Architectours - Portikus Exhibition Hall

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Door Handle 1135

Architectours - Portikus Exhibition Hall

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Architectours: Where FSB handles are used.Door knobs and handles are frequently hardly noticed – except where their form seems somehow out of place or where they annoy users by inadequate functional quality. This brings us to one of many points that architecture in general and door furniture in particular have in common. For us at FSB a door handle is no less than a type of architecture in miniature. Moreover, it is the actual door-opener leading us to the architectural interior.Portikus Art Hall, Frankfurt am Main.One example of Frankfurt's fusion of history and modernity is the new Portikus, an internationally known exhibition hall for contemporary art located on the south bank of the historically significant Main island.Christoph Mäckler plumped for FSB door handle range 1135 - conceived in cooperation with his office - together with window handle 3735, all in Stainless Steel. The door handle’s inherent shape is one that was already very popular in the 19th century. The combination of the handle’s traditional formal vocabulary and the deliberately technical looks of the backplate makes the furniture a fitting item for the Portikus Art Hall. The contemporary design of the new building acts as a source of accentuation within its historical surroundings whilst at the same time subtly blending in with these by including references to existing typologies. The door and window handles subordinate themselves to the structure’s unfussy architecture in similar manner, simultaneously underscoring the harmonious combination of old and new in the Art Hall. As Christoph Mäckler puts it: “The FSB products selected speak the same language as the building.”