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    THE MAGAZINE OF COPPER IN ARCHITECTURE 30

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    Copper Architecture Forum, May 2011

    Cpper Architecture Frum is par t the n ging Eurpean Cpper In Architecture Campaign, and

    is published twice a year and has a circulatin 25.200 cpies.The magaine is distributed t architects and pressinals in the building cnstructin industry inRussia, Pland, Denmark, Nrway, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Cech Republic, Spain, France, Italy,Germany and United Kingdm.

    Editorial team:

    Lennart Engstrm, Chris Hdsn, Hannele Kuusist, Esk Mietinen, Hermann Kersting, Rbert Pinte

    E-Mail: [email protected]

    Address: CAF, Eurpean Cpper Institute, Avenue de Tervueren 168 b-10, B-1150 Brussels, Belgium

    Publisher: Nigel Cttn, ECI (Eurpean Cpper Institute)

    Layout and technical production: Naula Grafsk Design, Sweden

    Printing: Intellecta Inlg 2011, Sweden

    Editorial panel:

    Paul Becquevrt, BENELUx [email protected] Hay, UK [email protected] Vergpuls, GR [email protected] Pintr, HU, Cz, SVK [email protected]

    Kaimier zakrewski, PL [email protected] Inv, RU [email protected] Vutilainen, SE, No, FI, DK [email protected] Dia, ES [email protected] Tisst, FR [email protected] Crespi, IT [email protected] Schmit, DE [email protected]

    WelcomeIn this issue, we continue to develop Copper Architecture Forum as a comprehensive architectural

    magazine, looking at the overall design o buildings, not just the use o copper in isolation. We have also

    expanded our editorial team to give us access to even more projects rom around Europe and beyond

    and a greater breadth o expertise.

    Over these 40 pages, we cover a substantial diversity o architectural styles and building types.

    Photography and descriptions are supplemented by plans, sections, concept sketches and other drawings

    to help explain the architects intentions. Focusing on particular aspects o copper in architecture, look

    out or our new Sustainability and Reurbishment highlights, which we have added along with the

    existing Detai l and Close-up ocuses.

    With a deadline or entries o 31st May, we are expecting a bumper crop o projects or this years

    European Copper in Architecture Awards, representing some o the best contemporary architecture. Te

    winners will be announced at a presentation event in Brussels in September (visit www.copperconcept.org

    or more details). Shortlisted and winning projects will be covered in detail in a major eature in the next

    issue o Copper Architecture Forum.

    o make sure you dont miss our next issue, please do register now on-line at www.copperconcept.org

    to continue receiving your ree copy o Copper Architecture Forum. Tis is particularly important, as weare updating our mailing lists at the moment. And you can download current and back issues o Copper

    Architecture Forum rom the same website. We hope you enjoy reading this issue and look orward to

    your eedback and comments.

    Editorial eam, Copper Architecture Forum

    Front coverThe Nordahl Grieg SecondarySchool in the Srs district ofBergen.

    COPPER DIARY27th September 2011European Copper in Architecture Awards, architectspresentations and Awards ceremony, Brussels.www.copperconcept.org

    Back coverThe new administrative buildingfor the European Council inStrasbourg.

    www.cppercncept.r

    Contact us now. We do want to hear from you, both with your comments on Copper Architecture Forum and suggestions forprojects or topics that we can cover in future. Simply email the editorial team or your local editorial panel member, listed above.

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    The Nordahl Grieg Secondary School, Norway

    Exemplary Recycling with Copper Oce Building, Turku, Finland

    Contemporary on Classical Rootop Additions in Budapest

    Copper Chronosphere Jewellery Showroom in Bergamo, Italy

    Golden Library Copper Additions in Luckenwalde

    Rejuvinating the Moderne Copper Additions in Widnes, UK

    Brass Bands Chemotherapy Treatment Centre, Manchester

    Transparent Copper Extensions to Helsinki Childrens Hospital

    Tapiola Group PK2 New Head Oce, Finland

    Copper Rooed Crossing A Bridge in the Scottish Countryside

    Green Building with Copper Sustainable new Oces in Wales

    Euro Copper Sustainable new Oces in Strasbourg

    Architecture and Grieving Funeral Chapels in Vantaa, Finland

    Mountainous Refections Civil Protection Centre in the Dolomites

    Coastal Copper Art Deco Style Gol Clubhouse in Scotland

    Winning Gold Casino Frontage in Sheeld, UK

    Neues Museum Renovation David Chippereld in Berlin

    Copper in the Garden Small Hotel Garden Buildings inSwitzerland

    30 and counting in the next issue

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    From the very start, the main goal or both client and desig-ners was to create a modern school, well adapted to current

    and uture needs, and with the fexibility to change and meet

    uture challenges. Functional and aesthetic considerations

    were also important, leading to an attractive building and

    inspiring workplace or both students and teachers.

    The total area o the building is 14,000 m2 with room or 800

    students and 150 sta members.

    The Nordahl GriegSecondary SchoolEarl in 2006, Hordaland Count, on the west coast of Norwa, instigated an architectural

    cometition for the design of a new high school in the Srs district of Bergen. The winners

    against stiff cometition from seven other entries were the architects LINK.

    The buildings architecture is a clear statement o intent, provi-ding a long-lie and durable copper and glass enclosure able to

    accommodate changing requirements. It symbolises a youthul

    energy: dynamic, sel-assured, colourul, resh and challenging.

    A skin o green pre-patinated copper embraces the buildings

    transparent volume, designed to give the impression o lightness

    and dynamism. This is heightened by the main glass acade which

    incorporates narrow elds o coloured glass. These elements

    symbolise each student as an individual and independent being.

    Photo: Daniel Clements

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    Architects: LINK signatur AS, Team Bergen

    Copper installer: Sigurd Oppheim AS

    Copper product: Nordic GreenTM

    Photos: Daniel Clements and LINK-architects

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    Long-strip Copper Roofng

    The ramework o the building comprises concrete pillars

    with precast concrete beams and load-bearing steel girders.

    The roo construction consists o o-site manuactured roo

    elements with supporting beams o steel and insulation in

    between, covered by plywood and roong elt. The massive,

    almost fat roo with a all o only 3 degrees is covered

    with 0.7 mm thick copper in 14 m long strips, installed usinglong-strip techniques.

