Viewpoints Archives - Permasteelisa Group

Luxury retail façades: The convergence of aesthetics and performance

Gianpaolo Mancuso, Global Retail Design & Business Development Director, explores the balance between art and science when it comes to creating façades for luxury retail brands. In every architectural project, […]

Façade as art: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

In the second of our ‘Façade in Focus’ case study series, we explore the story of our part in the creation of Elbphilharmonie – a building with a façade that […]

Concept design as a matrix: The Faces of Façades podcast, Tim Debets

Lead Concept Design, Tim Debets, recently appeared on The Faces of Façade podcast hosted by Arron Seder to talk about the reality of early stage concept design in façade projects. […]

Behind the façade: London College of Communications, University of the Arts London (UAL)

Last year’s Tall Buildings of the Year Award for Best Façade Engineering Project went to London College of Communications, University of the Arts London (UAL) – a groundbreaking façade that […]

The faces behind our façades: Anthony Price, Installation Manager, UK

In the first of a new series of colleague videos, meet Anthony Price, who has been an Installation Manager for Permasteelisa Group for over 25 years. Having started working life […]

Why circularity must replace demolition in the façade industry

As pressure mounts to cut carbon in construction, Lead Concept Design Hans Jansen explains why the façade industry must prioritise circularity and rethink what end-of-service life really means. The need […]

Creating a free-moving façade: Eight Spruce Street, New York, USA

Back in 2011, our Permasteelisa North America team completed work on the remarkable façade of Eight Spruce Street – the 265m high, Frank Gehry-designed residential tower that dominates the New […]

On course for sustainability: Design driven by early lifecycle analysis

Janneke Verkerk-Evers, Sustainability Lead for Permasteelisa Group in Europe, explores how our façade designers and engineers globally are using early lifecycle analysis to drive sustainable decision-making. As the need to […]