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ECCS European Steel Design Award 2009
CLAUS QUECK GMBH awarded with the European Steel Design Award 2009
The 2009 European Steel Design Award has been presented to an international audience in Barcelona on September 17th, 2009.
Award:
The European Steel design Awards are given by the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork to encourage the creative and outstanding use of steel in architecture and construction.
Project:
New extention of the Justice Palace origninally built in 1973 in weathering steel, this new facility encircles the old courthouse and provides a link between the existing buildings. It is organized as a square built on slender steel columns giving free access to the ground floor. Two 100 meters towers complete the scheme. This straightforward concept provides a spatial unity and a new dignity to this important European institution. The delicate use of materials, particularly of steel, gives a touch of lyrism to this consistent “collage”.