    Essentially, two external materials have been used here,

    both practically maintenance-ree: copper or the roo and

    the aade skin and glass within aluminium or the glazed

    acades. All the materials were chosen or low maintenance

    costs over time and a distinct quality that will endure. The

    building was completed last Autumn and has already been

    nominated or the Bergen municipality architecture award

    2010.

    The atriums unction as outdoors common areas directly connected to the bases and at the same time letting daylight into the classrooms.

    The concept or the choice o colour and material is that all massive interiorsuraces except canteen and auditorium are white, black or gray. Reduced

    use o colours gives the light, which alls through the coloured glass inthe acade or glass doors, a neutral projection surace to play with. This

    contributes to create identity and character to individual rooms.

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    Renovation o this 12,500 m2, stylistically typical midtwenti-

    eth century civic building began in 2009 and will be completed

    in 2012, covering interiors as well as external brick and copper

    acades. Technically, there was nothing wrong with the origi-

    nal copper but moisture ingress and a lack o thermal insula-

    tion created problems over the decades. Extensive renovation

    was started by erecting scaolding and shrink-wrapping the

    exterior walls, ater which the old structure was removed and

    stored inside the building. Around 50 tons o copper and 5.5

    tons o brass were stripped and taken back to the original sup-

    plier.

    The window openings were sealed throughout the dismantling

    process. The drawn trim on the aade had previously been

    brass, but this was replaced with copper instead. The thermo

    element bars were then tted and, once the new windows had

    been installed, 50+150 mm mineral wool insulation and wind

    shield boards were xed to the walls. A stainless steel hat

    prole was astened to the thermo elements and the copper

    was laid onto a substrate o impregnated crosswiseboarding.

    Ater these preparations, installation o copper onto the exte-

    rior walls could be started: this took a ull year.

    Original Architects: Risto-Veikko Luukkonen and Helmer Steenroos

    Reinstatement Copper Installer: Hartela Oy

    Copper product: Nordic BrownTM Light

    Photos: Kalle Luoma

    Exemplary Recycling with CopperThe County Administrative Building in Turku, Finland, has been re-clad using

    the very same copper material originally installed in the 1960s an impressive

    demonstration o the extremely long-term value o copper as an asset to buildings.

    COPPER AND SUSTAINABILITY

    By Hannele Kuusisto and Chris Hodson

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    Reinstating the Original Design

    A sample or the new cassettes and drawn trim was

    taken rom the dismantled aade and ollowed aith-

    ully in the new work. Pre-oxidised copper giving awarm shade o light brown was used throughout. The

    copper was taken to the works in coils, sheets and

    drawn trim, and worked into proles. The proles were

    about 8002300 mm long and 290900 mm high with a

    thickness o 0.6 mm and the bottom layer 0.8 mm thick.

    Copper has been re-used here in a versatile way rom

    cornice to oundation. The aades now consist o the

    original brick wall, contrasting with proled copper

    panels and protruding pilasters. In addition, window

    rames and details are copper-clad. Some 70 tons o

    copper has been installed on the new aade and most

    o the raw material was recycled copper stripped romthe building. Major savings resulted rom this process

    both in nancial and environmental terms. This is a

    clear demonstration o the low whole lie cost and

    embodied energy or carbon ootprint o copper in ar-

    chitecture.

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    Copper-clad rootop additions to a neo-classical style boutique

    hotel in Szabadsg Square, Budapest, Hungary, continue a

    tradition o periodic building remodelling in that city.

    Since the early part o the 19th century, downtown Budapest has been

    characterised by organic development. Buildings grew in height and got

    a ace lit in historic styles. Single and two storey houses were extended

    with two or three additional foors and, according to the trend o the time,

    buildings were reconstructed with new aades chosen eclectically rom

    dierent historical styles. All this was seen as a consequence o the natu-

    ral lie o the city.

    In this tradition, a substantial 4-storey corner block building already sub-

    ject to periodic expansion over the years has been extended with a con-

    temporary 2-storey structure clad entirely with pre-oxidised copper. This

    addition was made possible by construction o a new structural wall behind

    the original aade, also enabling extensive internal remodeling in a thor-

    oughly modern style, while maintaining the top-lit central atrium space.

    The rootop intervention steps back behind the top cornice and its copper

    surace plays second ddle to the monochrome acades below.

    CONTEMPORARYON CLASSICAL

    Architects: Pter Reimholz and Pter Nagy, Tams Nmeth

    Copper installer: Narva Kt.

    Photo: Jzse Hajdu

    Text based on an article by: Zorn Vukoszvlyev

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    Despite its neo-clas sical exterior, the hotel hasa thoroughly contemporary interior.

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    COPPER CHRONOSPHEREThee ae no exses o being ate in Gmeo de Monte, nea Begamo in Itay,

    ith this massive ok dened by a goden oppe aoy yinde.

    The new Chronosphere building provides

    a variety o modern showroom, entertain-

    ment and other areas or Serano Consoli

    who specialise in exclusive jewellery, par-

    ticularly watches. Architect Chiara Mangilis

    iconic design was infuenced by discussionswith the renowned clockmaker Maisons. It

    consists o two circular drum orms o di-

    erent diameters, clad with stone, marble

    and render, with distinctive areas o glaz-

    ing. The vertical drums and their materials

    contrast with a foating horizontal, golden

    cylinder cutting across its horizontality

    highlighted by a glazed strip.

    Architects: Mangili & Associati www.mangilieassociati.itCopper installer: Copermont SrlCopper product: Nordic RoyalTM

    Photos: Janne Juhola

    This golden material and other examplesshown later is an alloy o copper with alumin-ium and zinc, which is very stable and keeps itsgolden shade over time. It behaves dierentlyto pure copper in the environment as it has athin protective oxide layer containing all threealloy elements when produced. As a result, thesurace retains its golden colour indenitelyand simply loses some o its sheen as the oxide

    GOLDEN COppER ALLOy

    The copper alloy makes clear reerenc

    to the buildings use made even mor

    obvious by the watch-like clock and th

    circumerential raised seams joining th

    copper strips generate a visually stron

    grid highlighting the cylindrical orm. Eacend o the cylinder is handled dierentl

    The southern end clock ace is contained b

    a copper alloy ring in twelve sections, wit

    the clock hands reaching out rom a smal

    central window. The northern end aces th

    hills and is largely glazed with an open ba

    cony area.

    layer thickens with exposure to the elementgiving a matt appearance.

