On-Campus Learning Kean University’s new College of Business and Public Management features large, student-focused communal spaces with dramatic multi-level connections to each floor. The school provides the several thousand students with a variety of spaces to interact, collaborate, study, and relax throughout the day. This project is featured in the Swisspearl Architecture #29. Subscribe to our…
In Search of Innovation and Excellence
Swisspearl is innovative, flexible, and exacting when it comes to accommodating clients’ needs and wishes for fiber cement panels. A crucial role in the product development process is played by the Research and Development department in Niederurnen, Switzerland, in collaboration with the laboratories in Vöcklabruck, Austria and Anhovo, Slovenia. This team of experts is constantly…
Villa Void, Norway
Traditional Forms Reinterpreted With its clear lines Villa Void is inspired by the forms of existing houses in the neighborhood. The combination of materials—dark-gray Swisspearl Largo panels on the outer skin, and a warm wooden interior, also used on the recessed exterior areas -underline the sculptural character of the house. This project is featured in…
Wickham Community Hub, Australia
Under a Common Roof After a fifteen-year planning period, the inhabitants of Wickham in Western Australia finally got their new community center. A bent roofscape encompasses the communal spaces. The group of buildings also integrates existing and new sports facilities. Gresley Abas Architects from Perth were responsible for the architectural concept of the new Wickham…
Sounds Shaped by Hand
The fact that fiber cement can be shaped while in a still wet state during the manufacturing process is a constant source of inspiration for designers. The Swiss design firm Estragon is currently launching sideboard modules and loudspeakers under the label Vonschloo. Every object is carefully shaped and cut by hand during the production…
Ostrovin Residential House, Czech Republic
Modernity surrounded by History Ostrovní is a modern residential housing project built on a gap site surrounded by historic architecture. It is situated in the heart of Prague, near the National Theatre, just a couple of streets away from the Wenceslas Square. The shape of the land plot called for a unique construction solution. While…
Swisspearl Architecture Magazine #29
We are pleased to inform you about the latest issue of the Swisspearl Architecture magazine. Subscribe to our magazine to get the printed issue. This issue features buildings representing a wide variety of typologies and scales, built across an expansive geographic range, from a new community center in Australia, a behavioral health hospital in USA,…
Glass Hall, USA
The Global World of Business Glass Hall houses the largest public College of Business in the Midwest, linking regional students to the global world of business. The four story, 170,000 square foot facility was constructed in 1991 along the northern edge of the campus mall. Perkins+Will and Dake Wells Architecture were selected to re-imagine Glass…
Matau Vilnių, Lithuania
I see Vilnius “Matau Vilnių” (I see Vilnius) is a new residential area in Vilnius, which is still under development. It is located in a historical part of the city, partially overlapping with the area of a former Tauras brewery and clearly visible on one of the largest hills in the city. One of the…
Swisspearl Vintago-Reflex - NEW COLOR RANGE
The new facade panel with a rough, lively and shiny look. Vintago-Reflex is a through-colored fiber cement panel with a sanded, slightly rough surface combined with a reflective coating. This special composition gives the panels an outstandingly beautiful look. It can be excellently combined with our Vintago and Reflex panels and thus opens up entirely…