Sustainable office building
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about sustainable office building
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
News • Detail • 21 Mar 2024
Detail: Pleated facade geometry of Bonfiglioli HQ by Peter Pichler Architecture
Designed by Peter Pichler Architecture, the new Bonfiglioli Headquarters is located in Calderara di Reno on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy. The building is an expression of Bonfiglioli’s history and manufacturing know-how, something that is in part represented by the innovatory use of a custom continuous pleated aluminum mesh skin.
Gustav Willeit
Gustav Willeit
Established in 1956, Bonfiglioli is a global Italian company that manufactures and supplies a wide range of products, including gearmotors, drive systems, planetary gearboxes, and inverters. The company’s products are found across industrial automation, mobile machinery, and renewable energy sectors. The new HQ completes Bonfiglioli’s EVO project... More
News • News • 2 Jan 2024
VON M completes a low-tech, sustainable office building in Tübingen
Stuttgart-based architecture and interior design studio VON M has completed a low-tech, sustainable office building for municipal housing and service company GWG Tübingen (Tübingen is a small university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The building’s contemporary working environment is a reflection of GWG’s outlook, both socially and ecologically.
Zooey Braun
Zooey Braun
Designed with an elegant restraint, the four-story timber structure has something of a mediating role in the midst of a heterogeneous urban setting: the office building’s design respects the height of a neighboring residential building, while its facade and floor heights complement the new buildings of a nearby... More
Project • By Fokkema & Partners Architecten • Offices
Flora Food Science Centre
An eco-conscious Food Science Centre for Flora Food Group, a global leader in plant-based foods, has been designed by Dutch architectural studio Fokkema & Partners Architecten. Situated on the Wageningen University & Research (WUR) campus in the central Netherlands, the building stands as a testament to Flora’s sustainable mission.
Stijn Poelstra
Stijn Poelstra
Putting user well-being at the core
In late 2019, Flora made the decision to relocate its Research & Development office from Rotterdam to the WUR campus at the heart of Food Valley, an internationally recognised agri-food innovation hub in and around Wageningen. Fokkema & Partners was tasked with designing a building on a centrally located L-... More