Precast retrospective
The Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Sydney Opera House, the 30 St Mary Axe in London most recently, and Burj Khalifa in Dubai – all of these buildings are true landmarks of their cities. They stand for power, size and progress, or at least make a claim to them. However, the famous architecture icons have yet another significance – i.e., quite a concrete one, for the respective regional economy: they attract millions of travelers every year, who then spend their vacation money right there.
Since this fall, Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city, has a new...
