Position
- Sölden
Country
- AT
Architect
- Obermoser arch-omo zt GmbH, Innsbruck
Fabricator
- Gig Fassaden GmbH, Attnang-Puchheim
Planner of cladding
- Zsz Ingenieure Zt GmbH
Area of curtain wall
- Kubatur: ca. 5.170 m³; Verglaste Flächen Außenfassade: 1.200 m²
Builder
- Bergbahnen Sölden
Construction time
- 2013
RAICO systems
- THERM+ A-I – Aluminium façade
Building activity
- New construction
Category
- Culture
Detailed information
Photos: Rudi Whylidal / Ötztal Tourismus
At an altitude of 3,048 meters, the iceQ is the latest attraction in Austria’s Ötztal. With its four fully-glazed, cube-shaped structures, the mountain restaurant takes on the appearance of four stacked ice cubes that blend perfectly into the snow and ice of the Alpine environment, in particular in winter when the ice crystals forming on the glass turn the building into a frost-clad ice sculpture. The glass façade, which measures some 1,200 square meters was realized using RAICO’s THERM+ A-I aluminum curtain wall system.