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Article from issue 3/1998 »Glass Construction«

Housing and Commercial Block in Munich

Extending over six floors, this development comprises offices, medical practices, dwellings and a shop. There are also two basement garage levels. The load-bearing structure consists of reinforced concrete floors supported by columns laid out to a 3.60 ? 4.20 m grid. Laminated timber members were used for the roof structure. It was not possible to provide balconies on the south-facing street front because of the narrow road width. Large sliding doors were, therefore, incorporated in the timber-framed glazing to this face, allowing occupants to create a kind of open loggia. For the maisonettes at the top of the building, large, electrically operated sliding windows were designed that open upward in the plane of the roof.

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Horizontal and vertical sections through shop entrance 1:10
Horizontal section through facade 1:10
Horizontal section through main entrance 1:10
Horizontal section through sliding casement 1:10
Site plan 1:3000; Fifth floor plan/Third floor plan/First floor plan/Ground floor plan, Section 1:400
Vertical section through facade 1:10
Vertical section through shop window 1:10