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Guardian Glass SunGuard® coating on low-iron bent and flat glass have helped to design an undulating modern glass tower while still meeting performance requirements. The low-iron substrate from Guardian eliminates the green tint seen with standard float glass, meaning that occupants have clear views and the white frit stands out with maximum clarity.
Presenting a building of great impact in the region, innovative and creative that demonstrates the technological and sustainable character promoted by the company, engaging in a direct dialogue of awareness among the building, its users and the inhabitants of the city through indicators of energy saving. The technology used by the building for energy generation and saving contrasts with the choice of simple low maintenance materials, generating a fair balance between design decisions and the incorporation of "High Tech". The mixed construction system of lightened iron and concrete reduces work times while simplifying and making work spaces more flexible.
This development harmonizes retail and commercial design through an inventive interplay of form and light, blending contemporary materials to create a unified work. The development houses retail at ground level and condominium office spaces throughout, blending high design, ecological responsibility, and civic enhancement.
Representing a ground-breaking rethinking of the suburban office building with fewer offices and more open space, the MCM Plex will be designed to enable the transformation of traditional office space into a streamlined, collegial , technology-driven world and at the same time breaking it down to respect the scale of the surrounding urban fabric.
This development harmonizes retail and commercial design through an inventive interplay of form and light, blending contemporary materials to create a unified work. The development houses retail at ground level and condominium office spaces throughout, blending high design, ecological responsibility, and civic enhancement.
MCM is pleased to announce the launch of Elatya, a boutique apartment development in Nicosia comprising 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. Designed by MCM architects, will feature designer Italian kitchens and a palette of unique, low maintenance finishes. It will cut a fine figure from the street with delicate, movable screens and a green park top. Inside, like all MCM developments, it's all about livability. More spacious than your average inner city abode with plenty of storage where it counts, a car park for every apartment and green leafy views.
It's one of the age-old conversation-starters among people devoted to preservation: How much time has to pass before a building is worth saving?
Perhaps it isn't phrased exactly in that manner, but the question lingers. Is a building constructed in 1930 intrinsically more historic and preservation-ready than a building built, say, in 1988? Especially if, because of tastes and opinions, the later building is seen as something average and not out-of-the-ordinary?
It's a provocative topic for history lovers, and people tied to place, because it asks if we do, in a way, lean toward older, more unusual buildings from a bygone era while passing over the newer structures that are more common and therefore might seem to not need our care.
Our story has been unfolding for thirty-five years and MCM is preparing an online exhibition of its developments from the early 80's and up to the late 90's.
But before, we could all take a moment and try and see, as if for the first time, a '80s- or '90s-era structure we pass all the time and never notice. Could it be a gem in a century, something our great-grandchildren are fighting to save? Count on this happening, for sure, because the past tells us it will.
Nonetheless, it is important for us to trace the changes not only in architecture - through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates - but also the engineering codes of practice of that era and the permit allowances.
Through Images and Paintings - Coming up!
The Titania Trilogy - Built between the years 1982-1984 and were amongst the first developments of the company.
More to come soon so stay tuned
