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47 SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS AGEMAR HEADQUARTERS COMMERCIAL OFFICES 46 The new headquarters of Greece’s largest Maritime Transportation Group AGEMAR rises majestically above south-western Athens. It looks like an urban pier and impresses with its sculptural architecture. In addition to the administrative and office facilities, it also contains spaces for the public, such as a museum, library, café and restaurant, as well as a gym and even an amphitheater. The approximately 30,000 m 2 large building in the district of Kallithea/Attica is intended to express the connection to the sea. Its long, horizontally flowing lines adapt to the urban scale and set up a dialogue with the intense light of the Athenian sky. During the day, the natural light highlights the volume of the building, while at night the individual elements wriggle out of the darkness. The lighting concept was honored for this at the «darc awards» in the field of architecture and was also nominated for the EU MiesAward 2019. FLOWING SHAPES: PIONEERING ARCHITECTURE WITH FLAT AND CURVED GLASS FROM SAINT-GOBAIN Location Athens, Greece Architects Rena Sakellaridou, SPARCH architects, Athens, Greece Glass processor Vassiliou Glass Technologies, Greece Photos ©Nikos Daniilidis Products COOL-LITE® SKN, CONTRAFLAM