Gira references around the world www.gira.com
Contents
Office and administration building construction Education facilities Retail construction and presentation
6 – 27
Hotel and resort construction
28 – 41
Residential construction
42 – 63
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Iceland Main Railway Station, Germany European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Office building
6 8 10
Drents Museum, Netherlands
12
Isala Hospital, Netherlands
14
Adidas Campus, Germany
16
”HYOGO / Fleur” Beauty Salon, Ukraine
18
Light Tower, Germany
20
Olympic National Sports Complex, Ukraine
22
Colliers International, Kazakhstan
24
Fire Station, Netherlands
26
Office and administration building construction Education facilities Retail construction and presentation
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Reykjavik Iceland 6
Architect / Planner Henning Larsen Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark, www.henninglarsen.com Gira material used Gira E2
Main Railway Station, Berlin Germany 8
Architect / Planner gmp, Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg, Germany, www.gmp-architekten.com Gira material used Gira E2
European Investment Bank, Luxembourg Luxembourg 10
Architect / Planner ingenhoven architects LLP, Düsseldorf, Germany, www.ingenhovenarchitects.com Gira material used Gira KNX system, Gira ITS 30
Drents Museum, Assen Netherlands 12
Architect / Planner Erick van Egeraat, Rotterdam, Netherlands, www.erickvanegeraat.com Gira material used Gira E2
Isala Hospital, Zwolle Netherlands 14
Architect / Planner Alberts & Van Huut, Amsterdam, Netherlands, www.albertsenvanhuut.nl Gira material used Gira Standard 55, Gira KNX system
Adidas Campus ”World of Sports“ Herzogenaurach, Germany 16
Architect / Planner kadawittfeldarchitektur, Aachen, Germany, www.kadawittfeldarchitektur.de Gira material used Gira E 22
”HYOGO / Fleur” Beauty Salon, Kiev Ukraine 18
Architect / Planner Fabrique de FORMe, architectural creative lab, Kiev, Ukraine, www.fabrique.com.ua Gira material used Gira Esprit
Light Tower, Solingen Germany 20
Architect / Planner FiggeArchitekten GbR, Wuppertal, Germany, www.figge-architekten.de Gira material used Gira E2, Gira KNX system, Gira door communication system
Olympic National Sports Complex, Kiev Ukraine 22
Architect / Planner gmp, Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg, Germany, www.gmp-architekten.com Gira material used Gira E2
Colliers International, Almaty Kazakhstan 24
Architect / Planner BASIRE DESIGN GROUP, Almaty, Kazakhstan, www.basire.com Gira material used Gira E 22
Fire Station, Bergen op Zoom Netherlands 26
Architect Schaap en Sturm Architecten, Roosendaal, Netherlands, www.schaapsturm.nl, Planner BAM Techniek – Regio West, Den Haag, Netherlands, www.bamtechniek.nl Gira material used Gira Standard 55, Gira KNX system
Zil Pasyon Resort, Seychelles
30
The Mood LKF, Hong Kong
32
Wilderness Safaris Lightbox, Seychelles
34
Hotel Verde, South Africa
36
Hotel d’Angleterre, Denmark
38
Niebieski Art Hotel & Spa, Poland
40
Hotel resort construction Officeand building
Zil Pasyon Resort Seychelles 30
Architect / Planner Studio RHE, 4 Green Mews, London, England, www.rhe.uk.com Gira material used Gira Esprit, Gira radio bus system
The Mood LKF, Hong Kong Hong Kong 32
Architect / Planner The Mood LKF, Hong Kong, www.themoodliving.com Gira material used Gira Esprit, Gira door communication system
Wilderness Safaris Lightbox Seychelles 34
Architect / Planner INK Design Lab, Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens, Melville, South Africa, www.inkdesignlab.co.za Gira material used Gira Event
Hotel Verde, Cape Town South Africa 36
Architect / Planner Bon Hotels, Cape Town, South Africa, www.bonhotels.co.za Gira material used Gira Event
Hotel d’Angleterre, Copenhagen Denmark 38
Architect / Planner Hotel d’Angleterre, Copenhagen, Denmark, www.dangleterre.com Gira material used Gira Esprit, Gira KNX system
Niebieski Art Hotel & Spa, Krakow Poland 40
Architect / Planner Agnieszka Cwynar-Łaska and Marta Spodar, Krakow, Poland, www.pracownia-am.pl Gira material used Gira E 22
Napier, Singapore Villa Kogelhof, Netherlands Villa Y, Slovakia
Residential construction Office building
44 46 48 – 51
Nothing more, Ukraine
52
Penthouse, Germany
54
Own Style, Ukraine
56
Maxim Maksimenko, Belarus
58
Villa Bozen, South Tyrol, Italy
60
Spicer’s House, Great Britain
62
Napier, Singapore Singapore 44
Architect / Planner Napier Properties Pte Lte, Ngee Ann City Tower A, Singapore, www.8napier.com Gira material used Gira E2, Gira TX_44, Gira door communication system
Villa Kogelhof, Kamperland Netherlands 46
Architect / Planner Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter, Amsterdam, Netherlands, www.paulderuiter.nl Gira material used Gira E2
Villa Y, Bratislava Slovakia 48
Architect / Planner Suchanek, architektonická kancelária, Bratislava, Slovakia, www.psarch.sk Gira material used Gira Esprit, Gira E2, Gira TX_44, Gira KNX system
Villa Y, Bratislava Slovakia 50
