6 April 2009
maxCologne facade competition
HPP Architects win the maxCologne façade competition in Cologne
The former Lufthansa Tower
on the Deutz bank of the Rhine is getting a
new look. HPP Architects’ Cologne
office, led by partner, Remigiusz Otrzonsek won the design competition organised
by HOCHTIEF against seven other participants. The brief was to update the
former Lufthansa Tower
on the Deutz bank of the Rhine that was built
in the 70’s.
The design
of the new façade pays homage to the special urban location. The building
stands on the right bank of the Rhine, next to
the Cologne Rheinhallen and the grounds of the Rheinland Regional
Association.
Our aim was
to make the ensemble consisting of a tower block and a rectangular, terraced
block calmer and thereby to give the Rhine Promenade an architecturally
timeless look. This was achieved by uniting both tower and block by clothing
them in a glass façade.
In his
prize-giving speech, Prof. Wolfgang Döring, chairman of the jury said: “The
design has given the building clarity without taking away its unity.”
The maxCologne refurbishment is the second significant project for HPP
on the Deutz bank of the Rhine, the other is the
complete refurbishment and renovation of the Cologne Rheinhallen. This project
also resulted in an exciting dialog between old and new. With their timeless,
elegant design the architects were given the unique opportunity and
responsibility of making a permanent change to the face of the right bank of
the Rhine.
25 November 2009
Groud-Breaking Ceremony for „Oase“ Medical Library
24 November 2009
Topping-out Ceremony for Expansion of Victoria Headquarters
28 Oktober 2009
Congress Hall at Leipzig Zoo
28 October 2009
Architecture made in Düsseldorf
9 October 2009
Boarding Completed
Official Opening Loop5
13 August 2009
Opening of the new BayArena
28 July 2009
The Helmut-Hentrich-Foundation prize is awarded
27 May 2009
IF Communication Design Award
14 May 2009
Topping-out Ceremony at the new BayArena
6 April 2009
maxCologne façade competition
5 March 2009
Foundation stone for the ERGO Insurance Group’s extension laid.
5 February 2009
Official presentation of HPP’s monograph “Approaches”
26 January 2009
Foundation stone laying ceremony for the new Lecture Theatre
