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Guardian Glass Project: Elbphilharmonie

Date: 26 June 2019
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Guardian Glass Project: Elbphilharmonie
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©Cordelia Ewerth

Date: 26 June 2019

The Elbphilharmonie is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world and an outstanding example of modern architecture.

Located on the Elbe River, on the western tip of the HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany, the Elbphilharmonie is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world and an outstanding example of modern architecture.

 

Complex curved glass façade

The new building’s stunning 21,800m2 glass façade consists in part (approx. 5,000m2) of curved glass that transforms the structure into an enormous quartz crystal, whose appearance continually changes as it catches the reflections of the sky, the water and the city lights.

Elbphilharmonie
©Cordelia Ewerth

 

Products supplied by Guardian Glass

The architects, Herzog & de Meuron, selected as a base glass for the whole façade Guardian ExtraClear® float glass for its combination of transparency, aesthetics and performance.

Guardian also supplied its coated solar control glass, ³§³Ü²Ô³Ò³Ü²¹°ù»å® Solar Light Blue 52.

To provide complete performance for the curved IGU windows, Guardian supplied its ClimaGuard® DT thermally insulating coated glass.

Elbphilharmonie
©Cordelia Ewerth

 

COUNTRY: Germany

ARCHITECT: Herzog & de Meuron

GLASS PROCESSOR:

BGT Bischoff Glastechnik GmbH & Co. KG

Interpane GmbH

Sunglass Srl

CLADDER: Josef Gartner GmbH

PRODUCT

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