concrete skin, Collegiate School

Categories:	Exterior walls / Facades ›Facades ›Concrete facades

Product description

The Collegiate School was founded in 1628 and is the oldest school of its kind in the US. The new 180.000-square metre building accommodates state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, a gym, a practice studio, an auditorium, a theatre and a café. For the facade, the architects at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates used concrete skin slabs in silver grey and liquid black.

Specifications

Material	concrete
Colors	shades of grey

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