Création Baumann has been awarded two contracts in England and Germany. The textile interior design specialists from Langenthal in the canton of Bern in Switzerland will be furnishing the 636 apartments in the Newfoundland Tower in London with a color-coordinated version of its LORD curtain fabric, according to a press release issued by Création Baumann. The curtains reflect light and result in energy savings of up to 14 percent. The fabric panels, which measure around 40 kilometers in total length, are manufactured in Switzerland.
In Germany, Création Baumann is furnishing the Archive of the Future in Lichtenfels near Bamberg. This is a pavilion surrounded by fully opening glass facades that are home to office spaces, in addition to areas for exhibitions and events. These kind of “open architectural concepts with lots of glass depend on targeted lighting control in order to create optimal working conditions and protect rooms from overheating”, as Création Baumann writes in another press release. In Lichtenfels, the textile manufacturer is using its GUARD curtain fabric. This aluminum-metallized fabric allows light to penetrate interior spaces with its grid-like aesthetic, but its wafer-thin aluminum layer also protects against direct sunlight and glare. ce/hs