Lennestrasse 1 Mixed Use Building
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Alternative Title
Lenné Eins (Lenné One)
Date
2001-2003Description
Building clad with external recycled glass panels for noise reduction, hung on an aluminum frame; The building has 11 floors above ground, and 3 below. One of the tenants is Burson-Marsteller is an American communications and PR company, founded 1953. Burson-Marsteller Germany was founded in 1973. The mixed use building has ground floor retail and upper floor apartments acoustically protected by secondary glazing. The jade green color comes from trademarked structural coatings for the "glassceramic", at the top Decoran® and on the base it becomes structuran® facade rainscreen. This manufacturing process allows the use of recycled glass to produce the cladding. It can be drilled and hung on an aluminum rail system, as in this building. Source: Emporis [website]; http://www.emporis.com/ (accessed 8/3/2014)
Type of Work
office building; mixed-use developmentSubject
architecture, business, commerce and trade, contemporary (1960 to present), Sustainable buildings, recycled materials, Twenty-first century
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only