Skip to main content Skip to main navigation Skip to site search
  • Home
  • All articles of topic mullion-transom facade

All articles of topic mullion-transom facade

Industrial-style brick building with large glass windows, surrounded by a courtyard with tables and umbrellas. - © Eric Chenal, Differdange / Schüco Jansen Stahlsystem
The Möllerei in Esch-sur-Alzette

Schüco revives heritage of the steel industry with a steel facade

-

The Belval blast furnace road in Luxembourg is being transformed from a 120-hectare industrial wasteland into a modern urban neighbourhood. The two preserved blast furnaces and other industrial monuments have been integrated into the urban development. One of the buildings, the ‘Möllerei’, was fitted with new steel profile facades from Schüco Stahlsystem Jansen.

© Hueck
Fire protection facade

Hueck introduces new Trigon FS facade system

-

Hueck has expanded its Trigon FS facade modular system with the new Trigon FS 050/060 FP30 fire protection facade, offering fire resistance for 30 minutes. This addition retains the flexibility, energy efficiency and sound insulation of the original Trigon system.

© Heavydrive
Topic of the Week: Vacuum lifters

Installing curved facade elements for a modern office building

-

The installation of the spherical-curved facade at the MOL Campus in Budapest called for special equipment. With their flexible glass mounting solutions, Heavydrive was able to provide exactly what was needed.

© Foppe + Foppe
Aluminium/PVC facade elements

Foppe + Foppe and Veka enter into development partnership for AluConnect

-

Facades in the aluminium/PVC material mix open up many possibilities. Reason enough for Foppe + Foppe and Veka to combine their know-how. Specifically, it is about the narrowest mullion-and-transom facade in Europe in combination with Veka AluConnect.

© Aluprof
Aluprof:

A new landmark in Warsaw with a sustainable aluminium facade

-

Facade systems provider Aluprof have custom designed a post-and-beam facade for this mostly office tower in Warsaw. Find out what is making this tower complex one of the most sustainable buildings to date:

© Schüco International KG
Kemper House, Wuppertal:

Resurrection of an architectural icon with Schüco windows

-

Richard Neutra’s Kemper House was designed and built between 1961 and 1967 and is one of only a few that the US architect. This special building has recently been refurbished to its old glory - also involving Schüco sliding windows. Here are more details:

© Baunetz (vk), Berlin
Glossary

Mullion-transom facades

-

A mullion-transom facade consists of load-bearing profiles and is based on a construction principle that provides for the installation of all individual components on site. In practice, however, a certain degree of prefabrication is common.

© Pecan Development
Hueck:

Marienturm in Frankfurt: Sustainability at the highest level

-

The 155-meter Marienturm is a striking addition to the Frankfurt skyline. Find out how this building project received the LEED Platinum certification with the help of facade manufacturer Hueck: