Rock façade made of precast elements for the administration building of Zuber-Beton

In Crailsheim in Germany, the company Zuber Beton GmbH has moved into a new administration building. The architectural façade is designed to reflect the possibilities of the precasting plant and its production. The article can also be read, in German only, in the yearbook BetonBauteile Jahrbuch 2023, which will soon be available from Profil-Buchhandlung of Bauverlag.

In Crailsheim in Germany, the company Zuber Beton GmbH has moved into a new administration building. The architectural façade is designed to reflect the possibilities of the precasting plant and its production. At the same time, great importance was attached to an especially pleasant working environment.

The four-story building is characterized by an all-around gallery on the ground floor, consisting of numerous roofed parking pockets. Zuber points out that the building has no basement level, not least for cost reasons, and that the required technical facilities are now located on the ground...

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