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I'm spending my long weekend in Germany in Düsseldorf.

The colourful builidng is named COLORIUM, built in 2001, 62 m heigh with 18 floors and here are some of the facts about it:
-Located on the city's waterfront, where a regeneration program has been going on for some years.
-The site is on a peninsula in the harbor and is extremely constricted. For this reason the building takes the form of a dramatic tower, though its height was reduced to 62m as a result of planning restrictions.
-Earlier versions of the scheme mixed conventional office space with flexible live/work "office lofts" and included a restaurant and spectacular penthouse.
-As built, the scheme is more conventional, with 400 m˛ of offices per floor and the "diving board" restaurant, projecting over the water, deleted from the plans.
-Using advanced glass technology (and 17 distinct types of glass), Alsop & Störmer has given the building an elusive and highly pictorial presence in the city.
-The plant installation at roof level is transformed by lighting into a "light box".

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