At the top of a steep hill At the top of a steep hill, lies a private residential project, comprising four independent chalets, built to provide their owners with a luxurious, secondary residence. The project is located in Faqra Club, a club assembling prestigious villas and offering Lebanon’s elite a seasonal escape. This destination attracts…
House of Religions, Switzerland
Dialogue of surfaces Religious believers from local communities conceived the idea for this ambitious project in Bern well over a decade ago. As a result of their vision of creating an interreligious space, Europan5 launched an architectural competition in 1999, which was won by Madir Shah of Urbanoffice in Amsterdam. The competition marks the start…
Product launch: Texial
Uniqueness through hand embossing – a vibrant interplay of light and shadow Innovative and sustainable products made of natural raw materials, such as the new large size façade panels Texial, are borne of ingenuity and expertise. The fine surface structure gives the appearance of a fabric and is always one-of-a-kind because it is embossed by…
ITMS Telemedicina do Brasil, Brazil
Stamping Game For the São Paulo branch of ITMS Telemedicina do Brasil, a company specialised in telemedicine services, two floors of office space were projected in the business heart of the city. With the atmosphere of a “residential loft”, Brazilian architect Maurício Karam gave the rooms a high-tech feature using a differentiated lighting system and…
Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School, USA
Beacon of Hope The first Catholic high school to be built on Chicago’s West Side in more than 80 years, Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School sets a striking contrast to its decayed surroundings. A tonal arrangement of fiber cement panels adds depth to the façade and gives it a corporate appearance in keeping…
Faculty of Humanities, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Rhythm and Movement The complex at the University of Rijeka had a demanding brief as the building had to house two separate faculties as well as a student counselling centre and an underground parking area. Anna Roos The architects used the incline of the site to carefully model the ground plane of the project,…
Onsite support Stony Point High School, USA
Onsite support Stony Point High School, USA The quality of a project stands or falls with the execution of the installation on site. As a provider of high quality fiber cement, Swisspearl is truly committed to supporting customers as much as possible to avoid incorrect installation. Some weeks ago, Swisspearl Technical Advisor Nick Sturm visited…
Margretedal Residential Towers, Sweden
Dancing Pyramid Stumps The town of Lund in the southernmost province of Sweden, the beautiful Schonen, is known as the “students’ city” owing to the fact that over one third of its inhabitants are students. Four new highrise buildings dominate the town’s silhouette. The Swiss architect Mario Campi and his Swedish colleague Arne Jönsson and…
AIA Architecture Expo 2018, NYC
Thank you for your visit at the AIA 2018 The AIA turned out to be an amazing exhibition for Swisspearl and all our partners! Our brand new booth and products combined with the fantastic team, made this show to stand out. We hope you had a good time at the exhibition and we would…
Swisspearl seminar, Latvia
A few days after the 2018 winners of the annual Latvian Architecture Award were announced, the Swisspearl seminar, regularly organized by SIA Baltimex, took place in Riga’s coziest and chicest quarter, Kalnciema. Swisspearl Chief Sales Officer Robert Wirichs presented the wide spectrum of Swisspearl design, including an insight into the newest Swisspearl hue collection,…