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REPORT Architectural Magazine by Reynaers Aluminium Lazika Municipality Sculpture on steel legs Focus Multifunctional is the new smart student accomodation A landmark for students

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Edition Autumn 2013 Publisher responsible: Birgit Huybrechs Production: A10, RSM Co-Publishers intelligent buildings hile in the past a window may once have been merely a way of covering an opening in the façade, a way of letting in daylight, or a way of viewing the outside world from indoors, today’s window is an intelligent façade with increasingly smart functions. The window is no longer a façade element simply added at the last minute, as an afterthought in the construction process. The glass façade has become an integral element in the intelligent façade, a smart element within the...

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4 Here you can discover some exciting new projects that incorporate Reynaers systems Multifunctional is the new smart From cucumbers to geodesic domes Puerto Venecia shopping centre, Zaragoza Forms in a lagoon Lazika Municipality, Lazika STUDENT accomodation, Manchester Sculpture on steel legs Narvil Hotel, Serock Natural architecture Business centre in façade suit 54 Recent innovations and optimisations 58 An overview of recent projects that Reynaers has contributed to

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Laurent Brandajs Ski hotel with style Val Thorens (FR) — Val Thorens, located in the French Alps, is the highest ski resort in Europe. Hotel Altapura, completed in 2011 compliments the mountain scenery while adhering to the local style. The architects of Studio Arch refined the ‘building blocks’ of architecture characteristic to this region with staggered façades, adapting it to today’s standards. The result is a striking building with all the modern conveniences, including indoor climate control. Three curtain walls give the façade a harmonic, playful appearance. They are constructed with...

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Floating lofts Architecture Prize, also includes commercial space and more than seventy stylish homes with large outdoor areas and parking facilities. They not only created apartments and penthouses but also town houses and two-storey lofts that float above the water of Amsterdam’s Boelegracht. An innovative, sustainable climate control system also enables residents to enjoy energy cost reductions of up to 70%. Reynaers supplied window and sliding door systems for both buildings. Gershwin apartments, Django building (block 8) Architect: KCAP Architects & Planners, Rotterdam Main contractor:...

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Boulder-like university library Vilnius (LT) — The city centre of Vilnius is dotted with Baroque buildings, and the university, one of the oldest in Eastern Europe, is no exception. The central campus is a collection of buildings from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The new library, designed by Paleko ARCH studija, ushers the university into a new era. The building is designed to facilitate the modern approach to learning and research and forms the first building block of a future knowledge complex on the outskirts of the city. Access to the library is via a spacious paved plaza,...

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in a neutral palette and include terracotta and glass. The thin ribbons of glass at the buildings’ various levels create a façade suggestive of the horizontal layers of sedimentary rock. From the interior they provide a limited view of the plaza and adjacent intersection, distracting students as little as possible from their studies. Where the building borders a dense pine forest, the façades are made of glass, with narrow profile strips from the CW 50 and CS 68 Reynaers systems providing an unobstructed view. The central hall, which connects the three, four, and five storey structures,...

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Multifunctional is the new smart Coral reefs as underwater structures are not only aesthetic, but also multifunctional. They provide food for fishes, are a safe home for marine species, protect the shoreline and even provide lifesaving drugs for diseases like aids. As one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth, coral reefs act as a metaphor for multifunctional, innovative and intelligent buildings of today’s architecture. Text: Indira van ’t Klooster Photography: Dreamstime, iStockphoto

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Beautiful construction of the Crystal Palace in London The acrylic skin of United States Pavilion Eden Project with self-supporting geodesic domes Philip Johnson’s Glass House Now that the façade has become an integral element in the way a building works, windows are no longer relegated to the last minute details that are given little thought until the end of the building process. Today, specialists in a growing number of different disciplines are working together, enabling them to continually develop new technical innovations. The relevant question is no longer ‘What is the architect’s...

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Palm House: Victorian iron and glass structure 1 Metallic screen with moving geometric motifs of the Institute du Monde Arabe 3 with the introduction of acrylic plastics, breathtakingly beautiful constructions have been created, examples of which include the United States Pavilion in Montreal in 1967 and John Portman’s Hyatt Regency House in Atlanta. At the Eden Project in Cornwall, the UK, the greenhouse concept has been taken to new heights. This complex consists of several self-supporting geodesic domes constructed of hundreds of pentagonal and hexagonal panels having diameters as large...

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The world’s first circular skyscraper in Abu Dhabi 6 when a building and a façade actually work together, we talk of self-thinking mechanisms that can do virtually everything

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age in the ground, a heat pump and solar collectors on the roof. Sustainability was addressed through an efficient and compact design, good insulation, effective use of available energy, and the use of natural materials. The pursuit of multifunctional façades and grand architectural success can be seen in highrise buildings. After all, this is where glass façades, construction, safety, fire regulations, daylight and climate control finally come together. They are both architecturally spectacular and technically innovative. Ultimately, all who design skyscrapers with glass façades are...

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All Reynaers Aluminium catalogs and technical brochures

  1. reference book

    63 Pages

  2. Reynaers

    12 Pages

  3. SlimPatio 68

    2 Pages

  4. Hi-Finity

    4 Pages

  5. SlimLine 68

    2 Pages

  6. SlimLine 38

    2 Pages

  7. Masterline

    5 Pages

  8. Reynascreen

    2 Pages

  9. BS 100/30/20

    2 Pages

  10. CS 68

    2 Pages

  11. ES 50

    2 Pages

  12. CS 104

    2 Pages

  13. BIM

    4 Pages

  14. CS 86-HI

    2 Pages

  15. CS 77

    2 Pages

  16. Report 11

    68 Pages

  17. REFERENCE BOOK

    63 Pages

  18. CS 86 HI

    2 Pages

  19. Report 12

    68 Pages

  20. Ventalis

    4 Pages

Archived catalogs

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    57 Pages

  2. Vision 50

    2 Pages

  3. ES 45Pa

    2 Pages

  4. Eco system

    2 Pages

  5. BS

    2 Pages

  6. CP 130

    4 Pages

  7. CF 77-SL

    4 Pages

  8. CF 77

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  9. CW 50

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  10. RB 10

    2 Pages

  11. Punch Tool

    2 Pages

  12. Report 10

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  13. Report 9

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  14. CS104

    2 Pages

  15. CP 155

    4 Pages

  16. RW 100

    8 Pages

  17. Optima

    4 Pages

  18. CS 104

    2 Pages

  19. CS 59-Pa

    2 Pages

  20. CS 59

    2 Pages

  21. CS 38-SL

    2 Pages

  22. CS 24-SL

    2 Pages

  23. CS 77-BP

    2 Pages

  24. CS 77

    2 Pages

  25. CS 68-FP

    2 Pages

  26. BS 40

    2 Pages

  27. TP 110

    2 Pages

  28. TLS 110

    2 Pages

  29. RW 105

    8 Pages

  30. CP 96

    4 Pages

  31. CP 50

    2 Pages

  32. CP 45 PA

    2 Pages

  33. CW 86

    4 Pages

  34. CW 65 EF-HI

    2 Pages

  35. CW 60 Solar

    2 Pages

  36. CW 60

    2 Pages

  37. TR 200

    2 Pages

  38. PR 100

    2 Pages

  39. Reynascreen

    2 Pages

  40. GP 51

    2 Pages

  41. CR 120

    2 Pages

  42. Cintro

    2 Pages

  43. Mosquito

    2 Pages

  44. Report 8

    68 Pages

  45. Report 7

    70 Pages

  46. Reference Book

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  47. CW 60- DRL

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