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Onyx, Sofia – Project Update

By bilda | August 1, 2022

Onyx, Sofia – Project Update For us at BILDA, the beginning of a new year means a kick-start to a year full of challenges, new ventures, and accomplishments. We are much thrilled to commence another interesting project in our own Sofia that […]

Raiffeisen Bank HQ

Raiffeisen HQ, Switzerland – Project Update

By bilda | July 14, 2022

Raiffeisen Bank HQ, Switzerland – Project Update ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป BILDA members visited the Raiffeisen building located near Zurich for a site visit and inspection after completion. This architectural masterpiece holds a special place in our portfolio […]

BRF Broparken, Sweden – Project Update

By bilda | July 7, 2022

BRF Broparken, Sweden – Project Update BILDA allows any cladding pattern HSB brf Broparken is a residential building located in Norra Djurgรฅrdsstaden, green district of Stockholm with sustainability in focus, where BILDA helped the envelope meet the highest standards. The architecture of […]

JYSK HQ, Denmark – Project Update

By bilda | June 14, 2022

JYSK HQ, Denmark – Project Update We are delighted to share pictures from our project JYSK headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark. The project was completed at an outstanding pace with ace quality. BILDA enhanced functionality and intuitive (slot-and-blade, self-locking component) technology had led […]

Onyx Tower, Frankfurt – Project Update

By bilda | June 4, 2022

Onyx Tower, Germany – Project Update   Preassembled substructure units to construct distinctive faรงade features BILDA inspires you to design characteristic faรงades as our multifunctional system components allow: volume modelling by spatial structures surface modelling/overlapping of panels preassembly method for quick factory […]

Zalmhaven Toren – stone cladding case study

By bilda | May 12, 2022

Zalmhaven stone cladding case study At 216m, Zalmhaven is the highest tower of the Benelux – Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg – and highest precast building in the world. The facade was engineered and installed to prefabricated sandwich exterior megapanels using the BILDA rainscreen […]

Motto by Hilton, London – Project Update

By bilda | April 13, 2022

Motto by Hilton, London – Project Update Simple, Efficient and Cost-effective solution for Motto Hotel – a Rainscreen faรงade in Central London Components of the cladding: Stone panels with BILDA precision slots milled on the sides Side fixing yoke clips and yokes […]

Hotel-Casino International, Bulgaria – Project Update

By bilda | March 3, 2022

Hotel-Casino International, Bulgaria – Project Update An affordable solution for “Portrait” oriented cladding The unique component of BILDA Rainscreen system, the strut profile, aids in fixing cladding panels of portrait orientation with minimum number of supporting profiles through horizontal assembly. Unlike any […]

Slot-and-blade vs. hole and dowel โ€“ Rainscreen Envelope Matters

By bilda | February 28, 2022

Why slot-and-blade is better than the widely used hole and dowel? Rainscreen Cladding is the best choice for the opaque part of the building envelope. Among the different side fixing methods available for cladding panels, slot-blade is gaining popularity by winning over […]

Park Tower, Cyprus – Project Update

By bilda | February 25, 2022

Park Tower, Cyprus – Project Update Volume modelling of Facades with BILDA Rainscreen system Park Tower is a significant project where custom volume modelling was carried out at every substantial part of the faรงades. The flexibility and universality of the BILDA substructure […]

From a distance - Energoproekt Building in Sofia, Bulgaria, completed with BILDA rainscreen

Energoproekt Building, Sofia – Project Update

By bilda | January 24, 2022

Energoproekt Building, Sofia – Project Update The glazing-cladding junction of Energoproekt, the tallest building in Sofia with Rainscreen Cladding, is a unique detail that has been efficiently designed using our cladding system. The faรงade has a “recessed niche” design pattern that is […]

Title image of carbon neutral buildings article - big title, with green building facade masked by the letters

Carbon-neutral buildings โ€“ Rainscreen Envelope Matters

By bilda | December 9, 2021

Carbon-neutral buildings As the COP26 once again emphasized once again the importance of carbon neutral buildings, it is vital to embrace sustainable construction technologies in building enclosures as approximately 40% of energy leakage from building is traced back to its envelope. To […]