Architect / Planner Suchanek, architektonická kancelária, Bratislava, Slovakia, www.psarch.sk Gira material used Gira Esprit, Gira E2, Gira TX_44, Gira KNX system
Nothing more, Kiev Ukraine 52
Architect / Planner Design studio Tsoydesign, Kiev, Ukraine, www.tsoydesign.com.ua Gira material used Gira Esprit, Gira door communication system
Penthouse, Munich Germany 54
Architect / Planner Mack Schmeller, Reinhard Mack, Andrea Schmeller, Utting am Ammersee, Germany, www.mack-schmeller.de Gira material used Gira E2, Gira KNX system, Gira modular function profile
Own Style, Kiev Ukraine 56
Architect / Planner Design studio Tsoydesign, Kiev, Ukraine, www.tsoydesign.com.ua Gira material used Gira Esprit
Maxim Maksimenko, Minsk Belarus 58
Architect / Planner Design Studio ”Nota Bene”, Minsk, Belarus, www.nota.by Gira material used Gira Esprit, Gira KNX system
Villa Bozen South Tyrol, Italy 60
Architect / Planner monovolume architecture + design, Bozen, South Tyrol, Italy, www.monovolume.cc Gira material used Gira E 22, Gira KNX system
Spicer’s House, Oxshott Great Britain 62
Architect / Planner Design Innovation, London, Great Britain, www.designinnovation.co.uk Gira material used Gira E 22, Gira KNX system
Intelligent building technology from Gira
Over 100 years of tradition and innovation
Picture Credits
From switch manufacturer to system supplier
Award-winning design
Harpa Concert Hall / S. Gudjonsson
The roots of the German family-run company Gira extend
In addition to the most demanding requirements on quality
Main Railway Station / Werner Huthmacher
back to 1903. Richard Giersiepen constructed a further devel-
and function, the topic of design has a long tradition at
European Investment Bank / ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf / H.G. Esch, Hennef
opment of the then-common toggle switch and applied for
Gira. With the S-Color switch range, Gira was one of the first
Museum Assen / Ronald Tilleman / Gira
a patent. Two years later he founded a company together with
manufacturers to introduce cover frame variants in various
Isala Hospital / Ronald Tilleman / Gira
his brother Gustav to introduce his invention and other parts
colours in the mid-1980s. It was presented with several design
Adidas / Werner Huthmacher
for house installation to the market. With it in 1905, the
awards and remains a permanent part of the range today.
”HYOGO / Fleur” / Fabrique de FORMe
Giersiepen brothers laid the cornerstone for over 100 years
The subsequent switch ranges also regularly receive awards in
Light Tower / D. Krüll, Freistil, J. Lange, T. Riehle, R. Silberkuhl
of successful company history and the continuous further
international design competitions such as the red dot design
Olympic National Sports Complex / Sirius93
development from a switch manufacturer to a system provider
award and the IF Product Design Award. However, not only
Colliers International / Naveq
for intelligent building technology. Today, Gira is led by the
the harmony of material, colour and form distinguish the
Fire Station / Ronald Tilleman / Gira
fourth generation of the family.
design concept from Gira. Due to the seamless integration of innovative functions such as door communication devices,
Zil Pasyon / www.zilpasyon.com
Quality and innovation
audio systems and components to control intelligent building
The Mood LKF / Theo Textur
From the beginning Gira has relied on quality – not only re-
functions in the Gira switch ranges, Gira sets new standards
Wilderness Safari Lightbox / Mike Myers
garding materials and processing. Optimisation and advance-
regarding a comprehensive product design.
Hotel Verde / Paul Karnstedt
ment have always played a central role in the entire product range, as in the initial patent application. This is indicated by
Hotel d’Angleterre / presse.dangleterre.dk Niebieski Hotel / www.niebieski.com.pl
numerous innovations with which Gira has decisively shaped the market for building technology for more than a century. In
Napier / www.8napier.com
1960, Gustav Giersiepen’s grandson revolutionised the entire
Villa Kogelhof / Jeroen Musch
field with a modular system for switches, push buttons and
Villa Y / Suchanek architektonická kancelária, s.r.o.
cover plates. In the 1990s, Gira tapped the still-young field of
Nothing more / Design Studio Tsoydesign
intelligent building control and set a milestone in 2008: With
Penthouse Munich / Gira
the Gira Interface, an intuitively understandable user interface
Own Style / Design Studio Tsoydesign
was introduced for the Gira Home Server, the on-board
Maxim Maksimenko / Design Studio ”Nota Bene”
computer for the intelligent house. It is optimised for a wide
Villa Bozen / M&H Photostudio / Gira
variety of operating devices such as the Gira Control Clients,
Spicer’s House / Laura Kelly
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and the computer. A year later, Gira received the renowned Plus X Award for the most innovative brand in the home technology field.
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