Folding walls

Can you expand meeting area without actually adding new square footage? The Walter E. Washington Convention Center did just that by using 17 Skyfold Classic vertically folding acoustic retractable systems to capture 48,000 square feet of new flexible meeting space within the original building’s footprint.WORKING WITH WHAT YOU GOT   At this DC convention center, a retrofit renovation was the ideal alternative to a costly scheme to build an expansion across the street where estimates came in at many times the convention center’s final budget. The secret to their success? Making two large registration areas convertible as part-time meeting rooms with Skyfold vertical folding retractable walls, a gain of about 20,000 square... Mais

After the demolition of the previous Mees Pierson headquarters on the Rokin in Amsterdam, which was barely 25 years old and in good condition, ABN AMRO realized that they had to change their ways. The design of a new building of the bank was already finished and they had already started working on the concrete foundation when a violent discussion about corporate social responsibility erupted within the bank. At one point the discussion got so heated that they even shut down the construction, says Rudolf Scholten of ABN AMRO. But what should be done instead? The bank asked the Architekten Cie for a new design, but this time they had to abide by all sorts of requirements in the field of circular building. Hans Hammink, project architec... Mais