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Cables
Flat tensioned cable-net facade
At 52 metres the cable-tensioned facade of the OZ Building in Tel Aviv (1995) is the highest frameless facade built by Octatube. Cables carry the dead ...
Linear
In many applications it is the architect’s choice not to use an entirely frameless construction. This has led to Octatube developing lightweight trusses with a (slightly curved) ...
Glass fins
When it comes to all-glass structures, the most commonly used elements are glass fins. These building components utilize the full potential of glass as a structural material, and at the same time ...
All-glass
Glass can have all the compressive strength of concrete, provided the forces are appropriately applied to the glass surface. It makes glass extremely interesting as a structural material, but ...
Hotel van Oranje
The leading five star hotel at the Koningin Wilhelmina Boulevard in Noordwijk aan Zee (Netherlands) is undergoing a large-scale renovation. Hotel van Oranje has become an icon over the past 40 years ...
Grafton Street
A retractable glass roof adorns a roof terrace in the heart of London. But like the Park House roof, this too is not a standard sliding roof. The sliding method and the shifting of weight to one side ...
C30 Shell
In 1916 the foundation stone was laid for the head office of the Batavian Petroleum Company (BPM), one of Shell's forerunners. A stately office building erected at the Carel van Bylandtlaan 30 ...
Capital C (De Diamantbeurs)
The Diamantbeurs is a historic building on the Weesperplein in Amsterdam. The building, built in 1911, is a symbol for the glory days of the diamond trade in Amsterdam. In 2019 the building was ...