Harmony in color and shape

At its ancestral territory, the Dortmund-based insurance com­pany Volkswohl Bund, one of the largest broker insurers in Germany, has built a new administration building for about 500 employees being designed very attractively in terms of architecture. The surrounding area should also meet the highest demands. “GHP Landschaftsarchitekten”, a landscape architecture firm from Hamburg, was commissioned after winninmg the competition upstream with the design of the outdoor facilities covering some 4000  m² in total. The aim was to combine in a harmonious manner the light and soft pastel colors of...

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