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Discover the latest posts and references. Here you will find a wide range of content and information about our current projects and services.

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Thermoplan – unique

The façade of the new Thermoplan building "unique" made of recycled aluminum impresses with its timeless elegance. The Permalux process gives it a particularly resistant, durable coating that combines optimum protection and sustainability.

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Boathouse door

An elegant combination of geometric design and natural stone, created from clear anodized aluminium, which is not only aesthetically pleasing but also offers long-term protection.

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Triangle apartment building

By using BWB Permagreen, the new replacement building on Aegerisaumweg in Zug blends seamlessly into the surrounding garden landscape.

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ETH Zurich, HIF building

The renovation of the HIF building at ETH Zurich emphasizes the importance of renewing the façade. The new façade in the exclusive Permalux process impresses with its aesthetic harmony and sustainable protection.

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Symbiosis of sound and design

For over 35 years, the name PIEGA has stood for top-class loudspeakers that focus not only on sound, but also on the aesthetic experience. Now, through the innovative partnership with BWB Surface Technology as part of the "PIEGA COAX EXCELLENCE" program, this outstanding combination is being taken to a new level.

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New managers for key positions within the BWB Group

Bernhard Mayer, former Head of Industrial Sales at the BWB Group, will take over the position of Managing Director of BWB-Aloxyd AG from March 1, 2024, forming a new dual management team together with Aaron Hügli.

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Impressions at the turn of the year

The various BWB locations celebrate the turn of the year in their own unique way. Here you can find impressions of the end-of-year dinners and events, the assignments in the last week of December and the start-of-year celebrations in Dresden.

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SRF Media Center

The façade of the SRF Media Center is characterized by a strict choice of materials: exposed concrete, glass and anodized aluminum.

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Salm facade worlds

The "Facade Worlds" exhibition offers your visitors a complete overview of a large selection of facade and roof systems. Take a look!

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Cult SIGG drinking bottles individually anodised

Who does not know them? The aluminum drinking bottles from SIGG are known far beyond the Swiss border. Several generations associate the iconic utensil with experiences of today and the past.

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Fresh from the press architecture brochure

The new architecture brochure is here: the reduced design and expanded content, such as the Permagrey process, invite relaxed reading and inspiration.

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Semidetached house Bonaduz

The municipality of Bonaduz is situated on a plateau above the confluence of the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein rivers. The new double family house offers views of the spectacular alpine panorama that surrounds the valley floor.

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Inspiring Architecture

On Thursday, November 3, BWB Oberflächentechnik and five partners from the construction industry hosted the first inspiring circle. Two exciting presentations were dedicated to the topic of Virtual Reality or Real Virtuality?

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Switzerland Innovation Park in Biel

The Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne, SIPBB for short, is just a few minutes' walk from Biel/Bienne train station in the direction of the lake. The strikingly dark façade in BWB-Colinal 3180 sets the building apart from the surrounding buildings.

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Fresh color selection: Color Collection 02

There are many facades. But only a few whose outer shells combine functional effectiveness with brilliant aesthetics.

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Foundry Tower Dübendorf

New residential and commercial space is being built directly at Giessenpark between Glattufer and Überlandstrasse. The bronze colored building is part of the project.

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Office building Poststrasse South

The bronze-colored façade elements take their cue from the former industrial site and the nearby railroad tracks.

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Parish center Sursee

The new construction of the parish center is part of an urban redevelopment of the Vierherrenplatz in Sursee. The façade elements anodized in BWB Gold 1 meet aesthetic and functional requirements in equal measure.

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BäreTower Ostermundigen

The Zentrum Bären, in the immediate vicinity of Ostermundigen train station, aims at a spatially qualitative densification of the building structure combined with the creation of added value at the level of public space.

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Facade refurbishment at Ottiger Specialties

What lasts a long time is beautiful again. After three decades, Ottiger Spezialitäten AG in Ballwil, Lucerne, is refreshing its aluminium facade.

