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Town hall Hard

Town hall Hard

Rathaus Hard
Rathaus Hard
Architecture
Marktstraße 18
6971 Hard
Austria

Architects Albin Arzberger, Thomas Klas and Christian Lässer

The body of the building is more like a seagoing vessel than a town hall, setting sail across the sea towards the horizon. The lens-shaped building with the facade in green metal panels lies like a jewel diagonal to the centre and houses all of the municipal departments. Daylight falls from the light-coloured light fitting in the attic into an atrium which also creates an opening inside the building. Does the population of Hard love its building? After nearly 20 years, no-one would give it up, because it is such a powerful expression of the town's connection with the lake.

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