    As well as exuding a sense o visual richneand quality, the golden alloy oers outstaning mechanical abrasion resistance, extremehigh corrosion resistance and durability well as excellent stability and material rigiity. The material can be easily cold-shaped anprocessed using standard techniques.

    By Hannele Kuusisto and Chris Hodson

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    Golden LibraryAn abstract geometric orm clad in golden copper alloyraises the prole o a railway station building now

    converted to the City Library in Luckenwalde, Germany.

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    Architects: -architekte

    Copper Products: TECU Go

    Photos: Andreas Meichsne

    The original, protected railway building has been renovatedand added to with a new annex housing library services or

    children and young people. As a central public acility, the li-

    brary had the potential to integrate the weak surroundings o

    the railway station and orge a new identity or the area and

    its signicance clearly expressed in -architektens design.

    The new annex is essentially a box tilted along two axes that

    has the eect o repositioning the railway building in its urban

    context. The striking acade design with its shimmering gold-

    en, imbricated surace accentuates the structure. The interior

    o the annex presents children and young people with a series

    o spaces shaped to match their needs.

    Abstract volume abstract skin

    The concept o the acade aims to clad the rather abstract vol-

    ume with an equally abstract skin. For this reason it was es-

    sential that the skin covers the volume in a homogenous and

    continuous way and highlights its geometry. But at the same

    time, the materiality should contrast strongly with the render

    o the existing building without questioning its signicance.

    The external skin was realised with details to maximise the

    fatness o the suraces and sharpness o building edges, so

    as not to diminish the geometry o the tilted volume.

    The copper skin is considered as an element that wraps

    continuously around the whole building - even the roo. Thecopper shingle construction gives each ace o the building a

    dierent appearance. Glazing also orms a part o this con-

    tinuous, fush skin with a largely hidden structure. The shim-

    mering, golden copper alloy material adds gravitas to the new

    building and contrasts with the historic building stock, elevat-

    ing the complex above its mundane urban context.

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    A dramatic geometric addition to a protected, early20th century building orming part o an impressive

    new youth acility in Widnes, UK is dened by pre-

    patinated copper with an iridescent surace.

    The new Central Rmz complex is part o the British

    Governments myplace initiative, which aims to provide world-

    class youth acilities with the active participation o young

    people locally. The design, by architects Austin-Smith: Lord,

    incorporates the ormer Kingsway Medical Centre a listed

    building refecting its rarity as a 1930s comprehensive health

    centre outside London and its striking Moderne design with Art

    Deco elements.

    The new extension is not a pastiche o art deco architecture but

    takes a modern approach, creating a clear interace between old

    and new. It wraps around the rear o the original building as an

    uncompromisingly contemporary intervention, orming a range

    o spaces including a large Perormance Area. The new build-

    ing is terminated by a strong geometric orm an oset copper

    rhomboid - at the upper level which breaks through the glazed

    walls and continues inside. This distinctive space will act as a

    chill out relaxation area, related to a Recording Studio and other

    social spaces downstairs.

    Vertical and horizontal suraces o the rhomboid both inside

    and out are clad in long trays opre-patinated copper with a

    rich, iridescent surace appearance. Particular care was taken

    in detailing and setting out to align the copper tray joints meet-

    ing at various angles, all expertly installed by Carlton Building

    Services.

    REJUVINATING THE MODERNE

    Architects: Austin-Smith: Lord

    Copper Installer: Carlton Building Services

    Interior Photo: Alastair Lever

    Exterior Photos: Laura Sherliker

    The original building is an impor tant example o 1930s Moderne design.

    West Kingsway Elevation East Courtyard Elevation

    By Chris Hodson

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    BRASS BANDS

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    The new patient treatment centre at The Christie in

    Manchester, UK, is home to the largest early clinical

    trials unit in the world, the largest chemotherapy unit

    in the UK and The Christie Clinic private patients suite

    to help boost NHS income.

    The Christies vision was to create a new building to replace

    an existing outdated acility, which would be o the highest

    architectural quality and create a strong new entrance to the

    hospital. The building was designed to have a relationship withthe existing buildings on site, both visually and physically. The

    building has been orientated to relate to the adjacent buildings

    on the site and to create a stronger and more legible main

    entrance point to the hospital.

    The building is clad primarily in undulating bands o brass shin-

    gles. The natural textural nish and rich, warm tones o this ma-

    terial were chosen to complement the brick and terracotta clad-

    ding on adjacent buildings, whilst creating a unique and beautiul

    aade with a natural patina which will weather naturally over

    time. This contrasts with a dark grey ceramic rain-screen clad-

    ding, echoing the slate roos o the Victorian properties opposite.

    Both The Christie and AFL Architects wanted a design and layoutthat would maximise opportunities or natural lighting, ventila-

    tion and break-out space, to create an attractive and healthy pa-

    tient environment.

    The landscaped central lightwell accessible to all building

    users provides a valuable open-air amenity space or relaxa-

    tion and interaction. In addition to environmental considerations,

    steel-ramed construction with lightweight concrete decks and

    studwork throughout, the project has provided large open plan

    areas allowing uture fexibility. The Christie vision or this build-

    ing has been met with a unique, careully crated and sustainable

    design, eectively acilitating valuable medical treatment and

    research work or years to come. The acility opened ahead oschedule in November 2010.

    Architects: AFL Architects

    Copper products: TECU Brass

    Photos: David Oates

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    Transparent CopperExtensions to Helsinki Childrens Hospital

    Two new contemporary interventions within the courtyards o an important healthbuilding incorporate distinctive copper slatted acades to maintain both transparency

    and architectural independence.

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    Architects: AW2 Oy and Olli Pekka Jokela Oy

    Copper installers: Metek Oy

    Copper products: Nordic GreenTM Living

    Photo: Matti Kallio

    The acilities o the 1964 Helsinki Chil-

    drens Hospital, which specialises in the

    treatment o seriously ill babies, had be-

    come cramped and old-ashioned. When

    the hospital was rst built, about 90 pae-

    diatric patients were treated annually - but

    now the number has risen to 700. Added

    to this, water penetration and other dam-

    age demanded renovations, modernisation

    and expansion.

