The new architect's office, Glass Kramer Löbbert bda, Berlin, together with Prof. Uta Graff, BDA architect, are this year's winners of the German Steel Construction Award. The project :envihab – Institute for Aerospace Medicine at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in the Porz District of Cologne, impressed the jury with its urban development quality with a cube of great clarity and a steel lattice hidden in the interior that powerfully spans the ground and offers a high degree of flexibility in usage.
German Steel Construction Award 2014:
:envihab / Institute for Aerospace Medicine at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in the Porz District of Cologne
Architect: Glass Kramer Löbbert bda, Berlin with Prof. Uta Graff, BDA architect
Engineer: IDK Kleinjohann GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne
Structural steelwork: C + P Industriebau GmbH & Co. KG, Angelburg
Developer: German Aerospace Center (DLR) in the Porz District of Cologne