read newsseele researches safe building control systems
04/08/2024 The façade construction specialist is involved in the German research project "SHIQ" that adresses secure heterogeneous IoT systems in real estate and districts. seele is focusing on the integration of façades into building automation as part of a secure and digital ecosystem. The Federal Ministry…
read newsRFID tracking of components for Stuttgart 21 project
04/04/2024 The construction site for Stuttgart’s new main station is the size of 5 football pitches. The project includes 27 skylights by seele, which need hundreds of fully laden trucks to deliver the incredible number of parts needed. However, thanks to seele's sophisticated goods tracking system, all the…
read newsseele ISOshade® – the optimised double façade
02/28/2024 With ISOshade®, seele is pooling its expertise in a unique façade product. ISOshade® is a façade that fulfils various tasks – equipped with a smart sun shading system in the cavity, state-of-the-art sensor technology and a digital interface to the building control system. ISOshade® has already…
read newsMontagestart der Lichtaugen bei Stuttgart 21
10/13/2023 Für das Infrastrukturprojekt "Stuttgart 21", der Erneuerung des Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhofes, realisiert SEELE derzeit 27 komplexe Oberlichter und drei Schalentragwerke. Das SEELE Team ist bereits seit Mai auf der Baustelle, um die notwendigen Vorbereitungen zu treffen und die Baustelleninfrastruktur…
read newsTiffany & Co. in New York creates beautiful waves made by seele
04/28/2023 An icon shines in new splendour: after more than 3 years of renovation and expansion work, Tiffany & Co. reopened the doors of its legendary flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York. As part of the redesign, façade specialist seele realised the façade construction of the new VIP showroom on the…
read newsseele in Gersthofen as a training company at the top
04/12/2023 Training has always had a special priority at seele. With seven apprenticeships, four dual study programs and 40 years of experience, the façade specialist offers a wide range of career opportunities for young talents and places great value on high quality training.
read newsNext generation – change at the top for the seele group
04/06/2022 The seele group of companies is regarded as a pioneer in façade construction. Among the many projects completed worldwide are numerous architectural milestones. The family-run business based in Gersthofen in southern Germany hereby announces that Gerhard Seele (66) is transferring his majority stake…
read newsseele implements connecting bridge as steel-glass construction
06/08/2021 Two specialist disciplines come together in skybridges: bridge-building and façade construction. With the erection of the 35m long Capricorn Bridge, façade specialist seele once again demonstrated its expertise in the implementation of connecting bridges.
read newsFloating glass walkway for Kaprun: seele installs skywalk for Bründl Sports
05/10/2021 Bründl Sports sets an architectural accent with its new flagship store in Kaprun. The highlight is the over 10m long, free-floating glass walkway, which offers a breathtaking view of the alpine panorama, the Kitzsteinhorn and the Kapruner Ache flowing below.
read newsISOshade® webinar: How to Overcome Challenges in the Solar Shading of Glass Façades
04/22/2021 „ISOshade® - The façade with the built-in sunblind” is the title of the live webinar launched by façade specialist seele to inform about seele façades with integral sunshading. Lisamarie Ambia (Director New Business & Sales, seele (UK) Ltd), Antonio Monserrat (Sales, seele, Inc.) and Adam Barrie…
read newsArising beauty: Double-curvature cable net façade for the iconic new entrance to Penn Station in New York City
02/03/2021 The new direct entrance to the LIRR Concourse at Penn Station on 33rd Street in New York features a remarkable, double-curvature cable net façade. The project designed and built by Skanska USA Civil NE with its architects from AECOM and SOM envisaged a sloping steel-and-glass canopy with a surface…
read newsseele realises free-floating glass walkway for Bründl Sports
12/17/2020 One of the most innovative sports stores in the Austrian Alps will be built in the heart of Kaprun. The existing flagship store of Bründl Sports will be extended to an area of 2,500 sqm with underground parking. The architectural highlight visible from the outside will be the glass panorama walkway…
read newsseele to present new CCF technology
10/15/2020 Façades specialist seele adds façade system ISOshade® to its portfolio and provides a new technology to build closed cavity façades. seele takes over the construction element from its sister company iconic skin GmbH and offers the complete service portfolio from planning, installation and…
read newsArchitectural steelwork in superb seele quality
06/18/2020 The seele group designs and builds façades worldwide, and the experts at seele pilsen in the Czech Republic are responsible for the group’s technologically challenging structural steelwork requirements. A workforce of more than 100 designs and fabricates unique structures with maximum precision for…
read newsFaçades specialist seele employs state-of-the-art adhesives technology and meets highest DIN 2304-1 quality criteria
04/23/2020 In mid-February seele became the first company in the glass façades and glass roofs sector to be awarded the highest safety level (S1) according to DIN 2304-1 “Adhesive bonding technology – Quality requirements for adhesive bonding processes”.
