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…
Month: July 2018
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…