NEMETSCHEK: University Library Freiburg

Modernity meets Tradition

Project: University Library Freiburg, Germany

Architects: DEGELO Architekten, Basel, Switzerland

Photographer: Andreas Secci, Bochum, Germany

Nemetschek brands involved: GRAPHISOFT

A lively location of encounters

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