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

Figure: Zuber Beton

The entrance to the building is on the west side. The building is surrounded by a carport gallery

Figure: Zuber Beton

In the entrance hall, visitors are greeted by a sculpture-like stair that leads to the office floors

Figure: Zuber Beton

A dark-colored, austere horizontal rib was chosen for the architectural concrete façade of the stepped floor

Figure: Zuber Beton

The concrete surfaces of the main façade feature a rock-like texture created with textured formliners

Figure: Zuber Beton

The closed interior wall surfaces are also precast elements whose surfaces were created with textured formliners

Figure: Zuber Beton

The space in front of the elevators allows room for architecture

Figure: Zuber Beton

Zuber Beton GmbH was both client and manufacturer of the precast concrete elements

Figure: 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...