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Project: IGZ software warehouse, Falkenberg/Germany
Second prize of Category "Offices/Administration buildings"
The software and consultancy company IGZ, based at Falkenberg in the district of Tirschenreuth, now has a new office building: the IGZ "software warehouse". The design was inspired by the form and materials used in traditional timber barn construction in the northern Oberpfalz region. The architects have taken the traditional format - a timber frame construction resting on solid masonry walls up to first-floor level - and reinterpreted it for the modern age to create a state-of-the-art office building. The project mirrors frames of reference that come with the locality and building typology and redefines them.
The jury's verdict:
"In the best possible sense the project contributes to the development of a corporate identity against the background of a cultural convention."
