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New Tamedia timber office building

Zurich, CH

View of the entire Tamedia office building with evening ambience. The building is illuminated.

Tamedia head office is Switzerland’s first seven-storey timber structure

Near the main railway station in the centre of Zurich, a visionary office building completed in May 2013 demonstrates the potential of wood as a material for large-scale urban structures. Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban is renowned just as much for his striking timber constructions as for his humanitarian buildings in crisis-affected areas. The aim is to put the skeletal supporting framework together like a modular concept, leaving the static system visible and the wood elements exposed. Precise, innovative planning paired with a special hardwood filling, high quality materials, CNC production and a refined assembly concept enabled the high demands of the client and architect to be met.

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Richard Jussel

Project Development | Sales – Industrial Buildings | Timber and Modular Construction | Switzerland

+41 71 388 58 61
richard.jussel@blumer-lehmann.com
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Project details

Client:
Tamedia AG
Architecture:
Shigeru Ban Architects
Project type:
Office and administration
Construction type:
Free Form
Services:
Timber construction
Construction:
2012
Locality:
Zurich
Country:
Switzerland

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Glazed facade of the new Tamedia office building with view of the wooden support structure

7-storey office building

Illuminated wooden supporting structure of the Tamedia building

Exposed support structure inside the building

Visible wooden supporting structure in the entrance area of the Tamedia building

Open-plan reception area

View of the roof structure of the top office floor with roof.

High glass frontages on the top floor