Programme of Delivery Facade Systems
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Ceramic Facade Systems

MADE IN BAVARIA COVERING ARCHITECTURE WORLDWIDE

The In-house Planning Department or certifications are just two of many good reasons. As specialist for architectural ceramics, AGROB BUCHTAL offers an extensive portfolio of products and services for modern and future-oriented building and designing with ceramics. The company’s history already started in the 18th century. Today, AGROB BUCHTAL is a global player deeply rooted in Germany as traditional location. Piliamiestis Brasta, Lithuania / Architect: UAB Kita kryptis, Kaunas, Lithuania / Products: KeraTwin ® / Photo: Leonas Garbačauska

Sustainability. Ceramics is harmless in terms of building biology. It scores well on account of its unlimited useful life and can be fully recycled. In-house Planning Department. Specific relief of routine tasks opens up creative scope for specialists who convince in the form of their solution competence and offer technical building consulting on site. BIM. The provision of BIM-compatible planning optimizes the exchange of information between everyone involved in the building. This makes the planning process more productive – with positive effects on costs, quality and loyalty to deadlines....

Surfaces and profiles Matt, silky-matt or glossy as well as various threedimensional cross-sections. Great color variety More than 50 colors as well as numerous material looks and metallic glazes. Ceramic special pieces Rectangular tubes and lamellar elements for setting accents or complete facade designs. Individual solutions Special developments for individual concepts and unique solutions.

CONTENTS Setting standards - for more than 40 years 8 - 9 Fastening systems, mounting instructions 54 - 75 Detail solutions 76 - 77 Forms, colors and formats 92 - 94 Fastening system, mounting instruction 95 Fastening system, mounting instructions 98 - 99 Fastening systems, mounting instructions 114 - 117 References Buildings with ceramic facades all over the world. Page 28 Service System overview In-house Planning Department Reference

Ceramic facades for more than 40 years A facade is far more than just the protective shell of a building. Its design not only characterizes the building itself, but also influences – often visible from far away – the urban environment. As leading ceramics manufacturer, AGROB BUCHTAL has extensive know-how in all fields of Architectural Ceramics. With this background, the company has been developing and producing ceramic facade systems setting standards for more than four decades: functionally, aesthetically and by their product quality “made in Germany”. Curtain-type, rear-ventilated...

Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, USA / Architects: Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership Museum of Cultures, Basel, Switzerland / Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland Käpylän Posteljooni, Helsinki, Finland / Architect: Anttinen Oiva Architects, Helsinki, Finland

Queensland Road, London, Great Britain CCQ, Montreal, Canada Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, USA Orangerie de Souissi, Rabat, Morocco Liberty Plaza, Panama City, Panama Projects all over the world Thanks to the variety of colors, sizes and surface finishes, supplemented by fastening systems making installation efficient and safe even on complex bases, ceramic facade systems offered by AGROB BUCHTAL have been popular all over the world for decades. Jurubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil On all inhabited continents, from Canada to Brazil, from Northern Sweden to South Africa, from Russia to China and...

Clarion Hotel, Helsinki, Finland Business Center, Jekatarinburg, Russia Airport, Düsseldorf, Germany Microsoft Campus, Shanghai, China Airport, Assuan, Egypt Lee Shan Building, Hong Kong, China Pretoria Tower, South Africa Adventist Hotel, Sydney, Australia

Ceramics: a raw material of architecture Already for more than 2,000 years, ceramics has been a “raw material of architecture“. Colored tiles and ceramic decorations were already used by the Etruscans in their buildings. The definition of ceramics stands for all inorganic non-metallic materials which are first shaped and fired afterwards. Clay is the main component of ceramic tile masses and developed as a result of the weathering of rock containing feldspar (e.g. granite) due to exposure to wind, water and the seasonal temperature differences. This weathering took place millions of years...

Aesthetics, economic efficiency and sustainability: the combination of these three factors is the basis for the growing success of curtain-type, rear-ventilated ceramic facades. The decisive reason for the technical superiority of these systems is the structural separation of the functions of heat insulation and weather protection. The ventilated cavity between the ceramic panels and insulating material regulates the building's moisture balance, directing moisture outwards and guaranteeing swift drying of damp exterior walls. The insulating material stays dry and fully functional while...

Curtain-type, rear-ventilated facades System: structure and function Thanks to the air space between the outer facade cladding (ceramics) protecting the building against snow and rain and the insulation (mostly mineral wool), curtain-type, rear-ventilated facade systems improve the indoor climate, save heating costs and conserve natural resources. SYSTEMAUFBAU: Aufbau und Funktion Moisture is carried away Anchoring base Mineral insulation Mineral insulation AGROB BUCHTAL ceramics Bearing profile Antakalnio terasos, Vilnius, Lithuania / Architect: JP Pajegos UAB, Vilnius, Lithuania /...

Fabrikkgatan, Bergen, Norway / Architect: Ramboll Norge AS Div Arkitekter / Products: KeraTwin ® / Photo: Morten Wanvik Sustainability and conservation of resources also play an increasingly important role when it comes to planning and designing facades. Ceramic curtain-type, rear-ventilated facade systems are practically unbeatable in this area. As the panels are resistant to frost, light- and color-fast, non-combustible and very impact-proof, they have a practically unlimited useful life. Whether glazed or unglazed, the highly-resistant surface made of fired ceramics makes them resistant...