in our dark travertine, Moka. The personality of this brown material in 12-18 cm format,...
In early 2019, Jaguar Network and DCforDATA inaugurated the new data center at Rockefeller Avenue BioPark in Lyon. All important people from business and politics met for the opening of the high-performance data center, which is dedicated to host sensitive data from biotech, medical technology and industry 4.0 sectors. A powerful data center Based on three-tier archi...
The Equatoria project, located in the Beauregard district near the University of the harp and the Grand quartier shopping centre, was conceived by the architect Christophe Roussele. This project gives both buildings a contemporary and avant-garde architectural style. The combination of perforated profiles and full JI 18-076-988 profiles gives these buildings a u...
At this innovative student residence, the load bearing construction, constructed with CLT (Cross laminated timber), serves as a central part of the architectural design, as well accentuating the project’s sustainable profile. The facades are clad with heart pine in combination with brightly colored STENI Colour facade panels, which are a fibreglass reinforced poly...
6mm Clear Marlon FSX Longlife was used to glaze this stunning rooflight on the new Salab Mall, ceramic show room in Cairo. The impressive dome rooflight which is oval in shape has a base diameter of 34m x 14m and is 4m high. The fixed mobile display of birds underneath the rooflight gives the appearance of looking up to the sky. Clear Marlon FSX Longlife is ideal for ...
The façades havean important role in urban construction because they determine the comfort in the acoustic sense of the inner environments and influence the architecture of the external context in which they are . Ventilated facade claddings are born precisely with the aim of responding to the protection of a building against the combined action of atmospheric agents ...
Having received numerous awards, the Chung Tai Chan Monastery, designed by the avant-garde architect C.Y. Lee, has become a landmark of 21st-century religious architecture. Its Buddhist temple is currently the largest in the world outside China. The design of the roofs, which confer so much identity to the monastery, is typical of Chinese temples built during the Tang ...
