Grand bourgeois and urban - that is the striking characterization of Cologne's sought-after Lindenthal district, in real estate circles classified as a "top residential area". And so, the newly built apartment buildings in Carl-Schurz-Street offer not only the most modern living comfort but also exactly the typical lifestyle that the residents love so much about their "Kölle". However, if you think that well-maintained villas surrounded by greenery make you think you are in a boring, stuffy residential area, you are barking up the wrong tree: the city centre is only a stone's throw away - and numerous Cologne's favourite places such as the City Forest, Zoo or the popular Dürener-Street as a local "shopping mile" have long since attracted students and "hip" singles to the feel-good district, in addition to families and well-off academics.

Architect Norbert Dohmen broke up the clear, geometric formal language of the building exterior by choosing Ströher's "Stiltreu" clinker brick slips, which create an extremely lively impression on the facade. In the ultra-slim transom format of 490 x 40 x 14 mm and a timeless, noble silver-grey, the clinker surface "lives" from a deliberately created, three-dimensionally structured and in part optically "crumbling" surface. In interaction with the nuances in colour and surface structure, which are also used as design features, each stone looks different - and gives the facing brick an expressive "used" effect on the surface.

Energy-efficient, hard-wearing, weather-resistant and maintenance-free in the long term - these are the basics of the convincing properties of modern clinker facades. Thus, the EIFS construction of the residential buildings with Sto Therm Vario insulation combines a successful facade architecture with the demand for energy-efficient, sustainable construction. For building claddings that last. In the long term.