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Geberit International AG, Corporate Communications, Schachenstrasse 77, CH-8645 Rapperswil-Jona CONCEPT Linkgroup AG, Zurich www.linkgroup.ch NUMBER OF COPIES 25,000. Issued: once annually. The reproduction of individual articles, in part or in full, is subject to approval from the editorial staff. The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa has moved into a former grain silo in Cape Town harbour. A look into the atrium shows the cut-out tube chambers in which grain used to be stored.

ONCE A YEAR, “VIEW” PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND ­ THE WORLD IN THE FIELDS OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN. In this issue, you will find over 20 recent projects from almost as many countries. Our journey takes us from a single-family house to an office building and hotel, all the way through to a museum and sports arena. What all of these have in common, of course, is products from Geberit – all of which play their part in mastering the respective construction task. Building professionals rely on our solutions because they know that they have been extensively tested,...

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LIVING 6 Chimney House, Slovenia 8 The Crow's Nest, UK 9 Muraba Residences, UAE 10 520 West 28th Street, USA 12 Friends, Germany HIGH-RISE 16 Raffles City, China 18 MahaNakhon, Thailand WORKING t 40 CULTURE ARTFUL SILO 19 International House, Australia INSTITUTION 22 Vitsre company headquarters, UK HOSPITALITY 26 Burgenstock Resort, Switzerland 58 Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD), Norway 62 Sportcampus Zuiderpark, the Netherlands 64 Bibliotheque Alexis de Tocqueville, France 32 Il Sereno, Italy 34 Grand Hotel Miramar, Spain 36 Hvidbjerg Strand, Denmark 38 The Fontenay, Germany...

CHIMNEY HOUSE, LOGATEC, SLOVENIA RUGGED APPEAL ↑ The Chimney House engages in a dialogue with Sveti Janez church. The full appeal of this resi­ dential building from Dekleva ­ Gregorič Architects only b ­ ecomes apparent when seen in context next to the neigh­ bouring structures. The Chimney House in the Slovenian town of Logatec is flanked by a barn on one side and a 16th-century church on the other. Encased in oiled larch wood, the building owes its name to the roof section that runs centrally across the entire length of the structure. COMPACT THANKS TO SKYLIGHT Only after entering the...

The bedroom and kitchen benefit in particular from the daylight from above. ↓ CHIMNEY HOUSE Building owner: Private Architecture: Dekleva Gregorič Architects, Ljubljana Completed: March 2016 GEBERIT KNOW-HOW Geberit Sigma concealed cistern 12 cm

THE CROW’S NEST, LYME REGIS, UK CLIFFSIDE LAIR ↑ Clad in light larch wood, this holiday home is located on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, a World Heritage Site famous for the wide range of fossils found there. As its turbulent history suggested, work on The Crow’s Nest on the English Channel coast was going to be anything but easy – in the past 50 years, two buildings had already fallen victim to the precarious ground conditions prevalent in this picturesque area. “The idea of movement and fracturing formed the b ­ ackbone of the concept.” AR DESIGN STUDIO THE CROW’S NEST Building owner:...

MURABA RESIDENCES Building owner: Muraba P ­ roperties LLC Architecture: RCR Arqui­ tectes, Olot (Girona) Completed: July 2017 GEBERIT KNOW-HOW Geberit Duofix installation system Geberit actuator plate Sigma70 Geberit HDPE drainage system MURABA RESIDENCES PALM JUMEIRAH, DUBAI, UAE ROOM WITH A VIEW ↑ RCR Arquitectes – winners of the 2017 Pritzker Prize – pride themselves on projects that have ­ a strong reference to their surroundings. This was also the case in a residential construction completed far away from their home in Catalonia. The building features 46 luxury apartments and four...

The entrance area of the new luxury residential building by Zaha Hadid Architects is characterised by organic forms. 520 WEST 28 TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY, USA WEST SIDE DREAMING 10

↑ West Chin Architects (pictured) and the designer Jennifer Post were responsible for f ­ urnishing two model apartments. 520 WEST 28 TH STREET Building owner: Related Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects, London Completed: October 2017 GEBERIT KNOW-HOW Geberit Omega concealed cistern Geberit actuator plate Omega60 Geberit urinal flush control type 70 ↑ The signature style of Zaha Hadid is ever-present in the spa area. Zaha Hadid Architects has built an 11-floor residential building containing 39 luxury apartments in the Chelsea neighbourhood of New York City. Its futuristic curves are a...

FRIENDS, MUNICH, GERMANY TRENDSETTER “Friends” is a fitting name for the r two ­ esidential towers that serve as the driving force behind the newly d ­ eveloped area around the Hirsch­ garten in Munich.

FRIENDS Building owner: LBBW Immobilien Capital GmbH Architecture: Allmann Sattler Wappner, Munich Completed: March 2017 GEBERIT KNOW-HOW Geberit GIS installation system Geberit Duofix installation system Geberit Mepla & Mapress Stainless Steel supply systems Geberit Silent-db20 drainage system ← Attractive inside and out: the bay windows give Friends its characteristic appearance and also offer expansive views. The real estate sector is called upon to deliver solutions for the changing habits and demands of an increasingly urban population. One of these is “smart sharing”. Based on market...

“The spatial concept arranges all living areas efficiently around a centrally positioned supply core consisting of bathroom, kitchen and utility room.” ALLMANN SATTLER WAPPNER ARCHITEKTEN AN OASIS OF PEACE AND QUIET Whilst the quality of the view may vary from floor to floor, the technical installations all have a uniformly low-noise design. This is largely down to the Silent-db20 drainage system from Geberit. The pipes and fittings are acoustically and hydraulically optimised and carry out their tasks quietly and effectively. Friends is expected to drive the urban development close to the...