herzog & de meuron
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Brandenburg Technology University, Cottbus, G
ermany | 2004
Blair Gazza &
Jackie Brown
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Exterior
THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS A GLAZED SHELL, COVEREDWITH SUPERIMPOSED TEXTS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND ALPHABETS TO MAKE FOR AN ILLEGIBLE PATTERN OF SYMBOL LIKEFORMS.THE PATTERN BREAKS UP THE REFLECTION, MAKING THE BODY OF THE BUILDING SEEM HOMOGENEOUS.