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…
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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…
Technical testing center of Swisspearl
Carry the Changes – and Update The building where Swisspearl had developed its products for the last 50 years was in urgent need of renovation. The modular construction with the memorable silhouette stands at the entrance to the factory area. The completely new façade displays an appropriate character – with an unprecedented joint pattern. Swisspearl…
Employee portrait - Dominik Baumgartner, Polymechanic
Dominik Baumgartner, Polymechanic at Swisspearl headquarter Marcy Goldberg Dominik Baumgartner grew up tinkering with both his computer and his motorcycle. Now, at the age of 21, he has finished dual training as a polymechanic, completing both a classic apprenticeship and a vocational baccalaureate. As an all-rounder in precision mechanics, he has honed those childhood…
Swisspearl Architecture magazine #26
We are pleased to inform you about the latest issue of the Swisspearl Architecture magazine. Subscribe to our magazine to get the printed issue or download the PDF from the download area on our website. About the magazine #26 This present magazine features buildings representing a wide variety of typologies and scales, built in…
Swisspearl test winners
Heartfelt congratulations to all winners of the Swisspearl tests 2017 that were carried out during the Regional Meetings at the end of this past years together with distributors. Already in December, Swisspearl informed you about the Regional Meetings that took place in the fall of 2017. During these meetings, a Swisspearl Test was also…
Swisspearl Regional Meeting 2017
Each fall, the Swisspearl Regional Meetings take place around the world. This event sees Swisspearl partners coming together in a common place to discuss market development activities for the coming year and to receive the latest news from head office. Shanghai, Paris, Dallas and Dubai: these are this year’s destinations for Swisspearl distributors…
Margaret Sprug about “Exaggerated shindling design”
INTERVIEW WITH MARGARET SPRUG Margaret Sprug is a principal of Miller Hull Partnership in Seattle. She received a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A & M University in 1986, and a Masters in architecture in 1993 from Columbia University. After running her own firm in New York from 1994 to 1999, Sprug joined Miller…
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE PRIZE 2017
The American Architecture Prize honors designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture with the goal of advancing the appreciation of architecture worldwide. Each submitted design was evaluated by the esteemed AAP Jury on its own merit on the dimensions of Design Excellence, Innovation and Function. Congratulations to all of our winners.…
How free can architecure be?
In architecture, digital aids make it possible to design free forms. Already in the pre-digital era, repeated efforts were made to break away from the right angle and regular geometries. Nowadays, it seems that there are no limits to imagination. All that is left to discover are the paths for implementing the ideas of form…