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Campus Village Hertenstein, Weggis

The delicate, high-quality facade made of anodized aluminum in the color BWB-Colinal 3165 borrows its color from the wood structure of the old hamlet.

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Leisure pool Opfikon

Both functional and aesthetic aspects were taken into account in the selection of materials for the Opfikon leisure pool.

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Replacement of Martinsheim Visp

With its cleverly used aluminum accents, the five-story replacement Martinsheim building appears elegant and lively in equal measure.

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Quadrolith commercial building in Baar

Both the windows and the aluminum sheet cladding were anodized in the BWB color brass 1, which gives the building a noble shine. Depending on the position of the sun, the building appears in bronze, brass or gold.

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Civic Hospital Solothurn

Exciting reading for the weekend - The hot off the press annual issue "Facades 2019" of Architektur + Technik is here! We are happy about the professional article presence for the next 12 months and wish interesting reading moments.

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Educational Center XUND Lucerne

The facade of the XUND Educational Center consists of 400 aluminum window elements with vertical aluminum louvers in front of the ventilation sashes. All aluminum parts were anodised colorless by BWB.

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Commercial building Helix Cham

In addition to the horizontally clad ceiling made of colorless anodized aluminum, the outer shell is characterized by floor-to-ceiling windows with pilaster strips staggered floor by floor.

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FHNW Campus in Muttenz

The aluminum elements of the FHNW campus in Muttenz are anodized in the BWB bronze color, giving the building a timeless and grounded appearance.

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School Pfingstweid Zurich

The Pfingstweidschulhaus is double-thought in materialization and urban orientation.

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Apartment houses Goldern

The material and color scheme of the apartment buildings is based on the surroundings, with color-anodized aluminum parapets in Sandalor Olive Yellow S100-2 enclosing the light-colored wooden facade.

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Headquarters Scott Sports SA

Steel and metal facade builder Sottas SA developed and designed the high-tech facade, and BWB subsequently anodized the components in the BWB-Colinal 3115 color.

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Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen and Children’s Hospital

The new replacement building House 10 of the Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen (KSSG) is part of the generation building project "come together". The aluminum shell of the bronze-colored six-story building is anodized using the BWB-Colinal 3165 process.

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Commercial building at Schiffbauplatz

The five-story office building with natural stone facade in light Ceppo di Gré is accented in secondary structures with polished Belgian bluestone.

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Rhodonia residential development in Basel

The superstructure in BWB-Bausilber 1 impresses with optimally utilized living space, high living quality and low energy values.

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Merian Iselin Clinic Basel

The Merian Iselin Clinic was calculated with a sharp pencil by all suppliers. What does this mean for renovation and reconstruction?

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Schoolhouse Grounds Muttenz

The new three-story primary school building with finely tuned materialization: the walls are made of exposed concrete, the windows are framed with anodized aluminum in a light colinal color.

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Migros St. Gallen-Bruggen

Careful plumbing work enabled the implementation of the overarching color concept for window parapets, soffits and wall cladding in the anodized BWB bronze color.

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Office building FAMBAU Bern

The FAMBAU cooperative is committed to providing attractive and affordable housing for families. When the office building was replaced, the needs of the employees were at the forefront.

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The Diamond – University of Sheffield

The six-story building with a diamond-shaped facade of anodized aluminum was designed by Twelve Architects and appropriately christened "The Diamond" during its execution.

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Basel fair

Whether City Lounge or window to the sky, the atrium of Messe Basel has become a landmark in the city center. Its colorless anodized wave-shaped aluminum shell surrounds the entire building.

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Romanshorn School of Speech and Language

Anodizing protects aluminum against weathering for decades and makes it a visually outstanding material for facades and windows.

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Pathology in St. Gallen

The spectacular architecture of the building is enhanced by BWB staining techniques. In BWB dyeing processes, the dye is located in the pores of the anodizing layer.