10.2023
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Windows and facades
What’s behind the Facade? – Editorial Detail 10.2023Facades have always had many roles to play. They give buildings a face, protect them from the elements, and convey meaning. But what is behind the shell?
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Robotic production
An Innovative Facade Garment for Textile ResearchReutlingen University has moved into Texoversum, the new building devoted to textile research. The robotically produced shell of fibrous composite materials represents a collaborative project by Allmannwappner Architekten, Menges Scheffler Architekten and the structural engineers from Jan Knippers Ingenieure.
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A translucent patchwork of brick
Holocaust Museum in Melbourne by Kerstin Thompson...A patchwork of clay and glass bricks surrounds the gable of the historical forerunner building, creating a diversity of light moods in Melbourne’s new Holocaust Museum.
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Pivoting walls
The Plato Art Gallery in the Czech Republic by KW...In the Czech city of Ostrava, KWK Promes have transformed an old slaughterhouse into an art gallery. The dilapidated condition of the exposed-brick building represented both challenge and inspiration for the planners.
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A photovoltaic facade
The Portalen Office Building near Oslo by Lund+Sl...The Portalen office building, which is located near Oslo, has a red-brown facade of glazing that alternates with closed laminated glass panels, more than half of which are crystalline photovoltaic modules.
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Radical renewal of a carriage house
The Missionsstrasse House in Basel by Buchner Brü...With targeted yet radical alterations, Buchner Bründler Architekten have made inhabitable an old carriage house in the middle of Basel. The main focus of this project was letting daylight into the interior spaces.
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In new splendour
Remodelled by Idom: Bizkaia Tower in BilbaoThe Idom planning office has refashioned the Banco de Vizcaya high-rise in Bilbao into an office and shopping centre – in the process even faithfully restoring the striking solar control glazing.