read newsLargest all-glass structure in Canada
01/24/2020 Façade construction specialist seele has installed a 42m long glass roof at Place Ville Marie in Montréal according to the designs of Sid Lee Architecture and Menkès Shooner Dagenais Létourneux Architectes. The roof is made up of just 18 insulating glass units. “Grand Hall” is seele’s fourth project…
read newsMaterial trend bronze, brass and copper in façade constructions
10/29/2019 Façade construction specialist seele follows the current material trend in architecture by using the latest production methods. Methods such as additive manufacturing or the combination of post-processing and patination are giving rise to numerous new design options for bronze, brass and copper.…
read newsCurved insulating glass 17m high for trade fair tower
10/01/2019 Façade construction specialist seele has installed the world’s largest bent insulating glass units for the revamp of the lobby façades to Frankfurt’s Messeturm.
read newsseele provides retractable membrane roof over the No.1 Court at The Championships, Wimbledon
07/12/2019 As part of the full refurbishment of the No.1 Court at the world-famous tennis club in Wimbledon, façade specialist seele has provided 13 different façade types and a 6,000sqm retractable membrane roof over the whole stadium.
read news35th anniversary of façade construction specialist seele in Gersthofen
05/21/2019 In 1984, the façade construction specialist seele, based in Gersthofen, was founded by master glazier Gerhard Seele and steel construction designer Siegfried Gossner. Through the worldwide realization of technical façade constructions and sophisticated building envelopes, the company grew steadily.…
read newsFor 25 years, se-austria has been a technological driving force
05/16/2019 se-austria, as part of the seele group of companies, has been implementing unique façade and roof constructions since 1994, which convince with their size, aesthetics and technical solution. Around 120 employees work at the Schörfling site on the Attersee and design, plan and realise complex steel…
read newsNew Managing Director at membrane specialist seele cover
03/28/2019 On 1 April, a new managing director takes over at the specialist in membrane architecture seele cover. Benoit Fauchon will be in charge of the company with immediate effect. He replaces Konrad Maier, who has been managing director of seele cover since 2010 and is now retiring. As part of the seele…
read newsICONSIAM – an icon in all-glass design
12/12/2018 With the luxury shopping mall ICONSIAM, the skyline of Bangkok has been given a 750,000sqm landmark on the Chao Phraya River. Based on the draft of Urban Architects, a geometrically complex suspended glass façade with different radii was created. With a length of 300m, the glass front soars to a…
read newsFaçade construction 4.0 – seele invests in production
11/27/2018 Production is the heart of the façade construction specialist seele. seele not only plans and designs, but also knows how projects with the highest standards of quality and precision are manufactured. The production areas of seele GmbH in Gersthofen are constantly being redesigned to meet the…
read newsThe exhibit "Gravity" shows the potential of thin glass
10/22/2018 From 23 to 26 October 2018 the 25th glasstec (International Trade Fair For Glass Production - Processing - Products) will take place at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre. A car swinging upside down suspended only on two sheets of super-thin glass. "Gravity" is a collaboration between Define…
read newsseele wins award for interior glazing of st. patrick’s cathedral in new york
09/25/2018 The renowned US-American magazine "Glass Magazine“ announced the winners of its annual award, which honors the best products and constructions of the glass and metal industry. seele was awarded in the category "Most Innovative Interior Glass Rails, Walls and Doors" for the project St. Patrick’s…
read news13 new trainees at seele in Gersthofen
09/05/2018 13 new trainees have started their working life at world leading façade specialist seele. They will be trained in jobs like Technical System Designer, Industrial Business Management Assistant, IT Specialist, Metalworker, Machining Technician and Warehouse Logistics Specialist. Also seele’s…
read newsTests under extreme loads for international façades
08/03/2018 Comprehensive tests are usually necessary when designing complex building envelopes. In particular, depending on the applicable standards, critical construction details for bespoke solutions with challenging geometry may have to be tested under extreme thermal cycles. For its international projects,…
read newsglass façade and roof create fascinating play of light at entrance to gateway arch museum
07/04/2018 The visitor centre for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis was opened in a festive ceremony on 3 July 2018. As part of the complete redesign of the Gateway Arch Park, seele was appointed to create a spectacular entrance zone for the museum.
