Fraunhofer Institute in Ilmenau

Despite a comparatively small budget, the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, in the German city of Ilmenau, has managed to create a building that is both adequately sized and representative. The two-floored, compact construction embodies elegant restraint. It is located on the campus of the technical university and fits the style of the existing developments there, with a shimmering, translucent facade that lends a particularly noble impression.