marmo+mac – The stone in October 2023

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Cover picture: MW-Architekturfotografie
Cover picture: MW-Architekturfotografie

In the October issue of STEIN, we take an advance look at the Marmomac in Verona and show what visitors can expect in Verona. We also present the new Vienna Museum and take a trip to Berlin. There, Chipperfield Architects have shaped a new urban space between the Spree and the New Synagogue.

Marmomac natural stone trade fair

Marmomac is just around the corner. The international natural stone show will open its doors in Verona from September 26 to 29, 2023. This year’s 80,000 square meter event will once again provide an overview of the entire spectrum of stone, its quarrying, processing and design. The latter is becoming more and more important every year. After all, modern machines now make the most sophisticated forms of processing possible. Proof of the increased awareness of design: Elle Decor, a magazine for interior design, is on board as a trade fair cooperation partner and is specifically dedicated to the importance of natural stone for new furnishing and living trends. Find out why a visit to the trade fair is definitely worthwhile this year in our Marmomac outlook.

Harmony of old and new

Our author Alexandra Nyseth presents a successful work in natural stone. The Wien Museum on Karlsplatz has been given a new Dorit shell as part of an extension, conversion and extensive renovation. In our opinion: convincing proof that old and new can harmonize very well.

Combining existing buildings and extensions

A listed terraced house in London has also been successfully and harmoniously combined with an extension. An extension based on the garden houses of the 18th century made a significant contribution to this.

Buildings from four centuries

A particular architectural highlight in Berlin is the new Forum on Museum Island. After 20 years of planning and construction, it was recently inaugurated with a grand ceremony. There are buildings from four centuries in the middle of Berlin. The employees of Chipperfield Architects and Patschke & Partner have restored and extended the buildings with a keen sense of the existing structures and their history. In the new issue, you can find out how diverse and interesting Berlin’s new center has become.

In addition, our author Bärbel Daiber introduces you to a whole range of funding programs for the trades and attempts to provide an overview of the support programs.

We hope you enjoy reading STEIN.

Your STEIN editorial team

STEIN 10/23 is available here in the store.

In the September issue of STEIN, the topic was “Tiles and slabs”. Read more here.

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Instagram top 5 in September 2021

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Schwere Reiter opens in Mahlknecht Herrle's creative quarter in Munich

The Schwere Reiter by Mahlknecht Herrle stands out in the Kreativquartier in Munich with its facade made of sheet piling. Photo: Oliver Jaist

Which projects are the most popular on our Instagram account? We have compiled the Instagram top 5 from September 2021.

You can find all the projects and information that we announce on social media at baumeister.de. But which images and projects are the most popular on our Instagram account? We have compiled the top 5 articles from September 2021.

>> Icefjord Information Center (Ilulissat, Greenland) by Dorte Mandrup

>> “Schwere Reiter” cultural spaces (Munich) by Mahlknecht Herrle Architekten

>> Police administration office (Dresden) by Code Unique

>> “Houses of the Year 2021” winner “Haus Alder” by Fuhrimann Hächler and all other single-family houses

>> Romantic Museum (Frankfurt am Main) by Christoph Mäckler

More top 5 articles? Here you can find our social media overview.

You don’t know our Instagram account yet? Then take a look. We look forward to seeing you.

Wind and space at the airport tower

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The expansive prairie landscapes in Alberta, where the wind whips across the vast expanses of grass and grain fields and forms the snow into bizarre drifts in winter, are so familiar to the architects from the Edmonton office Dialog that they were inspired by this natural spectacle in their design for the new tower at Edmonton International Airport: Undulating, three-dimensional ribbons wrap around the eight-storey, almost elliptical structure. They are interrupted by recessed ribbon windows with views of the Alberta landscape. Behind the façade are around 12,000 m² of offices, retail and restaurants.

The tower owes its eye-catching effect to the irregularly high and wide façade bands in the large herbaceous system. The architects opted for “Rheinzink-prePatina blue-grey”, as this surface picks up on the play of colors of the Canadian landscape and blends in with the ensemble of existing airport buildings. The positive properties of the material were also convincing: in addition to being maintenance-free and durable, the architects were also interested in its good formability.

Just as the wind leaves its mark on the landscape, each part of the complex façade was to be unique. The shapes of the bands and the plans for the steel substructure were developed using a computer-aided 3D model. To test how the materials could be processed, a test section was produced on a scale of 1:1 before assembly.

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