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concrete skin, Collegiate School

concrete skin, Collegiate School

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The Collegiate School was founded in 1628 and is the oldest school of its kind in the US. The new 180.000-square metre building accommodates state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, a gym, a practice studio, an auditorium, a theatre and a café. For the facade, the architects at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates used concrete skin slabs in silver grey and liquid black.

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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.

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