HEIDELBERG CEMENT

Zugspitze wall relief made of architectural concrete

At Munich airport, the capacity of the Hilton Munich Airport Hotel was expanded more than threefold following comprehensive conversion and enlargement. People who attend conferences there will in most cases have no time for sightseeing. But the architect Claudia Schmitt-Rider of Gumpp Heigl Schmitt Architects in Munich did not want to deprive conference attendees of the special attraction of the surrounding environment – and she also wanted to give the new rooms an individual and original look. She continued the new design concept of the converted hotel with a blue-white color scheme, wooden...

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