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EXEMPLUM Housing project for the elderly in Hanover Röben clinker brick OXFORD Röben Tonbaustoffe GmbH • Post Office Box 1209 • D-26330 Zetel Telephone 49 (0 ) 44 52 8 80 • Fax 49 (0 ) 44 52 8 82 45 • www.roeben.com • info@roeben.com 1 1

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we have significantly extended our range of clinker bricks and facing bricks in order to meet this trend. You can select your individual sorting grade with the desired colour and surface structure from the wide variety of different stones available. And, if you don't manage to find the stone of your choice this way, well, we have the available know-how and technical expertise to manufacture a customised clinker with your help to match your expectations. 220 YEARS OFE 0 JAHR E E X EM P L U M XE M LUM Twenty years during which EXEMPLUM has evolved into a vibrant medium for contemporary brick...

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Contents EXEMPLUM Harmoniously nestled – New monument in the centre of Warsaw (PL) Course for the future New control headquarters of the Belgian railways (B) Modern waves – Art & Design Academy in Liverpool (GB) Page Page Page 6 44 50 Attractive habitat – Residential quarters Weinberghöhe in Zug (CH) Powerful details – Funeral parlour in Doetinchem (NL) Independent architecture – Fire station in Wilhelmshaven (D) Striking accent – Inland Revenue Office in Doetinchem (NL) Page Page Page Page 14 18 56 60 Architectural euphoria – Office buildings Humboldt-Carré in Leinfelden - Echterdingen (D)...

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NEW MONUMENT IN Most drinking water plants are located Lindley. The building was completed by THE CENTRE OF WARSAW (PL) outside or at the edge of large cities. But his son, William Heerlein Lindley. Now, Warsaw is different: On a 32-hectare plot an extension to the building has proved of land standing in one of the best loca- necessary, one which harmoniously blends tions in the city, the " Lindley Filter" (Polish into the complex as a whole. At first glance Filtry Lindleya) came into existence in 1883- it is difficult to imagine that this is a new „..,_ ,. , , , . 1886, waterworks which...

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Around 170,000 clinker bricks were specially fired in a special format for this object. High-quality building materials and many attentively introduced details represent the particular aesthetic value of this brick architecture. The central waterworks is the oldest and largest of the Warsaw waterworks. It has provided the inhabitants of Warsaw with water since the middle of 1886, covering 50 % of the capital's water needs. The two technical buildings and the water tower as well as the 1933 newly built fast filter system are now listed in the preservation of historical monuments. The Warsaw...

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At the request of the architects, around 1,600 arch bricks were fired to create the arcade arches. go with the brick principally because Röben was the only clinker brick manufacturer with the ability to produce the special details, such as the arch bricks, from the same material. Which means they also have the same colour as the façade bricks", explains the architect Ryszard Sobolewski. "This was an important consideration as the semi-circular shapes are an important design element in the façade. The arch bricks, which were only produced for this building, were used in the arcade arches...

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Attractive habitat RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS WEINBERGHÖHE IN ZUG (CH) RYSUM, flashed-variegated 14 bitants has evolved into an idyllic small Switzerland, between the economic and metropolis. The beautiful landscape with cultural centres of Zurich and Lucerne, is Röben clinker brick The small city of Zug in the heart of mountains, lakes and rounded moraine both cosmopolitan and manageable. The crests make Zug a popular place in which town on Lake Zug with its 25,000 inha- to live. 15

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The residence quarter Weinberghöhe was built here, on a hillside with an excellent south-west facing prospect and impressive views of the city of Zug, Lake Zug and the alpine landscape of central Switzerland. Freehold apartments are on offer with 3 ½ to 5 ½ rooms and an overall floor space of 108 to 149 square metres with superior level of fixtures and fittings. Facing the mountain-side are the bathroom and sleeping quarters. Facing the valley, in a southerly direction, the structure opens with generously-sized balconies. The topography of the hill moves in a curved line. Along the high...

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Powerful details FUNERAL PARLOUR IN Whether the health care system, urban run funeral parlour "Agelink", located in DOETINCHEM (NL) planning or drug policies - the Dutch are the small town of Doetinchem close to said to have a rather more pragmatic atti- the German-Dutch border, is comparatively tude to many things. This also applies to "baroque". This is because the first impres- and especially for dealing with aspects of sion of the new building's prestigious death and dying which is usually treated appearance and numerous exclusive details in a more matter-of-fact way. In contrast, calls...

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With its vibrant interplay of colours, the Röben EAST END architectural stone accentuates the high-quality of the architecture. In contrast to the entrance front, the northwest façade has been designed with a white bay window and slender glass areas. The family-run "Agelink Uitvaartzorg" company, now in its third generation, delegated project planning to the local offices of the Duoplan Doetinchem Architecten. Based on the client's request for a modern, yet dignified new building which also combined the actual funeral hall on the ground floor itself in addition to a viewing room, a small...

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Architectural euphoria OFFICE BUILDING The office centre close to the Exhibition side which, architecturally speaking, is quite ture be a model for further development. A HUMBOLDT-CARRÉ IN Centre and Stuttgart airport in Leinfelden unpretentious. The Humboldt Carré is the conglomerate of housing in a variety of sizes LEINFELDEN ECHTERDINGEN (D) Echterdingen should convey euphoria. The first project to have been realised in this and ages of building is located on its eastern newly developed building zone is linked to expanded industrial area and explains why side. an existing industrial area...

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