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PROJECTS / BURDA HOCHHAUS

Hubert Burda Media Tower

This slender high-rise tower was built to be a highly-visible architectural sign for the successful printing and publishing company Burda in Offenburg, Germany. The refurbishment of the 1960s tower created a building with open offices, flexible usage, efficient services and a double-skin façade for natural ventilation. As part of a comprehensive reorganisation, the original edifice was stripped down to its structure and an extra storey was added to provide space for conference rooms at the top of the building.

The double façade creates additional interior space and allows natural ventilation almost year round. Thus, the provision of full air conditioning for the building could be avoided and operating costs reduced. The building is heated and conditioned through a custom-designed heating-cooling baffle with integrated lighting

Data

Construction Start 2002
Completion 2004
Client Hubert Burda Media

GFA 7,200 m²

Credits

Structural Engineering
KKK Ingenieure

Special Structural Engineering
Werner Sobek

Technical Building Equipment
HL-Technik

Lighting Design
Werning Tropp Schmidt, Feldafing
Clemens Tropp, Markus Tuppen

Façade Planning & Building Physics
DS-Plan

Fire Protection
Ingenieurbüro Dieter Rothe

Aerodynamic Study
Institute for Industrial Aerodynamics

Office Organization
Quickborner Team

Awards

2005

BDA Baden-Baden Auszeichnung guter Bauten

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