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Steel Innovation Centre
From the outset, the intention of Voestalpine’s 5,400 square-metre Steel Innovation Centre at Linz, Austria, was "to reflect the company’s values and the originality and quality of its products in its outer layered steel envelope".
Architect pbr Planungsbüro Rohling AG Architects and Engineers Location Linz - Austria Company involved Voestalpine Website http://www.voestalpine.com -
The Wave
Smoothly finished coil-coated aluminium has enabled Dutch architect René van Zuuk to break new architectural ground with his landmark building The Wave.
Architect René van Zuuk Location Almere - The Netherlands Company involved Novelis Website http://www.novelis.com -
AV College
Look at one side of the AV College Helsinki and you appear to be studying a pixellated image of ... well, you can’t tell what, and that is a deliberate strategy on the part of the architects. Ark-House Architects, also based in Helsinki, used six different off-the-shelf colours of prepainted metal to create an almost entirely windowless facade that makes reference to the digital techniques that are happening inside this college, dedicated to audiovisual education. The practice’s Pentti Kareoja says that they considered putting in a definite image, such as a face, but decided to leave it abstract – a wise decision. ‘Now people can find their own images,’ said Kareoja.
Architect Ark-House Architects (Pentti Kareoja) Location Helsinki - Finland Company involved Rautaruukki Website http://www.ruukki.com