Seeing the potential of an old building is one of the special skills an architect possess. In a residential building from 1976 in need of renovation, an architect couple recognised the house of their dreams – and snapped it up immediately.

The vision: to open up the cramped and fragmented 1970s floor plan to create spacious, open-plan living areas with plenty of daylight.

With its striking meandering shape, the HumboldtHafenEins in Berlin is an immediate eye-catcher. And that's a good thing, since the city's new landmark is a role model for sustainabile building.

Originally planned as an office building in the TRIOTOP business and country park in Cologne, the striking "Snake" complex was redesigned as a temporary school building. WAREMA E80A2S external venetian blinds with beaded slats were used for the external sun shading system.

Located in heart of Dresden, the Neumarkt is a fascinating combination of tradition and modernity. The sun shading systems faced unique challenges in helping to preserve this balance. For each window a solution with optimum configuration to the users' needs was found by installing different models of window awnings and external venetian blinds.

With its striking meandering shape, the HumboldtHafenEins in Berlin is an immediate eye-catcher. And that's a good thing, since the city's new landmark is a role model for sustainabile building.

Berlin has gained another architectural highlight with the 50Hertz Netzquartier in Europacity. At a height of around 55 metres, the construction features seven L-shaped bases and six tower floors as well as an underground level.

The Hard Turm Park building complex was built on a former industrial estate in the popular district Zurich West and is now both a residential and business quarter.

The revitalisation of the former BRK headquarters has created a modern office and residential building in Munich's Lehel district. The building complex, arranged in a square block, was made fit for modern mixed use by the elaborate refurbishment with new development cores and high-grade entrance lobbies.

The first thing passers-by will notice about the building, completed in 2018, is the cladding made of larch wood rods. It conveys sustainability thanks to its positive CO2 footprint and connection to nature. It also allows the building to blend in harmoniously with its surroundings.

Built on the site of the former Metso machine plant in Düsseldorf’s Lierenfeld district, the Factory Campus is a modern office locale that particularly appeals to young, dynamic companies with its flexible rooms and premises – a modern coworking space spanning 34,000 square metres. One key target for architect was to use a fully automated sun shading system.

Every great piece of progress begins as an idea. The Bullitt Center aims to show what is already possible today and to increase the speed of change in the direction towards more efficient “green buildings”. Intelligent and dynamic sun shading is an important component in this.

In 2019, a Passive House was built in Los Angeles to the highest standards. The architect and owner made the informed choice of the newest "Made in Germany" technology. All WAREMA external venetian blinds are automatically turned to the correct slat angle using the WAREMA climatronic® control with slat tracking. The building received the Energy Efficiency Award.

The 185 m high skyscraper, at the top of which a wind turbine that powers the building's lighting was installed, is the tallest residential building in London. One of the essential challenges in this project was to meet the architect's very detailed project-specific requirements.

The Centre for Applied Aeronautical Research (ZAL - Zentrum für Angewandte Luftfahrtforschung) in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, which is located in immediate proximity to the Airbus facility, provides space for around 600 workplaces on a usable area of more than 25,000 m².

State-of-the-art standards, a diverse infrastructure and an accessible location – THE SQUAIRE at Frankfurt's Airport City is a small city under a single roof and even has its own postal code: 60600.

The L-shaped design of this single-family home opens to the southwest, creating a courtyard space which serves as the focal point of all common rooms used by the four-person family who built the house.

The Munich skyline has gained a prominent addition in the western part of the city with the new ADAC building, whose tower rises 93 meters above its star-shaped base. The outer facade, adorned with a mosaic of 22 colour tones, makes the new headquarters of Europe's largest automobile club instantly recognisable even from a distance.

cube berlin's glazed facade houses Europe's most intelligent office building. The fully glazed double skin facade with technical sun shading solutions from WAREMA plays a significant role in the innovative Smart Building concept.

The building of Saegeling Medizintechnik GmbH in the Saxon town of Heidenau was one of the first in Germany to be awarded the bronze Quality Seal for Sustainable Building (DGNB). Thanks to a comprehensive quality concept, the employees in the new building can work under ideal conditions with great comfort.

The "Erlanger Höfe" residential area was erected on 31,500 m² of space at the former industrial site of Gossen AG in the center of Erlangen. Consultants SSP developed the architecture and the building from the blueprint of the urban development award winner Mess & MGF Architekten GmbH.

Individual sun shading systems create a wonderful ambience inside and out. Whether the need to block out daylight or to let it in - every room has different sun shading requirements. The awning must also harmonise with the building in every respect.

The forward-looking new building project for the Zehnder Group in Lahr was guided by strict sustainability criteria and wellbeing in the workplace. In line with the Zehnder motto "always the best climate", the property developers employed the innovative Wellumic light management system produced by WAREMA and Trilux.

The futuristic head office of industry giant SASOL is a science fiction dream turned into reality. Resembling a glass spacecraft, the prestigious building lavishly constructed by the Paragon Group virtually floats above the streets of Johannesburg.

ADAC presents itself openly and transparently in Bruchsal. The clever sun shading control system WAREMA climatronic® ensures the best possible indoor climate in generously glazed office buildings.

The Sheridan Tower in Augsburg is an innovative office building which sets new standards for modern workplaces. The intelligent spatial layout is based on a central access core and flexible open-plan areas.

The almost 339-metre high building in the European capital of skyscrapers was the tallest in Europe upon its completion. It was planned as the first tower block in Moscow City under strict sustainability criteria, consumes less water and electricity, and supports the use of natural daylight in a special way.