Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Photo: BMI Balázs Mérnökiroda Kft.
Algiers, Algeria
Photo: KSP Engel
The third-largest mosque in the world after Mecca and Medina was completed in 2020 and has since become the religious and cultural center of the city with 120,000 visitors a day.
Located in the Bay of Algiers, the ensemble of buildings houses not only the prayer hall, two atria and the 265-meter-high minaret, but also numerous stores, restaurants, museums and a cinema.
The mosque was designed and planned by the architectural firm KSP ENGEL. Their team of architects reinterpreted the local building type of the columned hall. The design theme is the floral column, which ties in with the local plant vegetation and connects all areas of the building complex.
MIGUA expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTAN and MIGUMAX
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
MIGUA recently contributed to the spectacular expansion of Abu Dhabi Airport in the UAE. The construction of the so-called Skybridge II was started in 2013. The new X-shaped terminal will gradually increase the passenger capacity to 25 million passengers and up to 40 million passengers per year in the medium term.
Stockholm, Sweden
The Karolinksa University Hospital is the most important hospital in the area of Stockholm with a catchment area of about 2 million inhabitants. 15,000 employees and 2,100 scientists work there. This year, it received 1.26 billion Swedish Krona of research funds (about 136 million Euro). The turnover was 13.2 billion Krona (about 1,470 million Euro).
The Karolinksa University Hospital cooperates closely with the renowned Medical Karolinksa Institute. Several Nobel prizes for medicine already resulted from this cooperation.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems so far:
480 m Migupren MP420
350 m Migutrans
50 m Migutec
50 m Migutan
Hyderabad, India
The project is divided into 6 phases: Phase 1 starts in 2015 and phase 6 presumably ends in 2017. During this time, a railway route of about 157 km will be build. After its planned completion in 2017, the Hyderabad Rail is the biggest regional railway of the world.
In 2013, the project has been elected as one of the top 100 strategic global infrastructure projects by the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum in New York Apart from that, it is said to be the worldwide biggest project in the scope of a public-private partnership. The official cost estimate is about 2.4 billion US dollar.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems so far: 7,500 m MIGUTRANS and 2,600 m MIGUTEC
MIGUA expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTRANS and MIGUTEC
London, UK
The popular Wembley Stadium is located in the district of the same name in the Brent area. The stadium is mainly known for football games. It has been built from 2003 until 2007 after the old Wembley Stadium had been demolished; it takes up 90,000 spectators and has a characteristic 133 m high arc. The stadium is, after the Camp Nou in Barcelona, the second biggest football stadium in Europe.
Compared to the old Wembley Stadium, the new arena is twice as big and four times high. Instead of 39 steps, you now have to climb 107 steps form the field to reach the Royal Box.
The overall building costs (including financing and infrastructure) were, according to estimations, about 1.2 billion Euro.
London, England
The Millenium Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the river Thames in London. It connect the City of London on the Northern side with the Southwark district in the London Borough of Southwark on the South side. The bridge rests on two pillars and is divided into three sections with a length of 81, 144 and 108 meters (from North to South); the overall length of the bridge is 325 meters. Eight bearer cables can carry a weight of 2,000 tons, which means 5,000 people can be on the bridge at a time.
MIGUA expansion joint systems mainly used: Special design FS370, MIGUTRANS
Munich, Germany
The Allianz Arena, a stadium which opened in 2005, is the home of the Munich clubs FC Bayern and TSV 1860 and has been designed as an arena purely for football. In less than three years construction time, an arena with a unique architecture has been created. To this day, the Allianz arena in Munich is said to be the most modern stadium of Europe. The overall investments for the project were 340 million Euro. The stadium offer 71,137 places, completely roofed over, to football fans, as well as gastronomic areas. The overall covered area is about 73,900 m²
MIGUA expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTAN
Oiry, France
Moët et Chandon is one of the world-renowned luxury brands and is one of the finest among the champagnes. The high quality of the house also applies to the newly built production and logistics facility in Oiry, France. In the middle of the Champagne region, the large-scale production facility was built as the new home for the high quality champagne production.
To meet the high demands of the special industrial trucks which transport the precious sparkling wine, our custom-built MIGUTRANS profiles STS ES 160/16 were being applied. This particular MIGUTRANS profiles are characterized by their extremely high point loads.
MIGUA expansion joint systems mainly used: STS 160/16 ES MIGUTRANS
Stockholm, Sweden
With 250 shops, about 4,000 parking lots and 100,000 m² rentable area, the Mall of Scandinavia will be THE shopping paradise, only 7 car minutes from the centre of Stockholm. The Mall of Scandinavia will be a real landmark, not only for the Stockholm region, but throughout Scandinavia. In this mall, extraordinary concepts for entertainment, shopping or service are offered, far away from daily routine. The Mall of Scandinavia strikes out new way regarding architecture: Inspired by the four elements water, wind, fire and earth, the Wingårdh architecture agency has created an innovative surrounding which combines international flair with classic Scandinavian design.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems so far: about 3,000 m MIGUTAB and about 1,000 m MIGUTRANS.
