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Colored Concrete Works Award 2015

Fig: Lanxess/Kircherphoto

Winner Akihisa Hirata with Dr. Herlind Gundelach, Member of the German Parliament, and Jörg Hellwig, Head of Lanxess’ Inorganic Pigments business unit (from right)

Fig: Lanxess/Kircherphoto

At the end of February, specialty chemicals company Lanxess held a ceremony in Berlin to present its second Colored Concrete Works Award to an architect who has set new standards in the use of colored concrete. This year’s award went to Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata for his design of the Alp apartment complex in Akabane-Nishi, Tokyo, Japan. The desired charcoal shade was provided by Bayferrox 4330/3 iron oxide black pigment; a total of 425 m3 of colored concrete were used in this project.

In harmony with nature

The international jury selected the Alp proj-ect from among the entries because...

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