An extension was clad by a veil of metal lace screened by thin concrete piers to a baroque theatre and an adjacent commercial block in Germany. The extension to Landestheater Schwaben, the commercial building and a medical centre on the Elsbethen Site in the Bavarian town of Memmingen, was designed by German architects Trint + Kreuder d.n.a. The roofs of each of the three buildings were framed by a mixture of both steep and shallow gables. In the theatre extension, circulation, workshops, rehearsal areas and administrative facilities for the historic theatre were provided, as well as a restaurant which spills out onto a secluded square. The commercial block contained offices, cafes and shops. Beside the health centre, the glass face of a gable that shelters the entrance to an underground car park was covered by diagonal metal beams. Photography was by Christian Richters, apart from where otherwise stated.

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