Cologne architecture
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News • News • 2 Apr 2024
ATP architects engineers completes “feel-good” office building with a “green heart” in Cologne
ATP architects engineers has completed an administration headquarters for Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein (KVNO) — North Rhine Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians — in Cologne, Germany. Designed with rounded corners and an almost circular form, the urban building is located on a former airport site in the Cologne-Ossendorf district and encompasses a 720-square-meter (7,750-square-feet) courtyard: a “green heart”.
ATP/Friedmann
ATP architects engineers
ATP architects engineers
Facade
The building’s facade — a mix of metal, glass, and natural stone on the ground floor — has been designed to be highly energy efficient, eliminating the nee... More
Project • By kadawittfeldarchitektur • Offices
InnoDom Cologne
Commissioned by the Cologne University Foundation, InnoDom Cologne is an innovation and start-up centre designed by the German architectural studio Kadawittfeldarchitektur. Located on the University of Cologne’s Lindenthal campus, this five-storey building harmoniously blends into the urban landscape. Its projecting sections and recesses cleverly reference the surrounding environment, mirroring the heights of adjacent buildings.
A think tank with the feel of a durable and industrial workshop, InnoDom Cologne is more than just a conventional office building. It provides a variety of co-working, meeting, and hang-out spaces for the university’s Gateway Excellence Start-up Centre, student start-up founders, and service providers s... More
News • News • 8 Feb 2022
Multi-edged façade made of architectural bronze houses the documents of Cologne’s Historical Archive and the Rhenisch Picture Library
Housing the holdings of the Historical Archive and the Rhenish Picture library, a three-storey shell rises from an elongated protective structure to tightly embrace the archival documents held within a windowless ‘shrine.’
Brigida Gonzalez
The multi-edged façade made of architectural bronze generates a varied effect of lighting and shadow depending on the incidence of light and makes a significant contribution to meeting the building’s energy and conservation requirements for the indoor environment sustainably.
Brigida Gonzalez
Protected behind the windowless facade, the documents of the Historical Archive and the Rhenish Picture Library are safely stored in shelves and cupboards. The compac... More