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Karcher GmbH was founded 3 decades ago, on 1 April 1991. We look back with pride on the last three decades and what we have achieved during this time. KARCHER DESIGN presented itself for the first time at the hardware fair in Cologne 30 years ago. At that time, the market was dominated by brass door handle models. With the then bestseller being the Lignano and other desi...

A 160-meter-high architectural and technological masterpiece with 38 floors and a surface area of around 52 000 m² adorns the Parisian office district and sets an example in the field of "sustainable construction". The goal of the Permasteelisa construction group, in collaboration with IF Architects and SRA Architects, was to build a skyscraper with high-end technology ...

Directly next to the Austerlitz railway station in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and only nine meters above the railway tracks running underground, the new publishing building of the Le Monde editorial office has now been standing since 2020. With a height of 140 meters, a width of between 22 and 48 meters and a total of 8 floors, the publishing building stands out fr...