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- Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris
The magnificent Bibliotheque Nationale de France on the banks of the Seine was designed to resemble four open books, each facing one another. The building's unique design combines aesthetic splendor with the practical function of preserving millions of books.
- British Airways London Eye
- BRE Bank, Bydgoszcz, Poland
- South Station Tower, Brussels
- European Parliament, Quartier Leopold, Brussels + Fire resistant silicone sealants at EU Parliament
- Utopia Pavilion, Lisbon
- Doppelhauptschule der Stadt Wien, Vienna
- Palais de l'Equilibre, Switzerland
- Charlemagne, Brussels
- Calatrava's Gare do Oriente, Lisbon
- Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai
- Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
- Evlang & Partners' Glazed Mineral Bath Masterpiece
- France Television, Paris
- Hans Hollein's Ausstellungshalle, St Polten, Austria
- Klaus Kada's Sestpielhaus, St Polten
- Moscow Academy
- P&G Health & Beauty Care HQ, Weybridge, UK
- Reform Centre, Warsaw
- Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
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Plaster- a building material with history
Plaster has been used as a binder since ancient times. The oldest archeological evidence of its use dates back to 8,000 B.C. In those early days it was probably used only in small amounts for ritual structures. It was not until later, in Mesopotamia and Egypt, that gypsum-based binders were used in large quantities, for example to build the pyramid of Cheops.
During the Middle Ages, plaster became increasingly important for fire safety reasons, and in the baroque and rococo eras it experienced a boom as a binder for decorative stucco features on walls and ceilings. Today, it has long since become a mass-produced construction material. It is found in a wide variety of products used by the construction industry, e.g. in plasterboard, fiberboard, spray plaster and in screeds.
