BMW-Welt,
Facades-Service Buildings,
Munich, Germany

SCOPE OF WORK

Facade cladding in inner and outer areas of BMW-Welt, 14,500m² of 3 mm thick stainless steel sheeting; Approx. 1,600m² aluminium sheet facade. Maintenance louvres in perforated plate. Glass facades with an approx. 1,600m² mixed steel and aluminium transom / mullion construction. Glass parapets. Textile sun protection / glare shield systems. Smoke warning systems; concealed doors clad with stainless steel panels; Guard rail systems. Other metalwork e.g. electrically actuated 1,500mm x 4,800mm maintenance louvres.

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ARCHITECT   COOPHIMMELB(L)AU, Vienna, Austria

Architecture team, founded in Vienna in 1968. Neo-expressionists of international stand-ing. Rigorously experimental deconstructivists. O-Ton Founding Manifesto: "We want architecture that bleeds, cuts to the quick, exhausts, illuminates, bursts under expansion … architecture must be shocking … cold as ice … hot as fire"

Selected Awards

• 1999, Austrian National Prize for Architecture.
• 2001, European Steel Design Award.
• 2002, Officers of the Order of Arts and Letters, Vienna.

www.coop-himmelblau.at