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Multifunctional urban quarter with architectural concrete façade

Figure: Hönninger

Dyckerhoff Weiss colored in beige shades was used for the production of the elements

Figure: Hönninger

Façades rich in detail and made of Dyckerhoff Weiss shape the image of the new Q 6 Q7 urban quarter in Mannheim. The building complex covering several hundred meters provides room for attractive retail, restaurant and office spaces, a four-star superior hotel as well as numerous rental apartments.

From the exterior, the convincing elements are the vivid fair-faced concrete façades made of Dyckerhoff Weiss and colored in two shades of beige. They provide for a harmonious anchoring of the quarter in its surroundings. The 1,600 individual elements were manufactured by Hönninger Bauunternehmung...

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