    Design challenges

    The old hospital has ve separate wings or

    ngers radiating out rom a long, curved

    hub building all sharing the same central-

    ized layout. The building typies the unc-

    tional style ound in many architecturally

    signicant hospitals dating rom that pe-

    riod. There is a clear desire to preserve

    them in their original architectural orm,

    although they do not always ull modern

    requirements. With new extensions to the

    Helsinki hospital, successully combining

    the old and the new into compatible enti-

    ties, while meeting all the restrictions

    placed by the town plan, posed a real chal-

    lenge.

    What urther complicated this project

    is the act that the hospital is protected

    by the National Board o Antiquities and

    Historical Monuments. In addition, the

    building inspection authorities, as well

    as conservation specialists, set out a re-

    quirement or a thoroughly modern ap-

    pearance, distinctly dierent rom the old

    building and the extension was designed to

    be a separate entity. The two new pavilions

    were built in the courtyard spaces dened

    by the nger wings o the original building

    and mainly accommodate the new surgical

    wards and intensive care units.

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    oto:MattiKallio

    Coer the ke material

    Copper was chosen as the key material,

    visually linking the old and the new - as

    the original hospitals roo material is

    copper with a green patina. Thereore,

    pre-patinated copper was selected as the

    exterior wall material or the new build-

    ings. Bespoke copper slats were specially

    designed or the Childrens Hospital and

    the use o three dierent size slats gives

    the aades a distinctive and lively surace.

    They are attached diagonally to the bot-

    tom runs to orm a latticed surace. The

    objective was to create a harmonious and

    uniorm aade, including covering over

    air grilles and smoke removal equipment,

    hidden behind the copper slats.

    At roo level, the countless ventilation

    ducts are concealed within large cop-

    per pipes. In addition to the exterior wallsand the roo, copper was also used on the

    sleeves covering ventilation pipes, en-

    trance doors and other exterior details.

    The copper was delivered to a abricator in

    rolls and processed into the slats and other

    elements. Although work on site was sub-

    ject to special arrangements to minimise

    disturbance o the hospital operations, the

    project progressed particularly well due to

    close cooperation with the hospital sta.

    The project remained within schedule and

    the hospital personnel are delighted with

    their new acilities.

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    The Head Oce o the Tapiola Group is located in southern

    Tapiola area in Espoo, in immediate vicinity o the old Tapi-

    ola Garden Town. Property development has traditionally

    in Tapiola been based on ree locations with respect to nature and

    built-up green areas. This principle has been ollowed also with

    the Head Oce; the building mass above ground is divided into

    six six-storey parts using atriums and undulating building levels.

    The lightness o aades, characteristic o Tapiola, has been cap-

    tured in the screen-printed glass o the ribbon windows, whilethe use o wood on the windows and the suraces o balconies

    and terraces link the building with the wooden house on the op-

    posite side o Lnsituulentie Road. The objective has been a mod-

    ern interpretation o a new building that bets Tapiola. The main

    entrance is dominated by a canopy, which rests on three columns

    made rom Corten steel. The lower surace o the canopy, which

    at eaves height extends rom the outdoor to the indoor, is covered

    with wood. A natural stone wall realised in ree orm connects the

    building with the varying ground contours o the plot.

    Tapiola Group PK2New Head Ofce

    By Esko Miettinen, Ahitet SA

    Common unctions and internal trac inside the building wind

    round the entrance atrium and the main lobby, which orm a cen-

    tral square. The oce acilities or some 1500 employees are

    modiable, allowing the building to be divided into separate units,

    which can also be rented out, i necessary. The smallest possible

    unit consists o two parallel oce blocks on one foor. The o-

    ce blocks, which are connected with the tall lobby area through

    open side corridors, acilitate unctionally versatile and diverse

    space solutions in the oces. Natural horizontal connections arepossible both between the dierent oce units, and through the

    side corridors o the lobby space between the blocks. Vertical ac-

    cess routes utilise internal staircases and lits inside oce units,

    and the spiral staircase and the panorama lits o the lobby area

    between oce blocks. The lobby with its waiting areas and ex-

    hibition acilities, as well as the associated auditorium realised

    in white concrete and the wide side corridors on the foor levels

    create an assembly area or the people working in the building.

    Tapiola, which today is a regional centre in the City o Espoo, was originally planned in the 1950s as a garden town in southern

    Espoo, some 12 km rom downtown Helsinki. Tapiola was built up gradually over the years since the 1960s and at present has

    a population o ca. 40,000. The area is about to be connected to the metro network as part o the Southern Espoo metro line.

    The new main oce o Insurance Company Tapiola was erected south o the regional centre. The division o masses and the

    materials make the building well adapted to the area. The aade materials o the new main oce building include screen-

    printed glass, transparent aade glazing, wooden balcony suraces as well as corrugated copper sheeting and a plinth innatural stone. The choice o materials and the architecture o the headquarters block refect in an interesting way the archi-

    tectural background o Tapiola area; innovative spirit combined with environmental objectives.

    New main oice o Insurance Company Tapiola.Photo: Anders Portman

    Text by: Antti-Matti Siikaa,

    Saotta Najs, Okke Kivioto.

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    Planning and architectural design: RArchitects SARC Oy

    Proessor, architect SAFA Antti-Matti Siikala (Chie Designer)

    Architect SAFA Sarlotta Narjus

    Architect SAFA Okke Kiviluoto (Project Architect)

    Main contractor: YIT Rakennus Oy

    Photos: Anders Portman, Jussi TiainenFaade materials include screen-printed glass, aadeglazing, wood and corrugated copper sheeting.

    Site plan

    View to the main entrance on the upper level.Detail o the acade, copper panel.

    Photo:AndersPortman

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    The shared conerence rooms are also arranged along the side

    corridors o the lobby area. The sta restaurant and the con-

    erence centre on the top foor extend outside to wood-foored

    roo terraces with a sea view to the Gul o Finland. Special at-tention has been paid to the modiability o the oce acilities

    in terms o architecture, construction and building systems.

