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Fuhrimann Hächler are associated with avant-garde architecture that sparks controversies. Nevertheless, sanitary ceramics specialist Laufen asked them to design its Milan fair booth in 2018. Gabrielle Hächler reveals the secret to what soon became a highly successful collaboration.

Architecture for breathtaking views: Foster+Partners has designed an exciting high-rise complex in London. Rieder, the experts for fiberglass-reinforced concrete, helped realize it.

On the occasion of Techtextil 2019 we show you five trailblazing projects – and in each of them technical textiles really make the architecture.

In Wisconsin, Rossetti has built a pavilion with a sledging hill. They used glassfiber-reinforced concrete panels by Rieder for the façade cladding.

Façade solutions by Rieder cut quite a dash in combination with wood, too.

Under the heading “James Turrell – The Substance of Light,” Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden is hosting a solo exhibition dedicated to the American light artist.

South Tyrol’s greatest treasures are hidden behind the dark-gray façade made from “Fibre C” glass-fiber-reinforced concrete elements by Rieder.

It’s easy to fall into the trap of only judging a building by its façade. Especially if it is as eye-catching as "Silo" in Copenhagen, designed by Cobe Architects.

The Fondation Beyeler in Basel is extended by a historic park, Peter Zumthor has designed here three new buildings. They form a strong contrast to the 20-year-old Renzo Piano Museum.

Stylepark and Architect@Work are hosting the "A@W Lectures" in Zurich. The focus this time: Textile architecture.

In what was once Berliner Staatsoper’s stage sets storeroom: Frank Gehry has created the Pierre Boulez Hall, an impressive new concert hall for the Barenboim Said Academy.

In South Tyrol, Pedevilla Architekten have designed a Fire Dept. building made of concrete dyed red – it looks entrancing, especially when surrounded by snow. Which is often the case here.

Two small new buildings with an iridescent metal façade have been integrated into one of Bahrain’s historical districts. They were developed by Belgian architects Kersten Geers and David van Severen for a project in aid of preserving the music and culture of local pearl divers.

Heimtextil 2017 casts a glance into the textile crystal ball with great fanfare – but needs to work on communicating the visions.

Rieder’s facade of thin fiberglass-reinforced concrete provides an elegant canvas for the historic part of the Mount Stephen Hotel in Montréal.

Rieder Smart Elements has produced fiberglass reinforced concrete elements for the University of Boston, which now adorn the facade of the new Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering.