in DETAIL Building Skins: Concepts, Layers, Materials

Shell, Skin, Materials Christian Schittich

Is it all "just" a facade? The functional, energetic and structural aspects of the building skin Werner Lang

The Building Skin as Heat and Power Generator Roland Krippner

A Summer Space Johl, Jozwiak, Ruppel, Berlin

Eden Project near St Austell Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, London

House in Okayama Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa, Tokyo

University Institute in Paris Jérôme Brunet & Eric Saunier, Paris

Office and Commercial Building in Tokyo Maki and Associates, Tokyo

Supermarket and Apartment Building in Muttenz Nissen Wentzlaff Architekten, Basel

House in Amsterdam Heren 5 architecten, Amsterdam

Museum Liner in Appenzell Gigon / Guyer, Zurich

Apartment- and Office Building in Düsseldorf Frank O. Gehry, Santa Monica

Glasgow Science Centre Building Design Partnership, Manchester

Swimming Pool in Cranbrook Williams Tsien & Associates, New York

House in Leffe, Italy Studio Archea, Florence

New 42 Studios in New York Platt Byard Dovell Architects, New York

Pavilion in Amsterdam Steven Holl Architects, New York

Duplex in Nidau Leimer Tschanz Architekten, Biel; Jürg Saager, Brügg

House near Tokyo Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo

Pavilion of Christ in Volkenroda von Gerkan, Marg and Partners, Hamburg

Church in Munich Allmann Sattler Wappner, Munich

Police Station in Boxtel Wiel Arets, Maastricht

Cultural and Congress Centre in San Sebastián Rafael Moneo, Madrid

Museum of Hiroshige Ando in Batoh Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo

Cycling Stadium in Berlin Dominique Perrault, Paris

Factory Hall in Bobingen Florian Nagler Architekten, Munich

Swimming Pool in Bad Elster Behnisch und Partner, Stuttgart

Administration Building in Kronberg Schneider + Schumacher, Frankfurt/Main

Administration Building in Wiesbaden Herzog + Partner, Munich

Trade-Fair Tower in Hanover Herzog + Partner, Munich

Administration Building in Berlin Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten, Berlin/London

Library in Delft mecanoo architecten, Delft

Japanese Pavilion in Hanover Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo

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