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CASE STUDY

The multifunctional

copper shell for

the Maersk Tower

in Copenhagen Edgetech

is a masterpiece

designed by

the Danish star

architects C.F.

Møller Architects,

and constructed

by the Vienna-

based company

of steel and glass

technologists

Waagner-Biro.

Glasbiegerei Döring

from Berlin supplied LIMATE ostrich, the climate scenario fuels. By 2050, they want to

PROTECTION
curved glass with CIS CRUCIAL FOR for Denmark and its capi- completely waive the use of
coal, oil and gas. The small
tal Copenhagen was cause
Edgetech’s Super DENMARK’S SURVIVAL enough to trigger a rethink Scandinavian country is in-
Rising sea levels, heavy rain, a few years ago. Construct- creasingly becoming a pio-
®
Spacer TriSeal TM droughts and hot summer ing stronger dykes and locks neer in the field of sustain-
temperatures in the cities and reducing the sealed sur- able construction projects.
Premium Plus as the - these impacts of climate faces was not enough for the Denmark’s new architec-
change affect all of Europe’s Danes. Denmark is the first tural flagship projects at-
warm edge spacer. coastal towns and cities. But country in the world to set tract design enthusiasts and
while others are waiting with itself the target of completely urban developers from all
their heads in the sand like an eliminating the use of fossil round the world. “Scandi-
®
SUPER SPACERS SUPPORT THE

SUSTAINABILITY OF GLASS FAÇADES

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