MIGUA expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTAN and MIGUTRANS
Vienna, Austria
For the city of Vienna, the Donau island is a leisure paradise with a high recreational value. Also located here is the second-biggest shopping centre of Austria, the Donau Zentrum. With an overall shopping area of about 130,000 m² and more than 260 shops, the elegant centre offers an interesting mixture of international brands and local dealers. The architectural attraction is the impressive air cushion façade. Behind the air cushions, LED light strips have been placed and the outer foil has been printed white with a silk screen process. During the daytime, light gets through the façade unfiltered, with a partly transparent, partly printed foil, and creates a bright and comfortable atmosphere. In the evenings, the LED lights put the façade into the limelight in a spectacular way.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems so far: 1,300 m Migutan and 650 m MIGUTRANS.
In the scope of our 360° services, MIGUA has delivered the complete installation services, apart from the timely delivery of the products.
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Montego Bay, Jamaica
The hotel IBEROSTAR Rose Hall Beach is a luxurious 5-star hotel with an all-inclusive arrangement; a wonderful accommodation for all those who want to spend an unforgettable holiday with their family or their partner on Jamaica. Here, the guest have the opportunity to relax, do sports and experience nights full of music and dance. Apart from that, the nearby city centre of Rose Hall invited to get to know the traditional Jamaica life and to enjoy the multifaceted leisure activities of this beautiful place.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems so far: 150 m
MIGUA expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTRANS
Berlin, Germany
Audi is building its Berlin flagship store in the Adlershof. On the 25,000 m² estate between Rudower Chaussee and Ernst-Ruska-Ufer, the company invests about 30 million Euro. The first cut of the spade was made in June 2010. With selected guests, the third virtual showroom (after the showrooms in London and Peking) of the car manufacturer was opened. The "Cyberstore" does not have a lot to do with the popular online configurator. On floor-to-ceiling screens ("Powerwalls"), the customer can see, move and modify his dream car in 1:1 scale. There is a selection of fabrics, leather and materials available for this. On the first floor you can find 3D animations, complete with exhaust sound! And you can still enjoy a real-life test drive. The 375 square meter "Audi City" is linked to the Audi centre Charlottenburg.
Gotha, Germany
The original city bath of Gotha has been planned and build by the head of the municipal planning and building, Wilhelm Goette, between 1905 and 1909. On 17th April 2014, it was reopened with a celebration, after being renovated thoroughly by the architects Veauthier Meyer, and was extended to twice of its current size. Before the Europe-wide competition in the year 2007, the bath had been closed for more than 20 years.
The extension of the historic city bath has a distinctive but modest architecture. The new building parts are lined up like a string of pearls on the West and East part of the historic swimming hall. Like a corona, the new building parts are connected to the adjacent old parts, and in the middle part, clearly emphasized, are cubic areas which mark special functions. This enables the adjacent old façades to be highlighted within the context of the tightly grouped surrounding buildings and this gives a distinctive form to the new building.
Madrid, Spain
The Airport Madrid Barajas is the international airport of the Spanish capital Madrid. It is the biggest and most important aviation hub of Spain and, at the same time, the sixth-biggest airport of Europe. Madrid Barajas is also the most important European hub for flights to South America and home airport of the airlines Iberia, Air Europe and Air Pullmantur and a basis for Ryanair.
The passenger traffic of Barajas has increased continuously after the renovation in 1970. In 1960, it was 900,000 passengers whilst in 2007 the highest number that was reached was 52 million. On 4th July 2013, the airport celebrated its billionth passenger.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems: 611 m
Expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTAN and MIGUTEC
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
he exclusive hotel is located on Saadiyat Island, directly at a 9 km long, natural, gently shelving beach white sand beach. Behind the hotel lie the spacious grounds of the Saadiyat Beach Golf Course, about 8 km from the city centre.
The hotel convinces with its modern ambience and clear, minimalistic design with Arabic style elements. A beautiful garden with tropic palms surrounds the hotel and ensures a relaxing atmosphere for its guests. 3 restaurants, 2 bars and a coffee lounge offer a fine selection of culinary delicacies.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems: 1,950m
Expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTEC
Wien, Austria
The new station "Wien Mitte" (Vienna Centre) has a gross floor area of 150,000 m² and a maximum height of about 70 m. A shopping centre with about 30,000 m² and office areas of about 62,000 m² are part of the complex with the pioneering architecture.
The shopping centre was opened in April 2013. With 50 shops, it's Vienna's biggest inner city shopping centre and is marketed under the name "The Mall". The new "Finanzzentrum Wien-Mitte" (finance centre of Vienna) is also located in this building, which concentrates the seven existing tax offices of Vienna in this location.