    The three basement levels excavated into rock provide park-

    ing or ca. 830 cars as well as technical acilities. The construc-

    tion was up to the foor slab o the topmost basement level built

    with the cast-in-situ method as a post-tensioned column and

    beam slab system. The building rame above consists o 8.1

    m modules that comprise steel tube composite columns lled

    with reinorced concrete, welded WQ beams, and intermediate

    foors and roo slabs made o hollow-core slabs. The rame is

    stiened with stairwells and lit shats built rom reinorced

    concrete using the climbing orm method. The three columnson the main entrance, made rom Corten steel and rising to a

    height o 26 metres, support the grid o steel beams in the can-

    opy. The steel-glass wall o the lobby is suspended rom this

    grid and in horizontal direction supported against wind pres-

    sure and vacuum loads to the edges o the intermediate foors

    with steel tension rods and compression rods. The sculpture-

    like spiral staircase o the lobby, built without a centre column,

    has been partly realised as a spring enclosed with steel plates

    and supported on the ends o cantilever beams. The glazed

    balconies are cantilevered steel structures that were post-

    tensioned to the rame.

    The development o the project, as well as the control o de-sign, the actual design, and the construction have been guided

    by the environmental and lie cycle objectives o Tapiola Group.

    Environmental classication system PromisE has been used

    as a tool at the dierent phases o the project. Tapiola Group

    has been awarded WWFs Green Oce designation or its com-

    mitment to eco-eciency in the use o the building and the

    practices ollowed by the sta.

    The wood-loored terraces with sea view to the Gul o Finland.

    The three Cor-ten columns on the main entrance and the sculpture-like spiralstaircase.

    Building layout drawing.

    Photo:JussiTiainen

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    ABOUT THE DESIGNER

    One o the more unusual applications o copper is this canopy roo

    to a distinctive new timber bridge in dramatic Scottish countryside.

    he 20 m span Bracklinn Falls tbridge replaces tw earlier

    bridges, bth washed away in exceptinal ds. It serves t

    cmplete a cre tpath netwrk within the Special Cnserva-

    tin Area Bracklinn Falls and prvides a sheltered viewing platrm

    ver the waterall and grge, as well as being a turist attractin in its

    wn right.

    Te design by Malclm Strng Strng Bridges, the cmpany that

    als built it - is centred arund ur hme-grwn Duglas Fir timber

    ples pinned at the centre and trussed using cmpsite timber / steel ver-

    ticals and diagnals. Steel links in the lwer chrd cmplete the pitched

    truss whilst allwing a curved ribbn deck t be supprted in between

    the tw trusses. Te trusses brace themselves against each ther using

    steel lattices.

    Tis design allws the structure t be reestanding and easily mvable.

    All members, except the ples, were preabricated in a wrkshp and

    transprted t site dwn narrw tracks. Te ples were dragged nt

    the site and shaped in-situ. Te whle bridge was preassembled n site

    and slid int psitin n a temprary steel bridge. Te site culd nt be

    accessed by cranes r large plant, therere the design had t allw r

    the structure t be raised and slid int nal psitin using nly manual

    winches.

    Te bridge structure and its cpper r enclse a space with lts pri-

    vate windws rm which visitrs can experience the al ls belw. Cpper

    was selected r the canpy r r its st appearance and the act that

    it will age naturally and sympathetically with the timber, in keeping with

    the wild, natural envirnment.

    Copper Rooed Crossing

    Bridge Designer: Malcolm Strong

    Contractor and Copper installer: Strong Bridges

    Photos: Malcolm Strong

    The complete bridge, including the copper roo, was preassembled next to the wateralls.

    Strong Bridges has been involved in the design and

    development o greenwood structural bridge systemsin Scotland since 1992 and is continually developingversatile decking systems and applications or specicbridge sites. Its ocus has always been on the designand utilisation o locally grown timber.

    By Chris Hodson

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    Te 22 millin building started n site in

    January 2009 and was cially pened in

    September 2010. With an area 8800m

    it will accmmdate arund 650 staf and

    huse varius departments, as well as a

    public access area knwn as Y Bnt (Te

    Bridge).

    Architects Austin-Smith: Lrds design,

    based n an initial cncept design by

    Aedas Architects, cnsists three ng-ers ce space ver three rs which

    radiate ut rm the hillside. w duble

    height atria spaces link the ngers and

    prvide meeting spaces, restaurant and

    ancillary accmmdatin.

    Copper Seam

    External materials were careully selec-

    ted t reect thse lcal t the area. As

    Copper cladding plays an importantrole in a new 8,800 m2 regional oceor the Welsh Assembly Governmentat Llandudno Junction, recognisedas the greenest public building in

    Wales last year.

    Architects: Austin-Smith:Lord

    Copper product: TECU Patina

    Photos: Welsh Assembly Government and Ininite 3D

    Green Building with Copper

    Austin-Smith:Lrd explained:Whilst themain external material is Welsh slate from

    the local quarry at Bethesda, the use of cop-

    per was also of prime importance as it creates

    a seam running through the building com-

    mencing with the North Elevation, where animposing arch announces the main entrance

    of the building. Te copper then reappears

    on the West Elevation and again on the East

    Elevation to highlight the projecting Delta

    area. Te use of copper makes reference to

    historic copper mines of the Great Orme in

    Llandudno.

    Utilising traditinal materials in a m-

    dern rm creates a landmark building

    which respects the heritage the area

    and the high quality design demanded

    by the Welsh Assembly Gvernment. But

    als undamental was the requirement

    r a reduced carbn tprint and an

    Excellent BREEAM rating. BREEAM is

    the BRE Envirnmental Assessment Met-

    hd - the leading and mst widely used

    envirnmental assessment methd r

    buildings, setting the standard r best

    practice in envirnmental sustainability.

    BREEAM Award

    Te prject has als been awarded the

    2010 BREEAM Award r Wales in the

    Bespke Categry r the highest sc-

    ring building certied under BREEAM

    in Wales ver the year. Winning prjectsmust have excelled in every envirn-

    mental categry within BREEAM. Te

    building design incrprates many sus-

    tainable qualities and the use cpper

    was a majr cnsideratin in achieving

    sustainability requirements and als the

    BREEAM rating.

    By Chris Hodson

    COPPER AND SUSTAINABIL

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    COPPER AND SUSTAINABILITY

    The Agora administration building or the Council o Europe in Strasbourg,

    completed in 2008, is proud o its impressive environmental credentials

    and copper plays an important part.

