Silhouette International: Modern eyewear
optics cast in concrete

A white concrete façade with a multitude of circular window openings arranged in rows – this special feature characterizes the new production and storage facility of Austrian eyewear manufacturer Silhouette. With this project, X Architekten, a firm of architects based in Linz, and precast producer Systembau Eder from Peuerbach have succeeded in creating a true eye-catcher.

A white concrete façade with a multitude of circular window openings arranged in rows – this special feature characterizes the new production and storage facility of Austrian eyewear manufacturer Silhouette. With this project, X Architekten, a firm of architects based in Linz, and precast producer Systembau Eder from Peuerbach have succeeded in creating a true eye-catcher.

What do attractive eyewear design and modern cast stone have in common? Well – quite a lot when taking a closer look at the new building of Linz-based eyewear manufacturer Silhouette! For the goal of the architects was to use...

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