SPACE MODULATOR No.90 New Wave Of Glass Architecture 2. Werner Sobek's world

Cologne/Bonn Airport Terminal 2

Photo by H.G.Esch, Hennef

This new terminal building, for an airport that has experienced remarkable growth in Germany, is made entirely of glass.

Façade

Photo by WSI

The main objective of its architectural design is to realize a bright and visually unobstructed architecture. The walls, extending up to 800m in length, are all glass curtain walls with a high level of translucency. All of the glass is pair glass with high transparent float and Low-E glass, supported by cross-shaped metal fittings called "spiders" which are placed just behind the seal crossing point beside the corner of the glass panel in such a way that no holes need to be drilled into the pair glass.

Architect : Murphy/Jahn

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Cologne/Bonn Airport Terminal 2 Photo by H.G.Esch, Hennef
This new terminal building, for an airport that has experienced remarkable growth in Germany, is made entirely of glass. Façade Photo by WSI		The main objective of its architectural design is to realize a bright and visually unobstructed architecture. The walls, extending up to 800m in length, are all glass curtain walls with a high level of translucency. All of the glass is pair glass with high transparent float and Low-E glass, supported by cross-shaped metal fittings called "spiders" which are placed just behind the seal crossing point beside the corner of the glass panel in such a way that no holes need to be drilled into the pair glass. Architect : Murphy/Jahn
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