    Like the other building materials usedon the project, copper was chosen on

    the basis o all aspects o sustainability

    in terms o manuacture, delivery, pro-

    cessing, urther development and age-

    ing. In addition, all technical, ecological

    and economic decisions made during

    the planning and construction phases

    and also during the buildings entire op-

    erational lie were examined in detail in

    regard to sustainability. This method o

    working by the architects Art & Build

    was especially acknowledged in June2008. For the new general oce building

    o the Council o Europe, the architects

    received the BEX Award 2008 in the sus-

    tainable building category. Each year, in-

    novative projects in the eld o architec-

    ture are distinguished with the awards

    rom the BEX-Building Exchange inter-

    national conerence.

    Isidore Zielonka and Steven Beckers,managing architects o Art & Build in

    Brussels and responsible or planning

    and realisation o the new administra-

    tion building, made some remarks con-

    cerning their views about copper, build-

    ing materials and sustainable planning.

    Steven Beckers said: When planning

    the Council o Europe building we were

    lucky that we could stay very close to the

    original competition design, also in termso material choice. Pre-patinated copper

    was part o that design rom the very early

    phases. We used this material or interior

    parts and outside as well. The suraces

    still have the same appearance today,

    outside and inside. This is unique; with

    patinated copper, there is hardly any other

    material oering that long-term quality in

    appearance or both applications.

    Regarding sustainable building: duringmy studies, I was totally involved with

    ecological topics in architecture. They

    became more and more interesting and

    important then, but at the same time

    they were still quite distinct. Meanwhile

    the whole situation has become very

    complex. Today in every feld o applica-

    tions you can fnd materials suddenly in

    question that nobody worried about using

    yesterday. This is a very conusing and

    challenging situation, and our genera-

    tion is the frst to ace it. At Art & Build

    we investigate building materials as aras possible, o course. But our eco team

    has only limited capacities in this com-

    plex feld. Thereore, we have to remind

    manuacturers o their responsibility over

    and over again. They have to keep in mind

    the consequences o material use in any

    application, especially regarding high

    amounts o use. Because at the end o the

    day, it is always a question o resources.

    EURO COPPER SuSTAINABlE NEw OIcES IN STrASBOurG

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    Architects: Art & Build, Brussels Copper Products: TECU Patina Photos: Art & Build, Brussels

    Isidore Zielonka added: Despite the highimportance o ecological criteria, we must

    not orget the human actor, which or me is

    the most important element o all. The idea

    o sustainability should be based on this in

    the frst place. For me, the highest compli-

    ment or my work is when somebody turns

    up and says: I eel very comortable in this

    building. I love to be here and to work here.

    O course we keep our critical view on

    every building material, also on modern

    and uture developments. Today every ma-

    terial has to ace critical investigation re-

    garding sustainability over and over again,and this applies just as much to copper in

    every respect. The responsibility o manu-

    acturers in using this material is especially

    high. Because copper is a beautiul, unique

    and very precious material that surely will

    be as important or uture generations as it

    is or us today.

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    In an architectural competition held in 2003 the young

    architects design was chosen the winner rom among

    194 entries. The designers set out to ully understand

    the grieving process, as well as practical issues, by

    attending unerals. The resulting design aims to help the

    mourner, giving space or grie. Mourners ollow a route

    through a series o areas punctuated by intermediate

    rooms preparing them or the next stage guided along

    the route by a continuous skylight.

    The new building is close to a 15th century church in

    an area classied as a nationally signicant culturally

    historic environment. The new chapel ties together

    dierent aspects o the area without emphasising itsel.

    The chapel connects with the graveyard, leaving the

    old buildings with their own boundaries and territories

    untouched. The chapel is also built to last, which is

    obvious rom the limited palette o materials, including

    copper used extensively both internally and externally.

    The architects set the chapel a goal o a 200-year

    lietime and a liecycle simulator was used during the

    design.

    The building uses similar materials as the old

    structures in the area. The mass o the load-bearing

    solid masonry walls balances changes in temperature

    and moisture. Lightly plastered and whitewashed walls

    are a bright, tranquil background or the events takingplace in the chapel spaces. The partition walls are in-

    situ cast white concrete and the roo is patinated copper,

    like the roo o the church. Many o the ceilings are

    nished with removable, perorated copper trays. The

    glazed walls toward the graveyard in the chapels are

    covered with a patinated copper mesh which unctions

    as a screen between the outside and the spaces o

    the chapel. The mesh also decreases heat loads rom

    sunshine.

    An open competition was held in the all o 2007 or

    art to be commissioned or the chapel. The competition

    was scheduled beore the nal construction documents

    were drated, so that the art could be integrated as a

    seamless part o the architecture. Pertti kukkonen was

    awarded the rst prize with his work the Way o the

    cross. Kukkonen was able to utilize the solid masonry

    walls with his work. In addition to the main pieces, the

    walls have been inlaid with spirits that shine through

    the light plaster surace. Pertti Kukkonen was also

    responsible or hand patinating the copper suraces o

    the chapel.

    Architectureand mourning

    Avanto Architects award winning St Lawrence Chapel

    in Vantaa, Finland is based on the concept o the

    Path, depicting a Christians journey rom here to

    eternity. But it also most successully reconciles the

    emotional needs o mourners with the pragmatic

    demands o unerals.

    By Hannele Kuusisto and Chris Hodson

    Photo: Kuvio

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    Architects: Avanto Arkkitehdit O

    Photos: Tuomas Uusheimo and Kuvi

    Avanto Architects Ltd is a partnership o two young and inventive

    Finnish architects, Anu Puustinen and Ville Hara. Avanto was

    established in 2004 when the partners won the cemetery chapel

    competition. Over the seven years they have worked together the

    duo have taken part in signicant national and international ar-

    chitectural competitions, with great success.

    Avanto means a hole in the ice or bathing in winter a popular

    hobby in Finland which symbolises the partnerships design

    philosophy. They seek to create environments that evoke emo-

    tions by understanding and empathising with the people using

    the space; to make people eel and experience.

