Work on the six-story office building, which will accommodate almost 2,000 people, started in June 2009. The plans drawn up by “ingenhoven architects” (Düsseldorf) aimed to minimize consumption of energy and resources and provided for the use of geothermal and other renewable energies. The architects also took an innovative approach to the construction of the facade and the choice of material. For the first time, a new adhesive bonding system was used to install the panels. “This process enables us to give architects greater latitude when designing facades,” say facade contractors Ebener. 110 metric tons of stainless steel were required for the facade construction, which will be completed shortly. The panels were between 1,000 and 1,250 millimeters wide, two millimeters thick and had an average length of 2,500 millimeters. “The surface finish for this project was chosen after an extensive selection process,” says Heinz Koch, a technical customer service advisor at ThyssenKrupp Nirosta. “Our newly developed finish won over the architects and matched their ideas.”