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,…
Cummins Station, USA
Dividing Fence The Track 13 Community Garden renovation transforms a defunct loading dock into a luxurious outdoor amenity. The site is situated in a sliver of space between Cummins Station, a historically registered industrial warehouseturned corporate office building, and the Gulch, one of downtown Nashville’s thriving neighbourhoods. The building once accommodated freight trains, but…
Apelviken Beach Houses, Sweden
Aesthetic wind protection On the beach of Apelviken in the Swedish health resort of Varberg, a settlement of lookalike holiday houses was developed. They are exceptional not only through their extraordinary location right on the sea, but also through their minimal styling and uniform use of materials. The roof and façades are protected from the…
B66 Business Center, Kaunas, Lithuania
Shifting Panels Appear to Vibrate Across the Façades The junction of this L-shaped business center is emphasized by a vertical volume clad in overlapping, vertical Swisspearl panels in jet black with clipped eaves and small punctured windows. The total area of the three- to four-story business center in Kaunas, Lithuania, is approximately 5,300 square…
Neptune Office Building, USA
Connecting Urban and Rural Neptune Office Building is articulated in long, extended parallel lines of layered materials: stone, glazing, Swisspearl panels, and steel flashing in tightly packed, overlapping panels. Interlocking forms protrude from the façade envelope covered by the timber-clad eaves overhang that protects the upper floor outdoor balcony. This 42,000-square-foot office building in Rogers,…
Oslo International School, Norway
Pavilion with colored stripes The architects from the well-known Norwegian architectural company Jarmund/Vigsnæs were in the process to renovate and extend a school from the 1960s. They finished the three-phaseschedule in the form of an elegant Swisspearl-clad pavilion. Mirko Beetschen Oslo International School (OIS) is a prestigious English school in Bekkestua, a suburb of Oslo,…