    ABOUT THE ARCHITECTS

    THE MOURNING PROCESSION

    1. Separate entrances, eachwith its own quiet garden, servetwo chapels which can be usedconcurrently.

    2. Low, dimly-lit areas allowrefection while waiting orchapelsto become available. Groups omourners are kept separate.

    3. Stairs down to an intimatearea where close amily canview the open con.

    4. The chapels complete thestraight routes rom the entrances.

    5. The symbolic nal turningpoint where mourners leavethe deceased behind them.

    6. The deceased are broughtinto the building along a route tothe cooled, lower level preparationareas.

    Photo: Tuomas Uusheim

    Photo: Kuvio

    Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo

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    Mountainous

    ReflectionsCivil Protection Centre in the Dolomites

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    With this inrastructure building or the Volunteer Fire Bri-

    gade, Ambulance and Mountain Rescue Services, Austrian

    architects AllesWirdGut have developed a copper-clad

    aesthetic that refects its mountainous context, without

    overpowering its village location.

    The new building orms a major landmark but maintains a low-key

    presence at the same time. It appears rmly rooted to the ground

    and surrounding landscape but still retains an air o lightness. Re-

    sponding to its position at the entrance to the village tight up against

    the main road, the building also acknowledges the smaller scalebuildings nearby by eectively representing a multiple o them.

    The reduction in mass is achieved by utilising the topography and

    cutting into the sloping site. Daylighting the lower levels might seem

    a challenge in these circumstances but the design turns it into an op-

    portunity with roo-lighting to the main circulation spine and spec-

    tacularly high ceilings. Light wells are also used or below-ground

    rooms cut into the slope, introducing intimate external spaces.

    Apart rom glazing, the entire volume is clad in copper externally,

    giving a natural, earthy hue and lively surace that harmonises with

    the surrounding old armhouses and pine orests. The building be-

    comes a timeless, organic, integral part o its environment.

    Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur

    Copper Products: TECUOxid

    Photos: Hertha Humaus

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    he Castle Stuart Gl Links was designed t hark back t the

    traditinal 1920s links curses that the wner cnsiders t be

    the halcyn days gl. Within this cntext, the three-strey

    clubhuse takes a simple but bld and elegant rm, with which the

    designers G1 Architects aimed t reinrce the aspiratins the gl

    curse design philsphy.

    Architect Ry Malclm adds: the white exterir the building makes

    reerence t the traditin r white-washed castal buildings alng the

    east cast Sctland. Ten, pre-patinated cpper r cladding prvides

    a richness and structure t cntrast with the rendered walls. Expsed

    ns supprting the curved r rntage represent a stylistic interpreta-

    tin the stne crwn alt the nearby 17th century Castle Stuart.

    Te natural develpment cpper patina rm bright t dark brwn

    and eventually t green r blue takes several years, even in castal envi-rnments, but pre-patinatin prvides this straightaway. In marine cli-

    mates, the natural cpper patina cntains sme cpper chlride giving

    it mre a blue clur and this is emulated with the rmulatin the

    pre-patinatin used here.

    A single strey Starter Pavilin emerges rm the landscape with a

    planted living r which terminates with a distinctive curved cp-

    per r, imitating the Clubhuse. Tis mdest building rientates and

    cnnects patrns rm within the Clubhuse n arrival and departure.

    A ne, At Deo stye bhose and mathing paviion

    both inopoate distintive pe-patinated oppe oos,

    efeting the pojets stnning maine oation ove-

    ooking the Moay ith, nea Inveness in Sotand.

    Coastal Copper

    By chis Hodson

    Architects: G1 Architects www.g1architects.com

    Copper product: Nordic BlueTM

    Photos: G1 Architects and Graeme Bell

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    Te remdelling a restaurant and casin in

    Sheeld, UK, is highlighted by a glity gld

    bar rntage created with cpper ally clad-

    ding, annuncing the buildings purpse.

    Te unattractive riginal acade Naplens Casin

    and Restaurant ailed t make the mst its prminent

    lcatin rnting a busy main rad int the city. Tis has

    nw been wrapped with an external skin cladding,render and glaing, screening the main bx-like building

    rm. Passers-by and guests a rriving at the restaurant are

    greeted by a prjecting gld bar, raming views thrugh

    the glaing t the restaurant activity within.

    Tis lw, hrintal entrance intensies a mment

    surprise when entering the restaurant as the spatial ex-

    perience expands int a duble-height, multi-level space.

    Here, a sculptural ceiling eature curves away, highlight-

    ing dining areas with private bths belw. Te internal

    remdelling the building aims t prvide intimate

    areas within the duble height space and accmmdate

    changes rm early evening rmal dining t later inr-

    mal activities. A materials palette cpper and gld, with cntrasting hard and st materials, generates a

    warm and vibrant atmsphere.

    WINNING GOLD

    Architects: Access Architecture Ltd

    Copper Product: TECU Gold

    Photos: Access Architecture Ltd/ A&S Leisure Group Ltd

    Original building rontage

    New entrance rontage

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    Neues Museum in Berlin was built in the vicinity o Altes Museum

    in 18431855. The Museum was designed by architect FriedrichAugust Stler. It is a signicant example o museum building tech-

    nology in the 19th century.

    The designer o Altes Museum, which was built in 18221830,

    was architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. He is considered the men-

    tor o Friedrich August Stler. Neues Museum was severely dam-

    aged in the Second World War. It was closed to public or about 70

    years beore reopened in October 2009.

    For some 40 years ater the war, no work was carried out on the

    ruins o the Museum. Renovation works started in the 1980s, and

    ater the reuniting o Germany, architect David Chippereld was in

    1992 commissioned to renovate the building. Chippereld won the

    commission on the basis o an architectural competition. In 1999

    the building was included in Unescos World Heritage List.

    The renovation project based on Chipperelds designs started

    in 2003. The Museum is a three-storey building. There were origi-

    nally two atria, which according to the renovation plans were cov-

    ered with a glass roo. The main staircase was rebuilt and two li ts

    were installed in the Museum. The Museum acilities are located

    on three foors round the main staircase and the two atria, which

    have now been covered.

    Classical antiquities and arteacts rom Central Europe and an-

    Nees Msem, enovationcient Egypt are exhibited on the ground foor. The rst foor is ded-

    icated to arteacts rom ancient Rome and its northern territor ies,as well as ancient Egypt. Stone-age, bronze-age and iron-age ar-

    teacts rom Central Europe as well as the archaeology o Berlin

    are displayed on the second foor.

