TECHNICAL VISIT ON SITE A good project is not just based on good products – it is as important that all elements are considered and worked just right during installation. For this reason, for Swisspearl it is always a key concern to be present on site in order to assist and advise the local installation…
Month: June 2017
Tula House, Quadra Island, Canada
FLOTSAM On a wild coastal stretch of Canada’s Quadra Island, Patkau Architects have built an extraordinary single family house that blends into the island’s natural environment while at the same time perfectly showcasing its rough beauty. The sea and its tidal impacts served as inspiration for the carefully designed layout and shape of the structure.…
FIBER CEMENT FORMULA
THE WINNING FORMULA OF SWISSPEARL FIBER CEMENT PANELS Natural raw materials and consistent ingenuity are the basis of the winning formula for a product that is more than 100 years old but has never become outdated—architecture can no longer imagine a time without it. In hand, fiber cement reveals its homogeneous materiality and a high…
Administration Building Bratislava Slovakia
FLYING WINDOWS Since 1991 Client company offers include the Slovak air rescue system, air transport and helicopter maintenance service and support. The head office was built near the airport in Poprad, under the High Tatra mountains in Slovakia. This brand new building offers new space for administrative offices in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.…
Balsai School, Vilnius, Lithuania
PLAY OF VOLUMES, PLAY OF COLOR The Balsai School in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, accommodates 600 children. As the surrounding urban fabric has no cohesive urban concept, the new school was intended to give the area an unequivocal focal point. It is also intended to serve a broader function for the wider community after…
Office Building, Cartaxo, Portugal
HEADQUARTERS FOR TAGUS GAS This new headquarters for Tagus Gás in Cartaxo, fifty miles from the Portuguese capital, is the country’s first office building to receive BREEAM certification. Designed by international practice Saraiva & Associados in partnership with consultants Ecochoice, the structure features an array of sustainability measures aimed at reducing its environmental impact and…