Translucent facade
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News • Sponsored Articles • 11 Jan 2024
Introducing Kalwall 175CW, the first in a series of new translucent insulated glazing units
Kalwall® is a US-based company that has been producing insulated translucent wall panel systems for 65 years. Kalwall has manufactured components for epoch-making buildings that range from the US Pavilion designed for the 1958 World's Fair by Edward Durrell Stone, to the residential House VI by the architect Peter Eisenman and the recent CopenHill project for an industrial-cum-sports activities building in Copenhagen by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).
Kalwall's composite structural sandwich panels feature outstanding load capacities and a structural integrity that often make the products an excellent choice over polycarbonate systems and insulated glass units. The company's translucent panels yield museum-quality diffuse daylighting that ar... More
News • News • 28 Jul 2021
Ascending tower form of the Munch Museum brings a contemporary vision of the museum to Oslo’s waterfront
Located on Oslo’s waterfront, the new Munch Museum by estudio Herreros offers a contemporary concept of a museum with a transcendental urban role and historic responsibility as a cohesive element of the community, not only of Oslo but of the entire country. Towering above the skyline at 60-meters in height, the exterior is clad in recycled, perforated aluminium panels with varying degrees of translucency.
Adrià Goula
At lower level, connected to a covered public space, the museum hosts recreational, commercial, cultural and restoration uses. Terraces, the observatory and a club are located at roof level. During the ascending journey from base to top of the tower, the works of Edvard Munch and different historical st... More