Office Building Dockland,
Hamburg, Germany
SCOPE OF WORK
Double façade (main/secondary façade), sheet metal surrounds. Inclined west and top floor façades. Entrance doors, glass balustrades. Sun/glare protection systems.
INNOVATIONS
AND CHALLENGES
West façade projecting 40m over the Elbe. Exposed position on the Elbe with special challenges regarding corrosion protection. Development of the forced ventilation for the double façade.
DATA
Overall Project Time:
2004-2005
Execution Period:
12 Months
Architecture team, founded in 1991. BRT stands for city-moulding and identity-forming architecture. Creative pieces full of structural bravura …. BRT moti-vation: “Curiosity inspires every step" (Goethe) BRT credo: “Architecture is sensuality given form" (Goethe would have liked that too)
Selected Awards
- 1999, 1st Place, BDA Prize, Architecture in Schleswig-Holstein, for Tobias Grau HQ.
- 2000, WestHyp–Stiftung Architecture Prize, ExemplaryTrade Buildings, Doppel-XX.
- 2001, FIABCI Prix d’Excellence for High-Rise Office Building Doppel-XX.
- 2002, NEPIX Building Award for Office Building Berliner Bogen.
- 2003, MIPIM Office Building of the Year.
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