The Fritz Höger Award for Brick Architecture invites designers to showcase the entire architectural potential of the clay building material. Awarded for the fifth time this year, it honours the best...
Florian Scherr is the new sales director at Creaton GmbH. He reports directly to Managing Director Dr Sebastian Dresse, who had managed the sales organization temporarily. As sales director, Florian...
Kubrix AG has been formed from the brick plants of Keller Unternehmungen and Brauchli Ziegeleien as well as the three brick plants owned by the FBB Group. The new company is, according to a statement...
With application-oriented research in the field of functional ceramics to technical ceramics and the transfer of its findings, the Research Institute for Glass | Ceramics – FGK in Höhr-Grenzhausen,...
For assessment of the sound insulation of construction elements built with vertically perforated bricks, mainly measurement-based investigations are conducted in the field. These investigations are...
An unused plot of land has been given a new lease of life. On a former industrial estate in Weinsberg near Heilbronn, a modern residential complex has been created in green surroundings. All 13...
Clay pavers are primarily used as a construction material where high-quality and architecturally ambitious traffic areas are to be designed. With its natural and warm colours, the natural products...
2020 may be over now, but this year will, however, stay with us for a long time. We haven’t got over the pandemic yet, behind the European economies a huge mountain of debt is building up and, not...
The 2020 European Ceramic Days (ECD), organized by Cerame Unie, Brussels, took place from 16-18 November, via Web Meetings and Live Streamed Webinars, attended by more than 150 participants worldwide....
In November 2020, Germany’s new Buildings Energy Act (GEG) came into force. This brings together Germany’s Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV), Energy Conservation Act (EnEG) and Act on the Promotion of...