read newsA façade made from ones and zeros by seele – from software application to spectacular stainless steel tube façade
05/04/2018 The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in the heart of the Saudi Arabian oilfields was a remarkable project. It called for seele to turn the design by the Snøhetta architectural practice into a structurally and aesthetically challenging solution in the form of a façade made entirely from…
read newsSustainable design for media giant Bloomberg
03/12/2018 London is almost a home away from home for seele employees. Façade construction specialist seele has already been involved in more than 70 projects in the British capital. And the new European headquarters of media enterprise Bloomberg has now joined that list of projects. The designers, structural…
read newsDay of Apprenticeship: seele welcomed Bavarian Secretary Johannes Hintersberger
03/05/2018 Johannes Hintersberger, Secretary for the Bavarian Ministry of Employment, visited world leading façade specialist seele in Gersthofen.
read newsLong-term employees at seele
01/23/2018 Recently the executive management of seele GmbH honoured long-term employees for 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of working at seele.
read newsseele at Augsburg’s Job-Shuttle fair 2017
09/18/2017 It is seele’s first time at the apprenticeship fair Job-Shuttle in Augsburg on the 6th of October 2017.
read newsseele’s unique design for residential buildings
09/13/2017 seele, Inc. in New York is increasingly involved in private projects for the upmarket segment.
read newsseele at IASS 2017 in Hamburg
09/11/2017 Between September 25th and 28th, 2017 the annual IASS (International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures) symposium will take place in Hamburg, Germany. seele will be part of it and presents two lectures.
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start of new training year at seele in Gersthofen
09/04/2017 Last Friday 15 new trainees started their working life at world leading façade specialist seele. They will be trained in jobs like Technical System Designer, Industrial Business Management Assistant, IT Specialist, Metalworker, Machining Technician and Warehouse Logistics Specialist. Also seele’s…
read newsFree apprenticeship position: Come to seele for an open job interview on September 5, 2017
08/29/2017 seele organizes a special event: The short-term trainee position for the apprenticeship Metalworker, construction m/f for 2017 is still to assign. It is not necessary to write an application. Interested persons can come to seele’s consulting hours in Gersthofen on September 5, 2017 from 14.00 to…
read newsNew CF Toronto Eaton Centre Bridge with unique façade expertise by specialist seele
07/10/2017 Leading façade construction specialist seele, with offices in Toronto and New York, has supplied Cadillac Fairview with a new steel-and-glass footbridge in the centre of Toronto, Canada, at very short notice.
read newsseele cover supplies ETFE roofs for new AIDAperla
07/06/2017 A total area of 4,000sqm of ETFE roofing has been installed on two ships, the AIDAperla and the AIDAprima, by membrane specialist seele cover. The use of ETFE film cushions in shipbuilding is a new development.
read newsseele at Glass Performance Days 2017
07/05/2017 From 28th to 30th July 2017 GPD Conference took place in Tampere/Finnland. Since 1992 important companies and interested parties in the field of façade and glass constructions as well as architecture are meeting at GPD. As a façade specialist seele GmbH was part of the 25th Glass Performance Days.
read newsse-austria is strongly positioned worldwide
06/27/2017 se-austria GmbH & Co. KG, a company of the seele group, has been active in Austria for more than 20 years. In Schoerfling around 120 employees realize complex steel-glass projects in roof and façade construction around the world. Among other things, they are relying on the global network of the…
read newsseele pilsen expands its stainless steel production
05/31/2017 Plzeň, 31, Mai 2017. Stainless steel is a true all-rounder in the construction industry. It can be used for supporting structures, façade covering and for design reasons. In order to back up this trend seele pilsen has expanded its stainless steel production.
read newsNew design, clear layout, impressive content – global player seele has a new website
04/01/2016 What feat of engineering is behind the apparently weightless glazed concourse to Strasbourg railway station? What innovations are needed to create puristic architectural icons in glass such as the Apple Store in New York?
read newsAccolades from Apple CEO for Swabian SME firm seele
03/11/2016 Swabian facade and glass specialist seele is a typical “hidden champion” in the German economy. Apple CEO Tim Cook has praised the Germans’ work in the highest terms.