    The history o the building is visible in Neues Museum. The

    damaged parts have been renovated; remaining brick structures

    and riezes have been repaired. Floors and walls in the building

    sections that had been best preserved have been restored; plas-

    ter applications repaired and remaining foor ceramics renovated.

    The old destroyed structures on the second foor, or example,

    have been realised as identiably new structures.

    The idea has been to maintain the space structure o the build-

    ing and the rhythm o the rooms as authentic as possible, bearing

    in mind the history o the building.

    The lighting system used in the exhibition areas o the Museum

    is based on downlights, which is an excellent solution or display

    purposes. The arteacts have also primarily been placed in easily

    accessible display cabinets to allow them to be viewed at close

    range and lighted rom dierent directions, but still well protect-

    ed. The display cabinets are made rom glass and copper struc-

    tures. The dark patinated small-scale copper structures on one

    hand delimit the placing o the arteacts in the space and on the

    Esko Miettinen Architect SAFA

    Main entrance to Museum, renovated arcade. Roman provinces, rst foor.

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    other hand vanish rom the range o vision owing to the high light

    density contrast.

    The structures have been produced meticulously, the restora-tion o the parts represents high-quality work and the number o

    new materials is limited. The careully selected materials, such

    as light exposed-aggregate concrete and small-scale copper de-

    tails, as well as their implementation methods create an expres-

    sion o timelessness and high standards.

    Neues Museum was a signicant renovation project in early

    2000s, both on European scale and worldwide.

    The Museum also represents the new brick building technique

    o its original construction period, mid-eighteen hundreds. The

    bearing capacity o the ground on the building site o the Museum

    on River Spree is poor. The same is true o most o the City o

    Berlin and the reason or the majority o the buildings having ve

    storeys.

    The intermediate foors and roo slabs o Neues Museum were

    originally realised using a brick and iron vault technique in order

    to reduce the weight o the building. The bricks o the low vault

    are conical, hollow brick elements with closed bottoms, so-called

    fower pot bricks. They were made on the site using local clay.*

    The construction is visible, ater renovation, e.g. on the ceiling on

    the rst foor.

    *Mr. Harald Lderitz, MSc, during our visit to the Museum on 17 September 2010.

    Architect: David Chipperield

    Photos: Eark

    First foor, statue hall. Railing clad with copper, rst foor.

    Entrance to public restroom.

    Top o main staircase, detail.

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    Cpper in the GardenSMALL HoEL GARDEN BUILDINGS IN SWIzERLAND

    Architects: GREGO

    Copper Products: TECU Gold

    Photos: Walter Mair, Zrich

    Within a nature conserva-

    tion area on the idyllic shores

    o the Lac de Morat in the

    western part o Switzerland,

    the 5-star Country House

    Hotel Le Vieux Manoir is

    set in a spacious park. Te

    project or two very diferent

    small garden structures aims

    to bring the hotel resident

    even closer to the experience

    o nature and to intensiy it.

    Te Glass Diamnd is a luxury

    suite with its wn bathrm and

    balcny, set high n pylns amidst

    the tree-tps directly abve the wa-

    ter. In cntrast, the Cabchn is a deceptively simple little beach

    pavilin with a changing rm and sanitary acilities. Tey are

    united by a cmmn use glden cpper ally cladding.

    High in the trees...Hvering n three pylns directly abve the lake, the Glass Dia-

    mnd has an all-glass acade with a glden tint and a cating thatmirrrs the liage, sky and water. Te cnstructin tuches the

    grund as little as pssible and leaves the little prmntry belw

    unafected. Glden cpper ally sheet is used t clad the r and

    underside the huse, and ther details. Te surace the r

    is jinted using traditinal standing seams, while the underside is

    made ut cncentric panels jinted with grves.

    and down on the beachTe small val structure right n the waterrnt, cntaining a

    changing rm, WC and shwer, was designed t enhance the

    experience taking a swim in the lake. Inspired by the rmantic

    garden architecture pavilins, gaebs and trellises, it has an ex-

    terir cladding interlaced, vertical strips glden cpper ally

    sheet and an interir stne and teak. Inspired by ppular lid

    architecture the pavilin interir has a smthly nished cncrete

    r and changing rm lckers in teak. Te ceiling is made ut

    narrw glden cpper ally panels jinted with grves.

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    30 and countingWe hope you enjoyed this 30th issue o Copper Architecture Forum.

    Its interesting to look back at what we have covered in the past and

    how the magazine has developed into its current orm, taking a wider

    perspective o architecture and architects. By ocusing on the architec-

    ture o just one material copper we can present a unique perspec-

    tive on building design not ound in mainstream architectural publica-

    tions. Te editorial team maintains continuing contact with architects

    internationally oten rom the earliest design stages enabling us to

    bring you news o projects at dierent phases in their development and

    sometimes ahead o mainstream publications.

    Engaging with architects

    In recent issues we have engaged with some o the most inuential

    designers, including an exclusive interview with Ryue Nishizawa o

    SANAAjust ater winning the 2010 Pritzker

    Prize. echnical topics such as environmental,

    sustainability and health issues, and the latest

    copper cladding techniques and products, are

    regularly covered. And there is always exten-

    sive coverage o projects rom around Europe

    and beyond oten exploring innovative

    ways o using copper in architecture.

    We eature all types and scale o buildings: rom the iconic to the de-

    ceptively modest; new-builds o course, but also extensions and other

    interventions with established structures; and not just acades

    any architectural elements including interiors and artworks. So

    times we look deeper with Close-up eatures on surace treatme

    In Detailworking drawings, Sustainabilityhighlights and Refur

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    Architecture Forum can be ound at www.copperconcept.org

    In the next issue

    Looking orward, we publish our next issue towards the end

    2011. Tere will be a major eature on the2011 European Copp

    Architecture Awards, reviewing the winning and shortlisted pro

    to be announced at a ceremony in Brussels on 27th September,

    exclusive interviews o the architects. What we know now is

    these Awards will reveal some o the most exciting new architect

    ranging rom major icon structures to small, modest but beauti

    designed and crated buildings.

    Apart rom the Awards, we are already working on a real diversi

    copper architecture projects, as well as topical issues. Our goal

    Copper Architecture Forum are to inspire and inorm architects

    designers but, above all, we hope that you fnd it both stimula

    and enjoyable. We do value your eedback and hope that you

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