Buildings by construction material: Case Studies
Case Studies & Reports
Dampers for “Butterfly Towers” of Bucharest
Bucharest is about to get a “huge butterfly”: two slim office towers, the floor plan of which resembles a butterfly. The wing tips are designed as ... more
Construction of "taz" publishing building in Berlin
The daily newspaper “taz” Berlin has constructed a new publishing building on Friedrichstrasse in the centre of Berlin. This 7-level administration ... more
Post-tensioning systems for Poland’s largest power station Opole
In the city of Opole in southwestern Poland, the Opole power station has been generating electricity since the 1990s. In 2014, the modernization an ... more
V&A Museum, Dundee: Concrete façade with 'Scottish Cliff Face' appearance
As part of Dundee’s Waterfront £1 billion redevelopment, The Victoria & Albert Museum opted to construct a new iconic structure to display the ... more
Capital Bank's façade in Jordan with translucent walls
In the new construction of the Capital Bank in Amman, LUCEM Lichtbeton has been used for the first time worldwide as cantilevered walls of the faça ... more
New home for snow leopards in Stuttgart's Wilhelma zoo
Stuttgart's Wilhelma zoo now features another attraction: At the beginning of March, the snow leopards moved in to their exclusive new home on the ... more
Floating through the forest with Fly-Line
A walk through the forest in the third dimension? Fly-Line makes it possible: The "passengers" float across the terrain on a tubular steel track an ... more
Glassell School of Art: genuine materiality through large precast concrete elements
The construction of the Glassell School of Art, Houston, designed by Steven Holl Architects, was formally inaugurated on May 20, 2018. The wedge-sh ... more
Sophisticated scaffolding for new media campus in Berlin
A new media campus is being built for the expansion of the Axel Springer publishing house headquarters in Berlin, which requires heavily loaded sho ... more
Second Moselle Lock near Trier, Germany
The Moselle lock in the south of Trier is currently being extensively extended and features an additional, highly efficient lock chamber. Including ... more