On the roof of "Wien Mitte", a solar power station was build, with 1,424 panels and about 3,100 m² collector surface. It's the fifth and so far biggest citizen solar power station in Vienna and has been put into operation on 2nd December 2013.
According to the latest customer traffic counting of the ÖBB, this station is the busiest in Austria.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems: 1240 m
Expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTAN and MIGUTRANS
Fürth, Germany
The construction works for the 187 long station started on June 28th 2005 and were executed in open design, with mixed-in-place-technique with subsequent closure of the excavation. A design competition was tendered by the design department of the Georg-Simon-Ohm High School which was won by the student Dong Guanni. With the help of the professors Ethelbert Hörmann and Ortwin Michl and the architect Werner Kittel of the Tiefbauamt Nürnberg (Civil Engineering Office), her design was realized, which reminds of the mirror manufacturing in Fürth.
Five light domes and the glass elevator provide the station with daylight which results in a bright and friendly atmosphere. The walls of the platform areas are not covered, in contrast to the mirror panels mounted, and the ceiling is painted blue. On the ceiling in the platform area, a folded structure with colourful patterns is installed, which reflects the incident light in the mirror panels. The viewer on the platform sees different colour patterns, depending on his point of view.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
he St. Regis Abu Dhabi is a landmark of Corniche and is located in the legendary Nation Towers. It offers sophisticated style combined with timeless traditions and is located only a few steps from the Federal National Council, the High Court and the subsidiaries of many companies.
The hotel, completely dedicated to luxurious living, offers 700 m² of conference area, plus a pool and the Rémede Spa.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems: 1,575 m
Expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTAN and MIGUTEC
Jena, Germany
he Universitätsklinikum Jena, the university hospital, is a public corporation and federated entity of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. As the only university hospital in Thuringia, it is responsible for a multitude of tasks regarding the patient treatment for a cross-state region as well as for research and training. For Jena and the surrounding rural area, it is the servicing hospital and meets all expectations regarding a modern, state-of-the-art hospital.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria
he new hospital is built to service the 21st district of Vienna, Florisdorf, north of the river Donau, on the Brünner Straße 68-70 on the area of the former main shop of the ÖBB. Since 2010, the KAV transforms the industrial area of about 120,000 m² into a health care area.
On 30th April 2008 the EU started a two-staged architecture competition. The aim of the search was creative architecture solution with the focus on humanity and feel-good atmosphere. The competition was also open for small architecture agency without a long list of references.
Cologne, Germany
The airport of Cologne is an international airport and is located south of Cologne in Köln-Gregel and partly in Troisdorf. It is the aviation hub for the freight airlines UPS and FedEx and is also the home base of the airlines Germanwings and the regional airline Lufthansa CityLine.
The airport is the number 3 in the freight area and number 6 regarding the passenger traffic in Germany. It is on place 6 of the air freight transshipment ports in Europe.
Durban, South Africa
Durban, South Africa
The Moses Mabhida Stadium has an overall capacity of 70,000 places and is the second biggest of the five newly built football arenas for the Worldcup 2010 in South Africa. The stadium is one of the three that has been designed by the architecture agency Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), located in Hamburg, Germany, for the 2010 World Cup. It is not only a location for the Worldcup, but is also an important part of the cultural and sportive life of the region KwaZulu-Natal due to its surrounding green areas.
The stadium, also jokingly called "carnivorous flower", is now the landmark of Durban and is compared with the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Golden Gate Bridge. With attraction already planned during the construction phase, like Bungee jumping and the "Skycar", a train that brings passengers to a viewing platform on the carrier beam, it also offers attractions to visitors long after the Worldcup.
Installed meters of MIGUA expansion joint systems: 1666 m
Expansion joint systems mainly used: MIGUTAN, MIGUTRANS and MIGUTEC
Montreal, Canada
Montreal, Canada
The Montreal Olympic Stadium provides space for up to 56,000 places and it is the only roofed stadium in Québec. The Stadium is not only a place for sport events but also for trade fairs, shows and film shooting. Designed by French architect Roger Tallibert, the Stadium is a unique monument. The Tower determined the overall geometry of the Stadium and it supports the technical ring, the roof and the electronic score boards. The Olympic Park Sports Centre is currently being renovated and will result in a highly improved user experience in all areas. Among others, 437 m MIGUA are deck/wall expansion joint systems will be installed. (FP 55/36 MS Ni)
Alfragide, Portugal
The Swedish furniture store was opened in 2004 in Alfragide, Portugal. On an area of around 33,000 m², IKEA offers its typical, functional furniture products. Following repair works in the warehouse and customer area the newly installed MIGUA FSS expansion joint offer far more than an optical benefit.
The innovative aluminium alloy expansion joints provide vibration-free and safe transportation, so that the replacement of electrical fork lift wheels has to happen far less often. Thus, the MIGUA expansion joints care for an easy and fast transportation of goods.