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Research and practice: Refurbishment of curtain wall facades – facelift or complete renovation?
Many owners of unrenovated buildings dating from the 1950s to the 1970s face the same problems: ever fewer tenants are willing to accept the substanti...
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Research and practice: The bio-responsive facade
Microalgae are one of the most promising components of alternative energy scenarios today because they transform sunlight into biomass in a particular...
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Housing complex in Brussels
The housing development converted from the former Heyman’s soap factory complex is located in an underprivileged area to the west of Brussels city cen...
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Background: High density housing with the qualities of single-family homes
Half of the world’s population already live in urban centres. It is estimated that by the year 2050 this percentage will rise as high as 70?%. Urbanis...
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Specialist information: Quantity or quality – future perspectives of energy-efficient renovation
In September 2010, the German government introduced a new set of energy targets for the building sector, according to which the national building stoc...
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Magazine: The 2013 International Building Exhibition in Hamburg
The International Building Exhibition (IBA), which has been held in the borough of Wilhelmsburg since 2007, is reaching its final stages this year. Pr...
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