Windows as part of a façade are an expression of style and quality of life. Their emotionality factor plays an important role. Visual elegance for an appealing living ambiance is as important as cost of fabrication and technical aspects like heat and sound insulation and anti-burglary protection.
With a height of almost 50 m and a construction volume of 350,000 m3, the headquarters of the SALEWA mountain sports brand, completed in 2011, are a new landmark in the city of Bolzano. Designed by Milanese architects Cino Zucchi and Park Associati, the building reconciles the seeming contradiction between the pursuit of progress and innovation and promoting a relationship with Nature and environmental protection.
Six floors, over 10,000 square metres of space, 187 flats, 690 square metres of commercial space – the Magnolia residential quarter in the north of Leipzig is outstanding.
It’s not quite that easy to say what the colour of the new Simmel Center in the heart of Dresden is: the facade is composed of multicoloured matt and glossy aluminium panels coated in all colours of the spectrum, which shimmer all the shades of the rainbow depending on how the light falls: a lustrous sight for anyone passing by on the train or in a car.
The new head building at the GEALAN production site in Tanna, Thuringia, combines large glass surfaces together with smart ventilation.
Window profiles couldn’t look any more marvellous: the GEALAN S 9000 system’s floor-to-ceiling windows in the Dresden living quarters MaryAnn feature the colour GEALAN-acrylcolor® gold and radiate right across the entire Postplatz square – a central transportation in the centre of Dresden.
Leipzig ahoy: so much is being built at Lindenau Harbour in the west of Leipzig that a new city district is virtually growing up here: The Hafentor Quarter is being built on a 40,000 square metre site, comprising 500 new apartments, underground garages, a daycare centre and smaller commercial units for offices, practices, cafés and shops.
Gateway to the water: the Dutch town of Sneek is shaped by water. Its landmark is the medieval water gate, which closed the waterway into the city during attacks; the old town can still be circumnavigated by water on the Stadtgracht and Sneek is a Mecca for wakeboarders.
Living in a prime location: the “Westspitze” residential and commercial building in Tübingen is located directly on the blue bridge that connects Tübingen’s Südstadt with the city centre and the historic city centre. On the trapezoidal plot, a former freight station site, a complex has been created that cleverly combines living, working and shopping and stands for a sustainable neighbourhood concept with short distances.
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